The Ultimate Classic Car Book - Softcover

Wilson, Quentin

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0751302082 ISBN 13: 9780751302080

Publisher: Dorling Kindersley, 1995

Synopsis

Among the millions of cars made since Gottlieb Daimler's motor wagon first spluttered into motion, certain cars stand out as classics - turning points in the chequered history of motoring, or simply for the pleasure they have brought to people's lives. This book brings these cars together to form a collection of classic cars. The car gallery, the major part of the book, contains over 800 photographs of more than 80 classic cars, each sourced from owners clubs, museums, or private collections. Shown in close-up from every angle, the design and performance features of each classic car are identified and highlighted in detail. The text includes details on each car's technical specifications, design innovations, construction data, and performance. Information panels contain historical details, production figures, competition successes, mechanical and body modifications, and other features.

About this title

About the Author:

Quentin Willson is a well-known TV commentator and best-selling author of Cars: A Celebration and Classic American Cars.

From Booklist:

Car buffs won't find a '32 Packard or a '48 Lincoln Continental in these pages, only contemporary classics between the 1950s and the early 1990s. But what is in this beautifully illustrated, oversize book won't disappoint even those enthusiasts who believe that much was lost when running boards went out of style. Willson and his coauthor admit that defining "classic" is problematic, for how people feel about cars is "purely emotional, fiercely partisan, terminally subjective, and completely without logic or order." Nonetheless, they proudly offer 90 automobiles that for them fit the classic bill: "interesting, diverting, beguiling." Featured on double-page spreads are photographic and textual profiles of such dandies as the Bentley R-Type Continental (in production from 1952 to 1955), the 1957 Buick Roadmaster, the Citroen DS Decapotable (1960 to 1971), the Datsun 240Z (1969 to 1973), and the Lamborghini Countach 5000S (1973 to 1990). Feast on these! Brad Hooper

About this edition

• Publisher: Dorling Kindersley
• Publication date: 1995
• ISBN 10: 0751302082
• ISBN 13: 9780751302080
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 224