The book, American Muscle Cars, reviews some of the greatest and rarest muscle cars ever to "smoke their tires".  The author points out that early on in the 1960s the American manufacturers simply took a base model, dropped in the largest V-8 engine available and marketed the resulting combination to the booming youth market.  This simple equation resulted in some of the greatest cars to ever cruise an American "Main Street" or to blast down the quarter-mile drag strip.  This was also an era of relatively low gas prices and minimal horsepower draining emissions equipment requirements.  "American Muscle Cars" reviews in detail, 33 different high performance vehicles that are part of Otis Chandler's extensive "Muscle car" collection.  The major sections of "American Muscle Cars" are as follows: 1) Acknowledgements; 2) Preface; 3) Philosophy of the Collection; 4) Rise and Fall of the American Muscle Car; 5) 1964 Dodge Ramcharger Superstock 426 Hemi Cross Ram; 6) 1967 Ford Fairlane 500 XL 427 R Code; 7) 1967 Shelby American Cobra; 8) 1967 Plymouth GTX 426 Hemi convertible; 9) 1968 Plymouth GTX 426 Hemi convertible; 10) 1968 Chevrolet Corvette L-88 427 convertible; 11) 1969 Chevrolet Corvette L-88 427 convertible; 12) 1968 1/2 Ford Mustang GT Super Cobrajet 428 Ram Air; 13) 1969 Chevrolet Camaro Baldwin Motion Phase III 427; 14) 1969 Chevrolet Corvette Baldwin Motion Phase III 427; 15) 1969 Dodge Coronet R/T 426 Hemi convertible; 16) 1969 Chevrolet Camaro 427 COPO 9561; 17) 1969 Chevrolet Camaro Yenko / SC 427; 18) 1969 Chevrolet Chevelle Yenko / SC 427; 19) 1969 Dodge Charger Daytona 426 Hemi; 20) 1969 Chevrolet Camaro Z-28 302 Cross Ram; 21) 1969 Chevrolet Corvette ZL-1 427; 22) 1969 Chevrolet Camaro ZL-1 427 COPO 9560; 23) 1970 Buick Gran Sport GSX Stage I 455; 24) 1970 Chevrolet Chevelle SS Baldwin Motion Phase III 454; 25) 1970 Dodge Challenger T/A 340 Six-Pack; 26) 1970 Dodge Coronet R / T 426 Hemi convertible; 27) 1970 Oldsmobile 4-4-2 W-30 455 convertible; 28) 1970 Pontiac GTO Judge 400 Ram Air III convertible; 29) 1970 Plymouth 'Cuda 426 Hemi Pink Panther; 30) 1971 Plymouth 'Cuda 426 Hemi; 31) 1970 Plymouth 'Cuda 426 Hemi convertible; 32) 1970 Dodge Challenger R / T 426 Hemi convertible; 33) 1971 Dodge Challenger R / T 426 Hemi; 34) 1971 Dodge Charger R / T 426 Hemi; 35) 1971 Dodge Charger Super Bee 426 Hemi; 36) 1971 Plymouth Road Runner 426 Hemi; 37) 1971 Plymouth 'Cuda 426 Hemi convertible and 38) Specifications.   In addition to an extensive narrative and specification charts, " American Muscle Cars" includes approximately 187 color photographs, which examine "the brawny beauty, monstrous engines and interiors" of each of the covered vehicles.  This book is 192 pages and is in very good condition.  The author is Randy Leffingwell.  Edition published in 1996.