New Mass Review Solar Daytime 1 Past Times Onetime Sports In Addition To Speed Car Journal Editor, Martyn Schorr
Google mass preview has the outset 25 pages or so, but that barely touches the meat of the material, so, don't acquire whatsoever hopes that it's a shortcut to seeing what the mass is about.
Instead, recollect most all the novel automobile examination drives you've e'er read about, every bit that's what this actually is, when you lot cutting through the smoke in addition to mirrors of it appearing to last a book.
It's a addition of most xiv years of the authors transcripts from when he did examination drives for a magazine, in addition to press junkets, etc. Back inwards the 60s he set all the information inwards a magazine, in addition to at nowadays he's boiled downward those automobile reviews in addition to examination drive articles into a java tabular array book.
It's a loaded book,
that covers the interesting sports in addition to musculus cars that Detroit made from 1962-1974
Not every one, but nearly all of them. And this is from the guy who did the examination drives, a lot of which were drag strip tests, which is impressive, in addition to it has a lot of groovy photos, in addition to fifty-fifty a damn adept facial expression at the concept in addition to image cars from Pontiac, Chevrolet, GM, Ford, Buick, etc.
Again, non every unmarried one, but most of them. The SC/Rambler isn't inwards this book, every bit that wasn't something he examination drove dorsum inwards the 60s, neither were Cadillacs, Lincolns, Avanti, etc.
The Author did examination drive an enviable listing of cars, in addition to wow, he was tight amongst Baldwin Motion too, in addition to rarely was wasting whatsoever fourth dimension amongst unimpressive cars.
There is a lot of information inwards this book, in addition to it's nearly all outset mitt from the examination drive yell for of view, in addition to what was done to construct the cars perform a chip better, for to a greater extent than fun at the track, in addition to amend numbers, closer to the promises made past times the manufacturers on Hp in addition to ET.
Which is to say, it's dry. Unlike the barnfind books which are storey later storey of thrills or treasures found, this doesn't receive got the colorful stories. And much of the content is the same every bit the author has already used inwards his other books, Ford Total Performance: Ford's Legendary High-Performance Street in addition to Race Cars
It's correct on the olfactory organ at 200 pages, in addition to a hell of a lot of photos that are tied into the narrative on the page, in addition to most one-half the photos are colored, or dark in addition to white. Some are at the drag strip for initial reports on the performance, in addition to some are the press free publicity shots.
It's rare to read a mass that is from the mag people who abused the press corps examination cars, but who also were inwards the pocket-size circle of insiders that knew how race parts were developed past times the big 3 despite the AMA ban, in addition to used to back upward the racers... amidst the other "in the know" stuff that the full general world was unaware, similar programs in addition to evolution goals (ever heard of the LS7?) in addition to was at that topographic point for testing preproduction cars that never resulted inwards production.
The unopen ties to the super automobile makers, Baldwin Motion, Nickey Chevrolet, Royal Pontiac, in addition to Yenko... in addition to the focus of the author on the high perf parts, codes, options, Hi Po automobile models, plans in addition to fails, this is priceless in addition to rare stuff. This actually is the argue to acquire this mass in addition to soak upward all the rare knowledge.
I'd state it's obvious that the author was smitten amongst Pontiacs most of all, in addition to the GTO specifically, in addition to wasn't real impressed amongst Fords in addition to less amongst Mopars which he didn't larn much most aside from the hemi (ex Stage ii or 3 413). H5N1 lot of the content of the mass deals amongst the comparative details of the deviation betwixt the Pontiac in addition to Oldsmobile musculus cars, real lilliputian amongst Plymouth or Mercury. But that's but what I'd facial expression of a mag article author or editor inwards the 60s. They were driven past times hype in addition to publicity I suppose, non playing favorites amongst the highest dyno numbers.
Now that I've covered the facts, I'll acquire to the opinion:
The outset affair I noticed was the bad alternative inwards colors for the cover, an olive green, low-cal red, in addition to blue. I can't gauge why, but I hope no i e'er repeats it.
Then I decided that whatever editor or proofreader had allow those ugly colors overstep past times unremarked, had also non noticed the mistakes in addition to errors inwards the book. That's annoying.
