A car’s name can make it or break it. With the Dodge Charger, it charged right into the winner’s circle withbuyers. From its beings of a rush to production showcar,...
Chrysler entered the pony-car market with the capable but unlovely Barracuda in the early 1960s. The car was refined over the years, becoming a true muscle car, and a rather...
From 1939's first modern-era pickup to 1978's 440 V-8 D150 Adventurer SE, Dodge-built pickups introduced many innovations that were later copied by the entire industry. Tough, rugged and practical -...
The Chrysler LA-series and Magnum small-blocks are powerful, efficient, and quick-revving engines that have dutifully powered millions of Chrysler/Dodge/Plymouth cars and trucks from 1964 to 2003. And the LA engine...
“Just runnin’ down the road’s his idea of having fun.” The lyrics to the cartoon Road Runner, it was this cartoon that would inspire one of that all-time greatest muscle...
Coronet: definition; a small or lesser crown usually worn by those of lesser royal rank. That could be said of the Dodge Coronet, as it was out ranked by the...
As the muscle car wars developed in the early 1960s, auto manufacturers scrambled to find catchy marketing campaigns to entice the buying public into their dealerships. General Motors, Ford, and...
Over the last 40 years, millions of Chrysler, AMC, and Jeep vehicles have used these differentials, propelling these high-performance vehicles to victory on the street, in drag racing, and other...
From lifelong car enthusiast and photographer Mike Mueller comes the most expansive overview of Chrysler Corporation’s muscle cars ever published. It’s no secret that Dodge and Plymouth have been responsible for...
This is the muscle car history to own—a richly illustrated chronicle of America's greatest high-performance cars, told from their 1960s beginning through the present day! In the 1960s, three incendiary...
In this exciting new history of Dodge and Ram trucks, award-winning automotive author Patrick Foster details the genesis of today’s hot-selling Ram pickups, vans and four-wheel-drives. Beginning with the Graham...
A thorough examination of many of the great Dodges built from 1930 to 1972. Covers models from the Series DD6 straight-six to the 340-powered Demon, including the Airflow, Wayfarer, Royal,...
Now in its third edition, Jeep 4x4 Performance Handbook eliminates the mystery of getting the most out of your Jeep vehicle, thanks to the thorough research and expertise of Jeep experts Jim...
“Get one before one gets you!” Motion Performance’s catchy sales pitch for builderJoel Rosen’s Phase III Specialty Muscle Cars sums up theescalating performance scene in the late 1960s. Specialedition muscle...
While the established stock and modified brackets arelong-recognized as the heart and soul of drag racing, it wasthe wheelstanders that more often than not put butts in thebleachers. In that...
If you have a hankering for the sand and mud, this thoroughly updated edition of The Four-Wheeler's Bible is your ultimate resource for overland adventures, both close to home and farther afield. Whether...
In 1970, the American muscle car was as fast and outrageous as it would ever get. But the end was nigh, and 1970 Maximum Muscle dives head-first into the storm...
The Viper stunned Americans by showing that Dodge, whose cars were all front-wheel drive (and mostly powered by four-cylinder engines), could make a raw, brutal, V-10-powered car that could run...
Virgil Exner: Visioneer: The official biography of Virgil M. Exner, designer is the story of a man who brought his own personal style to the world of industrial design, from...
In How to Build Affordable Hot Rods, author and lifelong hot rod aficionado Tony Thacker takes you through the process of building a hot rod on a budget. Drawing on...
Each Haynes manual is written for the do-it-yourselfer and provides step-by-step instructions based on a complete disassembly of the vehicle. This hands-on experience provides the reader with specific and detailed...
The Hemi is arguably the most iconic American V-8 in competition history. Employing a talented team of engineers, Chrysler refined the hemispherical combustion chamber design and created an engine that...
