Lunches With Mr. Q: An Auto Industry Titan on Business, Life and Sports Car Dreams
by Kevin Nelson
Anyone who drives an import car in the US, especially in the postwar years when folks like importer Kjell Qvale blazed the trail, owes him a debt of gratitude. This book offers a look at a life well lived.
Freedom’s Forge: How American Business Produced Victory in World War II
by Arthur Herman
Two men who never donned a uniform were absolutely critical to America’s dominance in the war. At last here is a book to tell their story and the one of public and private sector cooperation. Don’t think for a moment this is a boring book!
Classic American Car Parts: A Pickers Guide to Buying & Selling
by David H. Lehr
If you want to learn about selling car parts, this book tells how to find, price, market, store and and ship them. If you’re “just” a buyer, you’ll get a glimpse of how a dealer sees you.
Engines of Change: A History of the American Dream in Fifteen Cars
by Paul Ingrassia
Not so much a “car book” as a cultural history of a vastly large and diverse country, this commentary / examination / indictment raises as many questions as it answers. Mission accomplished.
A Lap of the Globe: Behind the Wheel of a Vintage Mercedes in the World’s Longest Auto Race
by Kevin Clemens
A modern version of “Around the World in 80 Days,” written by someone who went—and made it back.
The Jordan Automobile, A History
by James H. Lackey
A swanky car, made in America’s “second” auto city, Cleveland. A dance partner told Ned Jordan to make cars a woman would want—and so he did. The most expensive one cost as much as two houses. It couldn’t last.
Frank Lockhart, American Speed King
by Sarah Morgan-Wu, James O’Keefe
Had he lived longer, who knows what heights he might have reached. His racing career lasted only five short years but showed such promise that the authors re-affirm Lockhart as “the greatest racing driver of his day.”
American Icon: Alan Mulally and the Fight to Save Ford Motor Company
by Bryce G. Hoffmann
Unlike GM and Chrysler, FoMoCo took no taxpayer bailout but looked deep into its corporate soul—and threw out the playbook and overhauled itself. Who, why, how are all covered here. Read and learn.
Speedway: Auto Racing’s Ghost Tracks
by SS Collins and Gavin D. Ireland
Unless you have a heart of stone, this book will stir the soul! The tooth of time gnawing away at once-famous race tracks. Ashes to ashes. Dust to dust.
The Automobile Yearbook 2011/12
by Serge Bellu (Editor)
Published since 1953, this yearbook wraps up everything automobile-related that made the news in the preceding year. Traditionally, the book covers three main aspects of the automobile: industry, motorsport and culture.
Mustang: An American Classic, Yesterday – Today – Tomorrow
by Michael Mueller
Ford’s Mustang may have been the quintessential pony car but there is nothing pony about this oversize book—at over 14” tall it will tower over most anything else on the bookshelf. This lavish production is sort of a 45th birthday tribute to a wildly successful car that by then had sold about 9 million copies.
Legends of the Open Road: The History, Technology and Future of Automobile Design
by Gabriella Belli (Editor)
The “Mart” (Museo di Arte Moderna e Contemporanea) logo on the title page and the following three pages of densely printed names of staff, collectors and donors etc. are your first clue that this book might have something do to with a museum show. And so it does.
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