A good book • 2 • The Dodge Challenger Message Board

by **Eddie** » 26 Apr 2007 20:57

Thanks for the tip Christer. I didn't even know. Thats actually my "fantasy". A road Race across the U.S.,(Europe would be fantastic but the price for fuel alone....), in vintage American Muscle! Too cool. I gotta get that book man! BTW, I reported to my duty station,(AF), from Ind. to California.(1300 miles give or take), in my friends Nitrous injected 440 Magnum 1969 Dodge Charger R/T in 1979. It was an adventure! I would love to do it again, but Sober this time so I can remember it!!Also, isn't that Brock Yates Challenger still around?

by **christer** » 27 Apr 2007 5:19

airfuelEddie wrote:Also, isn't that Brock Yates Challenger still around?

It is only a keyword search away :wink:

http://challenger.mpoli.fi/forum/viewto ... 5281#15281

by **Eddie** » 27 Apr 2007 12:08

Thanks Christer. :thumbsup:

by **christer** » 03 Nov 2007 10:41

Finally I have managed to acquire the last (?) volume of the Quicksilver series Mopar books. I don´t know how many there are for sure but I doubt that there are more than three. I am quite pleased with them because I think it is very good reading with a lot of vintage photos.

Vol 2: http://challenger.mpoli.fi/forum/viewto ... 9346#29346

Vol 3: http://challenger.mpoli.fi/forum/viewto ... 8997#28997

by **Eddie** » 03 Nov 2007 12:27

Nice score Christer! If I werent saving for block machine work/engine parts, I would order all those! :thumbsup:

by **christer** » 03 Nov 2007 17:58

airfuelEddie wrote:If I werent saving for block machine work/engine parts, I would order all those!

Maybe that is something for me to consider - Why spend a lot of money on unnecessary stuff?

....or are they really unnecessary? :s023:

....I think I will buy them just to see if I really need them or not. :twisted:

by **Eddie** » 03 Nov 2007 18:58

Oh, they're necessary all right, at least we think so.! :lol:

Here is one of my favorites and a must have for the ultimate E-Body Hemi machines that were built. It wont fit entirely into the scanner but it's The Hemi The ultimate American V-8 by Robert Genat. The quality photography is excellent! It features all of Chrysler's Hemi cars including the Gen. I Hemi cars of the 50's as well as the entire Mopar Muscle era and SuperStockers as well as some outstanding Challengers and Cudas! :thumbsup:

by **fal308** » 03 Nov 2007 19:23

Can I play???

by **Eddie** » 03 Nov 2007 19:39

Damn! I gotta get those as well, also the Marty Schorr books Christer posted above. Damn, easy guys that stroker kit is 1700.00! :s024:

by **christer** » 03 Nov 2007 19:39

fal308 wrote:Can I play???

Sure. Just load the scanner and let it roll..... :thumbsup:

I already got the Chrysler Muscle Cars book but I don´t think I got the other one.
I wonder how many "Hemi"-books there are out there?

by **fal308** » 03 Nov 2007 19:48

some more

by **fal308** » 03 Nov 2007 20:00

more

by **Eddie** » 03 Nov 2007 20:15

Yeah, us old geezers :s024:

Hey Barc, thanks man, for posting those. BTW, at the 05 GoodGuys, I was there on the starting line at INDY when a gasser got "crossed up" which for those insane maniacs is routine, he couldnt straiten it and pit it on the guard rail and then on its roof. It destroyed the car. The driver wasnt injured,(whew), but the car was gone,(it was bailed up pretty bad), he ran a Blown Rat motor,(1500+H.P.), those cars surge when they are on the starting line. It sounds radical. How the hell do they keep from staging the beams I'll never know.

by **fal308** » 03 Nov 2007 20:16

Have plenty more, including some Direct Connection manuals, but mostly sports cars (RX-7 mainly), Dodge trucks , airplanes, fiction, outdoors stuff, Doc Savage etc

by **fal308** » 03 Nov 2007 20:19

Yeah, that nostalgia drags I told you about always had some gassers show up. They were a GAS to watch (pun intended)
Never mind the staging lights, how would you like to have been the flagman starter? :hmmm:

by **Eddie** » 03 Nov 2007 20:23

My friends were all laughing at me.(routine for me) :mrgreen:

the nitro and alcohol fumes were killing me! My eyes where watering profusley and theirs didnt seem to bother them as much. Of course I was the only sober one there. They had shots before we went into the parking area :s002:

(maybe that helps) :biggrin:

by **Jimiboy** » 03 Nov 2007 20:24

christer wrote:Have you got a good book on the shelf? Why don´t you share it with us?

Some time ago I bought the book "Mopar - the performance years" by Martyn L. Schorr. I was surprised by the quality of the book. Far better than I had expected. The disadvantage is that it probably is hard to aquire. It is printed in 1984.

