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Classic Fifties Cars

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ISBN-10: 0760327106

ISBN-13: 9780760327104

Edition: Revised 

Authors: Mike Mueller, Dennis David

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The 1950s were a pivotal decade for the automotive industry. Car production had virtually stopped during the war, and the American public was hungry to get behind the steering wheel of something new. With industrial advancements that made mass production easierand plenty of inspiration from contemporary aircraft designthe 1950s brought a league of cars equipped with fins, chrome, and other futuristic features.
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Book details

List price: $19.95
Publisher: MBI Publishing Company LLC
Publication date: 6/22/2006
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 192
Size: 8.25" wide x 9.25" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 1.848
Language: English

Mike Mueller has worked as a freelance automotive photojournalist since 1991. He has held staff positions withAutomobile Quarterly,Corvette Fever,Muscle Car Review, andMustang Monthly, among others. A lifetime car enthusiast, Mueller has written and contributed to more than 50 automotive books, including Motorbooksrsquo;The Complete Book of Corvette,The Complete Book of Classic GM Muscle,andThe Complete Book of Dodge and Plymouth Muscle. He resides in Kennesaw, Georgia.

Dennis David is an automobile journalist and writes for many antique car enthusiast magazines. He collects antique automobiles, is a member of the Society of Automotive Historians, is the technical editor for the National DeSoto Club, and is an automobile appraiser. This is his third book. David lives in northwestern Connecticut with his wife, Susan, and son, Christopher.

Fifties American Cars
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Sign Posts and Mile Markers: History Makers, Good, Bad or Ugly
Speed Merchants: Fifties Automakers Were No Strangers to Performance
Declaration of Independents: One Step Beyond the Big Three
Carrying the Load: Not All Memorable Machines of the Fifties Were Cars
Fifties Fins
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Beginnings of the Fin
The Idea Catches On
Detroit Goes Wild
Battle Lines Are Drawn
Winding Down
Index