Diggers, Funnies, Gassers & Altereds: Drag Racing's Golden Age
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| Rating | : | 4.33 (856 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 161325105X |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 204 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-05-21 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
Kilgore Gagarin said Dense in content, dense in photographs (that's good - "dense" = LOTS). This is the second publication I've received from CarTech, the publisher of an excellent series of similar works about, well, cars! Like the other reviewed work, Americas Wildest Show Rods of the '60s, this is an obvious labor of love. The author, Bob McClurg, was a photographer who personally experienced, and captured in pictures, a large part of the drag racing scene starting in 196Dense in content, dense in photographs (that's good - "dense" = LOTS) Kilgore Gagarin This is the second publication I've received from CarTech, the publisher of an excellent series of similar works about, well, cars! Like the other reviewed work, Americas Wildest Show Rods of the '60s, this is an obvious labor of love. The author, Bob McClurg, was a photographer who personally experienced, and captured in pictures, a large part of the drag racing scene starting in 1964. I wouldn't call this a "coffee table book" in that it isn't large with high quality fu. . I wouldn't call this a "coffee table book" in that it isn't large with high quality fu. This is a fine book reflecting the golden age of Drag Racing Walt Ramsden This is a fine book reflecting the golden age of Drag Racing. Things really took off in the sixties and the seventies. It was a great time to experience drag racing. It was simply a blast to have been there.. "Got it for my dad for Christmas and he loved it! Went through the book and saw all" according to Alicia Rowe-Vicente. Got it for my dad for Christmas and he loved it! Went through the book and saw all of his favorite race cars and drivers from when he was a kid, and learned about some new ones! It was a great gift.
His drag racing images of the 1960s and 70s captures top action and races, a variety of cars, and comes together for the first time under one cover in a pick any drag racer or auto collection simply must have! (Midwest Book Review 2014-02-10)"If you are passionate about drag racing it's an essential addition to your library." -Classic American, March 2014 (Classic American 2014-02-13) . "Author, magazine writer, and photographer Bob McClurg has witnessed and documented the sport's transition, and compiled his finished photographs into a seamless, anecdote-filled narrative that every fan of drag racing must read!" -The Midwest Book Review, October 2013 (James Cox Midwest Book Review 2013-10-14)Christmas Buyer's Guide, Dec 2013 issue of Chrysler Power magazine, news release with cover image (Chrysler Power 2013-10-24)review and cov
. Veteran automotive journalist Bob McClurg grew up in 1950s southern California, where he was surrounded (and heavily influenced) by early hot rod culture. McClurg's photojournalism career spans 40 years, writing and shooting for the most influential magazines as well as authoring books for CarTech. His previous titles include Diggers, Funnies Gassers and Altereds, Yenko, Fire Nitro Rubber and Smoke, How to Build Supercharged and Turbocharged Small Block Fords, How to Install and Tune Nit
Author Bob McClurg, an accomplished magazine writer and photographer, brings together more than 350 color and black-and-white drag racing photos in this collection documenting the Golden Age of drag racing.