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© 2015 by Doug Boyce
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ISBN 978-1-61325–275-8
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
About the Author
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Chapter 1 Diggers Digest
Chapter 2 Fascinating Funnies
Ford/Mercury
Chrysler
More, More, More
Chapter 3 Pro Stock Rock
General Motors
Ford/Mercury
Chrysler
AMC
Chapter 4 The Eliminators
Altered and Econo Altered
Factory Experimental
Gassers
Modified Production
More, More, More
Chapter 5 Supers and Stockers
General Motors
Ford/Mercury
Chrysler
More, More, More
Chapter 6 Tracks and End Facts
1950s
1960s
1970s
1980s and Beyond
Doug Boyce has had a lifelong addiction
