Detroit Muscle Factory Lightweights And Purpose Built Muscle Cars

Author : Charles Morris
Publisher : Cartech, Incorporated
ISBN 13 : 9781613253014
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.1X/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Detroit Muscle: Factory Lightweights and Purpose-Built Muscle Cars written by Charles Morris and published by Cartech, Incorporated. This book was released on 2017 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Explore the evolution of the fastest, most powerful, and exciting American vehicles from the muscle car era with this historical volume. The muscle car era, and the era that immediately preceded it, are unique windows in time. Post-war USA was a place where people wanted to move on from the horrors of conflict, to embrace an era of peace, and to pursue, well, all sorts of things. A whole generation was entering a new prosperity with home ownership on the rise, gainful employment increasing, the building of suburbs, and a new interstate system connecting everyone. That all helped increase our dependence upon, and in turn, deepen our love affair with the automobile. It started in the 1950s, when automakers realized that if they made their cars more powerful than brand X and won races on the weekends as well, sales would follow those victories into the dealership. Not everyone was enamored with all this new-found performance, however, and throughout the late 1950s and early 1960s, a struggle developed between building faster automobiles and appearing responsible and promoting the cause of safety. This led to racing participation on an all-out corporate level, followed by voluntary self-imposed and publicized bans, backdoor cheating on said bans, and then investing in performance again. A byproduct of all this activity was some really fascinating and exciting cars. It began with standard-chassis cars growing bigger with more powerful engines. Then they graduated to being lighter, putting big engines into midsize chassis (muscle cars), and building race cars that barely resembled anything on the street. From early Hudson Hornets to the birth of the Hemi, this book covers historical advancements and changes in the industry, making it a must-have item for any automotive enthusiast's shelf.

Author : Wes Eisenschenk
Publisher : CarTech Inc
ISBN 13 : 1613258003
Total Pages : 241 pages
Book Rating : 4.02/5 ( download)

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Download or read book 1 of 1 Muscle Cars written by Wes Eisenschenk and published by CarTech Inc. This book was released on 2023-09-22 with total page 241 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Learn about the rarest muscle cars ever produced with this new book. In the world of muscle cars, many were produced and sold in large enough quantities that they would be considered special but not particularly rare at the time of production. The Boss 429 and Plymouth Superbird were produced for racing homologation reasons, and since they were very expensive to produce, the manufacturers ensured that they would be rare. However, there is rare, and then there is rare. Prototypes and special factory builds, factory production cars, and super car tuners and builders are all covered in this new book by muscle-car historian Wes Eisenschenk. Some are single examples, some are very close to being the last remaining example, and all are extremely rare. Some have no surviving example known to exist. Featured cars include a Boss 429 Cougar, a 1971 Pontiac Ventura II Sprint 455, a 1965 Chevelle 300 COPO car with the L78 option, and a 1970 FK5 Deep Burnt Orange Metallic Superbird. Dealer promotional specials include a 1968 AMC AMX Von Piranha, a 1970 Dick Harrell LS6 454 Camaro, and a 1973 Nickey Chevrolet 427 Nova. These are cars that you will read about but likely never see. For a fun ride through muscle-car history and great stories of the rarest muscle cars ever produced, add this book to your automotive library today.

