Muscle : America's Legendary Performance Cars

by Leffingwell, Randy

• ISBN13: 9780760333051
• ISBN10: 076033305X
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2008-04-15
• Publisher: Motorbooks Intl

Summary

Over 17,000 copies of this title sold in hardback! Now available in paperback, it is the only definitive history of muscle cars from the emergence of the V-8 engine, through baby boomers, to today's million-dollar collectibles. Unlike anything 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 American Muscle Cars from Hot Rodding after WWII right up to the new breed of Muscle cars coming out of Detroit today. With David Newhart's exquisite photography and text that pulls no punches this is the definitive resource and history for Muscle cars.

Author Biography

Randy Leffingwell is the author of such bestselling titles as Porsche 911: Perfection by Design, Farmall: Eight Decades of Innovation, John Deere: A History of the Tractor, Corvette Fifty Years, and Mustang Forty Years, all from Motorbooks. He lives in Santa Barbara, California.

Darwin Holmstrom has written or co-written many books on motorcycling, including the best-selling Billy Lane Chop Fiction: It’s Not a Motorcycle, Baby, It’s a Chopper and The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Motorcycles. He lives in Crystal, Minnesota.

David Newhardt, one of the best automobile photographers working today, is the author of such enthusiast books as Pontiac Firebird Trans Am and has provided photography for MBI’s bestselling titles Corvette Fifty Years, Mustang Forty Years, Mopar Muscle, and Shelby Mustang: Racer for the Street. He lives in Pasadena, California.