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Preston Tucker and Others: Tales of Brilliant Automotive Innovators
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Item specifics
- Condition
- Brand New: A new, unread, unused book in perfect condition with no missing or damaged pages. See all condition definitionsopens in a new window or tab
- Publication Date
- 2011-02-01
- ISBN
- 9781845840174
About this product
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Veloce Publishing The Limited
ISBN-10
1845840178
ISBN-13
9781845840174
eBay Product ID (ePID)
109180382
Product Key Features
Book Title
Preston Tucker and Others : Tales of Brilliant Automotive Innovations
Number of Pages
160 Pages
Language
English
Publication Year
2011
Topic
Automotive / History, Automotive, Automotive / Pictorial
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
Transportation, Technology & Engineering
Format
Trade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height
0.5 in
Item Weight
15.1 Oz
Item Length
8.9 in
Item Width
6 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
Dewey Edition
22
Reviews
"We at Car Articles can thoroughly recommend Preston Tucker Others - Tales of brilliant automotive innovators innovations. It offers a rather unique insight into automotive history without being overly dense and difficult to read. As the book states on page 5 in the Introduction - "Let's show some respect to the dreamers. Our world wouldn't be quite so exciting without them." We salute that sentiment, just make sure not to bore too many people at the pub with your new found car knowledge! - cararticles.co.uk, "Packs plenty to fascinate anoraks of obscure cars and their masterminds." Classic & Sports Car "Well worth a read." Octane "This is a fascinating book & an excellent selection of pictures bears testimony to the far side of car design." Classic Cars , "Packs plenty to fascinate anoraks of obscure cars and their masterminds." Classic & Sports Car "Well worth a read." Octane "This is a fascinating book … an excellent selection of pictures bears testimony to the far side of car design." Classic Cars "Preston Tucker & Others is highly recommended for any auto buff interested in automotive innovators. It celebrates the pioneering innovators of automotive designs who took radical approaches to design, and offers a history lavishly illustrated, well researched and packed with color photos. A top pick for any collection strong in auto innovations and history!" Bookwatch "A great look at the more unusual elements of automotive history." Daily Express "Innovation and engineers go hand in hand, and this book celebrate automotive trail blazers such as Preston Tucker and Guy Negre. There's a lot in here, which proves how ahead of their time many of these automotive geniuses really were." Practical Classics, "Packs plenty to fascinate anoraks of obscure cars and their masterminds." Classic & Sports Car "Well worth a read." Octane , "Packs plenty to fascinate anoraks of obscure cars and their masterminds." - Classic & Sports Car "Well worth a read." - Octane "This is a fascinating book ... an excellent selection of pictures bears testimony to the far side of car design." - Classic Cars "Preston Tucker & Others is highly recommended for any auto buff interested in automotive innovators. It celebrates the pioneering innovators of automotive designs who took radical approaches to design, and offers a history lavishly illustrated, well researched and packed with color photos. A top pick for any collection strong in auto innovations and history!" - Bookwatch "A great look at the more unusual elements of automotive history." - Daily Express "Innovation and engineers go hand in hand, and this book celebrate automotive trail blazers such as Preston Tucker and Guy Negre. There's a lot in here, which proves how ahead of their time many of these automotive geniuses really were." - Practical Classics , "Packs plenty to fascinate anoraks of obscure cars and their masterminds." - Classic Sports Car "Well worth a read." - Octane "This is a fascinating book e¦ an excellent selection of pictures bears testimony to the far side of car design." - Classic Cars "Preston Tucker Others is highly recommended for any auto buff interested in automotive innovators. It celebrates the pioneering innovators of automotive designs who took radical approaches to design, and offers a history lavishly illustrated, well researched and packed with color photos. A top pick for any collection strong in auto innovations and history!" - Bookwatch "A great look at the more unusual elements of automotive history." - Daily Express "Innovation and engineers go hand in hand, and this book celebrate automotive trail blazers such as Preston Tucker and Guy Negre. There's a lot in here, which proves how ahead of their time many of these automotive geniuses really were." - Practical Classics
Dewey Decimal
629.23
Synopsis
An automotive book like no other you've ever read! Guaranteed to surprise, intrigue, entertain and inform whether the reader is an automotive expert or a complete novice; altogether a memorable, eye-opening journey through our automotive heritage. Preston Tucker & Others celebrates those pioneering individuals with a radical, non-conformist approach to car design, from Preston Tucker and his Torpedo to Guy Negre and his zero-emission dream. Lavishly illustrated and intensively researched, this is also the story of the milestone inventions that have shaped today's cars and automotive landscape., Although the history of the car stretches for a period only slightly longer than 100 years, it is nevertheless an area with many little-known gems waiting to be uncovered. This book is an alternative look at automotive history, celebrating the nonconformist spirit and a radical approach to designing cars. Based on documented facts, this book also contains dialogues and personal details from some of the most innovative engineers of the last century, helping the reader understand how passion and restlessness drive progress in car manufacturing. Many inventions that we tend to attribute to the contemporary car giants were in fact made many years ago, and few can remember the names of those talented people that created them. This book gives them due credit, and proves that a dream always wins., Can you imagine a world where people drive beautiful and unusual cars, created by designers prodigiously endowed with talent and imagination? Names like Preston Tucker, Carl Borgward and John DeLorean are hardly known today. Nevertheless, today's cars would be a lot different without their contributions to automotive engineering. Although the car is a technological and rational affair, it's the dreamers and eccentrics like these who have made the biggest contribution to the development of the industry; those who have had the ability to think beyond their time and conventions. Money doesn't drive progress in the car business - it is a passion for speed, and an obsession with mechanisms. Yet for many a dreamer, this passion has ended in fiasco. Misunderstood and pushed aside by their contemporaries, they have been forced to watch their dreams trampled underfoot. This book takes a look at the history of the car from a different angle, avoiding the mainstream moguls and telling a story about a man and his dream, and the like-minded people that came before and after him. Lavishly illustrated and intensively researched, it documents the making of some of the strangest and greatest cars of the past century. The main section is devoted to the unsung heroes of motoring, and the rest of the book shines a light on the many ingenious inventions we now take for granted. Let's show some respect to the dreamers. Our world wouldn't be so exciting without them., Although the history of the car stretches for a period only slightly longer than 100 years, it is nevertheless an area with so many little-known gems waiting to be uncovered or rediscovered. This book is an alternative look at automotive history, a celebration of the non-conformist spirit and radical approaches to designing cars.
LC Classification Number
TL240
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