American Muscle Cars: A Full-Throttle History

In the 1960s, three incendiary ingredients—developing , a culture consumed by the , and 75 million entering the auto market—exploded in the form of the factory muscle car. The resulting vehicles, brutal machines unlike any the world had seen before or will ever see again, defined . chronicles this tumultuous period of American history through the primary tool Americans use to define themselves: their automobiles. From the that emerged following World War II from Detroit today, this book brings to life the history of the American muscle car. When Pontiac's chief engineer, , and his team installed a big-inch engine into the division's intermediate chassis, they immediately invented the classic muscle car. In those 20 minutes it took Bill Collins and Russ Gee to bolt a 389 ci V-8 engine into a Tempest chassis they created the prototype for —and changed the course of automotive history. From that moment on, American performance cars would never be the same. Featured cars represent of the time— , , and —as well as landmark models like the , and much more. tells the story of the most desirable cars ever to come out of Detroit. It's a story of flat-out insanity told at full throttle and illustrated with beautiful photography.