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Million-Dollar Muscle Cars: The Rarest and Most Collectible Cars of the Performance Era [Hardcover]

Colin Comer (Author), David Newhardt (Photographer), Reggie Jackson (Foreword)
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October 15, 2007

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In the 1960s and 1970s American automakers produced millions of muscle cars: high-performance cars more adept at competition than transportation. The baby boom generation snapped up these cars and proceeded to use them as intended, drag and street racing the cars until there was nothing left of them.

No longer minimum-wage high schoolers, today’s boomers enjoy more disposable income than any generation in history. And many of them are spending that income on highly collectible muscle cars.
Because so few muscle cars survived the abuse of young drivers back in the day, muscle car prices have skyrocketed, with mundane muscle cars commanding six-figure prices and the most significant muscle cars surpassing the million-dollar mark.
 
Respected muscle car expert Colin Comer and top photographer David Newhardt tell the story of each of these rarest of rare cars in Million-Dollar Muscle Cars, the only book dedicated to these top-flight cars.

Table of Contents:
Introduction: Big-Money Muscle
Section 1: Million-Dollar Cars
  Chapter One: 1970-1971 ‘Cuda & Challenger Hemi Convertibles
  Chapter Two: 1965 Shelby GT350 R Models
  Chapter Three: 1965 Hurst GeeTO Tiger
  Chapter Four: 1967 Shelby GT500 Super Snake
  Chapter Five: 1968 Camaro Z/28 Convertible
  Chapter Six: 1969 Trans Am Convertibles
  Chapter Seven: 1969 ZL1 Camaros
  Chapter Eight: 1971 Sox & Martin Stock Hemi ‘Cuda Car
Section 2: Six Figures and Rising
  Chapter Nine: 1965 Hurst Motor Trend GTO Riverside 500 Pace Car
  Chapter Ten: 1965-1966 Shelby GT350 Factory Drag Cars
  Chapter Eleven: 1968 Mr. Norm’s GSS 440 Dart
  Chapter Twelve: 1969 Yenko 427 Nova
  Chapter Thirteen: 1969 Dodge Charger Daytona Hemi
  Chapter Fourteen: 1969-1971 Pontiac GTO Judge Round-Port Convertibles
  Chapter Fifteen: 1970 Chevelle L56 Convertible
Appendices
  Appendix A: Alternatives to Million-Dollar Muscle
  Appendix B: A Real-World Buyer’s Guide

 

See Motorbooks author Colin Comer interviewed by Jay Leno on JayLenosGarage.com: http://www.jaylenosgarage.com/video/jays-book-club-lee-klancher/1211582/



Editorial Reviews

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Car Collector Magazine, December 2007

“You have to love David Newhardt’s spectacular photography and a well laid out presentation of the world’s most valuable muscle cars. (Colin) Comer knows of what he writes, he is one of the leading muscle car dealers in the country, so this is writing about what he does for a living, and telling readers which cars hit the ‘two comma barrier’ and why. Newhardt puts into pictures what words alone cannot convey: the absolute power of these uniquely American collector cars. David’s images make perfect visuals to accompany Comer’s informative text. His advice is solid and based on experience. And that’s something you work for. His historical narrative about the cars is well researched, and for $35 you not only learn a few things, but have a great looking book to set on your coffee table, or if luckier, on the front seat of your Million-Dollar Muscle Car.”



Antique Automobile, November/December 2007

“Respected muscle car expert Colin Comer tells the story of each of these rarest of rare cars.” 
                  

Auto Restorer, December 2007 

“There are many legitimate reasons why you should purchase this book. It’s both frank and truthful … Comer is a fine storyteller … excellent photography and graphics … this book will feel right at home on your coffee table.”

                    

Musclecar Enthusiast, January 2008

“Each car is covered in detail tracing its history and why they are valuable.”

 



Route66chronicles.blogspot.com, Nov. 25, 2007

“If you enjoy muscle cars, add this book to your wish list. On the other hand, if you just want to see, in vivid color, what you can buy when you win the lottery or what a million dollars with wheels looks like add this to your bookshelf.”


