Anthony Barnett. was born in Los Angeles, California in 1960, the car capital of the world. He grew up engrossed with many shows featuring automobiles (1970’s era muscle cars), Such as Mannix, Night Rider, Starsky and Hutch, the Green Hornet, not to mention the big screen hits such as Bullett, and Dirty Harry, Crazy Larry. These shows had the cars as the stars. The Mannix series actually upgraded their vehicles with each new model year. When I was 15 years old my, dad purchased a 1972 Buick Skylark with the a 455 cubic inch Stage 1 Engine. I would run past the newer Firebirds and Camaros all day long!  My dad would allow me to drive the Buick out our garage and down our street, and the thrill from that experience will be with me for the rest of my life. From that point on I was hooked on the speed sounds and power of the automobile!. I felt so fortunate to be privileged to be able to drive this car!

Each day I would wake to find myself in caught-up admiring of many American muscle cars.