The 1980s was a scary time for muscle cars as the Big Three started to develop new design decisions to compete with the Japanese. As a result, Chrysler, Ford, and General Motors began to shy away from tradition and embrace new techniques in an effort to claw back eroding market share. The cost-efficient and spacious packaging of front-wheel drive layouts became a major focus for the Detroit Three, and no model was too sacred for the conversion. Not even the Ford Mustang nor the Chevrolet Camaro muscle cars. And don’t forget, the Dodge Challenger of the early 1980s was actually a Japanese-built…