Author : Auto Editors of Consumer Guide
Publisher : Publications International Limited
Page : 416 pages
File Size : 13,8 MB
Release : 2001
Category : Transportation
ISBN : 9780785344872
Coverage of popular American makes and trend-setting imports from this youthful decade. Picture-and-caption format with more than 1,600 photos. Historical timeline reviewing the entire era.
Author : Craig Cheetham
Publisher : Thunder Bay Press (CA)
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 42,35 MB
Release : 2004
Category : Automobiles
ISBN : 9781592231409
Contains a collection of over four hundred color photographs of more than sixty classic cars from the 1960s including information on the historical and engineering development of each vehicle.
Author : Daniel Lyons
Publisher : Krause Publications
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 28,11 MB
Release : 2006-10-04
Category : Transportation
ISBN : 9780896893887
It was "anything goes" in the automobile business in the 1960s. After overdosing on chrome and high-rise tailfins in the 1950s, automakers rolled out a dizzying variety of styles, shapes and sizes in the irreverent '60s. The resulting fleet included some of the most unique cars ever made: muscle cars like the GTO, Charger, Camaro and Shelby Mustang; luxury cruisers like the Chrysler 300 letter cars, elongated Cadillacs and big-body Thunderbirds; and oddities like the Corvair and Avanti that blazed their own trails. It was a fascinating era with fascinating cars?Cars of the Sensational '60s.
Author : James Taylor
Publisher : The Crowood Press
Page : 338 pages
File Size : 14,71 MB
Release : 2021-02-22
Category : Transportation
ISBN : 1785008110
Vauxhalls held a special place in the British motoring scene of the mid-twentieth century. Solid, reliable and respectable, they were carefully designed to meet the expectations of buyers and also to meet the global ambitions of General Motors in America, the company that owned the Vauxhall marque. The book covers just over two decades of Vauxhall history, between the late 1950s and the late 1970s, that saw Vauxhall producing a succession of fondly remembered models, including some genuine classics. This new book features the styling, engineering and specification changes introduced over the lifetime of the Victor, Cresta and Viva ranges, and their offshoots. It gives full technical specifications of each model and includes a special examination of engine development in this period. Finally, there is advice about buying each of these models.
Author : Jim Heimann
Publisher : Taschen America Llc
Page : 181 pages
File Size : 41,94 MB
Release : 2002
Category : Art
ISBN : 9783822816301
Gathers advertisements for American automobiles manufactured during the 1950s and briefly describes developments in the auto industry during the decade.
Author : Heon Stevenson
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 430 pages
File Size : 15,86 MB
Release : 2015-03-27
Category : Transportation
ISBN : 1476611300
During the 1960s, the automobile finally secured its position as an indispensable component of daily life in Britain. Car ownership more than doubled from approximately one car for every 10 people in 1960 to one car for every 4.8 people by 1970. Consumers no longer asked "Do we need a car?" but "What car shall we have?" This well-illustrated history analyzes how both domestic car manufacturers and importers advertised their products in this growing market, identifying trends and themes. Over 180 advertisement illustrations are included.
Author : Anthony Pritchard
Publisher : Shire Publications
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 35,29 MB
Release : 2009-08-18
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
ISBN : 9780747807124
With the end of the Second World War, it was not long before increasing wealth, cheaper cars, and social pressures made a family car the aspiration of thousands. Ford, Hillman, Standard, Morris and Vauxhall became household names, and the streets of Britain's suburbs began to fill with modern-looking saloon cars, designed to transport mother, father and 2.4 children with ease, if not speed. This illustrated book looks at the British cars that were available to the post-war family, and also some of the foreign makes that had an important place in the market, and which had a great influence on the British-made cars that followed.
Author : James Taylor
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 93 pages
File Size : 47,98 MB
Release : 2014-05-10
Category : Transportation
ISBN : 074781497X
E-type Jaguar; Triumph Spitfire; MGA; Austin-Healey – nobody built sports cars like British manufacturers in the 1950s and '60s. There was something very special about the combination of low-slung open two-seater bodywork and spartan interior, a slick sporting gearchange and a throaty exhaust note. This was wind-in-the-hair motoring, and it was affordable by the average young man – at least, until he got married and had a family. MG and Triumph stood out as the market leaders, but many other c companies thrived, from luxury manufacturers like Jaguar and even daimler to other more affordable marques. This colourfully illustrated history tells the exciting story of the British sports car in the 1950s and '60s.
Author : Michael Sedgwick
Publisher : Booksales
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 28,20 MB
Release : 1997
Category : Automobiles
ISBN : 9781855019270
The 30's and 40's mark the beginning of the age of the motor car. This richly illustrated volume chronicles the exciting era with a look at the international moor industry, automobile manufacturing and advertising, specialist machines and much more.
Author : James Taylor
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 66 pages
File Size : 34,56 MB
Release : 2016-09-22
Category : Transportation
ISBN : 1784421863
In the 1950s and 1960s, luxury car buyers, from government ministers to captains of industry, almost invariably bought British. These were stately, dignified, and grand vehicles, with many featuring leather interiors and wood trim. Unfortunately, that market has now largely disappeared and, with it, so have the car-makers themselves. This new book covers cars in the over-3-litre class from the biggest names in British luxury motoring including Alvis, Daimler, and Lagonda, and high-end models from Austin, Rover, and Jaguar. It examines the features and characteristics of these classic cars, as well as explaining why they fell from prominence in the 1970s. Replete with beautiful photography throughout, this book is a loving portrait of the British luxury car, a dearly missed saloon defeated by foreign imports.
