Motor City muscle : the high-powered history of the American muscle car / Mike Mueller ; [editor: zack Miller and Peter Schletty.
Título:
Motor City muscle : the high-powered history of the American muscle car / Mike Mueller ; [editor: zack Miller and Peter Schletty.
ISBN:
9780760339442
Autor personal:
Edición:
Revised edition.
Información de publicación:
Minneapolis : MBI Pub. Co. and Motorbooks, 2011.
©1997
Descripción física:
192 pages : color illustrations ; 23 cm
Nota general:
Includes index.
Contenido:
Introduction: Who put the muscle in musclecar? : defining the breed's era and aura -- Pontiac primes the pump: the musclecar age begins with the GTO -- Bucket o' bolts: mechanical milestones & techno-trivia -- Little pones & big horses: one size didn't fit all -- Power to the people: performance goes back to basics -- Go speed racer, go!: supercars from super stocks to superbirds -- Wheeler dealers (& one snake): how'd they do it? Not with volume -- 1970: a season for horsepower -- The signpost up ahead: American performance enters the twilight zone -- An encore performance: the great American musclecar is reborn.
Síntesis:
Through the 1960s and into the 1970s, America's car makers fought an unbridled war for street supremacy. Who would have dreams that 20 years later the advent of electronically controlled engine-management systems would make possible the rebirth of the muscle car?
Término geográfico:
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ocn555658316
Disponibilidad:
Apple Valley - Galaxie~1
Burnsville - Burnhaven~1
