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ART OF THE HOT ROD
By Ken Gross and Peter Harholdt
ISBN-13: 978-0-7603-2282-6
Publisher: Motorbooks
Price: £25.00
THEY SAY
‘'Art of the Hot Rod' profiles 20 of the most dedicated and innovative hot rod craftsmen working today and the hot rods that define their work. Whether restoring a vintage classic or fabricating from the ground up, these builders dedicate themselves to respecting the past, improving what’s been done and developing new ideas and methods...
‘Alex Xydias hot rod pioneer and founder of So-Cal Speed Shop, writes the foreword... For automotive historians ad hot rodders, this book will be enjoyed for years to come.’
WE SAY
This book can be a real problem – you pick it up for a quick thumb through and the next thing you know, you’ve lost an hour. Yes, it would be easy to dismiss this as a coffee-table book, but 'Art of the Hot Rod' is so much more than that – given its sheer bulk it also represents very good value.
Harholdt’s pictures are simply sublime and the choice of rods is absolutely spot-on – from the classic ’32 Ford Roadster to Sixties Thunderbirds the book’s contents mixes the new with the well-known like So-Cal’s 1951 Belly Tank racer.
The only problem we found is that the pictures are so fantastically distracting that it’s actually hard to concentrate on the black squiggly written stuff – but if you make the effort, you’ll find it very informative. Literally inspiring – literally.
6/6
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THE EAGLE ANNUAL OF THE CUTAWAYS
Edited By Daniel Tatarsky
ISBN 978-1-4091-0014-0
Publisher: Orion Books
Price: £14.99
THEY SAY
‘They inspired a generation of architects, engineers, scientists and artists, and now the famous Eagle Cutaways drawings are brought back to glorious Technicolor life in 'The Eagle Annual Of The Cutaways'...
‘A staple of the famous Eagle Annual during the Fifties and Sixties, the cutaways were cross-section illustrations depicting various man-made marvels of engineering in all their inner-working glory...’
WE SAY
Covering both fact and fantasy, the hand-drawn illustrations in this smashing book have the power to transport you back to a more genuine time – when technology was interesting and the future was something to look forward to.
The beautifully executed illustrations are full of detail and warmth, with subjects ranging from a vast spectrum of topics: how to service a VC10 aeroplane, record-breaking cars and motorcycles, what a space ship might look like, a gas-turbine coach and how a swing-bridge works plus so much more. If you remember these illustrations from the first time around, you’ll be helplessly whisked away on a first-class ticket to yesteryear. Understandably, we can’t put this book down.
We recommend this essential retro reading matter be given to all young chaps with inquisitive minds, to stop them from straying and developing wretched notions of turning into bankers or contestants on reality TV shows. Unmissable.
6/6
