NASCAR’s Wild Years: Stock Car Technology in the 1960’s
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Customer Review: Disappointing, unreliable
I was slightly disappointed by the author's coverage of one of the most interesting trends of the Sixties: 'Universal' stock cars based on specialized racing parts. The Galaxie-derived "Fairlane" stock cars were the beginning of the transition from standard frames. I wanted to read more about this (and perhaps about the generic Ford-based "GM" stock cars of the Seventies).
I severely mark down the rating of this book because of numerous factual errors in peripheral information. There are many errors in information that isn't directly related to the technical facts (for example, the introduction and early years of the Mercury Comet). The closer the material comes to the core subject, the more closely it matches what I remember from other sources. As a guess, I think that the author carefully researched the Nascar-specific technology and wrote the rest (such as industry trends) without such careful research. However, the general inaccuracies of the readily available peripheral information make it impossible to consider this book a generally reliable resource.
There's a surprising amount of information about stock drag racing cars. Not a problem, but not exactly what I expected.
Customer Review: NASCAR's Wild Years: Stock Car Technology in the 1960's
excellent pictures of 60's and 70's cars and engines. really brings you back to a time when cars were cars.