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Chrysler Concept Cars 1940-1970 (Chrysler) [Paperback]

David Fetherston (Author), Tony Thacker (Author)
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Chrysler January 4, 2008
From World War II through the muscle-car era, Chrysler s innovation and experimentation took center stage, quite literally, in the form of its concept cars. These concept cars hinted at future production vehicles and explored new and unproven technologies.

Chrysler Concept Cars 1940-1970 follows the design, development, and creation of almost 50 Dodge, Chrysler, and Plymouth concept cars during the automotive industry's golden postwar years, when Chrysler set the Detroit style. Readers get an inside look not only at the styling of the cars, but also at performance developments and engineers unique ideas.

The book delivers many never-before-published vintage black-and-white and color photos located during hundreds of hours of research in the Chrysler Historical Archives, the Henry Ford Museum, the Detroit Public Library, and other private collections. While writing this book, veteran automotive writers David Fetherston and Tony Thacker enlisted the help of more than 10 Chrysler designers, engineers, technicians, and librarians over three years. The book is the definitive edition on this subject, as a book with such detail specializing in this period of Chrysler s history has never been produced.


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Here's another book for your historic Chrysler vehicles' bookshelf. --Mopar Muscle, May 2008

Books such as these are extremely useful and look closely at a long-ignored but still critical element of automotive history. --Hemmings Classic Car, reviewed by Jim Donnelly, May 2008

Our pals David Fetherston and Tony Thacker teamed up to produce a new book that's a must-have for any die-hard Mopar fan. --Hot Rod, June 2008

For any true automotive devotee, this 144-page book is a welcome addition to their personal library. It represents a part of the automotive world not commonly known to the general populace. --Mopar Enthusiast, Aug/Sept. 2008

Our pals David Fetherston and Tony Thacker teamed up to produce a new book that's a must-have for any die-hard Mopar fan. --Hot Rod, June 2008

About the Author

David Fetherston is an automotive historian who has worked as an international automotive journalist and magazine editor for over 25 years and has authored/published 22 books.

Tony Thacker is the former editor of Custom Car magazine, an automotive journalist, historian, and the author of numerous books on hot rodding and car culture.

Product Details

  • Paperback: 144 pages
  • Publisher: Car Tech (January 4, 2008)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 1932494707
  • ISBN-13: 978-1932494709
  • Product Dimensions: 9 x 9 x 0.5 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 14.4 ounces
  • Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #134,331 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars Delivers just what it promises, September 24, 2009
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This is an excellent presentation of the Chrysler concept cars from the Thunderbolt of 1941 to the Rapid Transit Caravan of 1971. Each car has its own chapter and each chapter follows a consistent pattern in presenting information on a car. The sidebars add depth to the chapters and are well integrated.

The authors give just enough background information to make the story of each car interesting. Factors like the environment surrounding each car's development, how it related to current and future production models, the stylists involved, what company built the car and why, etc are included for every model.

This should have been a hardbound coffee table sized book so the pictures could have been larger - the amount of text is about right. Another useful addition would have been a single table listing key aspects of every car such as what model it was based on, who did the design, who built the car, the body style, important styling features etc. A family tree of the Ghia cars would also have been useful.

This book is an excellent companion to Peter Grist's recent biography of Virgil Exner since it puts a key part of his career into a wider context.
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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars Excellent historical review of concept cars, April 9, 2008
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This is an excellent historical review of Chrysler's concept cars. I had seen most of them, but not all in the same book. The text was quite interesting, too.
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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars A great book, March 11, 2008
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What a great book! Packed with information I've never read
and photos I've never seen. This is a totally indispensable
book for anyone who loves Chryslers or concept cars. Fantastic!
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