The Story behind Smokey Yunick's Boss Mustang and 49 Other True Tales Book~NEW

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Way Beyond "Barn Finds"
...
the Story Behind Smokey Yunick's Boss Mustang: And 49 Other Entertaining True Tales from the World of Rare and Exotic Car
The Story Behind Smokey Yunick's Boss Mustang is just one of 50 entertaining true stories from the collector car world.
Smokey was racing's ultimate trickster. At one race the NASCAR sanction boys noted 16 infractions. With gas tank removed after the inspection, he grinned. "Make that 17," he said and drove away, having plumbed the roll bar for additional gas storage.
Although not the story of the Boss 302 herein, these are the kind of anecdotes that make this book a fun read and more than just facts about barn-finds. Book #3 in this incredible new collection of automotive 'barn finds and beyond' stories include...
A persistent Porsche mechanic who asked each 904 owner if their car would be for sale after a race. He paid only ,000 to one agreeable owner and the car recently sold for over a million dollars.
Celebrities like Steve McQueen, who bought a Jaguar XK-SS, originally created for the track but turned into a street car by the factory, now worth million!
A photographer who always wondered why his Mercedes gullwing was a little different. He sold it for under ,000 only to find out decades later that the chassis was from a Le Mans winner in '52. A luckier later owner rebodied it, probably worth million today.
Chapter
Page
Preface
by Mark Sassak
6
Introduction
7
Chapter 1
The Strange and Mysterious Fate of an Italian Porsche (1970 Porsche 914-6)
11
Chapter 2
The King, the Cadillac and the Cover-up (1953 Cadillac Series 62 Pininfarina)
14
Chapter 3
Sonny's Bad Day (1964 Ferrari 250LM)
18
Chapter 4
Batman's Own (1955 Alfa Romeo Bat 9)
21
Chapter 5
The Prince's Pleasure (1982 Ferrari 400i Meera S)
24
Chapter 6
The Swiss Supercar (Monteverdi Hai 450/SS)
27
Chapter 7
The Shah's Mad Miura (1971 Lamborghini Miura SVJ)
31
Chapter 8
The Italian Cobra (1965 AC Cobra)
36
Chapter 9
The Master's Touch (1959 Lancia Loraymo)
40
Chapter 10
The Flaming Rumbleseater (1966 AMC AMX prototype)
43
Chapter 11
The Wolf in Wolf's Clothing (1952 W194/'55 Mercedes 300SL gullwing)
48
Chapter 12
Lost and Found: One Le Mans-Racing Ferrari (1963 Ferrari 250/275P)
55
Chapter 13
The Mittelmotor Mustang (1970 Mustang Boss 429)
59
Chapter 14
The Italian Corvair (1960 Corvair)
63
Chapter 15
The One and Only Short Wheelbase ('641/2 Mustang (1964½ Mustang)
66
Chapter 16
The Bodacious Bucciali (1970s Chevy S-10 Blazer Custom)
72
Chapter 17
Time Capsule Big Block Corvette (1967 Corvette 427 coupe)
81
Chapter 18
The Chevy Goose (1969 De Tomaso Mangusta)
85
Chapter 19
Pretty in Pink (1963 Corvette coupe)
89
Chapter 20
A Yank in Italy (1962 Ferrari swb 250GT)
94
Chapter 21
The King of Cool and his Cool Cat (1956 Jaguar XKSS)
100
Chapter 22
The Colonel's coup (1963 ATS 2500)
105
Chapter 23
The Trade (1964 Ford GT40)
111
Chapter 24
Der Einstizer-Fangio's Ride (1954 Mercedes-Benz W196)
119
Chapter 25
James Bond would have liked it (1957 Aston Martin DB/2/4)
125
Chapter 26
The Broken-Nose Grifo (1963 Iso Grifo prototype)
129
Chapter 27
The Changling (1954 Ferrari 375MM)
134
Chapter 28
The Wife says "Yes" (1953 Porsche Bent Window Cabriolet)
138
Chapter 29
Spaceship from the Fifties (1956 Aston Martin DB2/4 Mk II)
141
Chapter 30
The Long Lost Delon Ferrari (1961 Ferrari 250GT swb California Spyder)
146
Chapter 31
The Shape-Shifting Alfa (1962 Alfa 2600 Coupe)
158
Chapter 32
Smokey's Revenge (1969 Smokey Yunick Boss 302)
162
Chapter 33
Model Year? Funny You Should Ask… (1999 Thunderbird Sports Roadster)
166
Chapter 34
If Wishes were Horses (1958 Dual 400)
171
Chapter 35
The Mechanic's Ride (1965 Porsche 904GTS)
175
Chapter 36
The Dino in the Dirt (1974 Ferrari 246GTS Dino)
180
Chapter 37
The Lambo That Never Was (1966 Lamborghini 400GT Monza)
184
Chapter 38
The Italian Cobra (1965 Mercer-Cobra Roadster)
187
Chapter 39
Treasure in the Classifieds (1972 Group 4 Pantera)
193
Chapter 40
The Billionaire's Porsche (1988 Porsche 959)
199
Chapter 41
Almost Shelby (1981 AC ME3000/Shelby prototype)
203
Chapter 42
The GT40 Sleeper (1966 Ford GT40)
209
Chapter 43
On the way to the Pantera (The Ghia Serenissima)
213
Chapter 44
The American Shooting Brake (1979 Firebird Trans Am K-Wagon)
216
Chapter 45
The Vanishing (1956 Corvette Super Sport)
219
Chapter 46
One Bird That Didn't Fly (1955 Mercedes 300SL Gullwing)
223
Chapter 47
The Swiss Porsche 356 Drop-top (1959 356-A Cabriolet)
226
Chapter 48
The Count's Revenge (1966 Serenissima Torpedo Spyder)
230
Chapter 49
The Fat Man's Toy (1964 Porsche 904GTS)
234
Chapter 50
The Rat Pack Special (1957 Dual Ghia)
238
Chapter 51
Developing Your Own Game Plan
242
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