Pontiac muscle cars have been the driving passion for James Rocky Rotella and his family. He has owned and modified a number of Pontiacs including a 1976 Trans-Am 455 HO. He has contributed scores of articles to High-Performance Pontiac and Smoke Signals. He is also the author of CarTech's best-selling Pontiac titles, How to Rebuild Pontiac V-8s and How to Build Max Performance Pontiac V-8s.