American Muscle: Muscle Cars from the Otis Chandler Collection

by Randy Leffingwell

Book Overview

A rare look inside one of the most extensive collections of muscle cars ever formed. Otis Chandler collected unique and extremely rare monster cars. Not enough to collect the everyday muscle cars, we... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0879384654
• ISBN13: 9780879384654
• Release Date: January 1990
• Publisher: Motorbooks International
• Length: 191 Pages
• Weight: 3.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 12.6" x 9.8"

Customer Reviews

Cool Book when cars were CARS.

Although I prefer the Old Hardcover*same book* with the Green Camaro on it. This Book is awesome and takes a Look into Otis Chandler's Famous Collection Of Cars, You Have Ford,Hemi, Amc, And Of Course the Best GM, Corvettes,Yenko Camaros,Nova,etc. True Muscle, Cars that went Vroom And Went sound to match not your fourbeater econobox and ricecars.This was American Ingeunity which to this day while not the same is getting there *return Of the Camaro*or already there in some cases(Corvette,Corvette Z06,ZR-1) This book brings back memories for those who were there, and brings history to those not lucky enough yet still interested to see them.

Great Pictures

This book has some really good pictures. The cars in this book are very rare muscle cars. Their are statistics showing of how much of each car were produced. Their is also some good information. Too bad they didn't have the 1969 Yenko Nova which is a very rare car.

Fantastic photography of rare muscle cars

This book was a gift from my uncle who liked muscle cars. It is an excellent book on cars from the Otis Chandler collection. The collection seems to be biased towards mopar, especially the famous 426 HEMI cars that have become especially collectible-due to flamboyant design-even by muscle era standards, and the rare Hemi engines. So that is the good and the bad-It is mainly covers Hemi mopar-especially ultra rare convertibles, and GM big block muscle. COPO, Yenkos and other relatively rare and unknown to the general public muscle cars. Very few Fords, but they can be found elsewhere. But the photography is excellent, and each car reflects a story about the muscle car era-insurance, OPEC, etc. while discussing the car. The Challenger T/A has an entertaining descriptive story that I liked the best. Camaros, Chevelles, and Corvettes are well covered. The book concludes with a 1971 Hemi'cuda convertible that is familiar to most tv viewers. This book may cause you to petition Chrysler to reopen the assembly lines and start making the 1970 Plymouth Hemi Cuda again!

Muscle and more

Excellent book with very good photography. Have purchased many books by Randy Leffingwell and happy with all of them. (This is the best though)

Rare view of rare muscle cars

This book offers great pictures and unique insights into the background of some of the most desireable muscle cars of the 60s and 70s.Of particular interest are the backgrounds offered with the Baldwin Motion, Yenko, & Shelby cars.Great book.