Pontiac GTO 50 Years: The Original Muscle Car
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| Rating | : | 4.49 (724 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0760347115 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 224 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-04-29 |
| Language | : | English |
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Five Stars Amazon Customer Very nice book about America's first muscle car! I own a '65 GTO. "Pontiac GTO 50 Years:The Original Muscle Car" according to Jose Lopez. Pontiac GTO 50 Years:The Original Muscle Car(201Pontiac GTO 50 Years:The Original Muscle Car Jose Lopez Pontiac GTO 50 Years:The Original Muscle Car(2014,Hardcover.)Is a beautifully done Book on GM's biggest Mistake,Mistake because they should have never dropped Pontiac or The GTO itself.A Must for any Pontiac Fan and GM Junkie,the pictures from the GM archives,Color,black and white are gorgeous,the current pictures are just as good and the story that go. ,Hardcover.)Is a beautifully done Book on GM's biggest Mistake,Mistake because they should have never dropped Pontiac or The GTO itself.A Must for any Pontiac Fan and GM Junkie,the pictures from the GM archives,Color,black and white are gorgeous,the current pictures are just as good and the story that go. Luc Hoelscher said The perfect gift for the muscle car lover!. I've read a few of these types of books in the past on Mustangs and had to make myself finish them even though I love Mustangs. They were packed with facts but were very dry and had very little in the way of entertainment. That was not the case with this book. Darwin dove into the details of the different models and years but also did a great job of ex
Wedding that massive V-8 to a mid-size GM chassis created one of the fastest production cars of the time but also made it a car just about anyone with a job could afford.It started as an option package that was supposed to be limited to 5,000 units. This is the car that launched the muscle car era and gave the Baby Boomers high-speed wings.Trivia freaks might know that Pontiac's "GTO" means "Gran Turismo Omologato," but muscle car fans know it earned its nicknameâ??The Great Oneâ??at a time when America built the greatest cars on earth. It wasn't the fastest, the most powerful, or the most outrageous muscle car, but Pontiac's GTO resides at the very top of the pantheon because it was the first.Pontiac GTO 50 Years: The Original Muscle Car follows the rise of this iconic vehicle from the day in 1963 when Chief Engineer John Z. Instead, word of mouth pushed sales to more than six times that many in its first year.Hundreds of photographs round out this thoroughly researched history and offer insight into the vehicle that, through redesigns, repackages, and relaunches, came of age with the Baby Boomer generation. From classic 1960s models to the GTO's revival in 2004, the exhilarating story of the outlaw that should never have beenâ??and will never be againâ??will thrill any auto enthusiast.. DeLorean bolted a 389
Prior to that he served as Midwestern editor for Motorcyclist magazine.David Newhardt is one of the best automobile photographers working today and has provided photography for best-selling Motorbooks titles Muscle: America's Legendary Performance Cars, Corvette: Fifty Years, Mustang: Forty Years, Mopar Muscle: Fifty Years, and Shelby Mustang: Racer for the Street.. Darwin
Darwin is the senior editor for Motorbooks. About the Author Darwin Holmstrom has written, co-written, or contributed to over thirty books on subjects ranging from motorcycles and muscle cars to Gibson Les Paul guitars, including Indian Motorcycles, GTO: Fifty Years, Let's Ride: Sonny Barger's Guide to Motorcyclying,Top Muscle: The Rarest Cars from America's Fastest Decade, BMW Motorcycles, The Harley-Davidson Motor Co. Archive Collection, and The Complete Idiot's Guide to Motorcycles. Prior to that he served as Midwestern editor for Motorcyclist magazine.David Newhardt is one of the best automobile photographers working today and has provided photography for best-selling Motorbooks titles Muscle: America's Legendary Performance Cars, Corvette: Fifty Years, Mustang: Forty Years, Mopar Muscle: Fifty Years, and Shelby Mustang: Racer for the Street.