- Cars
in TV & Films Book
- Good reference if you like to build TV and movie related
cars and truck models.From Steve McQueen's Mustang to 007's
killer Aston Martins, cars are the stars in a number of
films, every bit as much as their human occupants. This book
reviews the good, the bad and the ugly in car movies from
both sides of the Atlantic. Packed with obscure facts, stills
and arty posters, this book adds up to a visual feast
of nostalgia for film buffs and motoring enthusiasts alike.
- Chopping
Tops - This is a great book for anyone interested in the
art of chopping tops.The book takes you through the various
processes of top chops with plenty of photos of different
cars being "chopped".The author writes in an easy
to understand format and explains each step.A good quality
book and good value.The country town of Castlemaine,where
the publisher is located is known as the hot rodding city
of Australia.
- Classic
American Limousines: 1955 Through 2000 Photo Archive -
An outstanding photographic archive on this niche enthusiast
topic--perhaps the only one available in print. The uniformly-high
quality black and white photos (virtually all exteriors)
are a mix of snapshots from the author's collection and period
publicity pictures. While Conjalka does justice to the more
common variants from both Cadillac and Lincoln, he also includes
the less-well known, such as the Chrysler Imperial Ghia line.
He also has ferreted out several good pictures of numerous
Presidential limousines from the past four decades.
- Classic
Customs and Lead Sleds - Features the most influential
and recognizable customs (aka, "lead sleds") to
come out of the West Coast customizing scene in the last 15
years. Bertilsson's remarkable color photography captures
aesthetically traditional lead
sleds from such renowned current-day builders as John
"The New Kustom King" Dagostino, Rick "The
Arizona Kid" Dore, Rick "The Pastel Prince"
Zocchi, and Jimmy Vaughn (guitarist extraordinaire of Fabulous
Thunderbirds fame). Detailed captions identify each of the
machines depicted, while close-up shots reveal the cars' unique
features.
- Cool
Cars, High Art: The Rise of Kustom Kulture - DeWitt explains
why customizing is an art medium, demonstrating that customizers
approach their work the same way fine artists do, and likening
the ground rules of customizing to those of cubism and surrealism.
He analyzes the various styles of customizing and distinguishes
periods in the now 60-plus-year history of the practice. Finally,
he weighs the symbiosis of the '50s and customizing and its
implications for the future of customizing. Throughout, he
refers with pinpoint pertinence to the 56 figures and 65
colorplates that make the book itself quite a dream machine.
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