Review by K. SCOTT TEETERS
for CorvetteReport.com
I’ll say this up front. I was NOT disappointed with this book. Actually, I had a tough time putting it down. Author, Martyn L. Schorr is THE man to tell this story because not only was he there as CARS Magazine editor, he helped plan, develop, promote, and market the entire enterprise. Plus, he got to drive most of the Baldwin-Motion Phase III Supercars!
Marty starts off the story by filling in the gap between the earliest days of the automobile to just before the official beginning of the muscle car era. Before Shelby and Motion Performance, there were dozens and dozens of specialty car makers. They weren’t called “tuner cars” back then, they were “coach builder cars.” Marty takes you all the way back to the 1910 Buick Bug with its massive 622-cubic-inch, 4-cylinder engine that was clocked at the Indy 500 at 106-mph! If you’re not familiar with the pre-muscle car coach builder / specialty cars, this is a cool trip down Memory Road. As long as people have had extra money to put into going fast, there have been people willing to build cars for them. Caption: Rosen often used Sunrise Highway as a test strip.
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