Author : Tim Boyd
Publisher : CarTech Inc
ISBN 13 : 1613253958
Total Pages : 177 pages
Book Rating : 4.53/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Collecting Muscle Car Model Kits written by Tim Boyd and published by CarTech Inc. This book was released on 2018-05-15 with total page 177 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the 1960s, model kit building was a huge hobby. Kids built plastic kits of planes, tanks, race cars, space ships, creatures from scary movies, you name it. Before baseball card collecting, Pokémon, and video games, model kit building was one of the most popular hobby activities. Car and airplane kits were the most popular, and among the car kits, muscle cars, as we know them today, were one of the most popular categories. Many owners of real muscle cars today were not old enough to buy them when the cars were new, of course. Yet kids of the 1960s and 1970s worshiped these cars to an extent completely foreign to kids today. If you couldn’t afford or were too young to buy a muscle car back then, what could you do? For many, the next best thing was to buy, collect, and build muscle car kits from a variety of kit companies. Hundreds were made. Many of these kits have become collectible today, especially in original, unassembled form. Although people still build kits today, there is a broad market for collectors of nostalgic model kits. People love the kits for the great box art, to rekindle fond memories of building them 40 years ago, or even as a companion to the full-scale cars they own today. Here, world-leading authority Tim Boyd takes you through the entire era of muscle car kits, covering the options, collectability, variety availability, and value of these wonderful kits today. Boyd also takes you through the differences between the original kits, the older reproduction kits, and the new reproduction kits that many people find at swap meets today. If you are looking to build a collection of muscle car kits, interested in getting the kits of your favorite manufacturer or even just of the cars you have owned, this book will be a valuable resource in your model kit search.

Author : Joe Oldham
Publisher : Motorbooks
ISBN 13 : 0760358184
Total Pages : 192 pages
Book Rating : 4.84/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The All-American Muscle Car written by Joe Oldham and published by Motorbooks. This book was released on 2017-05-22 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.

Author : Bill Holder
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780896893689
Total Pages : 176 pages
Book Rating : 4.85/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Extreme Muscle Cars written by Bill Holder and published by . This book was released on 2006-04 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Putting readers behind the wheel of some of Detroit's most extreme creations, this book looks at the world of the muscle car, featuring legends of the street and drag strip such as the 454 Chevelle, the 429 Boss Mustang and the stunning Shelby GT-500 Mustang.

Author : Charles Morris
Publisher : Cartech
ISBN 13 : 9781932494440
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.48/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Factory Lightweights written by Charles Morris and published by Cartech. This book was released on 2007 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Factory Lightweights: Detroit's Drag Racing Specials of the '60s chronicles these rare cars that still inspire admirers and imitators today. Cars like the Ford Fairlane 427 Thunderbolt, Pontiac's Super Duty Catalina, Dyno Don Nicholson's Chevy II Wagon, and a whole assortment of Hemi-powered Mopars sit at the top of the heap when you're talking about the fastest American musclecars produced during the 1960s. Few of these cars were produced and very few still survive today.

Author : Greg Fielden
Publisher : Publications International
ISBN 13 : 9781412712033
Total Pages : 320 pages
Book Rating : 4.33/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Mighty Muscle Cars written by Greg Fielden and published by Publications International. This book was released on 2007 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Experience the wild and wooly glory days of muscle cars through colorful photos and vintage advertising. Uniquely showcases the Motor City performance cars of the 1962-72 era. Covers many milestone machines, with a strong focus on the purpose-built drag racing cars that influenced Detroit's showroom screamers. Special spreads focus on period aftermarket speed parts and dress-up equipment. Brief captions describe key performance advancements and provide entertaining facts and figures.

Author : Randy Leffingwell Darwin Holmstrom
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 1610583051
Total Pages : 396 pages
Book Rating : 4.53/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Muscle written by Randy Leffingwell Darwin Holmstrom and published by . This book was released on with total page 396 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Martyn L. Schorr
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 1616730447
Total Pages : 178 pages
Book Rating : 4.44/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Motion Performance: Tales of a Muscle Car Builder written by Martyn L. Schorr and published by . This book was released on with total page 178 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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ISBN 13 : 9781412719865
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.60/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Mighty Muscle Cars written by and published by . This book was released on 2007-04-01 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Experience the wild and wooly glory days of muscle cars through colorful photos and vintage advertising. Uniquely showcases the Motor City performance cars of the 1962-72 era. Covers many milestone machines, with a strong focus on the purpose-built drag racing cars that influenced Detroit's showroom screamers. Special spreads focus on period aftermarket speed parts and dress-up equipment. Brief captions describe key performance advancements and provide entertaining facts and figures.