Model Car Chrysler, Dodge, Plymouth Hemi Muscle Car Reference

• Charger, Road Runner, & Super Bee Restoration Guide - Very detailed reference for anyone restoring a classic mopar. Very little is left uncovered. Original factory part numbers are included for most parts. A great section on decoding V.I.N. numbers and fender tags. This book also lists most option packages available for the various years. For Concourse level restorations this book is a must. This would also be a great source of information for model builders as this book is loaded with pictures and diagrams.
• Challenger & Barracuda Restoration Guide, 1967-1974 - This book provides valuable illustrations and photos of these beautiful automobiles, and also some of the little known details that can help make your restoration complete.
  Extremely useful for coming to understand the different options that were available for your model year, and more importantly, those little things that were unique to a particular year model.
• Challenger & 'cuda: Mopar's E-body Muscle Cars - Challenger & 'cuda: Mopar's E-body Muscle Cars.
• Chrysler Corporation Stock Car Racing Stable of the Late 1960's - Over 180 color photos of the Chargers, Daytonas, Superbirds and others driven by the greatest names in NASCAR, ARCA and USAC history. For the model builder, the ultimate resource for car color and decal placement all in one convenient book.
• Chrysler Hemi HiPo - Chrysler Hemi Musclecar and Hi-Po Engine Series.
• Chrysler Performance Upgrades - Designed for the "nuts and bolts"-level Chrysler enthusiast and written by a highly-trained ASE certified master technician and Chrysler aficionado, this book covers most aspects of performance improvement, including engine swaps, suspension upgrades, transmission mods, brake improvements, rear-end interchanges, and more. Covers Chrysler muscle and performance cars of the '60s and '70s.
• Classic Muscle Car Advertising: The Art of Selling Horsepower - Ride along during a historical cruise of muscle car advertising from the '50s, '60s, and '70s. Near full size ads paint the history of thundering muscle cars from three tumultuous decades. This valuable reference depicts some of the last remnants of promotional print material containing hard-to-find factory facts and images on muscle car models.
  More than 160 ads have been restored to their original, vibrant color.
• Cooling Your Mopar - Cooling Your Mopar is a worthwhile book has interesting tech info on everything from radiators to water pumps and pulleys.
• Complete Chrysler Hemi Engine Manual - An excellent manual if you are interested in the early HEMI engines.
• Dodge C-Series Trucks: Restorer’s and Collector’s Reference Guide and History - This reference guide and history of Dodge C Trucks combines in-depth history with high-quality photos to provide the Dodge C enthusiast with all the information necessary to correctly restore a truck to original condition, or to make a smart purchase. This book covers it all, from the light-duty to the heavy-duty models. Includes charts for standard equipment and dimensions—everything from chassis length to gear ratios and transmission lineups. All very useful information for a proper restoration.
• Dodge Dart 1960-1976: Limited Edition Extra - Dodge Dart 1960-1976: Limited Edition Extras.
• Dodge Power Wagon Photo History - The fascinating story of Dodge's most famous trucks from World War II through the 1980s illustrates how this workhorse was adapted to changing markets and consumer preferences while maintaining its position as the most rugged 4x4 available. Military and civilian versions are shown, along with technical information, mechanical specifications, and production figures. A special section highlights the Ramcharger and Plymouth Trailduster.
• Drag Racing Funny Cars of the 1960s Photo Archive: From Super Stockers to Floppers - In the 1960s funny cars captured the fans with tremendous smoky burnouts and gigantic wheel stands, they were so unpredictable that you never knew what to expect - they might go straight or end up glancing off the guard rail. Heroes were born and idolized with their driving talents and their showmanship. Arne"The Farmer" Berwick, "Mr. Pontiac" Jess Tree, The "Kings of Smoke" - Aromas, Coil and Mimic's"Chi-Town Hustler," Don Schulman, "Big John" Mammalian, and "Jungle Jim" Liberian drew standing room only crowds each and every Saturday night under the lights!
• Drag Racing Funny Cars of the 1970s: Photo Archive - This book is a pictorial, with ample captions. It carries you through from early 1970 through the end of the decade, with an emphasis on '70 through about '74. Most of the famous cars here, plus some obscure ones.
• History of Dodge in Stock Car Racing - For more than 20 years, Dodge Chrysler stock car racing fans had little to cheer about. That all changed at the Daytona 500 in 2001, with popular driver Bill Elliott winning the pole position with the great crew chief Ray Evernham at the helm. Now, you Dodge fans can bone up on the history maybe you've never heard about, drivers like Jimmy Thompson, Jim Paschal, Marvin Panch, and Lee Petty, power plants like the Fivepower V-8 and the legendary "Hemi," and that wild and crazy wonder of aerodynamics, the winged Dodge Charger Daytona.
