{"product_id":"chevrolet-big-block-muscle-cars-muscle-car-color-history","title":"Chevrolet Big-Block Muscle Cars - Muscle Car Color History","description":"\u003cp\u003eBy: Anthony Young .\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e The term big-block is synonymous for power, performance, and speed. To describe a Corvette, Chevelle, Camaro, or even an Impala as a big-block car is to give it immediate high-performance status. The nomenclature of the Chevrolet big-block—numbers like 396, 409, 427, and 454—commands instant respect and recognition, especially when the numbers appear on the fender badges of big-block cars.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThis is the story of the big-block, the engine that has powered Chevrolet passenger cars and trucks since the late 1950s. It has also powered high-horsepower Corvettes, Chevelles, and Camaros, and race cars from the drag strips to the high banks of Daytona.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIn Chevrolet Big-Block Muscle Cars, Chevrolet engineers recall the theory, design work, and testing that went into big-blocks such as the original 348, the legendary 409, the mighty 396, and the biggest of them all, the 454.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eHere is the story of the early 348 with its \"neck-snapping\" acceleration, the 409 that ushered in Chevrolet's Super Sport models in 1961, and the legendary \"Mystery Engine\" that was the talk of the 1963 Daytona 500.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMore than 80 color photos capture the power of the big block and the style of big-block muscle cars. Here are cars like the rare ZL-1 and L88 Corvettes, a 409-equipped Impala SS, a 1967 Camaro with a Mk IV 396, a 1969 Chevelle 300 Deluxe with an SS396 performance package, and the one-of-a-kind Corvette ZR2 with its 454 engine. More than 50 black and white photos show the mighty engines' details and trace their development inside Chevrolet's engineering center.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eAnthony Young\u003c\/em\u003e has enjoyed great cooperation from Chevrolet designers and engineers as he researched and wrote Chevrolet Big-Block Muscle Cars and an earlier Muscle Car Color Series title, Chevrolet Small-Block V-8. He is also the author of Hemi: History of the Chrysler Hemi V-8 Engine and Hemi-Powered Cars, and Mighty Mopars 1960-1974.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003chr class=\"ProductSectionSeparator\"\u003e \u003ch3\u003eOther Details\u003c\/h3\u003e \u003cdiv class=\"ProductDetailsGrid\"\u003e \u003cdiv class=\"DetailRow\"\u003e \u003cdiv class=\"Label\"\u003ePublisher Code:\u003c\/div\u003e \u003cdiv class=\"Value\"\u003eCHEBIBL\u003c\/div\u003e \u003c\/div\u003e \u003cdiv class=\"DetailRow\"\u003e \u003cdiv class=\"Label\"\u003eISBN 10:\u003c\/div\u003e \u003cdiv class=\"Value\"\u003e0879387254\u003c\/div\u003e \u003c\/div\u003e \u003cdiv class=\"DetailRow\"\u003e \u003cdiv class=\"Label\"\u003eISBN 13:\u003c\/div\u003e \u003cdiv class=\"Value\"\u003e \u003c\/div\u003e \u003c\/div\u003e \u003cdiv class=\"DetailRow\"\u003e \u003cdiv class=\"Label\"\u003ePublished:\u003c\/div\u003e \u003cdiv class=\"Value\"\u003e1993\u003c\/div\u003e \u003c\/div\u003e \u003cdiv class=\"DetailRow\"\u003e \u003cdiv class=\"Label\"\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/div\u003e \u003cdiv class=\"Value\"\u003e230x265mm\u003c\/div\u003e \u003c\/div\u003e \u003cdiv class=\"DetailRow\"\u003e \u003cdiv class=\"Label\"\u003ePages:\u003c\/div\u003e \u003cdiv class=\"Value\"\u003e128\u003c\/div\u003e \u003c\/div\u003e \u003cdiv class=\"DetailRow\"\u003e \u003cdiv class=\"Label\"\u003eIllustrations:\u003c\/div\u003e \u003cdiv class=\"Value\"\u003eSoft Bound, Colour ill\u003c\/div\u003e \u003c\/div\u003e \u003cdiv class=\"DetailRow\"\u003e \u003cdiv class=\"Label\"\u003eBarcode:\u003c\/div\u003e \u003cdiv class=\"Value\"\u003e9780879387259\u003c\/div\u003e \u003c\/div\u003e \u003cdiv class=\"DetailRow\"\u003e \u003c\/div\u003e \u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Motorbooks","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47627909136604,"sku":"9780879387259","price":89.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0814\/8297\/3404\/files\/b277b_chevrolet_big_block_muscle_car__76693.1339460343.1280.1280.jpg?v=1772085853","url":"https:\/\/automotobookshop.com.au\/products\/chevrolet-big-block-muscle-cars-muscle-car-color-history","provider":"Automoto Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}