Car Tech®
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© 2018 by Tim Boyd
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Edit by Bob Wilson
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ISBN 978-1-61325-485-1
Item No. CT656
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Names: Boyd, Tim, author.
Title: Collecting muscle car model kits / Tim Boyd.
Description: Forest Lake, MN : CarTech, [2018]
Identifiers: LCCN 2017042374 | ISBN 9781613253953
Subjects: LCSH: Muscle cars--Models-Collectors and collecting. | Automobiles--Models--Collectors and collecting. | Motor vehicles--Models--Collectors and collecting.
Classification: LCC TL237.2 .B692 2018 | DDC 629.22/1207 5--dc23
LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2017042374
Written, edited, and designed in the U.S.A.
Printed in China
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
Chapter 1: In the Beginning: The Origins of the Model Car Kit Hobby
Chapter 2: The Four Waves of Model Car Kit Evolution and the Envy Factor
Chapter 3: Laying the Groundwork for Muscle Cars: The Pre–Supercar Era
Chapter 4: The Supercar Is Born, Part 1: Pontiac, Oldsmobile, and Buick
Chapter 5: The Supercar Is Born, Part 2: Chevelle and El Camino
Chapter 6: Dearborn Responds: Ford and Mercury Performance Intermediates
Chapter 7: It’s All about the Packaging: Chrysler and AMC Supercar Intermediates
Chapter 8: The Pony Car Brigade, Part 1: Mustang and Camaro
Chapter 9: The Pony Car Brigade, Part 2: Everything Else
Chapter 10: Smaller in Stature, but … the Story of Junior Supercars
Chapter 11: Flash, Space, and Grace: The Family Supercar
Chapter 12: The Domestic Sports Car
Chapter 13: Today We Call Them Tuners
Chapter 14: The Model Car Kit Collector