Books for the holidays.

Kinda sorta O/T. but I am looking for ideas for X-mas gifts. What are some of your favorite Hot Rod and Custom Car books? I know I have the "The Birth of Hot Rodding" as one of the ideas but I am interested in hearing what some of your favorites are.


Thanks all

Justin

 

i was at the barnse and noble a few months back and they had this book of cars john d agistino, gene winfield and a couple other big names did it was kinda cool.

 

Did it have a yellow Caddy on the front cover? It is a good book if we are talkin the same one.

Justin

 

was it the 54 painted by gene winfield

 

if it was i believe its the same book

 

Uh nope it is Rick Dore's 1949 Caddy Fastback. The book does have some of Winfield's stuff though.. It was published by Motor Books International and is titled "Classic Customs and Lead Sleds.'

Justin

 

iam sure its the same book the title sounds right didnt it have mike ness's chev in it also and a few jimmie vaughn cars too

 

Yeah that is the one. Ness's car prepaint job and Vaughn's cars as well.

huh

J

 

I recommend:

Hot Rods & Custom Cars (Vintage Speed Graphics), Taschen

Classic Kustoms and Lead Sleds

Classic Cars of the 1950s

Hot Rods of the 1950s

Hot Rods and Customs of the 1960s

Hot Rod: An American Original

The American Custom Car

The Birth of Hot Rodding

How To Build A Traditional Ford Hot Rod


That should get you started.

 

Any book by Don Montgomery is great too.....
I want to find a few I don't have.....Shiny

 

There was one Ryan recomended a while back, "Diggers, Alters, Gassers and Funny Cars" or something like that, I bought it and its very good. Not hotrod or custom, but I saw a "50 years of Formula One" book at my friends house. It is badass, lots of good vintage photos, as well as the new stuff.

 

"MUROC: WHEN THE HOT RODS RAN MAY 15, 1938"--A wonderful picture book filled with primitive hot rods of all sorts. Actually the photos shot for a Life Magazine article that was never run.
Carroll Smith's "Nuts, Bolts, and Plumbing".
The repro early issues of Hop Up.

 

Katz...and the rest of you: "Bangin' Gears & Bustin' Heads"...written by a HAMBer...(that'd be ME!!!)...don't get much better than that. All about the car craziness of the 1960's...it even has vintage B & W pix in it on a total of 208 pages.

$21.00 including shipping AND an autograph...R.A. Jetter, PO Box 440042, Aurora ColoRODo 80044

R-

 

Excellent info. Don Montgomery may be up my alley. 40 StudeDude I may have to pick up one of those for myself!

Thanks
Justin

 

I just recieved this one saturday,,,,

 

That 50 Years of R&C is awesome!! I just got peter Vincent's new book... That's a must have too!!

 

There is one that I would love to find an original of:"Ford:The Dust and the Glory" by Leo Levine.It chronicles the Ford Motor Company from beginning to end and is about 700 pages.It was re-issued in two volumes awhile back and even those run about a hundred bucks.An original about 3 times that.Some great stuff on Ford's racing days.If anyone knows where I could find a copy,I would be willing to trade some SERIOUS striping for it.
Ray

 

Retro rods
hot rod (with fellow car on front)

---Did you think about RT>66 books? If so route 66, w/ quinta Scotts photo essay is awesome!

---Are they artists? if so Thom Taylors How to draw cars like a pro -or- Pinstriping & automotive graphics by John Hanikaue