20TH CENTURY CLASSIC CARS: 100 YEARS AUTOMATIVE ADS

Start Your Engines: 20th Century Classic Cars Henry Ford jump-started the age of the automobile with the firstassembly-line car in 1908: the Model T. Over the next century theautomobile evolved from chugging workhorse to tailfin-era showboat to sleekstatus symbol, complete with sleek hood ornament. Initially a novelty item,the car grew into a necessity of the modern age, and a vector of freedom onthe open road. 20th Century Classic Cars offers a a lush visual history of theautomobile, decade-by-decade, via 400-plus print advertisements from theJim Heimann Collection. Using imagery culled from a century of autoadvertising, this book traces the evolution of the auto from horselesscarriage to rocket on wheels-and beyond. With an introduction and chaptertext by New York Times automotive writer Phil Patton, as well as anillustrated timeline, this volume highlights the technological innovations,major manufacturers and dealers, historical events, and influence ofpopular culture on car design. Here are car trends as reflection of thezeitgeist, from the thrifty VW Beetle to the lumbering, gas-guzzlingHummer. Time-travel through the Automobile Age, with a collection that putsyou in the driver's seat.