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Summary: A nice collection of pictures with horrid information!
Review: I recieved this book as a gift for my birthday with very high hopes. Sadly it appears the autors knowledge of Chrysler Muscle cars was obtained by driving past a few dealerships during the late 60's and early 70's! It is possible to find an illustration that is incorrectly identified on at least 50% of the pages: numerous cars are given the wrong names, some that are correct are the right years, chrome parts are said to be painted grey, round emblems are called gas caps and it goes on and on! The text is horrible also. A few lines seem to have come straight from someone that has never been near the cars: "For example, the Dodge Super Bee and Plymouth Road Runner had identicle bodies. The differences were in the way they were detailed, chromed and advertised." "You can belive that if you placed a 425-HP Hemi in a 1960's Road Runner that originaly came with a 318-cid, the altered car would be worth more-Much, Much more!" These are just 2 ignorant errors within 2 pages of the book! Overll the book is not anywhere near the standards of Krause Publications books and should be avoided at all costs! Some of the pictures are nice but there are quite a few pictures of fogged lace paint jobs from the mid 70's that will make anyone who loves these cars recoil in disgust.
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Summary: Pictures are nice
Review: I was really excited when I purchased this book. Because the layout and the pictures are nicely laid out. But man-o-man there are so many error it is tough to justify the $24 spent on this book. There are pictures of 1969 cars stating they are 1971. Any mopar nut would know that. Plus there are more and more errors which there is not enough space here to type them all out. It is too bad because the book looks real nice but never judge a book by it's cover. The author could have paid any one of us Mopar fans to proof read it and point to all the mistakes. If you are a mopar fan, we are serious about our knowledge of the cars.. Expensive picture book (UGGGG!)
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Summary: Pictures are nice
Review: I was really excited when I purchased this book. Because the layout and the pictures are nicely laid out. But man-o-man there are so many error it is tough to justify the $24 spent on this book. There are pictures of 1969 cars stating they are 1971. Any mopar nut would know that. Plus there are more and more errors which there is not enough space here to type them all out. It is too bad because the book looks real nice but never judge a book by it's cover. The author could have paid any one of us Mopar fans to proof read it and point to all the mistakes. If you are a mopar fan, we are serious about our knowledge of the cars.. Expensive picture book (UGGGG!)
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Summary: The book of errors
Review: It's hard to believe that a book with so many glaring errors could make it to print. Hey, nobody knows it all, but a Ford enthusiast could have probably done a better job. You would think that if someone was writing a book about a certain topic, they would research the information. Isn't that the reason we read books in the first place... to expand one's knowledge? It is filled with some nice pictures though, just way too many mistakes.
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