GM in Miniature | 
enlarge | Author: Randall Olson Publisher: Veloce Category: Book
List Price: $49.95 Buy New: $32.97 You Save: $16.98 (34%)
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Avg. Customer Rating: 2 reviews Sales Rank: 312946
Media: Paperback Number Of Items: 1 Pages: 128 Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.7 Dimensions (in): 9.8 x 9.8 x 0.6
ISBN: 1845841565 Dewey Decimal Number: 629 EAN: 9781845841560 ASIN: 1845841565
Publication Date: May 15, 2008 (New: This Week) Shipping: Eligible for Super Saver Shipping Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours
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Product Description
Discover a little known world of rare hand built General Motors scale replicas in the only book ever devoted to the subject. A visual feast with more than 500 color photographs of 1:43rd scale models – some one of a kind - of classic General Motors cars and light trucks from the early days of the ?20’s to the transitional year of 1954. Take a memorable trip through a candy store of rich, wood-bodied station wagons, custom Cadillacs for the carriage trade, GMC pick-ups and panel vans, Harley Earl-era Sixty Specials, Eldorado, Oldsmobile Fiesta, Buick Skylark, Pontiac Chieftain, Chevrolet Bel Air, Motorama dream cars and of course, Corvette. Enjoy separate chapters for Cadillac, Chevrolet, Buick, Oldsmobile, Pontiac, and GM light trucks each with photographs of virtually every hand built and die-cast model from the period plus historical and technical information, comprehensive lists of models, manufacturers and builders, pricing and sources. Includes models from Motor City USA, Brooklin, Conquest, Mini Marque, Western, Durham, Elegance, Enchantment Land Coachbuilders, M.A.E., Provence Moulage, Record, AMR, and Great American Dream Machines.
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Another great one! April 18, 2008 I thought the Ford book was very well done. But this one's even better! With a cut-off date of 1954,can we expect another one? The photography is EXCELLENT! I hope this series continues! Mopar? Independents? We can only sit back and wait!
Another excellent book from Randall Olson April 7, 2008 1 out of 1 found this review helpful
A wonderful reference book, in addition to "Ford in Miniature". While it mainly features "upscale" white-metal hand-built 1:43 scale cars, it also give credit to some inexpensive diecast cars that are done well. This book is also an "education" on how these cars are made...most of them consisting of up to 100 separate parts, taking up to 10 hours to assemble. Print and paper quality is excellent.
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