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Extreme Muscle Cars High Horsepower Straight from the Factory

Extreme Muscle Cars High Horsepower Straight from the Factory

-Features the most mysterious and radical sector of muscle cars ever created

-Explores the intense popularity of muscle cars — many of the top 125 sales at Barrett-Jackson national auto auctions involve muscle cars

This book redefines extreme with old-school super stock finesse and pure horsepower. Extreme Muscle Cars gives collectors, gearheads, and novice car enthusiasts a rare look at the fastest and most insane thoroughbred cars to come out of Detroit. Technical specifications including horsepower and torque, and production numbers allow readers to “look” under the hood of these radical super stock machines.

Chapter, after exciting chapter features:

-Legends of the drag strip including Ford Fairlane Thunderbolts, Mopar Max Wedge and Hemi cars

-Masters of the stop light grand prix such as 454 Chevelles, 429 Boss Mustang and Shelby GT-500 Mustang

-More than 200 stunning detailed photos that virtually put readers behind the wheel of many never-before-seen muscle cars

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5 Stars Extrem Musclecars: High Horsepower Straight from the factory

Excellent text and information with racing photos that I have never seen before, especially after 30 years following this subject.

2 Stars Extreme Mistakes
Extreme has become an overused word. These cars were not the norm, but they were available from certain dealers. Agreed; no forewords in the book. What really bothers me is the numerous grammatical errors and misspellings. Here’s an example: ‘the block was bored to .30′. I’m sure it means 0.030 over, but bothersome to me. This makes me suspect the other “facts and figures” in the text. Obviously the proof reader was absent that day. They even misspelled one driver’s name when the proper spelling is very clearly seen on the car door in the picture. I expect better. I do give it good marks for the pictures; many, clear and interesting. Money better spent elsewhere.

Update 1-12-08:

Factory Lightweights is a much better book, it’s available right here at Amazon and is the better value within the same category of cars/ interest. You can tell more research and author excitement went into this publication. I recommend it over this particular book.

5 Stars extreme muscle cars: the factory lightweight legacy
very impressed with book. not only did they cover popular lightweight race cars they covered cars that werent popular during this drag racing era.

4 Stars Different Strokes…
Know this first off - yes, the cover you see here is incorrect. Amazon really needs to update the photo. Yes, there are no fowards by Dick Brannan, Arnie Beswick, and Hayden Proffitt, which is a bummer. Could it be that Krause Publications purchased the rights for this book from another publisher and changed a few things? Who knows. Yes, the text could have been better. It’s not horrible, but could have been more professional. I thumbed through this book at a local book store, so I knew what I was getting. However, once you get passed the above things, it’s one cool book. Lots of pictures, many of them vintage, and most are in color. At least this book tries to give the reader a general flavor of the 1960’s 1/4 mile scene. This would be a great book for a general enthsiast, not for a hardcore fanatic who has a good deal of knowledge on the subject. Do yourself a favor - buy it used at the cheapest price in the best condition.

1 Star Save Your Money
The cover states that there are forwards written by Dick Brannan, Arnie Beswick and Hayden Proffitt. My copy contained no forwards of any kind. Actual facts and research are words that can only be used loosely to describe this book. Most of it reads like a compilation of material pulled together from previously published sources, and written poorly. I was anticipating this book, but once I knew who the authors were (read some reviews on their other titles), my expectations were lowered accordingly. I am a factory lightweight fan, but can’t recommend this book for even a novice who is interested them. Wait until it’s in a bargain bin if you have to have it.

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My Life and Work

My Life and Work

INTRODUCTION–WHAT IS THE IDEA? I. THE BEGINNING II. WHAT I LEARNED ABOUT BUSINESS III. STARTING THE REAL BUSINESS IV. THE SECRET OF MANUFACTURING AND SERVING V. GETTING INTO PRODUCTION VI. MACHINES AND MEN VII. THE TERROR OF THE MACHINE. VIII. WAGES IX. WHY NOT ALWAYS HAVE GOOD BUSINESS? X. HOW CHEAPLY CAN THINGS BE MADE? XI. MONEY AND GOODS XII. MONEY–MASTER OR SERVANT? XIII. WHY BE POOR? XIV. THE TRACTOR AND POWER FARMING XV. WHY CHARITY? XVI. THE RAILROADS XVII. THINGS IN GENERAL XVIII. DEMOCRACY AND INDUSTRY XIX. WHAT WE MAY EXPECT.

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4 Stars The Classics of Management
Henry Ford is the classical writer on management. He stands on a same line with Sun Tzu, Niccol

Funny Animation Cartoon Down the Gasoline Trail DVD 1935

Funny Animation Cartoon Down the Gasoline Trail DVD 1935

This Jam Handy production was made to sell Chevrolets (now vintage Chevrolets), but it is a promotional video that is ostensibly an educational video. In order to teach us about the inner workings of the superbly designed Chevy engine and explain how an engine works, the production team combined clever animation with real footage of different parts of the engine to produce an entertaining and humorous film about what happens to gasoline when it is pumped into a car. A great example of black and white cartoons, one animated drop of gasoline acts as the tour guide through the gas line, fuel pump, manifold, and into the cylinder where he is blown up in order to power the car. At this point, he grows little angels wings and flies off, secure in the knowledge that hes lived the best life possible for a drop of gas, which is fueling a Chevy, of course. There’s some nice footage of old Chevy cars which along with the amusing black and white cartoon characters make this a fun promotional video.

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