Product Description: Every pastime has its greats, and hot rodding is no exception. Once in a while, a hot rodder puts together a car that's so right and so well done that it becomes an instant icon in the rodding world. These cars represent a clear vision that sets the standard for others to follow...read more

Product Description: In American Cars of the 1950s, post-war dream cars take center stage with vivid photographs in stunning color. In the 1950s the American automobile industry arrived in style. In the postwar boom, Americans were flush and full of optimism...read more

Product Description: Detroit's Woodward Avenue was America's center of gravity for cruising and street racing in the '50s and '60s. Its widely paved surfaces with long sections of arrow-straight road between traffic signals provided the ideal location for stoplight street racing and cruising action...read more

Product Description: Throughout American culture, there have always been people and sometimesobjects that are famous enough to be recognized by a single name. In theautomotive world, buzzwords for greatness include Hemi, Shelby, and Fuelie.Corvettes manufactured between 1957 and 1965 and equipped with a fuelinjected small-block engine are given special respect, and they remain someof the most desirable Corvettes ever built...read more

Product Description: Take a high-octane tour through the design, development and muscle cars behind the greatest V-8 in Detroit history.  Fire-breathing Mopars come roaring to life--from the 1951 Chrysler Saratoga through the muscle cars of the 1960s and ‘70s right up to the newest Hemis in Dodge's line of cars and pickups...read more

Product Description: In this value-priced celebration of Hemi muscle cars, author and photographer Robert Genat celebrates the word that has been synonymous with speed, power, and muscle. Named for its hemispherically shaped combustion chambers, Chrysler's iconic engine has powered some of the most powerful automobiles down America's highways, drag strips, and race tracks...read more

Product Description: In the world of muscle cars, Hemi reigned supreme. And nothing scorched rubber down the drag strip with more success than the famous family of Hemi powered Mopars! From the Hemi ’Cudas and Challengers of the classic muscle car era to the resurrected Hemi engines of today, Hemi Muscle 2008 spotlights some of the most powerful vehicles to ever grace pavement...read more

Product Description: On the 1957 auto show circuit Chevrolet unveiled a show car based on its Corvette and dubbed the "Super Sport." The performance car world took one look, and never looked back. A combination of styling and performance upgrades, the SS package could turn something as mundane as a 6-cylinder Malibu into the fire-breathing Chevelle SS396...read more

Product Description: The 1932 Ford, the Deuce, is among the most important automobiles ever produced. A landmark car for Ford, the '32 introduced Henry Ford's groundbreaking V-8 engine, bringing the iconic engine configuration to the masses for the first time...read more

Product Description: In the world of muscle cars, Mopar reigned supreme. And nothing scorched rubber down the drag strip with more success than the famous family of Hemi engines. From the Hemi ‘Cudas and Challengers of the classic muscle car era to the resurrected Hemi engines being marketed today, Hemi Muscle spotlights some of the most powerful vehicles to ever grace pavement...read more

Product Description: Chrysler entered the pony-car market with the capable but unlovely Barracuda in the early 1960s. The car was refined over the years, becoming a true muscle car, and a rather handsome one at that, but it wasn’t until the advent of the E-body pony cars from 1970-1974—Barracudas, the Dodge Challenger, and Plymouth ‘Cuda—that Chrysler became a true player in the pony-car market...read more

Product Description: There is no automotive decade in history that matches the '60s. The rule of the day was performance, and American auto manufacturers were tripping over themselves trying to come up with the hottest new performance theme to gain an advantage in the minds and wallets of potential customers...read more

Ever since the automobile was made accessible to the masses, car dealerships have been special places where desires, sweaty palms, and that new-car smell are distilled into an intoxicating elixir of freedom and ownership. From Art Deco showrooms of the '30s to modern glass-walled superstores, this nostalgic road trip revisits the architecture, marketing, and business practices that have become inextricably associated with auto retailers. A fascinating text accompanies an equally compelling collection of archival photography recalling past and present car dealer phenomena like new model previews and grand openings (i.e., soaped showroom windows, veiled cars, search lights), promotions and giveaways (banners, literature, buttons, pens, pedal cars, ashtrays, and anything else dealers could use to help make a sale), business practices from early-century animal trade-ins to today's refreshing Saturn-style service, customer relations and service centers, and nontraditional automotive outlets like Sears-Roebuck and hardware stores. Sidebars highlight innovative dealerships and those that have been in business for decades.

Product Description: This book covers 1955, 1956, and 1957 Chevrolets(Tri-Chevys) some of the most popular American cars of all time. Beautifully illustrated with 250 color photographs, this book focuses on all the details restorers and enthusiasts want to know...read more

Product Description: One of the most popular and recognizable hot rods of all time is brought vividly to life in this affectionate look at wild '32 Ford coupes of past and present. The high-style looks of the standard 5-window and deluxe 3-window body styles spring from the pages through colorful examples of the American Graffiti coupe and the original Beach Boys car...read more

Product Description: A fascinating look at the history and development of the top fuel dragster, from its beginning as a crude, stripped-down hot rod to today's sophisticated machines that deliver thousands of horsepower. Chapters discuss the birth and golden age of top fuel, the rear-engine era, anatomy of a modern top fueler, and racing a modern top fueler...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

Product Description: Top fuelers, funny cars, super stocks, pro stocks, and fuel-altereds are all included in this magnificent look back at the evolution of drag racing from the 1950s to today. Each chapter examines the history of a different class. Robert Genat's modern color photography of these landmark cars is accompanied by imagery from the NHRA archives and the stories of the legends who built and drove the cars on dragstrips across the nation -- people like Garlits, Prudhomme, Melvin Heath, and others...read more

Highlighting the artistic and mechanical ingenuity of these automobiles custom-built low to the ground, explores the major types of lowriders, including trucks, bombs, traditional, and new age. (view table of contents)