Ferrari Hot Rod Model Kit

• Hot Rods Field Guide: American Icons 1930 - Present - Dain Gingerelli's Hot Rods Field Guide: American Icons 1930-Present packs in 200 color photos of classic hot rods from Model T's to other classics. Each full-page color photo to this short but info-jammed book includes a facing page describing the owner's efforts in souping up their car, and modifications listings. Over 400 pages pack in some lovely detail.
• Hot Rod Model Kits - Since the 1950s, model manufacturers have based plastic kits on the concept drawings and show cars of such hot rod gurus as Ed Roth and George Barris. and collectors are willing to shell out tidy sums for unassembled examples. This full-color retrospective offers a company-by-company history of hot rod model kits from the likes of Monogram, Revell, MPC, and AMT. The story behind each company's involvement with the custom scene and discussions of key customizers are accompanied by studio shots of assembled kits, sales catalogs and period advertising, photo collages of the most famous models, and the marvelous box art that became a hallmark of hot rod model kits.
• Ford Hot Rods Enthusiast Color Series - This full-color look at traditional Ford hot rods like the Deuce Coupe and High Boy examines the early hot rod culture's search for speed, and showcases some of the more unique customs created between 1908 and the 1960s. Vivid color photography of these marvelous machines is presented in the context of Ford's early engineering achievements.
• Old School Hot Rods - Old school Hot Rods delivers everything grease-under-the-fingernails hot rod builder, and fans of the rebellious and unconventional love! With 24 different hot rods built in "old school" style, an overview of the early history of hot rodding, and 200 photos of these stripped down and hopped up cars, readers can't help but be inspired! This innovative guide: Features 24 hot rods built more than 40 years ago and still tearing up the pavement, including the Golden Nugget built in 1952 Offers hot rod enthusiasts advice on what to look for when choosing a hot rod builder Inspires readers to discover the timeless design of old school hot rods for themselves. This must-have book speaks to the rebel in all of us.
• The Hot Rod World of Robert Williams - Yes, it’s weird, but it’s also wonderful looking into a man so immersed in roddin’ culture, and if ever you’ve thrown a spanner around or simply looked longingly at that rat rod passing’ by, you’re sure to get some kind of enjoyment from this book. Along with tales from his time at Roth studios which resulted in his famous Roth ads for Hot Rod magazine, not to mention several infamous run-ins with the Hells Angels Williams demythologizes the 1950s, recalls his association with Zap Comix and R. Crumb, and reflects on today's retro rodders and his own hot rods. Illustrated throughout with photographs from Williams personal collection as well as paintings and illustrations, this is a life portrait as only Robert Williams could do it.
• Ferrari Formula 1: Under the Skin of the Championship-Winning F1-2000 -The pages are populated with tons of pictures, graphs, diagrams, cutaway views of the car, CAD simulations, and telemetry charts. While the 260 pages of material is far from shallow reading, none of Ferrari's racing competitors would gain an edge by reading this. But it is a great text for the layman engineer who's an F1 fanatic, and great for the coffee table.
• Ferrari Formula 1 -Even with all the other books on GP Ferraris I already had, I found that this one was essential. Most of the photos I had not seen before, and the human side of the team is particularly well presented. A nice touch is the section showing Ferraris at the same corner at Monaco every year over a 22-year span.