“I could almost smell the hot brakes and high-test fuel.” – Mark Maynard, San Diego Union-Tribune

Book Description

They were our first cars, made to race, and we did, driving our Corvettes and ‘Cudas, our Mustangs and Trans Ams until there wasn’t much left. Now these muscle cars of the Sixties and Seventies are the stuff of legends . . . and nostalgia. And the rare models that survived in good shape are a collector’s dream, easily commanding six-figure prices and often passing the million-dollar mark. Million Dollar Muscle Cars provides a photographic history of these rarest of rare cars, from their hot rod beginnings to their decade of decline to an automotive world awakening to their historical significance and eternal cool.


Product Details

  • Hardcover: 192 pages
  • Publisher: Motorbooks; 1st edition (October 15, 2007)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0760329524
  • ISBN-13: 978-0760329528
  • Product Dimensions: 11.2 x 9.6 x 0.9 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 2.7 pounds
  • Average Customer Review: 4.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (21 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #443,230 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars My new favorite muscle car book!, November 28, 2007
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I was very skeptical that yet another new muscle car book could actually offer anything that I hadn't read a thousand times before. But for $22 bucks I figured at minimum I'd have a new coffee table book with nice pictures.

I am happy to say this book is far more than a pretty picture book. Honestly, I was shocked Comer gives so much history on each individual car including who owned it, what they paid, when they sold it and even how much they sold for. The legwork in getting this info had to be a real labor of love, and something I've never seen anybody do before. And this isn't some fairy tale book that wants us to believe all muscle cars are great just because they are expensive. Much like another book I love, Joe Oldham's Musclecar Confidential, Comer tells it like it is. I was hooked when I read the fourth sentence in the book - "These rattle trap, bare bones, crude devices were built to conform to a price point with little regard given to sophistication or longevity, and aimed squarely at the youth market." I had never thought about it before, but that really summed up the whole muscle car era. It was about money for the manufacturers then and it seems to be about the money now.

All I can say is if you are a muscle car junkie like me I'm sure you'll have a hard time putting this book down. I had heard rumors of these crazy sales for big bucks, and I knew about a few of the cars. But outside of watching 60 seconds of coverage on a few cars on TV from Barrett-Jackson, I never knew the rest of the story. I learned a lot about the secret world of upper end car deals, and it was cool to follow these cars through and read how they sold for almost nothing only to later sell for a ton.

Really cool stuff. I highly recommend this book to anybody that loves cars, or even just has a passing interest in them. The stories are so interesting that you'll find yourself not even paying attention to the car itself but more the owners and how these cars made it through. Heck, I liked it so much I just came back to buy 4 more to give as X-Mas gifts!

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10 of 11 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Elegance in the fast lane., November 26, 2007
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For anyone who has felt the increase in one's pulse rate at the sound of a muscle car coming near, or felt the unique sensation in the presence of the inchoate power of a muscle car from the 60s as one embraces its steering wheel, this epistle communicates a true sense of knowledge of those feelings. Colin Comer can write well, as is obvious, but more importantly he feels the psychic sense of his subject and can elicit from his readers an acknowledgement of that which is not usually susceptible to words. Many will not understand the intimacy of which i speak but for those of us who grew up in the locus of the subject of Colin's book they will know - Colin has captured the essence; Colin has captured the elegance of the era.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Most informative automotive history I've read yet, November 26, 2007
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I've been reading about muscle cars since back when the only literature on the subject consisted of repair manuals, and believe this to be one of the very best of the breed. I've owned a number of muscle cars and know a bit about the market, but nothing like what author Colin Comer knows about the subject. He knows every detail about the cars themselves, about the market for the cars, and about the cars places in history, the reasons why these cars have become so valuable. Best of all, the guy can write. The text was as entertaining as it was informative. The photography was as good as the text. I own maybe 20 books with David Newhardt's photography and this is easily his best work yet.
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