Confessions of a muscle car test driver

The way it was back in the day when automotive journalist joe oldham tracktested and streetraced all the detroit muscle cars when they were new. Choose from the biggest and best muscle cars america has to offer, with the likes of the mustang gt500, corvette stingray, ford gran torino, pontiac trans am, dodge viper vx srt, camaro zl1 plus many more on offer. Muscle car confidential oldham, joe 9780760328316 hpb. Confessions of a muscle car test driver by joe oldham 2007, hardcover, revised at the best online prices at ebay. With the same engine and transmission, motor trend reported an 8.

Confessions of a muscle car test driver, hmm contributor joe oldham commented that this may have been the hottest car of 1971. May 15, 2007 muscle car confidential is a tellall, behindthescenes look at muscle cars when they were new. Mar, 20 this combination was quite fast, with car and driver registering a 7. Obviously, it would be easy to just say how cool all this was, but oldhams insight into the. Confessions of a muscle car test driver, published by motorbooks, and has. Confessions of a muscle car test driver by noted automotive journalist and frequent inside line contributor joe oldham. Focusing on the cars from 1962 to 1976, oldham tries to provide a new perspective on. Confessions of a muscle car test driver by joe oldham 2007, hardcover, revised sep 09, 2007. Due to all the exposure in magazines and books, including his own called muscle car confessional. Sep 28, 2016 deals in books muscle car confidential. Muscle car confidential confessions of muscle car test. Oldham back in epic brooklyn style, saying fat car.

What youve told the man to do is gut the car, and make it modern. Apr 27, 2020 ken confesses to an embarrassing moment at the track in this weeks quarantine confessions with trans am drivers. In this 2 part special episode of muscle car of the week, we hear from david phelan about what it was like to pilot a 289 competition cobra in the 67 scca season. This is a great book with original test drives from 25 of the fastest muscle cars tested. Im sorry, but at that point its not really a classic muscle car. It was featured on the cover and inside my last book, muscle car confidential. Cars from every manufacturer are represented, in all their gloryor, on occasion, the lack thereof. Confessions of a v6 muscle car owner the truth about. Would you put this 440cu in 600 ftlb torque monster in your muscle car. Muscle car confidential confessions of a muscle car test driver by joe oldham isbn. American muscle car driving experiences track days. It was the heyday of the american musclecar, and joe oldham was right in the middle of it. He gives the reader a feel for how the cars were received by the muscle car public, and the media too. Muscle car confidential confessions of a muscle car test driver imagine waking up every day knowing it was your job to test the hairiest, most powerful muscle cars of the 1960s and 1970s.

Confessions of a muscle car test driver by joe oldham illustrated, 1 may 2007 hardcover by isbn. Joe oldham books list of books by author joe oldham. This combination was quite fast, with car and driver registering a 7. Each year, car and driver conducts their annual lightning lap, which tests. A tellall from the man who tested the best, this book delves into the notes oldham made on the cars he vetted for some of the top car magazines. It seems more like a shell of a muscle car with all of your modern addons. Pontiacs include 62 sd421 catalina, 68 pfst ram air firebird, 69 ram air iv firebird. Its the perfect test for my longwheelbase rollsroyce phantom. Joe oldham, consummate car guy and hemmings columnist, rip. Confessions of a rollsroyce phantom chauffeur autocar. Cars that now sell at auction for millions, and with legends to match.

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Joe oldham lived that dream, and muscle car confidential tells the tales of the car he vetted for some of the top car magazines of. Fangs for the memories 1971 ford torino cobra hemmings daily. Joe, wherever you are, i hope theres an endless supply of muscle cars for you to road test. Confessions of a muscle car test driver has 1 available editions to buy at half price books marketplace. Oldhams memoirs, taken from his original test notes, give todays readers a gritty and bareknuckled perspective on what these cars were really like. In his recounting of roadtesting a new 1971 torino cobra with super cobra jet engine, c6 automatic transmission, and 3. The car he drove has since been restored, but the original aluminum body is in the brothers collection, and we reunited david with the body to learn first hand what it was like to race one of these awesome cars. Confessions of a muscle car test driver this book, written by joe oldham, tells the history of the american muscle car right from the driver s seat. The classic muscle car era tigerprints clemson university.

This funny car driver only had a split second before his car was in the air. Pontiacs include 62 sd421 catalina, 68 pfst ram air firebird, 69 ram air iv firebird 400, 69 gto judge, 70 ram air iv gto, 76 trans am. Joe oldham lived that dream, and muscle car confidential tells the tales of the car he vetted for some of the top car magazines of the day. Muscle car confidential by joe oldham 2007 this book by joe oldham is a must read for the muscle car enthusiast.

The road runner was one of about five cars that were tested in one day at the suffolk county raceway at westhampton dragstrip on long island, ny. Confessions of a muscle car test driver read pdf best. Confessions of a muscle car test driver premium ebooks. Joe oldham a tellall from the man who tested the best of the muscle cars, from the 1964 gto to the 1976 trans am 455 hotwentyfour in allwith original notes and photos.

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