Was just sent this from one of my hoser friends in Canada, eh
A review from today's Calgary Herald:
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Calgary Herald, Dec. 7, 2007
Review
The second Christmas wish list book boasts no insights into fuel-sipping vehicles. Rather, Million-Dollar Muscle Cars by Colin Comer attempts to discern why some of the high-horsepower American-built machines of the 1960s and early '70s have attained dizzying prices.
Comer started restoring cars when he was 13. He's since been involved with just about every facet of the auto industry, from dealerships to specialty restoration shops. His shop, Colin's Classic Automobiles in Milwaukee, has become a well-respected collector car rebuild and sales facility.
Published by Motorbooks (motorbooks.com), Million-Dollar Muscle Cars: The Stories Behind the Most Collectible Cars of the Performance Era (ISBN 978-0-7603-2952-8, 192 pages, hardcover) is lavishly illustrated by lensman David Newhardt.
Comer indicates in his introduction: "Muscle cars were never intended to be valuable. In fact, the whole idea behind muscle cars was to make them inexpensive and fast . . . and aimed squarely at the youth market."
He then highlights in the following chapters how a handful of muscle cars, including the 1965 Shelby GT350R, 1968 Camaro Z/28 convertible and 1970-1971 'Cuda and Challenger Hemi convertibles have become desirable enough to be worth more than a million dollars.
While most enthusiasts don't have the funds to purchase a million dollar muscle car, Comer includes an appendix of Alternatives to Million-Dollar Muscle, and in the Real-World Buyers Guide he explains how not to get scammed, regardless of the price.
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