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American Station Wagons - The Golden Era 1950-1975
Norm Mort
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Description for American Station Wagons - The Golden Era 1950-1975
Paperback. Examines an important quarter century of the American Station Wagon - a time when it evolved into a practical, yet sometimes luxurious family transporter or business vehicle. This volume covers the histories of the major, minor and obscure station wagon manufacturers and models. It also features images of rarer Canadian versions. Series: Those Were the Days.. Num Pages: 96 pages, 100 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJP; WGCB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 192 x 213 x 9. Weight in Grams: 320.
American Station Wagons – The Golden Era 1950-1975 examines an important quarter century of this versatile vehicle, a time when it evolved into a practical, yet sometimes luxurious family transporter or business vehicle. This volume covers the histories of the major, minor and obscure station wagon manufacturers and models. While makes such as Ford, Chevrolet, Dodge and Plymouth dominated the US market, important roles were played by Oldsmobile, Buick, Mercury, and Chrysler in making the car more than mere basic transportation or a reliable workhorse. At the same time, makes such as Studebaker, Kaiser, Nash and AMC, etc. competed for a slice of this burgeoning postwar market, and were responsible for novel innovations in design. Contemporary brochures, period literature, factory photos and over fifty new, unpublished colour photos of restored examples help convey the importance of these historic vehicles. Also featured are images of rarer Canadian versions from American manufacturers.
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Veloce Publishing Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
96
Condition
New
Series
Those Were the Days...
Number of Pages
96
Place of Publication
, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781845842680
SKU
V9781845842680
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 5 to 9 working days
Ref
99-50
About Norm Mort
Canadian Norm Mort has had a lifelong interest in historic vehicles, and by the age of 10 was photographing old vehicles parked by the side of the road; by the age of 12 he was the youngest member on the executive of the Antique and Classic Car Club of Canada. After graduating from the University of Toronto, Norm became a teacher and librarian in the public school system. However, it was not long before his love of old cars and trucks led him to become a freelance automotive writer for magazines and newspapers in the field of transport, which he has now done for over 30 years. Norm has written over a dozen books about historic vehicles, and has become Canada's most prolific writer on old cars and trucks. Norm is also an animal lover, and has written books about travelling with pets (combining both of his passions) and about living with a pet menagerie. Norm lives in Canada with Scottish wife, Sandy, and a variety of pets. Their son Andrew has been the photographer for all of Norm's books.
Reviews for American Station Wagons - The Golden Era 1950-1975
-If you're thinking about buying an American estate then this book is a good place to begin your research. Good fun.- - Classic & Sports Car-Its 96 colorful pages are packed with photos - some of them taken especially for the book - and vintage ads from the author's own collection.- - blogs.canoe.ca -Welcome to the pre-downsizing world of some seriously big motor cars, all packed into a concise volume of just under 100 pages.- - Classic Cars -Great ads and brochure reprints made us want a '587 Packard Clipper wagon - 'A new ages of functional elegance arrives!' - and it's fascinating to see the change in ad styles over the decades. Inexpensive too.- - Octane -These quirky little softbacks are something of a pocket-sized breath of fresh air.- - American Car -With some potted history of each decade's developments and lengthy detailed captions, this is a treasure trove of mostly contemporary photos of wagons and woodies, plus reproductions of some wonderful brochure material. There's a lot to enjoy.- - NZ Classic Car