DODGE DAYTONA/PLYMOUTH SUPERBIRD HISTORY DESIGN, DEVELOP, PRODUCTION & COMPETIT

1970 DODGE DAYTONA & PLYMOUTH SUPERBIRD-DESIGN, DEVELOPMENT, PRODUCTION & COMPETITION-PUBLISHED 2016-FULL COLOR  

THIS IS A MUST HAVE BOOK  FOR ANY NASCAR/ WINGED  MOPAR  FAN .  IT HAS  201  PAGES IN FULL COLOR.  IT CONTAINS FULL COLOR PICTURES OF BOTH THE DAYTONA & SUPERBIRD  MODELS WHICH PROBABLY INCLUDE YOUR FAVORITE.    THIS BOOK IS  BRAND NEW & CONTAINS OVER 300 PICTURES IN BRILLIANT COLOR.

IN THE FIERCELY COMPETITIVE WORLD OF NASCAR, EVERY MANUFACTURER LOOKED FOR A COMPETITIVE EDGE.  FORD AND CHRYSLER TURNED THEIR ATTENTION TO THE AERODYNAMICS OF THEIR RACE CARS, RESULTING IN A BRIEF ERA AFFECTION-ATELY CALLED THE "AERO WARS."  DURING THE HEIGHT OF THIS COMPETITION, CHRYSLER AND FORD PRODUCED CARS WITH RADICALLY ALTERED GRILLES AND TAIL SECTIONS, AMONG OTHER THINGS.  THESE EXOTIC BEASTS BECAME SOME OF THE MOST COSTLY, CREATIVE, AND COLLECTIBLE MACHINES EVER ASSEMBLED IN DETROIT, WHETHER IN RACE OR STOCK STREET TRIM.

THE AUTHOR GIVES A THOROUGHLY DETAILED ACCOUNT OF THE HISTORY OF THIS BATTLE CULMINATING BETWEEN THE FORD TALLADEGA/MERCURY CYCLONE AND THE DODGE DAYTONA/PLYMOUTH SUPERBIRD.  THE STORY OF RICHARD PETTY'S DEFECTION FROM PLYMOUTH, THE MIGHTY HEMI, AND THE CREATION OF THE STREET VERSION OF THESE CARS ALL COME TO LIGHT IN THIS TALE OF CHRYSLER CLIMBING THE LADDER TO NASCAR SUPREMACY.

"DODGE DAYTONA & PLYMOUTH SUPERBIRD:  DESIGN, DEVELOPMENT, PRODUCTION AND COMPETITION" DELIVERS A BLOW-BY-BLOW ACCOUNT OF THE BIGGEST RACES BETWEEN FORD AND CHRYSLER, ALONG WITH TELLING THE RICH STORIES OF THE DEVELOPMENT OF THESE CARS.  IF YOU ARE A FAN OF NASCAR, OR JUST LOVE OUTRAGEOUS MUSCLE CARS, THIS RICHLY DETAILED AND WELL-ILLUSTRATED ACCOUNT OF A FASCINATING ERA OF PERFORMANCE WILL BE A VALUED ADDITION TO YOUR LIBRARY.

MEASURES  10 1/2 " X 10 1/2"  & CONTAINS 201 PAGES WITH OVER 300  FULL COLOR PICTURES