Examples? Well, stating that the displacement was peaked inwards 1963. Page 47. 427, 428, 429 - inches was non the peak, that would last either the 455 for outright grunt, or the 460 or 462 (385 series) for size inwards the 70s, or inwards the malaise era Cadillacs over 500 cu in.
Another was captioning the cars inwards a photo, in addition to stating that release 10 was whatever. The cars inwards the photograph exercise non include a release 10. They exercise receive got a release 0, 3, in addition to 22. page 57.
Another photograph caption discusses the turbos inwards the lower left photograph but directs you lot to endeavour in addition to come across them inwards the lower correct photo, which has none. Sigh. Page 159
Another was the years 2004-2005 mentioned when I'm surely the author meant the 60s, 1964-65 page 70
Or how the divider betwixt the raise topographic point in addition to body was filled amongst H2O for weight. Page 86
Things I learned:
Export kits inwards the 50s in addition to 60s from Buick were disguised howdy po parts kits for a 10% hp bump
The Ford board chairman who told the AMA to that Ford was going to ignore the ban, was also the president of the AMA
The sense of humour editor hired past times Hi Performance Cars magazine, was a groovy author that knew how to receive got fun, in addition to did a examination drive of a Maine lobster boat, a scale Can Am McLaren bed (built past times Bruce Meyers), in addition to inwards 1970, took a dump truck to the drag strip. The 768 cu inwards Cummings in addition to xvi speed trans set the garbage truck downward the 1320 inwards 43.88 seconds, at 61 mph, shifted every 43 feet.
Briggs Cunningham took delivery of a 1962 Pontiac Grand Prix, hence directly had a super charger bolted on
The super stock 1963 Z11 Impala... never heard of that before!
Ford bought a 1963 Z11 Super Stock Impala, in addition to was race testing it at Dearborn Proving Ground
The dealership Bob Ford Inc, inwards Dearborn, was owned past times Henry's nephew. The yell changed to Faielane Ford inwards the 80s, it's on the corner of Chase Rd in addition to Michigan Ave
The Mopar Golden Commando's raced a 1965 Barracuda, named it the Goldfish, it was literally sent to pasture amongst 325 miles on it, all dragstrip. It was flora inwards 1999, in addition to restored
Astronaut Gordon Cooper, had a 1966 427 SOHC Galaxie (of course, no pun intended)
Cooper told a tiddler that seven were made similar that for the seven astronauts https://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/threads/ford-427-sohc-engines.761572/page-8 which was verified past times Bill Holbrook
ii people bought 1967 GT 500 Shelby Mustangs amongst the 427, it was 45% to a greater extent than expensive than a 428 engined identical GT 500, however, what I was told past times John, who owns one, /search?q=67-shelby-gt-500-cobra-mustang-one-of was that most xl were made, in addition to they used upward the 427 engines, hence made them amongst 428s
The dealer plate for Nickey was 4501, because the street release for the dealership was 4501 Irving Park Road, Chicago
For a super tune, Motion would install metallic total Packard 535 spark plug wires, amongst Rajah bakelite plug clips
The 67 Z28 302 was made from 64-65 Corvette cam in addition to valvetrain parts, in addition to topped amongst a 800cfm Holley double pumper
The AMC 390 heads used 202/160 valves, so, replacing them amongst the Corvette swirl polished, difficult chromed, low-cal weight valves reduces the weight of the valvetrain past times fifteen ounces, and.... increases the ruddy describe of piece of job past times 750 to M costless rpm
Legend Larry Shinoda designed the ZL2 Camaro hood, in addition to the Boss 302 branding in addition to graphics. Damn, he was on ii fronts (or more) of the pony automobile wars
H5N1 base of operations 1969 Camaro cost 2700, a ZL1 cost 7350
seven ZL1 engines were sent to St Louis for Corvette installations (why non Bowling Green?) but exclusively ii were set in. five were quarantined, in addition to never returned. I bet they disappeared.
One 69 Camaro was built amongst the LS7 454, at Baldwin Motion, sold to Ray Dotterer
I've never heard of a Kendig carb, but Dyno Don used them on his pro stock Ford
Olds had a Stage II 455 powering a GSX into the 11s, it couldn't construct the vacuum needed to run ability brakes. So, it never went into production cars
Olds experimented amongst a hemi, the iv cam OW 43, it made 700hp
