Maximum Muscle: Factory Special Muscle Cars

by Steve Statham

During the height of the muscle car era, Ford, Chrysler, GM, and AMC offered a number of cars which, in addition to being street legal, were designed to meet the specifications necessary to campaign the NASCAR, NHRA drag racing, and SCCA Trans-Am race series. This color history examines the design, technology, and marketing of these homologation specials and puts them together in one book. Modern color photography of showroom-quality examples provides a view of remarkable machines like the Boss 302 and 429, Chrysler Hemi, Plymouth AAR Cuda, Dodge Challenger T/A, AMX Javelin, Mercury Cyclone Spoiler, and Plymouth Superbird.

128 pages, Paperback

First published May 15, 2001

About the author

Steve Statham is the author of the Connor Rix series of SF thrillers (Rules of Force, Levers of Power, Monsters and Angels), along with the space opera novel Gods and The City. He began his writing career in the automotive journalism field, reporting on custom cars, classics and race cars. He was on the staff of Super Ford magazine, and later served as editor of Musclecar Enthusiast magazine. Steve has had 12 non-fiction books on automotive subjects published by Motorbooks and Publications International.