- Coast-To-Coast
Auto Races of the Early 1900s: Three Contests That Changed
the World - Coast-To-Coast Auto Races of the Early 1900s:
Three Contests That Changed the World
- New
York to Paris 1908. The Thomas Flyer...Champion Endurance
Car of the World - New York to Paris 1908. The Thomas
Flyer...Champion Endurance Car of the World
- The
Art of the Automobile: The 100 Greatest Cars - Award-winning
automotive historian, author, and photographer Dennis Adler
takes you on a whirlwind tour through more than a century
of automotive history, from the first production motorcar,
the 1886 Benz Patent Motorwage, to fabled makes including
Hispano-Suiza, Duesenberg, packard, and Hudson More than
200 stunning color photographs define and detail the remarkable
styling and revolutionary mechanical engineering for 100 greatest
cars ever built. Adler, in accordance with the world's leading
automotive designers, collectors, and authorities, picks the
top ten cars of all time--breathtaking cars that have become
the motoring icons of the twentieth century. The Art of the
Automobile reveals not only the makes and models that have
left an indelible mark on the motoring world, but why and
how these specific cars have become so important to the history
of the automobile itself. For anyone whose pulse quickens
at the sound of a Ferrari V-12, or whose heart races at the
sight of a glorious 1930s Duesenberg, here, truly, is the
essential car book of the century.
- The
Great Race - Professional daredevil and white-suited hero,
The Great Leslie, convinces turn-of-the-century auto makers
that a race from New York to Paris (westward across America,
the Bering Straight and Russia) will help to promote automobile
sales. Leslie's arch-rival, the mustached and black-attired
Professor Fate vows to beat Leslie to the finish line in a
car of Fate's own invention. The Blake Edwards style of slapstick
and song originated with this movie. A dedication to Laurel
and Hardy appears at the beginning of the film. Edwards' tribute
to Stan and Ollie can be seen most clearly in the interaction
between Professor Fate and his cohort Max, as well as in the
operatic Pottsdorf pie fight.
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