Steven Rossi, West Peterson

Gearhead at Large

A Backroad Tour of Automotive History and the Old Car Hobby

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

A popular feature in Antique Automobile magazine, Steven Rossi's columns open up the world of old cars, transporting readers to earlier times from the age of horseless carriages through the evolution of cars and car culture. This compilation from a decade's writings draws on a lifetime of knowledge and experience amassed in the antique auto hobby, the enthusiast community and the automotive industry to explore topics large and small. The selected essays, edited and with photographs provided by award-winning Antique Automobile editor West Peterson, include informative treatments of historical subjects and technical matters, whimsical observations, important brand and model analyses, profiles of compelling personalities and an abundance of fascinating excursions down side roads of the automotive map. For the curious, think of this collection as a crash course in automotive history. For those already immersed in the old car universe, it offers fresh insights and an authoritative perspective on topics of lasting interest.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: McFarland
• Seitenzahl: 356
• Erscheinungstermin: 30. Juli 2021
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 254mm x 178mm x 19mm
• Gewicht: 670g
• ISBN-13: 9781476681177
• ISBN-10: 1476681171
• Artikelnr.: 62539835

Autorenporträt

Steven Rossi serves as senior contributor for Antique Automobile magazine. He lives in East Haddam, Connecticut.

Inhaltsangabe

Table of Contents
Introduction
Historically Speaking
Bless the Bicycle
The Making of the Motor City
The Ascent of an Industry
Detroit in Decline
Bankruptcy and Beyond
Desperate Times, Desperate Measures
How the West Won: The Gestation of a Global Automotive Industry
Challenging Conventional Wisdom
The Return of the Retractable
The Unrecognized Origin of the Sport Utility
Flights of Fancy
Dialing-In a Cast Iron Carburetor
The Long-Lost Language of Antique Automobile Lore
The Best Way to Embrace the Future ... Is to Appreciate the Past
Pipedreams and Other Flights of Fancy
For All Seasons and Reasons
Shipping Shenanigans
On The Marque
The Halo Around the Hyphen
Initial Impression
Good Things Come in Threes
Happy 100th
The 10 Most Significant Automobiles That Influenced the American Automotive
Industry
What the Heck Is a Hotchkiss?
Life's a Learning Experience
Yeah, but ... It's Only a Model T
A Pullman for the People
Been Thinkin' About Lincoln
People and Personalities
My 10 Favorite Car Quotes
Enzo Ferrari in Emotion and Feeling
From Office Machines to Automobiles, Part I
From Office Machines to Automobiles, Part II
Technicalities
The Roll of the Radio
Requiem for the Running Board
A New Beginning
Three-Peat
Talking About Torque
Power Density: Lessons Learned from Automotive History
Third Time's the Charm!
Persistence Pays Off: The V-6 Saga
Here's to the Hobby
The Antique Automobile Hobby: The 10 Best Things That Ever Happened
Our Greatest Asset
Old Habits Die Hard
An Alternative for the Armchair Enthusiast
At the Crossroads: In Between the Car Show and the Concours
On the Road Again
Survival of the Fittest
The Automotive Influence on America's Garden of Eden
Shake, Rattle and Roll
From Here to Gone: Architecture's Influence on the Automobile
Cars on the Cusp
Index