THE GREAT AMERICAN CONVERTIBLES

THE GREAT AMERICAN CONVERTIBLES

RICHARD M. LANGWORTH

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Código:
4652
Idioma:
INGLES
Editorial:
HAYNES PUBLISHING
Materia
Historia del automóvil en varios idiomas
ISBN:
978-0-85429-638-5
Páginas:
192
Encuadernación:
PORTADA EN RUSTICA
Medidas:
285 mm x 235 mm
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Introduction: The Great American Convertible. What it is, why it survives.
Chapter One: 19271929. Who Invented the Thing Anyway?
Chapter Two: 1930-1939 Gold Amidstthe gloom
Chapter Three 1940-1949 The Racr to Produce
Chapter Four: 1950-1959. More and Less
Chapter Five: 1960-1969 Chites and Ladders
Chapter Six: 1970-1976 Last Days in the Bunker
Chapter Seven 1982-1988 New Beginnings
Production Figures
Index

Enjoy six colorful decades of convertibles that capture the romance of top-gown motoring in America

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