Gearhead at Large : A Backroad Tour of Automotive History and the Old Car Hobby

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Gearhead at Large : A Backroad Tour of Automotive History and the Old Car Hobby

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  • 製本 Paperback:紙装版/ペーパーバック版/ページ数 355 p.
  • 言語 ENG
  • 商品コード 9781476681177
  • DDC分類 629.222

Full Description

A popular feature in Antique Automobile magazine, Steven Rossi's columns open up the world of old cars, transporting readers to earlier times from the age of horseless carriages through the evolution of cars and car culture. This compilation from a decade's writings draws on a lifetime of knowledge and experience amassed in the antique auto hobby, the enthusiast community and the automotive industry to explore topics large and small.

The selected essays, edited and with photographs provided by award-winning Antique Automobile editor West Peterson, include informative treatments of historical subjects and technical matters, whimsical observations, important brand and model analyses, profiles of compelling personalities and an abundance of fascinating excursions down side roads of the automotive map. For the curious, think of this collection as a crash course in automotive history. For those already immersed in the old car universe, it offers fresh insights and an authoritative perspective on topics of lasting interest.

Contents

Table of Contents

Introduction

Historically Speaking

Bless the Bicycle

The Making of the Motor City

The Ascent of an Industry

Detroit in Decline

Bankruptcy and Beyond

Desperate Times, Desperate Measures

How the West Won: The Gestation of a Global Automotive Industry

Challenging Conventional Wisdom

The Return of the Retractable

The Unrecognized Origin of the Sport Utility

Flights of Fancy

Dialing-In a Cast Iron Carburetor

The Long-Lost Language of Antique Automobile Lore

The Best Way to Embrace the Future ... Is to Appreciate the Past

Pipedreams and Other Flights of Fancy

For All Seasons and Reasons

Shipping Shenanigans

On The Marque

The Halo Around the Hyphen

Initial Impression

Good Things Come in Threes

Happy 100th

The 10 Most Significant Automobiles That Influenced the American Automotive Industry

What the Heck Is a Hotchkiss?

Life's a Learning Experience

Yeah, but ... It's Only a Model T

A Pullman for the People

Been Thinkin' About Lincoln

People and Personalities

My 10 Favorite Car Quotes

Enzo Ferrari in Emotion and Feeling

From Office Machines to Automobiles, Part I

From Office Machines to Automobiles, Part II

Technicalities

The Roll of the Radio

Requiem for the Running Board

A New Beginning

Three-Peat

Talking About Torque

Power Density: Lessons Learned from Automotive History

Third Time's the Charm!

Persistence Pays Off: The V-6 Saga

Here's to the Hobby

The Antique Automobile Hobby: The 10 Best Things That Ever Happened

Our Greatest Asset

Old Habits Die Hard

An Alternative for the Armchair Enthusiast

At the Crossroads: In Between the Car Show and the Concours

On the Road Again

Survival of the Fittest

The Automotive Influence on America's Garden of Eden

Shake, Rattle and Roll

From Here to Gone: Architecture's Influence on the Automobile

Cars on the Cusp

Index

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