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By: Larry Davis . In many ways, drag racing spawned the muscle car era of the ‘60s. Super Stock drag racing was huge in the early ‘60s, and the factories encouraged their teams’...

Author: Scotty Gosson, Softbound, 160 Pages, ISBN: 9781613243328, CT-486P, 2012 - Rodding's Imperfect Stepchildren A number of years ago, somebody (nobody knows who) coined a term for stripped...

By: Larry Atherton , 9781613251973   For more than 50 years, the small-block Chevy has ruled the streets - millions of them are out there, powering race cars, musclecars, street rods, pickups,...

By: Larry Atherton . For more than 50 years, the small-block Chevy has ruled the streets - millions of them are out there, powering race cars, musclecars, street rods, pickups, drag boats, and...

By: Steve Magnante . Book Descrtiption Automotive junkyards used to serve as sources for used auto parts, and any vehicle past its prime could very well end up there. Whether it had been damaged by...

Meet drag racing legend and pioneer Shirley Shahan, the Drag-On Lady! As the first woman to win an NHRA national event when she was named Top Stock Eliminator at the 1966 Winternationals, Shahan...

This all-new book covers what was often the inspiration for all the crazy show rods, the model kits themselves. Viewed from a collector’s standpoint rather than a builder’s point of view,...

By: Robert Genat . The late 1960s and early 1970s were the pinnacle of the muscle car era. To make their presence known, high performance Mopars had aggressive looks and tyre smoking horsepower in...

By: Steve Reyes . The front-engine slingshot is without a doubt the most distinctive style of dragster to emerge from drag racing's early years. There was no slowing down the drag racers of the 1950s...

By: John Baechtel . SMALL BLOCK CHEVY PERFORMANCE - VOL. 1 is the best engine book available for the Chevy lover. This volume covers the first 30 ground-breaking years of small-block performance...

By: John Baechtel . This book continues the in depth look at the small block performance that made the first volume a best seller. Volume two includes all the latest factory developments plus tips...

The small-block Chevrolet is easily the most popular V-8 engine ever built. It was introduced in 1955, and remained in production until the mid-1990s, powering legendary cars such as the 1955-1957...