The Illustrated Directory of Muscle Cars
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| Rating | : | 4.35 (576 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0785830308 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 432 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-10-27 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
Five Stars Amazon Customer Book was exactly what I wanted. Arrived really quickly. Thanks. An awesome, yet unfairly flawed book. For starters, don't let my low review score fool you-- this is actually an amazing book for the price (if you can look past its flaws,) and I'll explain why I thought so. But first, let me get the bad out of the way. My opinions and criticisms may seem harsh to some, but it's just me expressing how I feel.This book's most prominent flaw is simply the fact it falls victim to extremely poor editing-- spelling mistakes, incorrect labels/pictures, plain wrong information, and just some really bad formatting. For example, the book makes an outlandish claim that Pontiac's "1975 GTO" sold tremendously for that model year, but man. "Great concept, some great photos" according to Kimberly Burke. Great concept, some great photos, but clearly not intended for people to read. I'm 5 pages in and they have labeled 5 cars incorrectly, and I have found a few spelling errors. Incredibly disappointing from that aspect. It makes it hard to trust the information included.
In turn, this resulted in the development of the first production muscle cars. The American public's love for speed and power has inspired generations of muscle cars. The rising popularity of street racing, stock-car races, and quarter-mile drag races in the pre-war years led to the formation of the National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing in 1947 and the National Hot Rod Association in 1951. Beautifully illustrated throughout in full color, this book includes full technical specifications for each car featured.. These organizations and the growing plethora of specialist auto magazines (including Hot Rod and Motor Trend) stimulated America's fascination with speed and performance. These powerful models took their heritage from the street racers of earlier days, with small bodies equipped with large and potent engines.The Illustrated Directory of Muscle Cars celebrates the complete history of the muscle car, from its earliest inception through to the sophisticated beasts of today