Bøger af Mark Fletcher

Are you living with the expectation that you will see the return of Jesus? If you are, it will govern how you lead your life and what you do with it.

Elsie wants to ride a rollercoaster. Thomas has an embarrassing secret. Frank and Douglas find love. Shirley launches her stand-up career. Millie organises a protest. Alexander wants them to get his name right. Not Dead Yet is an eclectic collection of fiction about nursing home life for those often forgotten. Laugh and cry as they run, stumble, fall, get up and live at this last stop. Dried fruit gives me the runsBoiled lollies hurt my gumsGiftshop flowers have no smellFruit jellies, well, they're just hell

With an unquenchable desire to succeed, George Hurst started an automotive aftermarket parts business in his garage in Warminster, Pennsylvania. Through innovative products and marketing, he grew the business into an automotive icon. Hurst Performance became the leader in high-performance shifters on the street and strip, and Hurst companies were key players in the muscle car wars, racing scene, and automotive aftermarket. The story of George Hurst, his companies, the talented people, including Jack "Doc" Watson, Linda Vaughn, and others in his organization, high-performance conversion cars, competition cars, and the performance products have gone largely untold until now. Hurst's unrelenting enthusiasm and dedication combined with co-founder Bill Campbell's mechanical acumen and ingenuity propelled the Hurst-Campbell Company to prominence in automotive industry. Hurst shifters set the standard for others to follow and a Hurst catalog offered a variety of high-performance products. When the Competition Plus shifter was installed in the Pontiac Catalina in 1961, Hurst established itself as the leader in shifters and high-performance products. From this pivotal event, Hurst went on to build high-performance cars for AMC, Chrysler, and of course Oldsmobile. In fact, Hurst slotted AMC's biggest engine into the Rogue Rambler chassis and created the SC/Rambler, which produced jaw-dropping performance. But the crowning achievement was the Hurst-Olds, a special high-performance version of the Olds 4-4-2. High-performance street cars were just one part of the Hurst story. Hurst also created two of the most memorable exhibition cars in drag history, the Hemi Under Glass wheelstander and the dual-engine Hairy Olds. In addition, he developed the "Jaws of Life" to quickly cut open a car's roof to rescue the passengers. Scores of interviews, in-depth research, and exceptional insight from veteran magazine editor Rich Truesdell and co-author Mark Fletcher has created a comprehensive book that captures the essence of the era, the people at Hurst who made it happen, production cars, race cars, and performance parts.

1970 Maximum Muscle explores the factors that would lead to the decline of the most exciting era in the American automotive industry—as well as the resulting arms race among designers who saw their last opportunity to make the ultimate muscle car. As a result, 1970 was the climax of the muscle car era from engineering, styling, and performance standpoints.