During the height of the muscle car era, Ford, Chrysler, GM, and AMC offered a number of cars which, in addition to being street legal, were designed to meet the specifications necessary to campaign the NASCAR, NHRA drag racing, and SCCA Trans-Am race series. This color history examines the design, technology, and marketing of these homologation specials and puts them together in one book. Modern color photography of showroom-quality examples provides a view of remarkable machines like the Boss 302 and 429, Chrysler Hemi, Plymouth AAR Cuda, Dodge Challenger T/A, AMX Javelin, Mercury Cyclone Spoiler, and Plymouth Superbird.
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After paying his dues working in a variety of dusty auto parts stores, and then earning a journalism degree from Southwest Texas State University, Steve Statham's career in automotive journalism started with a stint as managing editor at Super Ford magazine. He later served as the editor ofMusclecar Enthusiast magazine for many years. Along the way, he has authored and photographed 12 books on automotive history and contributed articles to dozens of automotive publications. Steve also writes fiction, and his new novel is Rules of Force, a sci-fi thriller. When not writing or editing, Statham tries to find time to take his wife and daughter out cruisin' in his 1968 GTO.
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Steve Statham is a Texas-based automotive journalist, photographer and fiction author. Writing is his profession, and cars provided the initial spark. His first automotive journalism job was as managing editor of Super Ford magazine, and he later served many years as editor of Musclecar Enthusiast magazine. Steve has had 12 non-fiction automotive history books published, including Camaro Musclecar Color History, and Maximum Muscle: Factory Special Musclecars. He has been a regular contributor to Road & Track's annual Buyers Guides since 2001, and has been published in Motor Trend's Truck Trend, Mustang Monthly, Corvette Magazine, Muscle Car Review, Sport Compact Car, Mopar Muscle, Automotivetraveler.com and many others. Steve's debut novel, the sci-fi thriller Rules of Force, will be available as an e-book in October 2011. For updates, visit: http://www.stevestatham.com/
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Good general knowledge provided,
By BK (Toronto, ON Canada) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Maximum Muscle: Factory Special Musclecars (Paperback)
Maximum Muscle is the story of Detroit's high powered muscle and pony cars whose direct design and implementations were borne out of the need to win races. The book takes a general look at how cars such as the Boss 302, Dodge Charger Daytona and others came to be and how successful they were in their respective series. There is some good general knowledge provided about these cars and their development (including the failures such as Pontiac's attempt to enter the Trans-Am series in '69 with their 303 block) as well as the race series they performed in (NASCAR, SCCA Trans-Am series, etc). The author separated the chapters into the different racing series with a chronological view of who did what when and how and included sections on Indy Pace Cars, dealer specific cars and the current state of muscle/pony cars. As mentioned earlier the book does give a good general look at what happened but I found the book does suffer from a lack of detail. Most of the information provided can be considered general knowledge for many automotive enthusiasts interested in that era (i.e. why the Hemi was brought back, why AMC was so successful in the '70-'72 Trans-Am series, etc). I do not mean to bemoan this book as it did a very competent job of providing all the necessary facts. I just expected more thorough detail. Overall the book was well written and gives the reader enough information about an exciting time in racing. If you want more information and detail however, you will need to look at other books that deal with specific manufacturers (such as Phil Hall's "Fearsome Fords: 1959-1973" and Larry Mitchell's "AMC Muscle Cars").
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Although the first recognizable, organized drag race was flagged in 1948, sanctioned drag racing competition really got its start in the United States in 1951 with the formation of the National Hot Rod Association (NHRA). Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
pace car replicas, actual pace cars, festival cars, deck spoiler, hood scoop, aluminum intake manifold, super stock, rear glass, racing competition, drag cars, racing series, drag racing, stock car racing, racing success, exhaust manifolds Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Super Duty, Cobra Jet, Mark Donohue, Max Wedge, Grand Spaulding, Carroll Shelby, Mike Mueller, General Motors, Tasca Ford, Stock Eliminator, Charger Daytona, Corporate Historical Collection, Richard Petty, Six Pack, American Motors, Dan Gurney, Mercury Cyclone, Parnelli Jones, Road Runner, Royal Pontiac, David Pearson, Dodge Charger, Shelby Mustangs, American Raceways, Bud Moore New!
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Although the first recognizable, organized drag race was flagged in 1948, sanctioned drag racing competition really got its start in the United States in 1951 with the formation of the National Hot Rod Association (NHRA). Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
pace car replicas, actual pace cars, festival cars, deck spoiler, hood scoop, aluminum intake manifold, super stock, rear glass, racing competition, drag cars, racing series, drag racing, stock car racing, racing success, exhaust manifolds Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Super Duty, Cobra Jet, Mark Donohue, Max Wedge, Grand Spaulding, Carroll Shelby, Mike Mueller, General Motors, Tasca Ford, Stock Eliminator, Charger Daytona, Corporate Historical Collection, Richard Petty, Six Pack, American Motors, Dan Gurney, Mercury Cyclone, Parnelli Jones, Road Runner, Royal Pontiac, David Pearson, Dodge Charger, Shelby Mustangs, American Raceways, Bud Moore New!
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Front Cover | Table of Contents | First Pages | Index | Back Cover | Surprise Me!
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- Hurst Heritage by Terry Boyce in Front Matter, page 94, and page 105
- Chevrolet Big-Block Muscle Cars (Muscle Car Color History Series) by Anthony Young in Front Matter
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