Hemi Muscle Cars

Description

The full story of Chrysler's 'hemi', the engine and cars that have become synonymous with high-performance and street cool. Following the development of different models over the years, and with a detailed examination of this magnificent engine, "Hemi Muscle Cars" shows why this has blown away the competition for over sixty years - and still does so today! Acclaimed author Darwin Holstrom provides a fresh perspective on this potent engine that has become a cultural icon and defines performance, giving the history, performance details, races won, design, construction of the different Hemi models. Coupled with David Newhart's stunning, detailed photography the result is a book that no muscle car fan will want to be without.

Darwin Holmstrom has written, co-written, or contributed to over 30 books on subjects ranging from Gibson Les Paul guitars and extraordinary goats in mythology to motorcycles and muscle cars, including the best-selling Let's Ride: Sonny Barger's Guide to Motorcycling;Top Muscle: The Rarest Cars from America's Fastest Decade; Camaro: Five Generations of Performance; BMW Motorcycles; The Harley-Davidson Motor Co. Archive Collection; GTO: Pontiac's Great One; Hemi Muscle Cars; Camaro Forty Years; Muscle: America's Legendary Performance Cars; The Complete Idiot's Guide to Motorcycles; and many others. He is the senior editor for Motorbooks, where he has worked for the past fourteen years.David Newhardt is one of the best automobile photographers working today and has provided photography for best-selling Motorbooks titles Muscle: Americas Legendary Performance Cars, Corvette: Fifty Years, Mustang: Forty Years, Mopar Muscle: Fifty Years, and Shelby Mustang: Racer for the Street. He lives in Walworth, Wisconsin.

"If it's bangs for the bucks you look for in a book, you won't do better than this." - Classic and Sports Car "Author David Holmstrom and photographer David Newhardt have assembled a primer on the Hemi." - Larry Printz, McClatchy-Tribune Information Services "You can all but hear the engine on full-chat as you leaf though its pages. Well laid-out and a perfect coffee-table discussion piece, it is worth every penny." - Lincolnshire Echo "The pictures are excellent and are not just of road cars either, there's some cool hot rods and awesome drag car shots in there as well." - Custom Car "This massive coffee table-style book spans the entire history of Chrysler's most famous engine, from pre-Hemi cars like the Airflow to the Challenger SRT8 on the cover." - Muscle Car Review "There is page after page of terrific photography of restored cars and race cars and the stories of how there infamous engine came to be." - Mark Maynard, San Diego Union-Tribune "It's easy to underestimate the impact Chrysler's revolutionary hemispherical-head V8 engine - or Hemi - has had on the world. It's legendary, and this huge 340-page book does it full justice." - Auto Express "There is page after page of terrific photography of restored cars and race cars and the stories of how this infamous engine came to be." - Mark Maynard, San Diego Union Tribune ..".setting the book apart from others currently on your coffee table is the stunning artwork by photographer David Newhardt. His images enticingly capture the entire vehicle." - Greg Williams, Calgary Herald "While Motorbooks has published several Mopar-focused titles, Hemi Muscle Cars, which covers everything from the earliest Hemi cars to the latest Challenger, now ranks as the authoritative volume, a glorious, oversized book filled with spectacular photography." - Richard Truesdell, Musclecar Enthusiast If it s bangs for the bucks you look for in a book, you won t do better than this. - Classic and Sports Car" Author David Holmstrom and photographer David Newhardt have assembled a primer on the Hemi. - Larry Printz, McClatchy-Tribune Information Services You can all but hear the engine on full-chat as you leaf though its pages. Well laid-out and a perfect coffee-table discussion piece, it is worth every penny. - Lincolnshire Echo The pictures are excellent and are not just of road cars either, there s some cool hot rods and awesome drag car shots in there as well. Custom Car This massive coffee table-style book spans the entire history of Chrysler s most famous engine, from pre-Hemi cars like the Airflow to the Challenger SRT8 on the cover. - Muscle Car Review There is page after page of terrific photography of restored cars and race cars and the stories of how there infamous engine came to be. Mark Maynard, San Diego Union-Tribune" It s easy to underestimate the impact Chrysler s revolutionary hemispherical-head V8 engine - or Hemi has had on the world. It s legendary, and this huge 340-page book does it full justice. - Auto Express " There is page after page of terrific photography of restored cars and race cars and the stories of how this infamous engine came to be. Mark Maynard, San Diego Union Tribune setting the book apart from others currently on your coffee table is the stunning artwork by photographer David Newhardt. His images enticingly capture the entire vehicle. Greg Williams, Calgary Herald While Motorbooks has published several Mopar-focused titles, Hemi Muscle Cars, which covers everything from the earliest Hemi cars to the latest Challenger, now ranks as the authoritative volume, a glorious, oversized book filled with spectacular photography. Richard Truesdell, Musclecar Enthusiast "