1970 Maximum Muscle explores the factors that would lead to the decline of the most exciting era in the American automotive industryâ as well as the resulting arms race among designers who saw their last opportunity to make the ultimate muscle car. As a result, 1970 was the climax of the muscle car era from engineering, styling, and performance standpoints.
1970 Maximum Muscle explores the factors that would lead to the decline of the most exciting era in the American automotive industryâ as well as the resulting arms race among designers who saw their last opportunity to make the ultimate muscle car. As a result, 1970 was the climax of the muscle car era from engineering, styling, and performance standpoints.
Mark Fletcher is an automotive historian and muscle car enthusiast who has owned almost 100 performance cars from the late 1960s and early 1970s. He lives in Southern California with his wife Cheryl and is active in several automotive clubs and organizations. Richard Truesdell has contributed to Motor Trend, Automobile, Muscle Car Review, National Geographic Traveler, and other publications. His 2005 trip from London to Maranello and back in a Ford GT and Dodge Viper was published in Octane. He is co-author, with Mark Fletcher, of Hurst Equipped (2012).
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Introduction: Gimmie Danger 1969½ Prelude to Mayhem JAMMIN’ ECONO: THE LOW-COST DRAG CARS AMC Hurst SC/Rambler Plymouth Road Runner and Dodge Super Bee A12 Pontiac GTO “The Judge Mercury Cougar Eliminator SCCA MUSCLE: TRANS-AM CARS Chevrolet Camaro Z/28 Ford Boss 302 Mustang Pontiac Trans Am ROUNDY-ROUND MUSCLE: NASCAR CARS Ford Talladega Mercury Cyclone Spoiler and Spoiler II Dodge Charger 500 Dodge Charger Daytona 1970 Muscle Climax CHEVROLET Chevelle LS6 Camaro Z/28 Camaro SS 396 L78 Nova SS 396 L78/L89 FORD AND MERCURY Ford Mustang 428 CJ and SCJ with Drag Pack Mercury Cougar 428 SCJ Ford Boss 429 Mustang Ford Torino Cobra 429 SCJ Mercury Cyclone Spoiler 429 SCJ Mercury Cougar Eliminator BUICK, OLDSMOBILE, AND PONTIAC Buick GSX Oldsmobile 442 W-30 Pontiac GTO Ram Airs and 455 Pontiac Trans Am 400 PLYMOUTH AND DODGE Plymouth Road Runner Superbird Plymouth ’Cuda 426 Dodge Challenger 426 Dodge Charger 440 Six Pack Dodge Charger R/T 426 Street Hemi AMC Rebel Machine Trans Am Special Javelin AMX 390 Go-Pack Epilogue: The Muscle Car, 50 Years Later Acknowledgments Image Credits Index
Introduction: Gimmie Danger 1969½ Prelude to Mayhem JAMMIN’ ECONO: THE LOW-COST DRAG CARS AMC Hurst SC/Rambler Plymouth Road Runner and Dodge Super Bee A12 Pontiac GTO “The Judge Mercury Cougar Eliminator SCCA MUSCLE: TRANS-AM CARS Chevrolet Camaro Z/28 Ford Boss 302 Mustang Pontiac Trans Am ROUNDY-ROUND MUSCLE: NASCAR CARS Ford Talladega Mercury Cyclone Spoiler and Spoiler II Dodge Charger 500 Dodge Charger Daytona 1970 Muscle Climax CHEVROLET Chevelle LS6 Camaro Z/28 Camaro SS 396 L78 Nova SS 396 L78/L89 FORD AND MERCURY Ford Mustang 428 CJ and SCJ with Drag Pack Mercury Cougar 428 SCJ Ford Boss 429 Mustang Ford Torino Cobra 429 SCJ Mercury Cyclone Spoiler 429 SCJ Mercury Cougar Eliminator BUICK, OLDSMOBILE, AND PONTIAC Buick GSX Oldsmobile 442 W-30 Pontiac GTO Ram Airs and 455 Pontiac Trans Am 400 PLYMOUTH AND DODGE Plymouth Road Runner Superbird Plymouth ’Cuda 426 Dodge Challenger 426 Dodge Charger 440 Six Pack Dodge Charger R/T 426 Street Hemi AMC Rebel Machine Trans Am Special Javelin AMX 390 Go-Pack Epilogue: The Muscle Car, 50 Years Later Acknowledgments Image Credits Index
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