The Art Of The Muscle Car

Author : David Newhardt
Publisher : Motorbooks
ISBN 13 : 1610587553
Total Pages : 242 pages
Book Rating : 4.56/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Art of the Muscle Car written by David Newhardt and published by Motorbooks. This book was released on 2013-05-19 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “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.

Author : Peter Bodensteiner
Publisher : Motorbooks International
ISBN 13 : 0760344159
Total Pages : 227 pages
Book Rating : 4.56/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Art of the Classic Car written by Peter Bodensteiner and published by Motorbooks International. This book was released on 2013-09-16 with total page 227 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Art of the Classic Car showcases the most beautiful and in some cases rare vehicles of the early 20th century. Each car is showcased with breathtaking photography and coupled with explicit, informative prose detailing the particular history of each model"-Provided by publisher.

Author : Tom Glatch
Publisher : Motorbooks International
ISBN 13 : 0760352496
Total Pages : 227 pages
Book Rating : 4.96/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Art of Mopar written by Tom Glatch and published by Motorbooks International. This book was released on 2017-08-08 with total page 227 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Chrysler unleashed the hemi in 1951, redefining performance. Featuring cars from the Brothers' Collection, The Art of Mopar: Chrysler, Dodge, and Plymouth Muscle Cars celebrates Chrysler muscle in studio portraits.

Author : David Newhardt
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780760352434
Total Pages : 240 pages
Book Rating : 4.37/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Art of the Muscle Car written by David Newhardt and published by . This book was released on 2013 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Once considered tools of mayhem used by greasers and gearheads, today muscle cars are recognized as works of art - as valued as collector's items as many paintings created by some of the the great master artists. With their outrageous engines, aggressive stances, and sleek styling, muscle cars define the "sex, drugs, and rock-and-roll" lifestyle of the era into which they were born.

Author : Dan Lyons
Publisher : Krause Publications
ISBN 13 : 9780896896178
Total Pages : 192 pages
Book Rating : 4.7X/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Muscle Car The Art of Power written by Dan Lyons and published by Krause Publications. This book was released on 2008-11-14 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is an oversized book with an in-your-face look at the best muscle cars ever built. &break;&break;Muscle Car: The Art of Power is packed with 350 color images. The clean layout and large dimensions give the photos room to breathe and the reader reason to linger. Examples of cars features include: 1960 Chrysler 300-F, 1963 Chevy Impala SS, 1965 Pontiac GTO, 1969 AMC SC Rambler, 1969 Dodge Charger, 1969 Yenko Nova, 1970 Ford Mustang Boss 302 429, 1971 Plymouth GTX and many more.

Author : Mitch Frumkin
Publisher : Krause Publications Incorporated
ISBN 13 : 9780873493369
Total Pages : 160 pages
Book Rating : 4.62/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Classic Muscle Car Advertising written by Mitch Frumkin and published by Krause Publications Incorporated. This book was released on 2002 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.

Author : Clay Fees
Publisher : McFarland
ISBN 13 : 1476678146
Total Pages : 413 pages
Book Rating : 4.46/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Age of the Muscle Car written by Clay Fees and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2022-01-31 with total page 413 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A breed unlike any seen before or since, the powerful, stylish American muscle car defined an era in automotive history. This history traces the rise and fall of these great performance cars from their precursors in the 1950s through the seminal appearance of the Pontiac GTO in 1964 and then year by year to the end in the 1970s. Approachable and nontechnical yet deeply informative, it puts the bygone muscle car in its cultural and aesthetic contexts, describes developments in styling, performance and marketing, and revels in the joys of muscle car ownership in the 21st century.

Author : David Newhardt
Publisher : Motorbooks
ISBN 13 : 9780760335918
Total Pages : 240 pages
Book Rating : 4.15/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Art of the Muscle Car written by David Newhardt and published by Motorbooks. This book was released on 2009-10-28 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Just what is a Muscle Car?” Road Test magazine asked in its June 1967 issue. 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 hp (73 kW) weakling." Unconcerned with the style or sophistication of its European counterparts, the American muscle car was built for straight-line speed and quickly became the darling of the power-hungry racer and serious gearhead. 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, these cars now fetch millions of dollars at auctions and feature in any story of America’s automotive glory days. The icons of muscle car art are on full display in this lavishly illustrated volume, each described in a detailed essay followed by a gallery of photographs that capture the art of the muscle car at its finest. See Motorbooks author David Newhardt interviewed by Jay Leno on JayLenosGarage.com: http://www.jaylenosgarage.com/video/jays-book-club-david-newhardt/1174466/

Author : Colin Romanick
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1782001174
Total Pages : 114 pages
Book Rating : 4.71/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Muscle Cars written by Colin Romanick and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2012-07-20 with total page 114 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Muscle Cars is the story of America's pursuit of sheer horsepower in the 1960s and '70s. The first of the type, the famous Pontiac GTO or “Goat,” would launch a race between America's automotive manufacturers to produce ever-more-powerful V8 engines wrapped in legendary “Coke-bottle” sheet metal styling. Following Ford's extremely successful introduction of the galloping Mustang in 1964, others would follow, such as General Motors's Camaro and Firebird as well as Plymouth's Barracuda, competing against one another on race tracks to “Win on Sunday, Sell on Monday.” This book details these golden years, as well as the economic and environmental developments of the 1970s that brought an end to the muscle car era.

Author : Darwin Holmstrom
Publisher : Motorbooks
ISBN 13 : 0760350981
Total Pages : 224 pages
Book Rating : 4.80/5 ( download)

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Download or read book American Muscle Cars written by Darwin Holmstrom and published by Motorbooks. This book was released on 2016-03-20 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the muscle car history to own--a richly illustrated chronicle of America's greatest high-performance cars, told from their 1960s beginning through the present day! In the 1960s, three incendiary ingredients--developing V-8 engine technology, a culture consumed by the need for speed, and 75 million baby boomers entering the auto market--exploded in the form of the factory muscle car. The resulting vehicles, brutal machines unlike any the world had seen before or will ever see again, defined the sex, drugs, and rock 'n' roll generation. American Muscle Cars chronicles this tumultuous period of American history through the primary tool Americans use to define themselves: their automobiles. From the street-racing hot rod culture that emerged following World War II through the new breed of muscle cars still emerging from Detroit today, this book brings to life the history of the American muscle car. When Pontiac's chief engineer, John Z. DeLorean, and his team bolted a big-inch engine into the division's intermediate chassis, they immediately invented the classic muscle car. In those 20 minutes it took Bill Collins and Russ Gee to bolt a 389 ci V-8 engine into a Tempest chassis they created the prototype for Pontiac's GTO--and changed the course of automotive history. From that moment on, American performance cars would never be the same. American Muscle Cars tells the story of the most desirable cars ever to come out of Detroit. It's a story of flat-out insanity told at full throttle and illustrated with beautiful photography.