Million-Dollar Muscle Cars: The Rarest and Most Collectible Cars of the Performance Era Muscle Cars are a legendary historical illustrated look at the first baby boomers of street racing! – Peppercorn – sydney australia
Million Dollar Muscle Cars is an illustrated look at the history of baby boomers the first cars they were fierce and fast for the street. This period was the 60’s and 70’s when cars were legends made to race as well as used for in the street. The rare models that survived this onslaught are rare collectables nostalgia in steel and rubber. Colin Comer is the world’s expert muscle car dealer David Newhardt is one of the best automobile photographers today together they have created a book of legends that almost mythological in significance is nonetheless a true masterpiece of it,s time and era. This book retells the story of these cars from their rise in the 60’s to their decline today and re-emergance as performance icons with immense historical significance for collectors.Now all together in their own separate page or section they stand alone in pride and coolness as marques of animals which have a signifigant place in history as collectible motor vehicles for driving in cruising or racing.
These cars were not for the faint of heart to buyers they were high-performance cars more adept at competition in racing than in transportation of going from one place to another. Baby boomers did just that in using these cars for drag and street racing, which were the initiators of a legend that continues today in racing which may sound shrouded in myth but is very much a reality to people who drive these cars that demand attention and respect like thoroughbred ponys on the loose in a grassfield. An informative book, with incredible illustrations and photography, that is to be owned and respected by any muscle car enthusiast,or driver of the vehicles which in the end are of course symbols of wild animals!
Finally! A muscle car book that focuses on rarity and includes the ‘Holy Grail’ – the one-of-one convertible ‘68 Camaro Z-28 made for GM honcho Pete Estes. Also another ultra-rarity: the ‘67 Shelby GT-500 Super Snake (one of three built with the 427 side-oiler and the only one with the special striping and name). As expected, the book includes the ultra-desirable convertible ‘70-71 Hemi Cuda’s and Challengers. Great photo’s and stories of these and other rare muscle cars including a Yenko Nova (~30 built) which is typically overshadowed by Don Yenko’s Camaros & Chevelles even though he called his Nova “a beast, almost lethal, a car that they should not have produced” since it had a 425+hp 427 in a car lighter than a Corvette.
Although I doubt the following would actually bring in a full million dollars, the book also includes info on three very rare & desirable convertibles: the convertible ‘69 Trans Am (only 8 made), the convertible ‘71 GTO Judge (17 made), and the convertible ‘70 Chevelle LS-6 454 (20 made) {I did see one hit the million dollar mark at the Barrett Jackson auction at the peak of the market frenzy about 3-4 years ago but I doubt this will be repeated for a while}.
I was surprised to see no mention of the ‘69 ZL-1 427 Corvettes (only 2 made) which I suspect would bring in a million bucks since they are very well-known and immensely desirable (one of the two used to be part of the Otis Chandler collection but you can see it on the internet if you search on Kevin Suydam’s collection).
I was also surprised that there was no mention of other ultra-rare muscle cars such as the one-of-one Shelbys: ‘68 Shelby Green Hornet, ‘68 Shelby Black Hornet, and the convertible ‘67 Shelby GT500 that was a test car that should have been destroyed but was somehow snuck out and saved (just sold on 5/15/09 at the Mecum auction for 5k). Also, how about the Twister Special ‘70 Mustang Mach I’s & Twister Special Torino Cobras? For Mercury fans, the 1969 Boss 429 Cougars (only 2 made). For Chevy fans, the Baldwin Motion cars, the ‘67 Camaro Black Panther, or the convertible ‘67 Camaro Cherokee? For Mopar fans, the ‘67 & ‘70 Hemi Coronet R/T convertible (only 2 made each of those years). For Pontiac fans, the one-and-only ‘70 Trans Am with the ultra-rare L85 488 cubic inch aluminum block Ram Air V engine dyno’d at 530hp (which surprisingly failed to achieve the reserve price at the Mecum auction on 10/3/09).
A good companion book would be “American Muscle” which highlights much of the Otis Chandler collection and covers a few of the gaps in this book. Another excellent book on rare muscle cars is “American Muscle Supercars: Ultimate Street Performance from Shelby, Baldwin-Motion, Mr. Norm and Other Legendary Tuners.” :
About the book:
In the 1960s and 1970s American automakers produced millions of muscle cars: high-performance cars more adept at competition than transportation. The baby boom generation snapped up these cars and proceeded to use them as intended, drag and street racing the cars until there was nothing left of them.
No longer minimum-wage high schoolers, today’s boomers enjoy more disposable income than any generation in history. And many of them are spending that income on highly collectible muscle cars.
Because so few muscle cars survived the abuse of young drivers back in the day, muscle car prices have skyrocketed, with mundane muscle cars commanding six-figure prices and the most significant muscle cars surpassing the million-dollar mark.
Respected muscle car expert Colin Comer and top photographer David Newhardt tell the story of each of these rarest of rare cars in Million-Dollar Muscle Cars, the only book dedicated to these top-flight cars.
Table of Contents:
Introduction: Big-Money Muscle
Section 1: Million-Dollar Cars
Chapter One: 1970-1971 ‘Cuda & Challenger Hemi Convertibles
Chapter Two: 1965 Shelby GT350 R Models
Chapter Three: 1965 Hurst GeeTO Tiger
Chapter Four: 1967 Shelby GT500 Super Snake
Chapter Five: 1968 Camaro Z/28 Convertible
Chapter Six: 1969 Trans Am Convertibles
Chapter Seven: 1969 ZL1 Camaros
Chapter Eight: 1971 Sox & Martin Stock Hemi ‘Cuda Car
Section 2: Six Figures and Rising
Chapter Nine: 1965 Hurst Motor Trend GTO Riverside 500 Pace Car
Chapter Ten: 1965-1966 Shelby GT350 Factory Drag Cars
Chapter Eleven: 1968 Mr. Norm’s GSS 440 Dart
Chapter Twelve: 1969 Yenko 427 Nova
Chapter Thirteen: 1969 Dodge Charger Daytona Hemi
Chapter Fourteen: 1969-1971 Pontiac GTO Judge Round-Port Convertibles
Chapter Fifteen: 1970 Chevelle L56 Convertible
Appendices
Appendix A: Alternatives to Million-Dollar Muscle
Appendix B: A Real-World Buyer’s Guide
Million-Dollar Muscle Cars: The Rarest and Most Collectible Cars of the Performance Era
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