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Muscle Car Books More Than Just A Casual Read |
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Written by Muscle Car Tech
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Friday, 01 February 2008 |
When people look for literature to read up on muscle cars the usual venue is muscle car magazines and websites. There are other options in muscle car literature in which you can find on the internet or on the library shelves. The following is a list of muscle car books that have inspired not only their readers, but have also inspired the actual makers and mechanics of muscle cars. This inspiration goes beyond the pages and is found in the finished product of muscle cars around the nation.
When people look for literature to read up on muscle cars the usual venue is muscle car magazines and websites. There are other options in muscle car literature in which you can find on the internet or on the library shelves. The following is a list of muscle car books that have inspired not only their readers, but have also inspired the actual makers and mechanics of muscle cars. This inspiration goes beyond the pages and is found in the finished product of muscle cars around the nation.
Peter Henshaw’s book simply entitled “Muscle Cars,” has enjoyed quite a shelf life in bookstores and in libraries. This four hundred plus page book is full of pictures of muscle cars on the past and possible muscle cars of the futures. Most of the cars come from the early 60s to the late 70s, but the prototypes featured in this book are quite similar to what cars are coming off the assembly lines today.
Craig Cheetham has had a new muscle car book that came out last year called, “Ultimate Muscle Cars.” This book has received a five star rating on Amazon.com and has become famous for young muscle car enthusiasts who like looking at the pictures and leaving the words for other times. This book has over three hundred pages of pictures of some monster muscle cars and some that look a little meeker, but still packs a punch under the hood.
“Muscle Car Chronicle,” by James Flamming is a great coffee table book that is deep in the coverage of the topic of muscle cars and even go so far as to offer factory photos. Aesthetics for muscle cars is reviewed as well as vintage racing pictures. The text is interesting, but the picture will inspire and awe the reader. Better than a magazine, this books stands above its competitors in the same market.
For the mechanically minded, Jason Scott’s, “How to Rebuild and Modify Your Muscle Car,” is a must have book. This book intricately details the ins and outs of muscle car rebuilding and modification. This is another book in the “Motor books Workshop” series and if you have ever read a book from this series, you know that his book will be an asset to your muscle car book collection.
If you have a champagne taste in muscle cars you might want to pick up a copy of “Million Dollar Muscle Cars: The Rarest and Most Collectable Cars of the Performance Era,” by Colin Comer. Your pulse rate may climb when you see these beauties, but it will be short lived when you see the price of these muscle cars. The sticker shock alone will want you to put the book down.
Now that you know that there are more books on muscle cars than what is available at your local newsstand, get out there and buy some muscle car hardcover literature. It will help support the enthusiasm in the genre and also generate interest for those who have not had the pleasure of falling in love with these great cars. |