The Great Classic Muscle Cars Compared

Author: R.M. Clarke
Publisher: Brooklands Books Limited
ISBN: 9781855204225
Category : Transportation
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
This Muscle Portfolio collects expert views on how the powerful American muscle cars produced between 1966 and '70 performed against each other. Chevy's Chevelle, Impala, Camaro and Corvette go head-to-head against Pontiac's GTO and Firebird; Dodge's Charger, Coronet, Super Bee and Dart GTS; Olds 4-4-2 and Cutlass; Ford's Fairlane, Galaxie, Mustang, Shelby Mustang Cobra and Torino; Plymouth's Fury, Barracuda and Roadrunner; AMC's Javelin; plus Cougar, Cyclone and others.

The Art of the Muscle Car

Author: David Newhardt
Publisher: Motorbooks
ISBN: 1610587553
Category : Transportation
Languages : en
Pages : 242

Book Description
“Just what is a Muscle Car?” Road Test magazine asked in June 1967. The answer: “Exactly what the name implies. It is a product of the American car industry adhering to the hot rodder’s philosophy of taking a small car and putting a BIG engine in it. . . . The Muscle Car is Charles Atlas kicking sand in the face of the 98 horsepower weakling.” Unconcerned with such trivial details as comfort and handling, the vintage American muscle car was built for straight-line speed and quickly became the ride of choice for power-hungry racers and serious gearheads. In a country where performance was measured in brute force, a quarter mile at a time, the muscle car was the perfect machine. In the intervening years, these down-and-dirty, high-performing beauties have earned their place in the automotive pantheon. As prized by collectors and aficionados as they are by denizens of garages and drag strips, classic muscle cars now fetch upwards of a million dollars at auctions and feature in any story of America’s automotive glory days. The icons of muscle car art—including Camaro and Chevelle SS, the Hemi and 440-6 ’Cuda, Challenger, Roadrunner, Super Bee, GTX, Super Bird, Daytona Charger, Super Cobra Jet and Boss Mustang, Talladega Torino, Buick GSX and W30 Oldsmobile 442, and AMX Javelin—are all here, on full display in this lavishly illustrated volume, each described in a detailed essay followed by a gallery of portraits and special gatefold presentations that capture the art of the muscle car at its finest.

The All-American Muscle Car

Author: Joe Oldham
Publisher: Motorbooks
ISBN: 0760358184
Category : Transportation
Languages : en
Pages : 192

Book Description
The All-American Muscle Car provides the ultimate hands-on history of the American Muscle car and where it is now -- Mustangs, Camaros, 'Cudas, Challengers, you name it. When John Z. DeLorean and his cadre of enthusiastic rule benders took it upon themselves to bolt Pontiac's hottest engine into a mid-sized Tempest, disobeying orders from the top of General Motors food chain, they created something that should not have been, and will never be again: the muscle car. The resulting GTO spearheaded a new breed of performance car aimed at a new breed of buyer: the baby boom generation, tens of millions of young customers entering the market each year. The All-American Muscle Car: The Rise, Fall and Resurrection of Detroit's Greatest Performance Cars tells the story of these brutal performance machines through the words of muscle-car icons like Jim Wangers, the man who marketed DeLorean's thuggish invention, Joe Oldham, a legendary automotive journalist who tested these cars when they first came off the production line, often via illegal street racing, and classic-car broker Colin Comer, who has been instrumental in restoring some of the most iconic (and valuable) muscle cars. Top muscle car experts like Randy Leffingwell and David Newhardt tell other facets of the muscle-car story, like the pony-car wars between the Mustang, Camaro, 'Cuda, and Challenger; the ultra-high performance dealer specials; and the rebirth of the modern muscle car. All told, this book provides the ultimate hands-on history of these most American of cars.

The Complete Book of Classic Chevrolet Muscle Cars

Author: Mike Mueller
Publisher: Motorbooks International
ISBN: 076035233X
Category : Transportation
Languages : en
Pages : 179

Book Description
"The Complete Book of Classic Chevy Muscle Cars covers the primary muscle and performance cars produced by Chevrolet in the 60s and 70s, such as the Camaro and Malibu"--

Muscle Car Source Book

Author: Mike Mueller
Publisher: Motorbooks International
ISBN: 076034857X
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 243

Book Description
"Muscle Car Source Book is a muscle car buff's encyclopedia that chronicles the how's why's, and when's of American muscle car manufacturers like Dodge, Plymouth, Ford, and more"--

Top Muscle

Author: Darwin Holmstrom
Publisher: Motorbooks
ISBN: 1627881557
Category : Transportation
Languages : en
Pages : 231

Book Description
A muscle-car book unlike any other, featuring the rarest vehicles on Earth. In the 1960s, something explosive happened in the automotive world: the United States’ evolving V-8 engine technology was met by 75 million baby boomers, all with an extreme need for speed and all entering the auto market at the same time. The result was the golden era of factory muscle cars, brutish machines that were unlike any the world had ever seen or will likely ever see again—they truly embodied the “sex, drugs, and rock-and-roll” generation. But for some, even a factory muscle car wasn’t enough. Detroit automakers responded, secretly building outrageous muscle cars behind their superiors’ backs and ultimately creating some of the most powerful vehicles ever sold to the public. In Top Muscle, author Darwin Holmstrom chronicles the ultimate collection of these super-rare high-performance beasts. Captured by the lens of renowned auto photographer Randy Leffingwell, these cars represent the absolute zenith of the most valuable collector cars in existence, with fascinating histories that illuminate the wildest age in American automotive history. The Brothers Collection features over 600 cars, including such rarities as:- The very first Chevelle Z16 ever built, which was also the very first muscle car that Chevrolet ever built- The very first Chevelle SS454 LS6 off the assembly line- The only 1969 Mach I Mustang ever built with a factory sunroof- The very first A12 (440-6) Roadrunner ever built- The very last Hemi ’Cuda convertible Plymouth producedvOne of the eight convertible Trans Am Ram Air III Firebirds that Pontiac built in 1969

Muscle

Author: Randy Leffingwell Darwin Holmstrom
Publisher:
ISBN: 1610583051
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 396

Book Description

The Ultimate Guide to Muscle Cars

Author: Jim Glastonbury
Publisher: Chartwell Books
ISBN: 9780785831730
Category : Transportation
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description

American Muscle Cars

Author: Darwin Holmstrom
Publisher: Motorbooks International
ISBN: 0760350132
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 227

Book Description
American Muscle Cars features stunning historic and contemporary photography and offers a thorough chronology of this classic car's evolution from the 1960s to the present.

Classic Muscle Car Advertising

Author: Mitch Frumkin
Publisher: Krause Publications Incorporated
ISBN: 9780873493369
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
Languages : en
Pages : 160

Book Description
Ride along during a historical cruise of muscle car advertising from the '50s, '60s, and '70s. Near full size ads paint the history of thundering muscle cars from three tumultuous decades. This valuable reference depicts some of the last remnants of promotional print material containing hard-to-find factory facts and images on muscle car models. More than 160 ads have been restored to their original, vibrant color. Muscle cars from American Motors, Buick, Chevrolet, Chrysler, Dodge, Ford, General Motors, Mercury, Oldsmobile, Plymouth, and Pontiac are included. Covers popular models such as Javelins, Gremlins, Barracudas, Belvederes, Road Runners, Chargers, Camaros, Corvettes, Novas, and GTOs.