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Here is a selection of some books about classic muscle cars that you may find useful.
101 GM Muscle Car Performance Projects (Paperback)
Many of the most popular cars of the muscle era came from General Motors. Spread across the General's various marques were models like the Camaro, Chevelle, GTO, Cutlass, Skylark, Tempest, Impala, Monte Carlo, El Camino, and many others. This book will provide 101 hands-on how-to projects aimed directly at fans of classic GM muscle, showing them how to do just the kinds of projects that they want to do: restoration of the exterior and interior, and performance upgrades to the engine, driveline, and suspension. Like the 101 series books before it, this book provides an immense quantity of do-it-yourself projects that are accessible to the at-home mechanic who has a good set of hand tools and a place to work. Procedures will be performed on specific GM cars of this era, which offered more in sheetmetal and trim than in the functional components, which were often similar or identical from car to car.
Price: £20.36
Publication: 1 Oct 2009
Many of the most popular cars of the muscle era came from General Motors. Spread across the General's various marques were models like the Camaro, Chevelle, GTO, Cutlass, Skylark, Tempest, Impala, Monte Carlo, El Camino, and many others. This book will provide 101 hands-on how-to projects aimed directly at fans of classic GM muscle, showing them how to do just the kinds of projects that they want to do: restoration of the exterior and interior, and performance upgrades to the engine, driveline, and suspension. Like the 101 series books before it, this book provides an immense quantity of do-it-yourself projects that are accessible to the at-home mechanic who has a good set of hand tools and a place to work. Procedures will be performed on specific GM cars of this era, which offered more in sheetmetal and trim than in the functional components, which were often similar or identical from car to car.
Price: £20.36
Publication: 1 Oct 2009
![he All-American Muscle Car: The Birth, Death and Resurrection of Detroit's Greatest Performance Cars [Abridged, Audiobook, Box Set, Illustrated, Large Print]](/images/books/0760343829.jpg)
he All-American Muscle Car: The Birth, Death and Resurrection of Detroit's Greatest Performance Cars [Abridged, Audiobook, Box Set, Illustrated, Large Print]
The birth of the muscle car, mid-sized cars with big engines and big horsepower, marked not only a revolution in performance-but also a revolution in marketing. For the first time ever, American car manufacturers tailored their product to a youth audience. The genre thrived in the 60s and early 70s and was reborn in the 21st century. The All-American Muscle Car celebrates the fifty-year history of the breed through stunning modern and archival photography, and brilliant essays from today's top muscle-car writers. Organized by themes, its chapters cover the introduction and early years of muscle; the cultural trends that made muscle cars so wildly popular; the pop culture that surrounded the cars in music, film, and television; and racing, both legal and illegal. Great rivalries are detailed-Camaro versus Mustang versus Firebird versus Challenger versus 'Cuda, GTO versus Road Runner versus Super Bee versus Chevelle SS versus Buick Gran Sport versus Oldsmobile 4-4-2, and the like. The book also explores the illogical extremes at the end of the classic era, the Plymouth Superbirds, GTOJudges, LS6 Chevelles, Hemi 'Cudas, W-30 Oldsmobiles, Ram Air IV Pontiacs, Stage I GSX Buicks, and 440/6 Road Runners; the dark years and the death of performance; the rebirth of the muscle car; and the modern interpretations of the breed including the new Camaro, Mustang, and Challenger.
Price: £25.00
Publication: 26 May 2013
The birth of the muscle car, mid-sized cars with big engines and big horsepower, marked not only a revolution in performance-but also a revolution in marketing. For the first time ever, American car manufacturers tailored their product to a youth audience. The genre thrived in the 60s and early 70s and was reborn in the 21st century. The All-American Muscle Car celebrates the fifty-year history of the breed through stunning modern and archival photography, and brilliant essays from today's top muscle-car writers. Organized by themes, its chapters cover the introduction and early years of muscle; the cultural trends that made muscle cars so wildly popular; the pop culture that surrounded the cars in music, film, and television; and racing, both legal and illegal. Great rivalries are detailed-Camaro versus Mustang versus Firebird versus Challenger versus 'Cuda, GTO versus Road Runner versus Super Bee versus Chevelle SS versus Buick Gran Sport versus Oldsmobile 4-4-2, and the like. The book also explores the illogical extremes at the end of the classic era, the Plymouth Superbirds, GTOJudges, LS6 Chevelles, Hemi 'Cudas, W-30 Oldsmobiles, Ram Air IV Pontiacs, Stage I GSX Buicks, and 440/6 Road Runners; the dark years and the death of performance; the rebirth of the muscle car; and the modern interpretations of the breed including the new Camaro, Mustang, and Challenger.
Price: £25.00
Publication: 26 May 2013
Muscle Cars: The First American Supercars (Shire Library)
"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' 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.
Price: £6.99
Publication: 20 April 2012
"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' 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.
