--- product_id: 41841186 title: "Detroit Muscle: Factory Lightweights and Purpose-Built Muscle Cars" brand: "charles morris" price: "VT16051" currency: VUV in_stock: true reviews_count: 9 url: https://www.desertcart.vu/products/41841186-detroit-muscle-factory-lightweights-and-purpose-built-muscle-cars store_origin: VU region: Vanuatu --- # Detroit Muscle: Factory Lightweights and Purpose-Built Muscle Cars **Brand:** charles morris **Price:** VT16051 **Availability:** ✅ In Stock ## Quick Answers - **What is this?** Detroit Muscle: Factory Lightweights and Purpose-Built Muscle Cars by charles morris - **How much does it cost?** VT16051 with free shipping - **Is it available?** Yes, in stock and ready to ship - **Where can I buy it?** [www.desertcart.vu](https://www.desertcart.vu/products/41841186-detroit-muscle-factory-lightweights-and-purpose-built-muscle-cars) ## Best For - charles morris enthusiasts ## Why This Product - Trusted charles morris brand quality - Free international shipping included - Worldwide delivery with tracking - 15-day hassle-free returns ## Description Full description not available ## Images ![Detroit Muscle: Factory Lightweights and Purpose-Built Muscle Cars - Image 1](https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/511GDrx3ljL.jpg) ![Detroit Muscle: Factory Lightweights and Purpose-Built Muscle Cars - Image 2](https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/61P10zIJOUL.jpg) ## Customer Reviews ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ A treasure trove of the history of American muscle cars! *by J***A on Reviewed in the United States on April 27, 2017* I received this book in the mail the other day and I can't put it down. It's written by Charles Morris, who grew up in the golden age of Detroit iron and who spent a lot of time at drag strips. The earlier chapters discuss the origins of what would become the muscle car wars of the 1960's. Ford moving into the modern age with the Y block. Chevy finally joining the competition with their V8. Chrysler's ubiquitous hemi engines. The corvette, the T-Bird and racing.Apparently Detroit got bamboozled into thinking that their participation into racing, or even makings car better and faster, was somehow dangerous to the public at large. We now know that racing actually made cars safer. Seat belts and side view mirrors being just a couple of contributions. In any event, sponsoring race cars was frowned upon. Some car makers agreed to stop, except they really didn't. Some agreed to refrain and did only to have sporting minded dealers provide go fast parts.We are then taken into the 1960's when gas was cheap and America had a can do attitude. The author provides a good number of purpose built cars as examples. Lightweight cars, stripped of all creature comforts and sometimes using aluminum and fiberglass to make them even lighter. It worked pretty well if you can get the nose of a Ford Galaxie into the air on a drag strip, you're doing it right! Then Detroit figured out that stuffing a big honking motor into a mid size car would make for shorter times in the quarter mile and the muscle car was born!Then we're walked through all of the really amazing innovations of those last few years before the government, insurance companies and big oil burst our bubble. Everybody was building serious muscle cars. Even stodgy Ramber had a legitimate go fast machine by 1970. Every manufacturers accomplishments are reviewed in some detail in this book.Finally, the party appeared to be over. Compression was down. Pollution control devices strangled whatever performance was left out of our cars. Performance was later defined by stripes and go fast looking wheel packages backed up by the same sorry mills in the plain Jane versions of the mode. It looked bleak, or did it?Detroit figured out that technology could make cars run cleaner, more reliably and with less maintenance than before. Oh, and they could be fast and actually handle too! Thus the rebirth of American muscle! To illustrate his point, the author provides three great examples of the modern purpose built race car. The 351 Ford Cobra R of the mid 1990's. The Chevy COPO Camaro and the Drag PAC Challenger.I really like this book because it's the perfect blend of historical references, technical information and beautifully photographed American iron. It's a coffee table format, so the pictures are a good size. If you or someone you know is interested in what the golden age of muscle cars and drag racing was about, this book should be your go to reference. ### ⭐⭐⭐ Excellent photos, wished it had more historical background on ... *by A***R on Reviewed in the United States on June 26, 2017* Excellent photos, wished it had more historical background on some of the cars!!! Overall very good book and covers all makes!!! ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Another book well done by a great writer and automotive historian *by K***S on Reviewed in the United States on May 16, 2017* Another book well done by a great writer and automotive historian. I am proud to say I own all the books written to date by author Charlie Morris and this latest edition did not let me down! What an era, never to repeat itself! 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