Many of the most popular cars of the muscle era came from
General Motors. Spread across the Generals various marques were models
like the Camaro, Chevelle, GTO, Cutlass, Skylark, Tempest, Impala, Monte
Carlo, El Camino, and many others. This book will provide 101 hands-on,
how-to projects aimed directly at fans of classic GM muscle, showing
them how to do just the kinds of projects that they want to do:
restoration of the exterior and interior, and performance upgrades to
the engine, driveline, and suspension.
The existence of many large aftermarket companies provides
evidence of the vast potential audience for this book. Restoration and
performance part companies like Year One, National Parts Depot, Summit
Racing, Jegs, and Original Parts Group count on this audience to provide
a large portion of their business. For example, Original Parts Group,
which specializes exclusively in parts for GM A-body muscle cars, sells
an average of $100,000 worth of parts each day. Primedia alone has six
magazines that serve this crowd (Hot Rod, Car Craft, Chevy High
Performance, High Performance Pontiac, Popular Hot Rodding, Super Chevy)
with a combined circulation of 1.7 million readers per month.
Like the 101 series books before it, this book provides an
immense quantity of do-it-yourself projects that are accessible to the
at-home mechanic who has a good set of hand tools and a place to work.
Procedures will be performed on specific GM cars of this era, which
differed more in sheetmetal and trim than in the functional components,
which were often similar or identical from car to car.
About the Author
Colin Date is the author of Original Mustang 1964 1/2-1966 and
the photographer of Ultimate Auto Detailing Projects. He has been a
freelance writer for a variety of muscle car magazines and currently
works for Original Parts Group. He lives in Dana Point, California.
