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American Car Spotter's Bible 1940-1980

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Product Description: Spotting the best American-made cars is easy with this one-of-a-kind color guide! A follow-up to the Ultimate Car Spotter's Guide, the American Car Spotter's Bible 1940-1980 features vehicles from 250 different U.S. manufacturers in a familiar style, coupled with 8,000+ color illustrations.

Restorers and collectors searching for a specific make of car or a new project will appreciate the side, rear and interior views of each model. In addition to detailed illustrations, a quick glance gives car enthusiasts various technical specifications including weight, length, horsepower, distinguishing features and factory price. This indispensable reference gives collectors technical details they'll refer to again and again.

-Includes 8,000+ color photos and illustrations

-Features American-made cars of 1940 through 1980

-Unique format offers easy identification

Customer Reviews

 
Given to car lover as a gift
Reviewer: L. Walter (Sandy Hook, VA USA), Date of review: July 27, 2010
Avg. Customer Rating: 5 Stars
I had this shipped to my stepdad, who loves old cars. He is thrilled with it and says it will likely keep him up nights reading all the info about the prices and new features for a given year/model of a car. Great pictures, too! Would recommend for an older-car enthusiast!
Great gift for car lovers!
Reviewer: Aleksey Zakharov (Brooklyn, NY United States), Date of review: May 22, 2010
Avg. Customer Rating: 5 Stars
I bought this book as a gift to my brother-in-law who loves taking pictures of American cars. Later he told me that he is afraid to open this book because it is so detailed that he has nothing more to learn from his pictures and the internet! Soon he realized usefulness of this book, and now he is using it as a reference to sort his photo collection. This book is definitely one of the greatest sources of information for American car spotters.
very good reference
Reviewer: BIGDnyc (New York City), Date of review: August 16, 2009
Avg. Customer Rating: 5 Stars
I enjoy using this book as a very good reference guide. Mr. Burness's work is excellent.
car lovers
Reviewer: Fifi Hacker (west palm beach, florida United States), Date of review: August 05, 2009
Avg. Customer Rating: 5 Stars
If all types of cars are your passion this is the book for you. My husband has one and I bought one for a friend too.
This book rocks!
Reviewer: Kenneth Smith (Chicago, IL United States), Date of review: December 23, 2008
Avg. Customer Rating: 5 Stars

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

If you're a baby boomer like me, you remember when most of the cars in this book were daily drivers instead of automotive Faberge eggs, which is the way owners treat them now.

This is, in a way, a compilation of two of Tad Burness's previous black-and-white guides, encompassing American cars from 1940-1965 and 1966-1980.

I had wanted both these books in college when they came out, in 1977 and 1982 respectively; never could afford them, and by the time I could, they were out of print. I never expected to see a guide from Burness of this size and quality, and in COLOR, no less! And I never would have known it was available, except that I typed in a search for used copies of the 1940-65 guide in Amazon, and this wonderful book came up in the results.

It's worth every penny of its purchase price, and I am happy, happy, happy! Mr. Burness, we're waiting for the 1981-2008 Bible;-)