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Type of bind: Hardcover
Dewey Decimal Number: 629.222
EAN num: 9780760328316
ISBN number: 0760328315
Label: Motorbooks
Manufacturer: Motorbooks
Quantity: 1
Page Count: 176
Printing Date: May 15, 2007
Publishing house: Motorbooks
Sale Popularity Level: 90549
Studio: Motorbooks
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Today, a 1970 Hemi Cuda can change hands for as much as a quarter of a million dollars. But when it was introduced, the Barracuda was just a car, and it was Joe Oldhams job to beat the daylights out of it. A tell-all from the man who tested the best, this book delves into the notes Oldham made on the cars he vetted for some of the top car magazines.
Here are the photos (including outtakes) and the hard cold facts on muscle cars from the 1964 GTO to the 1976 Trans Am 455 HO--twenty-four in all. The 1970 Buick Gran Sport GSX, Oldham notes, was 'the best handling muscle car we ever tested.' The 1968 Plymouth Road Runner, on the other hand, was 'just a car that didnt run very well'--despite its 426 Hemi.
Today, people might know the articles Oldham wrote, and they might know the performance numbers he got. But how he did those things was an untold story. This behind-the-scenes book is a close-up look at what it was like to live in the muscle car era and to help create the myth that still lives on today.
The list of reviewed cars includes:
1962 421 Super Duty Pontiac Catalina
1963 409 Chevrolet Biscayne
1968 Pontiac Firebird Sprint Turismo
1969 Baldwin-Motion SS-427 Camaro
1969 440 Plymouth Barracuda
1969 Firebird 400 Ram Air IV
1969 426 Hemi Road Runner
1969 440 Plymouth GTX
1969 440 6-BBL Plymouth Road Runner
1969 Pontiac GTO Judge
1969 428 Cobra Jet Mustang Mach 1
1970 426 Hemi Barracuda Convertible
1970 Buick GSX 455 Stage 1
1970 Pontiac GTO Ram Air IV
1971 429SCJ Ford Torino Cobra
1971 American Motors 401 AMX
1972 Oldsmobile 4-4-2 W-30
1973 Chevrolet Camaro Z28
1976 455 Pontiac Trans Am
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Muscle Car Confidential was just a GREAT book... If you were around during this time, you HAVE to get this book... Enjoy !!!!
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If you like Muscle Cars or even interested in American automobiles, please buy this book. You can tell Oldham has fully lived the Muscle Car era and he tells it like it is. This book is well worth the money.
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If you are wanting an encyclopedia regurgitating facts and stats, this isn't where you will find it. If however, you want an entertaining read chronicaling what it was like to experience these cars in their heyday, this book is a must have. It was hard to put down, and it was honest. Most books tell you how wonderful every car between the covers is. This book gives the good and the bad, and debunks a lot of myths (the history of these cars is usually remembered through rose colored glasses).
Being a former muscle car owner, and a current enthusiast, I appreciated the frankness of the author, and enjoyed the tales. The only downside of the book is a dearth of colour photography. There are some colour pics, but not many. In defense of the author, most of the pics used were probably grey and white since they were of the cars during their heyday, not modern restorations.
Worth every penny. This book is a must have.
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I bought this book as a gift for a friend that is really into the old muscle cars. I knew that I had made the right choice by the way his eyes popped as he started reading. Now nearly everytime I see him, he is telling me something different that he has read in this book. In the United States, we are seeing the growth of interest in these older cars. Our "baby-boomers" are at the age when we can afford to relive our youth. Automobiles were such a large part of our lives they dominated our culture. So now, we are flooded with books by writers who really should not. Muscle Car Confidential is an exception. This well written motor-memour hits our "button" like a ice-cold beer on a hot day in the driveway. We are taken back to the days when the old U.S.A. automobile was the baddest dog on the block. However this writer does not gloss over the faults he found. So that our own memories and feelings about our cars are sharpened, either by being validated or confronted. What better way to spend our few resting hours than by a combination of affermations and challenges. Bottom line, buy the book!
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This is a great book, full of interesting insights and funny stories. The inside scoop about some highly overrated or uderrated muscle cars. The author tells it like it was, and some legends get knocked off their pedestals in the process. Lots of good stories told by the guy who had the job we all wanted!
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