James H Kaster: 8 books

ePub: As the car market proliferated with many styles, makes and functions, one particular trend elevated the automobile above the mere transportation-only, family-hauling and / or workhorse appliance. It was the “Personal Luxury Car.” Affordable cars could be crafted and massaged into status symbols...

ePub: Those 80s Cars is dedicated to enthusiasts of the manufacturers of American owned and branded franchises. These often overlooked cars are now entering classic and collectible status. This is your resource guide of exterior and interior color views with hundreds of images (front, back, profiles,...

ePub: Sometimes called a coach window or Landau roof, we know what it is when we see it. Yet, it can be difficult to define as the styling language differed from manufacturer, model and year. Opera windows invoked an image of passengers being chauffeured in secluded privacy to a stately night on the...

ePub: Those 80s Cars is dedicated to enthusiasts of the manufacturers of American owned and branded franchises. These often overlooked cars are now entering classic and collectible status. This is your resource guide of exterior and interior color views with hundreds of images (front, back, profiles,...

ePub: Those 80s Cars is dedicated to enthusiasts of the manufacturers of American owned and branded franchises. These often overlooked cars are now entering classic and collectible status. This is your resource guide of exterior and interior color views with hundreds of images (front, back, profiles,...

ePub: "Those 80s Cars" is dedicated to enthusiasts of the manufacturers of American owned and branded franchises. These often overlooked cars are now entering "classic" and "collectible" status. This is your resource guide of exterior and interior views with hundreds of pages, over 2,400 images, and...

As I was researching the coverage of dash panels in manufacturers’ press materials and brochures, a curious pattern emerged. Unless the dashboard or instruments introduced a new technology, dashes were rarely covered or photographed. Even rarer was the presence of an illuminated dash. That became the subject of this book with over 110 photographs.

ePub: People like shiny things. Few things are shinier than cars: paint, trim and chrome. And people like soft things, like pillow-top beds, sofas and recliners. Cars interiors followed this home trend. Yet, people wanted to make more of a statement as it related to their cars and they got it in generous...