What do you think of the 71 Challenger below? Flat hood, wide hood mouldings, front spoiler and a rear wing. A one-of-one car? I have never seen anything like it before.

I really don't like that hood mouldings! Yack! Looks like something borrowed from a Pontiac (Firebird etc.)! :s008:

by **Eddie** » 03 Nov 2007 20:27

christer wrote:
fal308 wrote:Can I play???

Sure. Just load the scanner and let it roll.....

I already got the Chrysler Muscle Cars book but I don´t think I got the other one.
I wonder how many "Hemi"-books there are out there?

I dont know but it appears Barc,(fal), has em all :mrgreen:

by **fal308** » 03 Nov 2007 20:41

Not all of them by a long shot, but I do also have most of the other books listed too.

by **fal308** » 03 Nov 2007 21:13

Forgot one that comes in handy sometimes.

by **christer** » 03 Nov 2007 21:26

Jimiboy wrote:
christer wrote:What do you think of the 71 Challenger below? Flat hood, wide hood mouldings, front spoiler and a rear wing. A one-of-one car? I have never seen anything like it before.

I really don't like that hood mouldings! Yack! Looks like something borrowed from a Pontiac (Firebird etc.)!

Really? I think it looks quite OK myself. What do you think about these two cars then?:

http://challenger.mpoli.fi/forum/viewto ... 4676#24676

http://challenger.mpoli.fi/forum/viewto ... =3753#3753

by **christer** » 03 Nov 2007 21:32

fal308 wrote:Have plenty more, including some Direct Connection manuals, but mostly sports cars (RX-7 mainly), Dodge trucks , airplanes, fiction, outdoors stuff, Doc Savage etc

Hmmm,

I might consider buying the High Performance book (An excellent technical manual) and the Auto Math book (And something I sorely need). I have neither of them.

by **fal308** » 03 Nov 2007 21:43

The High Performance book has nothing to do with Mopars specifically, it's about different aspects of racing.
The chapters are
1 Warming Up
2 Staging
3 Gathering Speed
4 Power
5 Fame
6Fortune
7 Competition
8 Hustling
9 Revolution
10 Finesse
11 Television
12 Men and Women
13 Enthusiasm
14 Choice
Appendixes
Notes
Essay on Sources
Index

Any questions, fire away!

by **christer** » 03 Nov 2007 21:49

fal308 wrote:The High Performance book has nothing to do with Mopars specifically, it's about different aspects of racing.
Any questions, fire away!

Thanks! Even non-mopar books can be intresting.

At the moment I have no questions .

by **Jimiboy** » 04 Nov 2007 10:17

christer wrote:
Jimiboy wrote:
christer wrote:What do you think of the 71 Challenger below? Flat hood, wide hood mouldings, front spoiler and a rear wing. A one-of-one car? I have never seen anything like it before.

I really don't like that hood mouldings! Yack! Looks like something borrowed from a Pontiac (Firebird etc.)!

Really? I think it looks quite OK myself. What do you think about these two cars then?:

http://challenger.mpoli.fi/forum/viewto ... 4676#24676

http://challenger.mpoli.fi/forum/viewto ... =3753#3753

Hmmm.. Maybe! On those pic's you can see a bit better really. that brown/copper painted one looks quite cool actually! :thumbsup:

I bet it's a matter of taste depending wich car the moulding is on...

by **christer** » 04 Nov 2007 11:59

Jimiboy wrote:
christer wrote:
Jimiboy wrote:
christer wrote:What do you think of the 71 Challenger below? Flat hood, wide hood mouldings, front spoiler and a rear wing. A one-of-one car? I have never seen anything like it before.

I really don't like that hood mouldings! Yack! Looks like something borrowed from a Pontiac (Firebird etc.)!

Really? I think it looks quite OK myself. What do you think about these two cars then?:

http://challenger.mpoli.fi/forum/viewto ... 4676#24676

http://challenger.mpoli.fi/forum/viewto ... =3753#3753

Hmmm.. Maybe! On those pic's you can see a bit better really. that brown/copper painted one looks quite cool actually!
I bet it's a matter of taste depending wich car the moulding is on...

You are not fully convinced but you are on the right track, right? :wink:

How about the cars below then? I think it much is a matter of the body colour if it is a very tasteful car or not.

by **christer** » 04 Nov 2007 13:10

I have to admit that I am a sucker for old, vintage and odd stuff including old books.
(They don´t need to be very good just as long as they are old.... :s006:

)

by **christer** » 04 Nov 2007 13:12

....and two not so old books.

by **christer** » 04 Nov 2007 13:15

Here is a booklet I plan to have in the glovebox of my Challenger when (if? :lol:

) it gets ready. I like it. I think it is cool.

by **Eddie** » 04 Nov 2007 13:57

Nice collection Christer. I too like books cars, tools, women, stuff thats old or older and not necessarily in the best of shape. :mrgreen:

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