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American Station Wagons - The Golden Era 1950-1975

American Station Wagons - The Golden Era 1950-1975 - Paperback

by Norm Mort
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Availability:In StockContributor:Norm MortSeries:Those Were the Days...Publish date:2010-11-15Pages:96
Language:EnglishPublisher:Veloce PublishingISBN-13:9781845842680ISBN-10:1845842685UPC:9781845842680Book Category:TransportationBook Subcategory:AutomotiveBook Topic:HistorySize:8.10 x 7.40 x 0.40 inchesWeight:0.7011Product ID:SC04BAHYNB

American Station Wagons - The Golden Era 1950-1975 examines an important quarter century of this versatile vehicle, a time when it evolved into a practical, yet sometimes luxurious family transporter or business vehicle. This volume covers the histories of the major, minor and obscure station wagon manufacturers and models.
While makes such as Ford, Chevrolet, Dodge and Plymouth dominated the US market, important roles were played by Oldsmobile, Buick, Mercury, and Chrysler in making the car more than mere basic transportation or a reliable workhorse. At the same time, makes such as Studebaker, Kaiser, Nash and AMC, etc. competed for a slice of this burgeoning postwar market, and were responsible for novel innovations in design.
Contemporary brochures, period literature, factory photos and over fifty new, unpublished colour photos of restored examples help convey the importance of these historic vehicles. Also featured are images of rarer Canadian versions from American manufacturers.

Language:EnglishPublisher:Veloce PublishingISBN-13:9781845842680ISBN-10:1845842685UPC:9781845842680Book Category:TransportationBook Subcategory:AutomotiveBook Topic:HistorySize:8.10 x 7.40 x 0.40 inchesWeight:0.7011Product ID:SC04BAHYNB

Canadian Norm Mort has had a lifelong interest in historic vehicles, and by the age of 10 was photographing old vehicles parked by the side of the road; by the age of 12 he was the youngest member on the executive of the Antique and Classic Car Club of Canada.
After graduating from the University of Toronto, Norm became a teacher and librarian in the public school system. However, it was not long before his love of old cars and trucks led him to become a freelance automotive writer for magazines and newspapers in the field of transport, which he has now done for over 30 years. Norm has written over a dozen books about historic vehicles, and has become Canada's most prolific writer on old cars and trucks. Norm is also an animal lover, and has written books about travelling with pets (combining both of his passions) and about living with a pet menagerie. Norm lives in Canada with Scottish wife, Sandy, and a variety of pets. Their son Andrew has been the photographer for all of Norm's books.


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