Domestic category: 406 books

ORIGINAL DESCRIPTION (1934): The advent of the automobile brought a clash of industrial ideas. Should the new vehicle be high priced, obtainable only by the wealthy? Or should it be a vehicle of service to all humanity-within reach of the pocketbook of every family? Henry Ford's answer was the Model...

Montgomery and Berks Counties have been central to the car industry for decades, employing residents of the cities and surrounding small towns. Pottstown first came to be known as the cruising capital of the East Coast in the 1950s and held on to the title for many years. In the 1960s, hundreds would...

Discover a little known world of rare hand-built General Motors scale replicas in the only book ever devoted to the subject. A visual feast with more than 500 colour photographs of 1:43 scale models some one of a kind of classic General Motors cars and light trucks from the early days of the '20s to...

101 barn-find tales sure to entice any car collector. In recent years, the quest to find and restore forgotten automotive gems has generated a cult-like following - a very large cult-like following. So large, in fact, that the subject of automotive archaeology has inspired an entire genre of television...

In 1893, Indianapolis carriage maker Charles Black created a rudimentary car—perhaps the first designed and built in America. Within 15 years, Indianapolis was a major automobile industry center rivaling Detroit, and known for quality manufacturing and innovation—the aluminum engine, disc brakes,...

Something that to the rest of the world is nothing but a forgotten automotive hulk slowly degenerating into a pile of iron oxide is to the car enthusiast something so much more. Like those who restore Victorian homes or antique furniture, car guys see not a decrepit piece of junk, but a desirable...

The innovative Mercedes-Benz 300SE W112 was the most technically advanced sedan at the time of its launch in 1961. Yet it disappointed its makers in terms of its sales success. The two-door models, introduced in 1962, did not sell much better. This 180-page book tells the W112's story. It comes with...

Written by Roger Pressman, founder of EVANNEX, the largest Tesla aftermarket accessories company, Getting Ready for Model 3 distills the countless questions buzzing about the world’s most anxiously awaited car into a cohesive, well-structured whole.  As a consequence of the author’s...

Little Book of Beetle is a 128-page hardback book written by Jon Stroud which charts the history of this motoring icon. Part of the million-selling Little Book series this follows the success of the Little Book of the VW Camper Vanand is sure to appeal to enthusiasts and gift-buyers. Ties in with the launch of the next generation of the VW Beetle in 2011.

The 170V W136, launched in 1947, was the desperate attempt by Daimler-Benz to step out of the ruins of WWII. The car was based on a 1936 design and earned the company sufficient funds to plan cars like the 300 Adenauer or 300SL. Updated in early 2016, this 110-page book gives you all the facts about...

Hydroplane racing captured the heart and soul of Seattle in the early 1950s and never let go. No Seahawks, Sonics, or Mariners game has come close to drawing one-quarter of the audience that watches the hydroplanes race. The unmistakable sound of the boats� huge motors was as big an attraction as the...

Richie Ginther like his fellow Californian, Phil Hill, was a Formula 1 driver of significance in the 1960s. Both were from Granada Hills, California. Hill won the 1961 World Championship of Formula 1 Driving in 1961 while Ginther's one and only F1 victory came at the Mexican Grand Prix, driving...

Spokane, located just 20 miles from the Idaho border, is the largest city in Eastern Washington, and during the 1940s, it became a center point of an evolving postwar hot rod community. Auto sports were expanding at this time from stock car and midget racing to street cars and drag racing. Local car...

Image archivist and transportation historian Jim Harter follows his work, Early Farm Tractors, with an even larger collection of images from advertising line art from 1880 to 1930, this time focused on Early Automobiles. Nearly 250 entrancing illustrations -- many suitable for framing -- are gems...