Mustang: The Racing Thoroughbred [Hardcover]

Birch J. Matthews (Author), Dustin W. Carter (Author), speed (Editor), The P-51 in its post-WWII racing capacity up to the present emphasizing engine design (Editor), and personalities. (Editor), modifications (Editor)

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Publication Date: January 1, 2000

The P-51 in its post-WWII racing capacity up to the present emphasizing engine design, speed, modifications, and personalities.

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The P-51 in its post-WWII racing capacity up to the present emphasizing engine design, speed, modifications, and personalities.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 208 pages
• Publisher: Schiffer Publishing, Ltd.; First edition (January 1, 2000)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0887403913
• ISBN-13: 978-0887403910
• Product Dimensions: 11.1 x 8.6 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.8 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #275,186 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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This review is from: Mustang: The Racing Thoroughbred (Hardcover)

This fanatastic book covers the Mustang from initial design through Stiletto from the perspective of the air racer. I really enjoyed the discussions in the beginning of the book about how decisions made for other reasons made it into the first choice for Unlimited Air Racing conversion. The details are fantastic and so are the pictures. The book covers different styles of modification; Beguine, Strega, Anson Johnson's...all covered. I would also recommend the compliment to this book, Wet Wings & Drop Tanks: Recollections of American Transcontinental Air Racing 1928-1970, similar but about cross country air racing.