Standard Guide to American Muscle Cars, 1949-1995

by Ron Kowalke

Newly revised and updated, here is truly a "standard guide" to classic muscle cars from the 1960s and 1970s, as well as to the high performance cars from 1960-1995. Packed into one definitive volume... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0873414292
• ISBN13: 9780873414296
• Release Date: January 1996
• Publisher: Krause Publications
• Length: 248 Pages
• Weight: 1.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 8.6" x 11.1"

Customer Reviews

A commendable effort

I too enjoyed the original print ads for a great many of the cars shown. And the information is generally reliable as well. Although one should keep an open mind. In the section covering the 1968 Dodge Charger R/T the editor states that this is the car driven by Steve McQueen in "Bullitt." This, of course, is not true as McQueen drove a Ford Mustang fastback; the mafia hitmen drove a black Charger 440 R/T.

Standard Guide to American Muscle Cars

Pretty good book in that it covers a lot of muscle cars and a long time span. I like the way the book uses many original ads and it is fairly complete in its coverage. I would like to see better pictures and more proofreading. I noticed that some of the information about certain cars is incorrect or transposed. It also appears that some of the picture captions are not associated with the proper picture.

Standard Guide to American Muscle Cars

Overall a very informative book on muscle cars from the '60's to the '90's. It's an excellent start for us younger people to learn about the older muscle cars that we didn't get to see as we were growing up. This book covers most of the significant muscle cars that have come out of America from the years 1960-1995. If you are interested in buying a muscle car but aren't exactly sure what car you want to get, this book will help you narrow down your choices.