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With over 200 new images, the new edition of We Were the Ramchargers is perfect for drag racing enthusiasts. This book takes readers behind the scenes with the group of Chrysler engineers who, from the 1950s through the 1970s, became one of the most successful and influential drag racing teams of all time. The only team of engineers from an automobile manufacturer to drag race successfully, the Ramchargers broke the most time barriers in drag racing history and earned the most National Hot Rod Association (NHRA) Super Stock titles during the sport's golden era of factory competition. Author Dave Rockwell, a Ramcharger himself, interviewed more than 40 team members, competitors, and track operators for We Were the Ramchargers, making it the first and only book to provide inside details on all elements of the Ramchargers story. In addition to chronicling the races they won and legendary cars they developed (including the High and Mighty, 426 Hemi, and first Funny Car), Rockwell opens corporate and personal files to take readers behind the doors at Chrysler (showing, among other things, how the Ramchargers helped pioneer the platform team concept), while revealing the personalities of the men who made it all happen.

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Author:   David G. Rockwell
Publisher:   SAE International
Imprint:   SAE International
Edition:   2nd Revised edition
ISBN:  

9781468605754

ISBN 10:   1468605755
Pages:   396
Publication Date:   24 July 2023
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Temporarily unavailable  
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Table of Contents

Foreword to the Second Edition xiii Foreword to the First Edition xv Tech Inspection xvii Acknowledgments xix C H A P T E R 1 Finding Godfather's Keys: (1898–1955) 1 C H A P T E R 2 Likes Cars Too Much: (1955–1958) 21 C H A P T E R 3 The Rodney Dangerfield Affair: (1959–April 1961) 41 C H A P T E R 4 The Most Important Drag Race: (1961) 75 C H A P T E R 5 I'm No Damn Fool: (1962) 97 C H A P T E R 6 Candy Land®: (1963) 123 xii Contents C H A P T E R 7 Dropping the Atom Bomb: (1964) 157 C H A P T E R 8 Drag Racing's Greatest Year: (1965) 187 C H A P T E R 9 A Dark Year: (1966) 241 C H A P T E R 1 0 Whatever it Takes - The Ramchargers' Creed: (1967) 269 C H A P T E R 1 1 Grabbing a Higher Gear: (1968–1974) 297 C H A P T E R 1 2 Postscripts 337 Team Innovations and Distinctions 361 Bibliography 363 Index 365

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