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Spellbinder, The Life of James J. Nance

by Stuart R. Blond

If the name of James Nance brings to mind “Studebaker Packard,” it’s not usually in a friendly way. He had the misfortune of presiding over the ambitious automaker’s final years—and is often enough blamed for them. There’s never been a book written about his working and personal life until now so be prepared to reevaluate that assessment.

Wheels of Change, Headlines from a Village on the Edge of the Motor Age

by Joe Baldwin with Tom and Bill Overbaugh

Short of opening a space port in your part of town there is really no way a contemporary reader can grasp how exotic a first-ever encounter with an automobile must have been. Contemporary newspapers help.

Massey-Ferguson Tractors

by Michael Williams

This became the most widely sold and recognized brand of agricultural machinery in the world. Many mergers, reorganizations, and licensees later it is now almost 150 years old and still in business.

L-15 Scout, Boeing’s Smallest Airplane

by Mal Holcomb

The “L” stands for Liaison and in theory this was a sensible aircraft. It was developed for a military contract that never materialized, and no civilian market ever emerged either. Only one is still flying, but you’d have to go to Alaska to see it.

New York Fifth Avenue Coach Company, 1885–1960

by Oliver J. Ogden

Fifth Ave is the premier north-south thoroughfare in Manhattan, with landmarks such as the Empire State Building, Rockefeller Center and St. Patrick’s Cathedral, not to mention high-value residential buildings. Obviously, buses had to look the part.

Corvette, Legend or Myth & Zora’s Marque of Excellence, Vol IV  

A Factual History, The “First Two” Corvettes

by Kenneth W. Kayser

If everything you know of Corvette history comes from books, good for you—but be prepared to unlearn a whole bunch of things in this book by a veteran GM engineer.

Old Farm Tractors

by Philip A. Wright

The tractors in this book were “old” already when it first came out, six decades ago. Now they’re ancient, and increasing in popularity as collector’s items. Unless it’s an ultra classic, which could top a million dollars, they’re even affordable.

Cobra Man: The Automotive Odyssey of DICK COHEN

From Corvettes to the Ken Miles GT40

by Jim Kreuz with Dick Cohen

If you follow car auctions you recognize Cohen’s name. Who knows why the book title puts it in caps but he certainly lived/lives large: professor to junkyard owner to car flipper to vintage racer to university dean. The book covers more than just the cars.

Reflections on Automotive History, Volumes I–III

by Bill Vance

Three volumes present a collection of essays on cars and people and the times in which they operated. Out of print but worth looking for!

Factory Air: Cool Cars in Cooler Comfort, An Illustrated History of Automotive Factory Air- Conditioning, Vol 2, 1953: The Magical Year

by Allen B. Simons

Full of previously unpublished information and imagery this second volume shows that AC was becoming fully established in American cars, and more importantly, fully integrated into the cabin as opposed to trunk- or window-mounted add-ons.

Yosemite, The Forest Domain of the Pierce-Arrow

by John C. Meyer III

A commemorative book of a 1982 car club tour of Yosemite National Park where once upon a time a small fleet of Pierce-Arrows had done duty as passenger transports and also fire engines.

Custom Built by McFarlan

by Richard A. Stanley

It all started so promising. At one point they were counted among the American makes that could rival Rolls-Royce. From one of the earliest purpose-built industrial parks in the US they supplied other marques. The first cars were road tested on a track that became the Indianapolis Motor Speedway. Ashes to ashes.

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