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Fast, Faster, Fastest: The Bill Sadler Story

by John R. Wright

He designed, built, and raced his own cars, but also aircraft, engines, and drones. Before that he was a guided missile tech—never mind that he had dropped out of school. Smart people lead busy lives, this book covers it, and Sadler lived just long enough to bless it.

Fords of the Sixties 

by Michael Parris

The list of famous Fords from this decade is long, with the year 1964 representing a particular high point for quality, durability, and styling—and not just because the Mustang came out that year.

Fifty Years of Ford F-150, A Pictorial History of the F-150

by Robert C. Kreipke

You may see F-150s everywhere but not the photos in this anniversary book as they are rarely seen or never before published images from Ford’s archive.

Fords of the Fifties

by Michael Parris

There was a lot of movement in the US auto industry in the 1950s. Even a behemoth like Ford had to struggle to get out of the doldrums. This book will be followed by one about the 1960s and together they show how Ford did it.

Taming the Automobile

by Kerry Segrave

Key point: unlike many other innovations, the auto industry was imposed on society from the top down. What? The author is a Cultural Historian and has written about topics as diverse as Shoplifting and Foreign Films.

Quarter-Mile Corvettes 1953– 1975

The History of Chevrolet’s Sports Car at the Drag Strip

by Steve Holmes

The Corvette started the same year the NHRA hosted its first event. That there is a connection between the two was unintentional but this book will show how entwined they have become.

Charlie Schwab, President of Carnegie Steel, U.S. Steel and Bethlehem Steel  

by William R. Huber

Somebody who should know (Thomas Edison) called him the “master hustler.” He became one of the very rich men of his time—and died in debt. Still, 2000 people lined the streets. So what sort of fellow was this?

The Rover Story 

by Graham Robson

Except for Land Rovers you can’t buy a new Rover anymore these days but you can now get this long out of print book again. Well-organized, it focuses on the core period 1877–1988 while also touching on the years before and after.

Iron Aviator: Cal Rodgers and the First North American Transcontinental Flight

by Christopher C. Wehner

It’s 1911 and $50,000 prize money is to be had for being the first to fly solo across the country. Never mind that you’re only a rookie pilot, legally deaf, and too tall to be a good fit for a little airplane. Rodgers did die in an airplane crash—but not on this trip.

One Track Mind, The Art of Robert E. Gillespie

by Robert E. Gillespie

Go ahead, count the rivets. His father did, which taught young Bob an important lesson: people who know will notice details, which is why he puts them in his work, whether it’s birds of prey or the fighter planes that borrow their names, or landscapes, or the race cars on his home track of Watkins Glen.

Curtiss Aerocar, 1928–1940

by Andrew Woodmansey

The “aero” in the name has nothing to do with Curtiss’ main claim to fame, aeroplanes, but alludes to the slippery shape that lets this “Motor Bungalow” cruise at a higher speed than some cars of the day could reach.

Curtiss Motorcycles: 1902–1912

by Richard Leisenring Jr

If you know your contemporary exotic machinery you know niche maker Curtiss Motorcycles—but that’s not the Curtiss of this book, the champion bicycle racer most remembered as an aviation pioneer contemporary with the Wright Brothers.

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