Archive for Items Categorized 'US', only excerpts shown, click title for full entry.
The English Model T Ford
by Barker, Tuckett, Lilleker
This book could interest a wider audience than the title suggests as it covers a variety of subjects. The emphasis is on non-factory special bodies.
Inside Shelby American
by John Morton
Morton’s story illustrates nothing more than that being in the right place at the right time really does matter. Not every janitor becomes a pro racer in the shop he once swept! Nor does every chicken farmer hatch a racing emporium.
Corvette – America’s Star-Spangled Sports Car
by Karl Ludvigsen
Only in its current iteration—61 years after its launch!—is the Corvette a legitimate sports car. How this piece of Americana got there is explored by a book fittingly launched on the 4th of July.
American Motors Corporation
by Patrick R. Foster
What started as the largest merger of car companies in US history had an ignominious end. Undeserved, the author says. Such much is AMC part of US culture that a 2008 car magazine touted the firm’s revival—only to be debunked as a cruel April Fool’s joke.
Austin und Willys aus Berlin
by Klaus Gebhardt
You didn’t know that this quintessential American maker made cars in Germany? Not to worry—few seem to! This book will fix that.
Autowork
by Robert Asher and Ronald Edsforth (Editors)
What’s life like on the “inside” for the men and women who make cars in the US? From the early days up to the 1980s, these essays paint a not so rosy picture of the conditions at work and, by extension, at home.
The 1924 Coolidge-Dawes Lincoln Tour
by Larry Krug
Eyewitness accounts from an epic US presidential campaign that covered thousands of miles by road, involved over 100,000 vehicles, and reached millions of people—in 1924, when passable roads where still a novelty.
The Stanley Steamer, America’s Legendary Steam Car
by Kit Foster
“The Flying Teapot” was an interesting experiment in its day and one example held the world record for the fastest mile in an automobile from 1906 to 11—and for steam-powered cars until 2009! The full story is told here.
Studebaker Museum [Two books about_]
Studebaker’s first car was an electric—in 1902 but they quickly switched to gasoline, establishing a reputation for quality and reliability. The innovative Avanti coupe was their last stab at keeping the doors open.
Americas Wildest Show Rods of the 1960s & 1970s
by Scotty Gosson
Imagine you went to a car show—with the very people who designed or built those cars. And heard them rib and egg each other on. And hear the respect too. That’s this book.
Ford, Henry [Three books about_]
This towering American industrialist did much, said much, thought much. Not everything got recorded right, interpreted right, remembered right. Time for some periodic housekeeping!
Champion of the Lark
by Robert R. Ebert
Clever title: the Champion in 1939 is what informed Churchill’s insistence upon the Lark compact car to guide his company into solvency in the late 1950s. Clever book, too!
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