Building the Mule Book

[TonyHuntimer]

I was looking through the latest Hot Rod magazine and ran across the article on Charley's latest 69 Camaro "Jackass"...which is awesome!

I also saw the great new book by Mark Stielow. It's over 700 photos of building the Mule. More photos than you've ever seen in all the PHR articles. I am surprised that HOT ROD magazine is the first place we found out about it. Not that HOT ROD had it, but that Mark or Charley didn't announce it here first. ...or did they and I missed it? I can't wait to get my copy. If I bring my copy to SEMA, will Charley and Mark sign my copy?

[MrQuick]

I'd like to get my hands on that...

wish they would make more Build books...they could fill a library with all of Stielow's creations.

Jackasss in Hot Rod? waaa-ohhhh looks like pro-touring might go main stream. Great, thats all we need.

[zbugger]

I want that book too....

[ss dave]

ditto

[redfire69]

Can't find it on the web site yet either...

[Damn True]

Jackasss in Hot Rod? waaa-ohhhh looks like pro-touring might go main stream. Great, thats all we need.

But Car Craft says Pro-Touring is out?

[Brandon Miller]

Oh I so need that book. And I'm a Ford guy.

Barnes and Noble has nothing on their site about the book and they usually have all kinds of stuff before a book is published.

[dropit69]

oh gotta find that book..Mule is my all time fav car..

[tom_a]

The article says exclusively through Scoggin Dickey, but I recall seeing another thread saying it would not be available till December IIRC.

[Brandon Miller]

Yeah article says $26.95 through sdparts.com It's not listed on their site yet though.

[Stielow]

Hot Rod left out the part that the book won't be available until December 2009. We have a ton of photos that didn't make the PHR build up. We also have the pictures of the twin turbo redo. I have had a lot of fun going back through the old photos and stories.

I will post when we have it published.

Thanks Mark

[Kenova]

Any plans to write a sequel Mark? Building Jackass.

Ken

[TonyHuntimer]

Hot Rod left out the part that the book won't be available until December 2009. We have a ton of photos that didn't make the PHR build up. We also have the pictures of the twin turbo redo. I have had a lot of fun going back through the old photos and stories.

I will post when we have it published.

Thanks Mark

Mark,

Thanks for chiming in. It's good to hear the real story from a good source. I can't believe a magazine published something that's not available yet.

[CliffS]

I know what I want for Christmas...

[Steve Chryssos]

There are so many one-off parts, systems and ideas on that car that are now production, mail order ready parts. If for no other reason (and there are many reasons) people should buy that book just to see how much easier it is to build a pro-touring car now.
Just as important, the Mule received an unprecedented amount of consecutive monthly editorial coverage in PHR. Something like 20 or 21 consecutive build up articles. I'm sure Project X has more total build up pages, but the Mule was really a step by step, start to finish deal. And it wasn't just another "Hey, buy these parts" series. While there was no shortage of cool parts, the articles focused on how to properly build a car. Cameron Evans, former editor of PHR--now with Redline Oil, and Tom Vogele also deserve credit for making it happen.

I don't think we'll ever see that detailed build-up process duplicated in magazines. Too many bureaucrats in the chain these days.

[f-body]

Not available until December 2009. No wonder I cannot find it. I will order mine as soon as I can.
I have leaned a lot from all the articles from Mark Stielow since I probably have every magazine from PHR, Hot Rod, CHP and Car craft since 1997 and some back as far as 1985.
Anyone have a list of all the builds ups and what issues that were in.
I also learned most of the stuff Stielow does I cannot afford I cannot afford most of the stuff on here is out of my range also.

I do see protouring turning into the new prostreet from a cost stand point but at least with protouring cars actually perform and not just look good like the old school pro street.

Back in 1987 when I was in high school I could not understand having a car you could not drive like you wanted or for that matter cars you would not drive. I never understood track only cars either since I was a high school kid and could only afford one it had to be streetable really streetable. Like pump gas and inspections.
I am just happy to see people build cars and actually beat on them like manufacturers intended muscle cars to treated.
Now I own 5 1974 Camaros, four of them are Z28's they are really just rolling chassis but i am not a numbers matching kind of person anyway.
Keep up the builds Mark.


There were 13,802 1974 Z28's made. I got two of them! OOPS!! Now I got 4 of them
1974 Camaro coupe
1974 Z28 restoration project
3 1974 Z28 shells (they are more of a project)
1992 Chevy Silverado (black with red interior V6 5speed) 454SS wannabe.
Anything with turbos is cool, anything with two turbos is twice as cool!
2007 Kawasaki ZX14 Scary Fast!!!

[TonyHuntimer]

There are so many one-off parts, systems and ideas on that car that are now production, mail order ready parts. If for no other reason (and there are many reasons) people should buy that book just to see how much easier it is to build a pro-touring car now.
Just as important, the Mule received an unprecedented amount of consecutive monthly editorial coverage in PHR. Something like 20 or 21 consecutive build up articles. I'm sure Project X has more total build up pages, but the Mule was really a step by step, start to finish deal. And it wasn't just another "Hey, buy these parts" series. While there was no shortage of cool parts, the articles focused on how to properly build a car. Cameron Evans, former editor of PHR--now with Redline Oil, and Tom Vogele also deserve credit for making it happen.

I don't think we'll ever see that detailed build-up process duplicated in magazines. Too many bureaucrats in the chain these days.

The great thing about the PHR build-up coverage of The Mule was that we finally got a step-by-step view of the car-building quality "bar" being raised.

[Serpa69]

Hot Rod left out the part that the book won't be available until December 2009. We have a ton of photos that didn't make the PHR build up. We also have the pictures of the twin turbo redo. I have had a lot of fun going back through the old photos and stories.

I will post when we have it published.

Thanks Mark

I know everyone in this site loves the twin turbo redo but I liked the Kinsler setup. I thought it was more road racing than a tt. I cant wait for the book.

[Rybar]

Anyone have a list of all the builds ups and what issues that were in.

Courtesy of Scott from Lateral-g:

Here they are in chronological order:

71 Mach 1
77 Triumph TR7
70 AMX 390 Auto
70 AMX 360 4spd
71 Javelin 360 4spd
66 Ford Stepside
69 Datsun 1600 Roadster
69 Triumph TR6
67 Mustang Fastback 289 Auto
66 Mustang Coupe 289 Auto
66 Lincoln Continental
67 Mustang 390 4spd
67 Mustang Fastback 351C 4brl (was going to be the first pro-touring project)
69 Boss 302
73 Vette 454
70 Boss 302 (college car)
84 SVO Mustang
66 Mustang Fastback 289 4spd (drove it to Detroit for 1st Summer internship @ GM Tech Center)
69 Camaro RS
69 Camaro RS
69 Camaro
69 Camaro (first One Lap of America car)
69 Camaro
88 Chevy Truck
95 Chevy Truck
67 Camaro (Red Witch)
69 Camaro (Thrasher)
69 Camaro
69 Camaro (Mule)
64 Chevelle (Malitude)
69 Camaro (Camaro X)

[Jesse@SDPC]

We are as anxious as you guys are to get the book in :D We will get it on our site and post up here just as soon as they show up later on. I'm glad to see how many of your guys are interested, I can't wait for my own copy.