Title : Cars of the Fabulous 50s: A Decade of High Style and Good Times: A Decade of High Style and Good Times (Automotive) Category: Classic Cars
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Rating : 4.9
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Get ready for a beauty pageant of 1950s glamour autos: finny luxury cars, two-seated sports cars, family-friendly station wagons, and spunky compacts. All the car makes and models we know today are included, plus plenty of long-lost favorites like DeSoto, Edsel, Hudson, Nash, Packard, Studebaker, and others.
¥ More than 1,600 photos and illustrations, most in full-color
¥ Year-by-year overviews of major news and cultural events
¥ Annual timelines that track important product and personnel developments from the automakers
¥ Period advertising and archival photos
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- Used Book in Good Condition
Review :
For collectors and non-collectors
This comprehensive compilation of photographs and anecdotes about the fabulous automobiles of the 1950's will appeal to any nostalgia buff, whether a collector, a would-be collector, or to anyone who just likes the cars of the era. Organized year-by-year and then by make, the book makes it easy to find the model you are looking for. The photo reproduction is excellent and the brief descriptions (including prices)are to the point. You will find almost any car made in the U.S., both popular models that sold well and many that were sold in limited numbers.
Chrome two-tone dreams
The Fifties was a great time for Detroit and the look of their products reflected the carmakers optimism for the good times that were sweeping over the middle classes during the decade. Never mind racial tensions and the Cold War didn't everybody deserve to drive around in a flamboyant dream on wheels.
Books about autos of the period are steady sellers but I think this volume can't be beat. To get over sixteen hundred color photos and graphics in one book is pretty impressive. I like the editorial format, too, with each model getting a page per year. The mix of car company PR shots, period ads and graphics, dealer showroom and gas station photos plus the captions makes the pages sparkle. There is a very comprehensive index in the back, which makes Cars of the Fabulous 50s probably the best reference book available.
I see that this 416 page all-color book is available at some amazing low prices. Clearly a bargain.
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Good if you prefer pictures
I bought this book as a gift for my dad, so I can't say whether or not I personally liked it. I thought it was a perfect gift for my dad because it has lots of pictures and not a lot of text (my dad isn't big on reading). The most text it has is captions under the pictures. He seemed to enjoy it - he spent an hour or two rummaging through it, and he still pulls it out every now and then (which is something he doesn't usually do - once the book gets put away, it stays put away).
So, if you prefer looking at pictures of cars from the fifties instead of reading about them, then this is a good book for you.
So, if you prefer looking at pictures of cars from the fifties instead of reading about them, then this is a good book for you.
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