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"Bug" from: AUD$27.99
THE PERSEUS BOOKS GROUP
Bug Description: A VW ad in the 60s described the Beetle and the Coke bottle as the two best-known shapes in the world. It is hard to imagine any other object whose bio-graphy includes as vital players Adolf Hitler, Henry Ford, Charles Manson, Walt Disney, and Woody Allen. As much a character as a car, a hero and an antihero, the Bug has had a Zelig-like knack for appearing again and again on the main stage of history. The car that was first built as a tool of Nazi propaganda was, in the postwar years, transformed by American salesmanship into a counterculture icon, then finally into a product of global marketing. In his first year as German chancellor, Adolf Hitler described publicly his desire for a real car for the German people, mass-produced and affordable to everyone. By 1938, the vast new factory at Wolfsburg was turning out the Beetle, called the KdF-wagen, designed by the great race-car engineer Ferdinand Porsche and his team and financed by the German Labor Front, the Third Reich`s labor union. It should look like a beetle, Hitler apparently advised him. During the war, supplied with labor from concentration camps, the factory manufactured ordnance and tanks. After the war, under British control, it turned out 1, 000 cars a month, but they were noisy and lacked heat, and many Germans were eager to put the car behind them. In America, the few Beetles on the road were those shipped over by GI`s. The U.S. auto industry saw no need for a small inexpensive car when there were so many large inexpensive used ones on the market. But in 1959, when VW hired the innovative ad agency Doyle Dane Bernbach to build a campaign, the car`s greatest liability was diffused: a Jewish firm wouldsell Hitler`s car. Small was beautiful. Souped-up racing Beetles were cool enough for Steve McQueen to drive. Herbie the Love Bug made Walt Disney hip. In the 1980s, the Bug lost its popularity to the better-engineered and -designed cars from Japan. To reinvigorate the American market, VW in 1998 unveiled... Read More about the "Bug" on the The Nile Book Store Website
"Clarkson On Cars" from: AUD$23.99
PENGUIN BOOKS LTD
Clarkson On Cars Description: Jeremy Clarkson is the second-best motoring writer in Britain. For twenty years, he`s been driving cars, writing about them and occasionally voicing his opinions about them on the BBC`s Top Gear. No one in the business is taller. Here, he`s collected his best car columns and stories in which he waxes lyrical on topics as useful and diverse as: # the perils of bicycle ownership # why Australians - not Brits - need bull bars # why soon only geriatrics will be driving BMW`s # the difficulty of deciding on the best car for your wedding # why Jesus`s dad would have owned a Nissan Bluebird # and why it is bus lanes that cause traffic jams Irreverent, damn funny and offensive to almost everyone, this is writing with its foot to the floor, the brake lines cut and the speed limit smashed to smithereens. Sit back and enjoy the ride.... Read More about the "Clarkson On Cars" on the The Nile Book Store Website
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"History Of Australian Street Rodding" from: AUD$40.49
Graffiti Publications Pty Ltd
History Of Australian Street Rodding Description: The book forms the basis of a feature on the history of Australian Street Rodding which will appear in the Rodder`s Journal Issue 22. The History of Australian Street Rodding is 256 pages with 48 in full color and documents the history of the hobby as shown through the pages of Street Rodding magazine for over 25 years, plus a special chapter on the period of history before the magazine was published.... Read More about the "History Of Australian Street Rodding" on the The Nile Book Store Website
"John Britten" from: AUD$48.99
Craig Potton Publishing
John Britten Description: Since his tragically early death from cancer in 1995, John Britten has taken his place as a New Zealand hero. He and his dedicated team in Christchurch, designed and built from scratch the Britten V-twin motorcycle. For a time this machine was probably the fastest four-stroke bike in the world. It could wheel stand at 150 miles per hour simply by opening up the throttle. After five years of research, the author has finally been able to give due credit to the man and his achievements. The biography details his early life, the development of his vision and the early prototype motorcycles, and then the gruelling cycle of hard work, set-backs and failures before the Britten V-twin finally was able to beat the world`s best. His bike had legions of fans worldwide, captured by the elegance, originality and power of his machine, but also by the romance of his story - an individual taking on some of the worlds` biggest and best motorcycle manufacturers and winning. This title should appeal to readers both inside and outside the motorcycle fraternity because of its universally inspiring theme - that extraordinary things are possible when a person turns their dreams into reality.... Read More about the "John Britten" on the The Nile Book Store Website
"Nostalgia Street Rods" from: AUD$23.99
Graffiti Publications
Nostalgia Street Rods Description: The latest trend in the street rod movement is a return to the styling of the `40s and `50s, and this book is overflowing with color photos of the best examples in the world. Some of these newstalgia hot rods are originals; others are clever combinations of old and new parts. Superb color or photographs manipulate the landscape to show the cars at their best.... Read More about the "Nostalgia Street Rods" on the The Nile Book Store Website
"Radical Hot Rods" from: AUD$29.49
Graffiti Publications Pty Ltd
Radical Hot Rods Description: The most outrageous hot rods in the world are featured in Radical Hot Rods by Larry O`Toole. All the color and spectacle of the top end of hot rodding comes together in this full color book. Monstrous blown engines, huge wheels and tires, extreme styling and exotic, advanced engineering are the ingredients that combine together to become the radical hot rods of the modern era. These are the hot rods that stop you in your tracks, not necessarily practical, but certainly spectacular. Dozens of the best examples in the world are shown in full color mini-features throughout the book.... Read More about the "Radical Hot Rods" on the The Nile Book Store Website
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