Price: £6.99
Publication: 20 April 2012
Muscle: America's Legendary Performance Cars (Hardcover)
Over 17,000 copies of this title sold in hardback. Now available in paperback, it is the only definitive history of muscle cars from before the baby boomers of the 60 s and the emergence of the V8 engine to today s million-dollar collectables. Unlike anything ever seen before, these were brutal, exciting machines, built for speed and power and quickly became defined as vehicles for the rock-and-roll, sex-and-drugs generation. A chronicle of this period in history through it s signature automobiles, this brings to life the history of America Muscle Cars from hot rodding after WWII to the new breed of muscle cars coming out of Detroit today. With David Newhardt s exquisite photography and text that pulls no punches this is the definitive resource and history for Muscle cars. Over fifty years of pulse-pounding muscle cars in one volume Bestselling Muscle Car book now in Paperback 17,000 sold in hardback! High-quality colour photographs and engaging text make this title a bargain for enthusiasts The bestselling, definative book on Muscle cars history 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 & roll generation. Muscle: America TMs Legendary Performance 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 emerging from Detroit today, this book brings to life the history of American muscle. Featuring exquisite photography of classic muscle cars by top photographer David Newhardt and a text that pulls no punches, Muscle: America TMs Legendary Performance Cars is the definitive muscle car history.
Price: £34.99
Publication: 1 Jun 2006
Over 17,000 copies of this title sold in hardback. Now available in paperback, it is the only definitive history of muscle cars from before the baby boomers of the 60 s and the emergence of the V8 engine to today s million-dollar collectables. Unlike anything ever seen before, these were brutal, exciting machines, built for speed and power and quickly became defined as vehicles for the rock-and-roll, sex-and-drugs generation. A chronicle of this period in history through it s signature automobiles, this brings to life the history of America Muscle Cars from hot rodding after WWII to the new breed of muscle cars coming out of Detroit today. With David Newhardt s exquisite photography and text that pulls no punches this is the definitive resource and history for Muscle cars. Over fifty years of pulse-pounding muscle cars in one volume Bestselling Muscle Car book now in Paperback 17,000 sold in hardback! High-quality colour photographs and engaging text make this title a bargain for enthusiasts The bestselling, definative book on Muscle cars history 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 & roll generation. Muscle: America TMs Legendary Performance 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 emerging from Detroit today, this book brings to life the history of American muscle. Featuring exquisite photography of classic muscle cars by top photographer David Newhardt and a text that pulls no punches, Muscle: America TMs Legendary Performance Cars is the definitive muscle car history.
Price: £34.99
Publication: 1 Jun 2006
![The Art of the Muscle Car: Collector's Edition [Hardcover]](/images/books/0760344213.jpg)
The Art of the Muscle Car: Collector's Edition [Hardcover]
As prized by collectors and aficionados as they are by denizens of garages and drag strips, these icons of muscle car art-including Camaro, Chevelle SS, Hemi and 440-6 'Cuda, Roadrunner, GTX, Super Bird, Boss Mustang, Buick GSX, W30 Oldsmobile 442s, and AMX Javelins-are presented in this lavishly illustrated volume.
"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.
Price: £30.10
Publication: 28 April 2013
As prized by collectors and aficionados as they are by denizens of garages and drag strips, these icons of muscle car art-including Camaro, Chevelle SS, Hemi and 440-6 'Cuda, Roadrunner, GTX, Super Bird, Boss Mustang, Buick GSX, W30 Oldsmobile 442s, and AMX Javelins-are presented in this lavishly illustrated volume.
"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.
Price: £30.10
Publication: 28 April 2013
The Complete Book of Classic Dodge and Plymouth Muscle: Every Model from 1960 to 1974
The comprehensive photographic guide to every classic Dodge and Plymouth muscle car from the golden age of American performance.
The Complete Book of Dodge and Plymouth Muscle collects every car and every engine from the classic era of Dodge and Plymouth, including the immortal Road Runner, Dodge Daytona, Hemi 'Cuda, Challenger T/A, Charger, Super Bee, Super Bird, and GTX. This gorgeously illustrated work takes readers through the fifty-plus-year history of Mopar performance, from the Hemi-powered 300 Series through the last cars produced before rising fuel prices, tightened emissions, and outrageous insurance rates brought the curtain down on American muscle car production. Author/photographer Mike Mueller offers an in-depth look at the speciality driving machines that have made Mopar performance an enduring part of American automotive culture for over half a century. With extensive details, specs, and spectacular photographs, Mueller's book stands alone as the ultimate resource on America's muscle cars.
Price: £19.99
Publication: 15 Mar 2013
The comprehensive photographic guide to every classic Dodge and Plymouth muscle car from the golden age of American performance.
The Complete Book of Dodge and Plymouth Muscle collects every car and every engine from the classic era of Dodge and Plymouth, including the immortal Road Runner, Dodge Daytona, Hemi 'Cuda, Challenger T/A, Charger, Super Bee, Super Bird, and GTX. This gorgeously illustrated work takes readers through the fifty-plus-year history of Mopar performance, from the Hemi-powered 300 Series through the last cars produced before rising fuel prices, tightened emissions, and outrageous insurance rates brought the curtain down on American muscle car production. Author/photographer Mike Mueller offers an in-depth look at the speciality driving machines that have made Mopar performance an enduring part of American automotive culture for over half a century. With extensive details, specs, and spectacular photographs, Mueller's book stands alone as the ultimate resource on America's muscle cars.
Price: £19.99
Publication: 15 Mar 2013
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