| | | | | MOTORBOOKS BLOG | It seems like only yesterday that I spotted the nose of a Grabber Blue 1970 Mustang protruding out of a row of used cars on Main Street in Spartanburg, South Carolina. As I drove by, my heart jumped: I caught a glimpse of the shaker hood scoop and black stripe decals on the side, with "Boss 302" on the fenders. There it was, the car of my dreams, with "For Sale" scrawled across the windshield. The year was 1974, right when muscle car owners were dumping their gas-guzzling hot rods for economy cars. The owner of Leroy Rowe Used Cars said he would make me a deal-my well-worn 1970 Plain-Jane Mustang fastback and $400 in trade for the Boss 302. I drove home with a Hurst four-speed shifter in my right hand and a big smile on my face! |
| | | Dear ASD,
My first car was a 1972 green Mustang hardtop coupe. That car helped me finish high school and saw me through college and my first job. It's the only Mustang I ever owned, but even today when I see a Mustang of any vintage, I'm transported for a minute to those heady days of youth. That's why our newest book, Mustang Fifty Years, is one I've looked forward to for months. The first shipment of this book should hit our warehouse this week, and I'm telling you, this book is fantastic! And at a discounted price of $37.50, you might want to buy one for yourself and another to stick away and give as a Christmas present to your favorite gearhead. |
 In the early 1960s, Lee Iacocca, then director of the Ford division at Ford Motor Company, convinced Henry Ford II to produce a sporty four-seat car aimed at the emerging youth market. That car, essentially a reconfigured and re-skinned Falcon economy car, became the Ford Mustang, and it changed the automotive world.
In Mustang: Fifty Years, acclaimed Mustang writer Donald Farr celebrates this unbroken lineage of muscle: its phenomenal first-year sales, the new "pony car" genre it pioneered, and subsequent models that include the Mustang GT, Shelby GT350, Shelby GT500, Super Cobra Jet, Boss 302 and Boss 429-all part of a line of American performance cars that continues on to this day. With 400 photos of the USA's iconic sports car and released in tandem with the Mustang's 50th anniversary,this book is a must on the bookshelf of any gearhead or Ford aficionado. |
|  | | Hot Rod Garages |
|  | | Off-Road Driving Manual |
|  | | Mustang Boss 302 |
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 | | The Magnificent 7 |
|  | | Art of the Classic Car |
|  | | Marco Simoncelli: The Tribute Book |
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 | | Supercars 2014 |
|  | | American Muscle Cars 2014 |
|  | | Corvette Car-a-Day 2014 |
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| | | Ebooks, too
Many of our books are available as ebooks. If we have an ebook for your favorite title, there will be a series of "Buy the ebook" links on the product page, so you can choose your preferred ebook format and vendor. If the book you want isn't available as an ebook, check back often. We're converting more titles to ebook formats every day. |
Don't Miss the Motorbooksmobile
The 2014 summer tour of the Motorbooksmobile continues! We'll be at the following shows in the coming weeks with a busload of books to buy at a discount. Stop by and see us!
Sept. 27-29, Concours d'Elegance, Saratoga, NY |
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