Download or read book The American Custom Car written by Pat Ganahl and published by Motorbooks. This book was released on 2001 with total page 186 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Among the hardest core of American automotive enthusiasts there always exists a desire to press styling and performance a step beyond the showroom floor -- to truly craft an automobile of one's own. This photographic and cultural history examines the evolution of American custom cars from the 1930s to present, covering touchstone trends, influential builders (Barris, Roth, Coddington et al), custom shows, enthusiast magazines and regional styles. An expensive collection of rare period photography and exclusive modern shots help illustrate how Detroit informed the styling of customs (and vice versa), the explosion of the custom car scene after World War II and the factors that led to the custom's near-death in the 1960s and its resurgence in the '80s. But most of all, this chronicle is a showcase of the great cars and people who influenced the movement through the years.
Download or read book American Custom Car written by Pat Ganahl and published by . This book was released on 2001 with total page 167 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Lowrider Space written by Ben Chappell and published by University of Texas Press. This book was released on 2012-07-15 with total page 262 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This book explores how lowrider car culture allows Mexican Americans to alter the urban landscape and make a place for themselves in an often segregated society"--
Download or read book Old School Customs written by Alan Mayes and published by Motorbooks International. This book was released on 2009-07-10 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Profiles the work of 14 customizers who are still creating and restoring custom cars."--Publisher's description.
Download or read book Great American Hot Rods written by Keith Harmon and published by Krause Publications. This book was released on 2005-10-25 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Americans were forever changed when the edgy style and power of hot rods exploded onto their highways. This volume details nearly 300 of the most innovative rides to ever own the road. Alongside colour photographs is each car's history, options and top selling points.
Download or read book Picture Perfect written by Peter Linney and published by Whitman Publishing. This book was released on 2013 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Peter S. Linney takes you on a visual journey through his 30-plue years of photographing hot rods in "Picture Perfect: The Best of America's Hot Rods." This book features 20 of the most spectacular hot rods Peter has photographed in his career, including Fords from the 1930s, Cadillacs from the 1940s, Boyd Coddington's 1957 CheZoom and many other fine automobiles."--Publsiher description
Download or read book American Car Foundry Company written by Edward S. Kaminski and published by . This book was released on 1999 with total page 362 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Comeback written by Paul Ingrassia and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2013-05-14 with total page 536 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Comeback, Pulitzer Prize-winners Paul Ingrassia and Joseph B. White take us to the boardrooms, the executive offices, and the shop floors of the auto business to reconstruct, in riveting detail, how America's premier industry stumbled, fell, and picked itself up again. The story begins in 1982, when Honda started building cars in Marysville, Ohio, and the entire U.S. car industry seemed to be on the brink of extinction. It ends just over a decade later, with a remarkable turn of the tables, as Japan's car industry falters and America's Big Three emerge as formidable global competitors. Comeback is a story propelled by larger-than-life characters -- Lee Iacocca, Henry Ford II, Don Petersen, Roger Smith, among many others -- and their greed, pride, and sheer refusal to face facts. But it is also a story full of dedicated, unlikely heroes who struggled to make the Big Three change before it was too late.
Download or read book Big Book of Barris written by George Barris David Fetherston and published by . This book was released on with total page 170 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The "King of Kustomizers" brings his legendary creations front and center in this dynamic and colorful coffee table book which highlights his most innovative and original works. Beginning with his fruitful partnership with his brother, Sam, this volume delivers a nostalgic look back at the customizing scene of yesteryear. The Big Book of Barris showcases the very best hot rods, motorcycles, pickup trucks, boats, and more from Barris Kustom Kars, the famous custom shop that influenced so many builders. Take a revealing look back at his leading edge designs!
Download or read book Classic American Cars written by Craig Cheetham and published by Chartwell Books. This book was released on 2017-11-14 with total page 323 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the turn of the twentieth century through to the present day, the book traces the development of the automobile, reflecting the social change it both brought, and reflected.
Download or read book The Drive written by Maximilian Funk and published by Die Gestalten Verlag-DGV. This book was released on 2016 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Handcrafted, radical, and subversive, these custom cars are designed and made by a small number of specialists
Download or read book American Motors Corporation written by Patrick R. Foster and published by Motorbooks International. This book was released on 2013-11-25 with total page 211 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Patrick Foster's American Motors Corporation: The Rise and Fall of America's Last Independent Automaker is the definitive history of the AMC corporation. Featured vehicles include the Rambler, Javelin, and more, as Foster walks the reader through not only the history of an American classic, but a history of the automotive industry itself as it evolved through emissions restrictions and the gas guzzlers of the 80s and 90s"-Provided by publisher.
Download or read book American Hot Rod written by Boyd Coddington and published by Hugh Lauter Levin Associates. This book was released on 2006 with total page 7 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Written in a lively, engaging style, the book chronicles Boyd Coddingon's career as well as the long, colorful history of hot rods, street rods, and custom cars, machines that transcend transportation to express the highest levels of skill and artistry.
Download or read book Custom Cars written by Sean McCollum and published by Capstone. This book was released on 2010-02 with total page 26 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Describes custom cars, including hot rods and muscle cars, including both historical and current information.
Download or read book Hot Rods and Custom Cars of the Sacramento Delta written by John V. Callahan and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2019-02-04 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Sacramento Delta has produced some of the finest hot rods and custom cars ever made. The passion of the area's builders is evident in the incredible cars they created, which drew nationwide attention. Harry Westerguard, who taught George Barris bodywork, worked on the second "America's Most Beautiful Roadster"----a 1923 "T" that was a style-setter for its day. Bob Dron built his first custom when he was only fifteen and a half, and Lenny Byer created his own "Candy Apple Red" in Rio Vista. Detroit might have had its vision, but the Delta region built its own. Discover the stories behind the cars and their builders as author John V. Callahan takes us on a trip down memory lane.
Download or read book Ed Roth s Mysterion written by Jeffrey A. Jones and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2016-09-02 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ed "Big Daddy" Roth (1932-2001) was a phenomenon. His body of work is still discussed in hot rodding, fine arts and pop culture circles and his cult following remains as devoted as it was during his career. His 1963 Mysterion show car--featuring two big-block Ford V8s--was his masterpiece and the story of its rise and brief existence is legendary. Though it was immortalized as a popular plastic model kit and is featured on several websites, little is known about Roth's magnum opus. There are a number of fanciful stories of its demise--mostly fiction. Combining history and shop class, this book provides a full investigation of Mysterion--both the legend and the machine itself. Drawing on interviews, magazine articles, photos, models and other (sometimes obscure) sources, the author pieces together the true story of the car, while documenting his own faithful bolt-by-bolt recreation of Mysterion.
Download or read book Standard Catalog of American Cars 1805 1942 written by Beverly Rae Kimes and published by . This book was released on 1989 with total page 1546 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Lists models, body styles, and original factory prices for every model year a car was manufactured plus value listings for collectors.
