Another book right up my ally detailing the career of "Dandy" Dick Landy, one of the Mopar kings. I think of all the marquees I had the hardest time appreciating the Mopars - I guess my parents didn't care of them much, nor of Ford, as they tended by buy Chevy's and Pontiacs. I learned about Fords as one of my best friends growing up had a 69 Mustang Mach 1 - he waxed rather poetically, and also literally, his car and especially about that 351 Cleveland - I think I knew more about it than most kids in his teens. But I digress, it was really the racing that had me looking and learning about MOPARs - especially the Challengers and Chargers. "Dandy" Dick Landy was one of those drivers I heard about - we would sometimes call him "Tricky" Dick (it was around the era of Nixon also so of course this caused mass confusion when someone was around that wasn't into cars). My favorite of his cars was the 1968 Hemi Dart.

In any case, this is a fine book that just about anyone would find interesting, with MOPAR and racing fans finding even more so. It basically walks forward through his career, with plenty of insight and personal accounts, both about Landy and his cars. The book itself is paperback with a perfect binding (glued) and stiff pictorial covers - I think it's one that I'd like better as a hardcover, but that doesn't detract from the read.

This book was provided to me via the LibraryThing Early Reviewers group. ( )

This is not the book for me, unfortunately. I thought it would be a good book to read to connect with my dad,but, I ended up getting confused and wasn't interested. ( )

I'm not much of a car person. I'm not much into racing either. My fiance is into racing, so I thought maybe this book might be a good introduction into her world. Unfortunately, this was not the book. It is very technical and talks more about the cars than about Dick Landy. It lost me and confused me. Someone who knows cars more than me might appreciate this book, but unfortunately it was out of my subject knowledge.

n the late 60's and 70's "Dandy" Dick Landy with his Mighty Mopars were well known name in the world of Pro & Super Stock. Landy's Dodges: The Mighty Mopars of "Dandy" Dick Landy is an outstanding history of Dandy Dick's car's and career. The book is accented with a solid collection of photos. Photos include not only cars and pictures of Dick with his classic unlit cigar, pictures in include an did event pictures, period advertising, time slips car. One interesting addition are the "where are they now" features which highlight where Dick Landy's racer are currently. Some car locations are known and some car's have vanished to the unknown.

The book focuses primarily on his racing--not much family details. Drag racing fans will love this book. This book certainly deserves a spot on any Mopar or drag racers shelf.

I received this book as part of the LibraryThing Early Reviewer Program. ( )

If you're a car fan and want to learn about MOPAR's, this book is the tell all. Dick Landry was MOPAR! Photos and a chronological history of the Charger, the Hemi & even some drag racing. It'll have home on my coffee table! ( )