Top muscle
Subtitle: the rarest cars from America's fastest decade
By: Darwin Holmstrom ; photography by Randy Leffingwell
Contributors: Leffingwell, Randy, 1948-
Published: 2014
Language: eng
Number of pages: 223
ISBN-13: 9780760345146
Subjects: Muscle cars; Pictorial works; History
Other titles: Rarest cars from America's fastest decade
Description: "Darwin Holmstrom's Top Muscle is a look at over two dozen of the rarest one-offs and production vehicles from the muscle-car era of the late 60s and early 70s. Featuring new and original photography of every car, this book chronicles the biggest and baddest in the heyday of American muscle"--

"A muscle-car book unlike any other, featuring the rarest vehicles on Earth. In the 1960s, something explosive happened in the automotive world: the United States' evolving V-8 engine technology was met by 75 million baby boomers, all with an extreme need for speed and all entering the auto market at the same time. The result was the golden era of factory muscle cars, brutish machines that were unlike any the world had ever seen or will likely ever see again--they truly embodied the "sex, drugs, and rock-and-roll" generation. But for some, even a factory muscle car wasn't enough. Detroit automakers responded, secretly building outrageous muscle cars behind their superiors' backs and ultimately creating some of the most powerful vehicles ever sold to the public. In Top Muscle, author Darwin Holmstrom chronicles the ultimate collection of these super-rare high-performance beasts. Captured by the lens of renowned auto photographer Randy Leffingwell, these cars represent the absolute zenith of the most valuable collector cars in existence, with fascinating histories that illuminate the wildest age in American automotive history. The Brothers Collection features over 600 cars, including such rarities as: the very first Chevelle Z16 ever built, which was also the very first muscle car that Chevrolet ever built; the very first Chevelle SS454 LS6 off the assembly line; the only 1969 Mach I Mustang ever built with a factory sunroof; the very first A12 (440-6) Roadrunner ever built; the very last Hemi 'Cuda convertible Plymouth produced; one of the eight convertible Trans Am Ram Air III Firebirds that Pontiac built in 1969"--
Notes: The publication year is listed as 2013 on the title page verso.

Includes index.
Table of contents: title: Part 1. General Motors; title: 1970 Buick GSX Stage 1; title: 1965 Chevrolet Chevelle Z16 coupe; title: 1968 Yenko Super Camaro; title: 1969 Douglass-Yenko Super Camaro; title: 1970 Chevrolet Chevelle SS454 LS6; title: 1970 Oldsmobile 442 W30 convertible; title: 1969 Pontiac GTO Judge convertible; title: 1969 Pontiac Trans-Am convertible; title: 1970 1/2 Pontiac Trans-Am Ram-Air IV; title: Part II. Mopar/AMC; title: 1970 American Motors AMX; title: 1969 Dodge Charger Daytona 440-6; title: 1970 Dodge Challenger Hemi coupe; title: 1970 Dodge Challenger Hemi convertible; title: 1963 Plymouth Sport Fury 426 Max Wedge; title: 1969 Plymouth Superbird; title: 1969 Plymouth Roadrunner coupe 440-6; title: 1971 Plymouth 'Cuda Hemi convertible; title: 1971 Plymouth Road Runner Hemi; title: Part III. Ford-Mercury-Shelby; title: 1966 Ford Fairlane 500 427; title: 1966 Ford Galaxie hardtop 500XLR 427; title: 1968 Shelby GT500KR; title: 1969 Ford Mustang Mach I 390; title: 1969 Ford Mustang Boss 429; title: 1970 Ford Torino Cobra 429 SCJ; title: 1968 Mercury Cougar GT-E 427.