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BBPictures/CT470.gif Chrysler Concept Cars 1940-1970 £17.95
This book follows the design, development & creation of almost 50 Dodge, Chrysler & Plymouth concept cars during the postwar years. Readers get an inside look at the styling of the cars plus the performance developments & engineers unique ideas. With 144 pages & 250 colour & b/w photo. SB.
SKU: CT470 ISBN: 9781932494709
 

BBPictures/CT413.gif Deuce 75 years of the 32 Ford £29.95
Deuce: 75 Years of the 1932 Ford is a complete history of the car as it was built, & as a hot rod and racecar. The book covers the design, development, & production of the Deuce, including vintage factory photos and details on the cars as they came from the factory. With 192 pages & 200 colour & b/w photos. HB.
SKU: CT413 ISBN: 9781932494136
 

BBPictures/CT990.gif Diggers Funnies Gassers & Altereds £29.95
Drag racing's golden era by Bob McClurg. In the 60's, drag racing evolved from a grass roots effort to a full-blown professional motorsport. Along the way, it created some of the most exciting racing and race cars ever built. With 204 pages including 248 colour & 128 b/w photos. HB.
SKU: CT990 ISBN: 9781884089909
 

BBPictures/CT968.gif Ed Big Daddy Roth £19.95
His Life, Times, Cars and Art. Who was Ed Roth? He was a force of nature & a creative genius whose work had a profound influence on popular culture & helped spawn numerous subcultures. To say his life was interesting is an understatement, from art to custom cars, monster shirts to VW-powered trikes. 192 pages, 100 colour & 150 b/w photos. HB.
SKU: CT968 ISBN: 9781884089688
 

BBPictures/CT465.gif The Electroline Diaries £24.95
A journey with the Burbank Choppers Car Club. Author Laurent Bagnard follows the Choppers through California, Las Vegas & Japan. This book is a window into the unique lifestyle of the Choppers that has influenced gearhead culture around the world. With 208 pages, 155 colour & 120 b/w photos. SB.
SKU: CT465 ISBN: 9781932494655
 

BBPictures/CT444.gif Factory Lightweights £17.95
Detroits Drag Racing Specials of the 60s. Unbound by warranty & durability concerns, these wild cars featured lightweight additions such as fiberglass & aluminum body parts, Plexiglas windows & many more weight saving tricks. Under their hoods were the engines that only felt at home on the quarter mile. With 180 pages, 259 colour & 150 b/w photos. SB.
SKU: CT444 ISBN: 9781932494440
 

BBPictures/CT437.gif Fire Nitro Rubber and Smoke £21.95
Bob McClurg's Drag Racing Memories. One of the nation's leading drag racing photojournalists, he captured drag racing's most fondly remembered era from the starting line to the finish line. Through photo captions he tells the stories of the cars, racers & events. With 160 pages including 300+ colour & b/w photos. SB.
SKU: CT437 ISBN: 9781932494372
 

CT475.gif Fuel Altereds Forever £17.95
Author Steve Reyes has included more than 250 of his best photos of his favorite class: Fuel Altereds. Never before heard stories bring the action right to you. Relive drag racing's glory days through photos of rarely seen cars, first-hand accounts, stories of racers & their cars. With 192 pages, 129 colour & 164 b/w photos. SB.
SKU: CT475 ISBN: 9781932494754
 

BBPictures/CT452.gif Fuelies: Fuel Injected Corvettes 1957-1965 £21.95
This book celebrates the nine years of production of the Corvette, engines & the fuel-injection units that transformed the car into a performance icon. Plus covers passenger car installations (Chevrolets from 1957 to 1959, Pontiacs & Chryslers) & other fuel injection oddities. With 192 pages, 300+ colour & 14 b/w photos. SB.
SKU: CT452 ISBN: 9781932494525
 

BBPictures/CT443.gif Funny Car Fever £17.95
The birth of Drag Racing's Wildest. This book is a humorous, heart felt, first hand account of the most exciting years of the Funny Car class. Steve Reyes followed these fiberglass bodied, nitro burning machines & their drivers through its halcyon days. With 192 pages, 200 colour & 150 b/w photos. SB.
SKU: CT443 ISBN: 9781932494433
 

BBPictures/CT466.gif Gasser Wars £17.95
Drag Racing's Street Classes: 1955-1968. Detailed coverage of one of the most exciting classes of drag racing of the 1960s. Includes vintage, never before seen, photos of very rare versions of the cars that raced during this era. 192 pages, 100 colour & 200 b/w photos. SB.
SKU: CT466 ISBN: 9781932494662
 

BBPictures/CT425.gif Quarter-Mile Chaos: Images of Drag Racing Mayhem £29.95
Quarter-Mile Chaos looks at the treacherous side of drag racing's golden age. Almost 200 rare and stunning photographs from the late 1960s and early to mid 1970s capture terrifying fires, explosions, and crashes, all by-products of the quest to go faster. 172 pages including 100 colour & 100 b/w photos. HB.
SKU: CT425 ISBN: 9781932494259
 

BBPictures/CT464.gif Slingshot Spectacular: The Front-Engine Dragster Era £17.95
Steve Reyes photographed this bygone style of dragsters from 1963 to 1971, gathering great images & behind the scenes stories along the way. With personal stories to help you smell the nitro & feel the horsepower of the good ole days of front-engine, top-fuel racing. With 192 pages, 135 colour & 225 b/w photos. SB.
SKU: CT464 ISBN: 9781932494648
 

BBPictures/CT953.gif Super Stock Drag Racing The Family Sedan £29.95
Super Stock in the 60s, the most popular class of drag racing, factory Super Stock. It traces the evolution of the cars, engines, rules, from its beginnings in the mid-50s through the 60s. This was a time when Ford, Chrysler, & General Motors competed on a weekly basis. 210 pages, 300 illus including colour. HB.
SKU: CT953 ISBN: 9781884089534
 

BBPictures/CT998.gif Von Dutch: The Art, The Myth, The Legend £29.95
Von Dutch story is told using quotes culled from interviews, vintage photos, and images of the art and other works he left behind, this book chronicles Kenneth Howard's life from pinstriping beatnik to bus-dwelling hermit. With 192 pages including 100 colour & 200 b/w photos. HB.
SKU: CT998 ISBN: 9781884089985
 

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