American Cars of the '50s-Bind-up

by Mueller, Mike

• ISBN13: 9780760317129
• ISBN10: 0760317127
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2003-11-12
• Publisher: Motorbooks Intl

Summary

The golden age of American cars and trucks are chronicled in this nostalgic combination. Gleeming chrome, outrageous fins, and those wonderfully brash two tone paint schemes are shown in abundance in 288 full color pages. Hearkens to the days when you could tell the make of a car or turck from the other end of the street and every fall anticipated a refreshingly new look to your favorite model. A great gift for the lover of fins and chrome. Motorbooks Enthusiast Color Series features well over 100 titles on every subject for which we publish. Cars, trucks, airplanes, trains, americana, tractors, and so much more! These Crestline bind-ups combine three related titles in a value priced package. This is a bind-up of the three classic titles Fifties American Cars, Chevy 55-56-57, and Classic Pickups of the 1950s

Table of Contents

Fifties American Cars
Acknowledgments	p. 10
Introduction	p. 13
Sign Posts and Mile Markers: History Makers; Good, Bad Or Ugly	p. 25
Speed Merchants: Fifties Automakers Were No Strangers to Performance	p. 43
Declaration of Independents: One Step Beyond the Big Three	p. 67
Carrying the Load: Not All Memorable Machines of the Fifties Were Cars	p. 87
Chevy 55-56-57
Introduction: Simply Classic	p. 102
Acknowledgments	p. 103
1955: The Hot One Hits Town	p. 104
1956: Turning Up The Heat	p. 134
1957: Cream Of The Crop	p. 160
Classic Pickups of the 1950s
Acknowledgments	p. 194
As American As It Gets: Introducing Our Trucking Legacy	p. 196
Enter the Fabulous Fifties: New Pickups for a New Decade	p. 210
The Big Two's Big Two: Ford's F-100 and Chevrolet's Task Force	p. 232
The Best of Both Worlds: Carlike Class Meets Truck Practicality	p. 246
More Milestones: Truck Trends Pick Up the Pace	p. 260
Variations on the Theme: Cars That Worked Like Trucks	p. 272
Index	p. 285
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