• Mopar Broadcast Sheet Decoder Guide 1969-1974 - Mopar Broadcast Sheet Decoder Guide is a step by step guide to decoding your Mopars complex build sheet. From a six cylinder Duster to a Hemi Dodge Charger to the Imperial they are all covered. Enabling you to decode the sheet from the first line to the last line.
• Mopar Muscle: Fifty Years - "This lavishly produced book is definitely a feast for all fans of this line of cars: the photography (by David Newhardt) is absolutely stunning. Not only are the pictures big, and of the highest quality, but the thought that has gone into their composition is plain for all to see. It could be argued that given the striking nature of these cars, and the wonderful backdrops, it would be hard to go wrong, but Newhardt went the extra mile here, and it shows. The story is also very comprehensive, listing all of the cars from the line, and taking time to tell the story in a well-researched, yet caring way."
• Original Challenger and Barracuda 1970-1974 - Renowned for their sleek shapes and prodigiously powerful engines, the Chrysler corporation's Challenger and Barracuda were among the top cars of the muscle car era. This book will demonstrate the correct parts, finishes, options, and trim pieces for all the versions of the E-body Dodge Challenger and Plymouth Barracuda, which appeared from 1970 to 1974. Especially important to this are the variety of engine options available, including the hemi engines that are so crucial to the mystique of these muscle cars.
• Project Charger: The Step-by-Step Restoration of a Popular Vintage Car - This is a comprehensive, nuts and bolts book on automotive restoration containing the best information available on how to bring your car back to its original shine and luster. Author Larry Lyles is an automotive restoration specialist. A self-confirmed gear head, Larry has been a car fanatic since he started setting drag race records at his local strip at the age of 16. He is a member of The Dodge Charger National Registry.
• Pro Stock Drag Racing of the 1970s Photo Archive: From Stockers to Door slammers - Popular drivers like "Dandy Dick" Landy, Bill "Grumpy" Jenkins, Ronnie Sox, Bob Glidden, Wally Booth, Wayne Gapp, Warren Johnson, "Dyno" Don Nicholson, Lee Hunter, Scott Shafiroff, Brad Yuill, Richie Zul, and many more are all showcased in drag race action in this door-slammer pictorial. A must for hardcore Pro Stock fans!
• Quarter-Mile Muscle! - Quarter Mile Muscle covers the development and success of the muscle cars at the drags in all classes, from Super Stock to the early muscle car-based funny cars. Special attention is paid to low-production factory cars that were intended specifically for the drags - cars like the COPO Camaros, Ford Thunderbolts, and the dealer-built specials from Yenko, Motion, and others.
• Richard Petty: The Cars of the King - "I've had lot of folks ask us all sorts of questions," Petty says. "Real often they will ask questions about things that were forgotten about a long time ago. This is a book about the race cars that have come out of the shops of Petty Enterprises." With this different approach, readers of Richard Petty: The Cars of the King, do not necessarily have to be Petty fans. As a car enthusiast, the reader is taken through a chronology of cars that Richard was associated with in the early '60s to the vehicles used by the Petty team in 1997
• Six-pack: Mopar Street Muscle In The 60s - Chrysler Corporation really grabbed enthusiasts' attention with the actual performance options on their vehicles. One of the wildest of these options was the "Six-Pack". The Six-Pack option, available on certain models and engines, included 3 two-barrel carburetors. Not only did this arrangement look impressive, but it also produced some impressive horsepower figures and was bolted onto some of the most legendary engines Chrysler ever produced. This book covers not only the engines, but also the cars they came in, the development history, advice for tuning and modifying, and information on other Chrysler performance models.
• Super Stock: Drag Racing the Family Sedan - "Super Stock" takes a look at what was, in the 1960s, the most popular class of drag racing-factory Super Stock. It traces the evolution of the cars, the engines, the rules, the personalities, and many of the teams, from Super Stock's beginnings in the mid-1950s through the 1960s and the era of the Super Stock 409s, Ramchargers, 421 Pontiacs, and 406 Fords.
• Trans-Am: The Pony Car Wars 1966-1972 - The SCCA Trans-Am series was one of the most intriguing and exciting in motorsport history, and one which signified the golden age of the pony muscle car. This photo history follows Trans-Am from its inception through the climactic the 1971 season, when drastic rules changes forced the withdrawal of American manufacturers. Readers witness a veritable "who's who" of Indy, NASCAR, Can-Am, and F1 race legends-Foyt, Petty, Ickx, Donohue, Gurney, Jones, Hall, and others-dicing it out on the greatest road courses in America behind the wheels of muscle bound Mustangs, Camaros, 'Cudas, Challengers, and Javelins.
• Vintage & Historic Drag Racers - Covers cars that were in action from the 50s into the 70s.
• Viper Color Series - This book has very good info on the Viper from Concept to the introduction of the GTS. Also includes small sections on the Plymouth Prowler, Dodge Ram VTS, Viper RT/10 CS, Hennessey Venom, & even the Viper TV show.

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