If you really want to know why the myth that 1971 was the last year for musclecars keeps being perpetuated, then listen up. It's because the whole "musclecar" legend has been hijacked by early baby-boomers who think the only decade worth remembering is the 1960s. Anything built after 1970-71 is thought of as inferior to years previous, mainly because it doesn't fit in with memories of their youth. You guys, however, seem like me (a member of the "Jones" generation, or late baby-boomers), who know that any mid-seventies musclecar is just a camshaft and headers away from performing as well as any '60s musclecar, but with better handling, brakes and safety to boot! Bring on the seventies I say!