Corvette : American Legend : The Beginning (History Series No. 1) (Volume 1) [Hardcover]

Noland Adams (Author)

Product Details

• Hardcover: 272 pages
• Publisher: Cars & Parts Pub (November 1996)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1880524201
• ISBN-13: 978-1880524206
• Product Dimensions: 8.4 x 10.8 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.4 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,452,483 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars Keep up the great work, Noland, November 6, 1997

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This review is from: Corvette : American Legend : The Beginning (History Series No. 1) (Volume 1) (Hardcover)

If you want an answer to a Corvette question, there is one person to ask. So when an accurate history of the Corvette is to be written, there is one person to write it.

Ask and ye shall receive.

Noland Adams' previous books include Corvette Restoration & Technical Guide, Volume I, 1953-62 and Corvette Restoration & Technical Guide, Volume II, 1963-1967. These detailed publications have become necessary reading for anyone restoring a first or second generation Corvette. Now he is catering to the non-technical Corvette enthusiast.

Timed perfectly to coincide with the introduction of the fifth generation edition of the two-seat fibreglas coupe, Corvette: American Legend just scratches the surface of this 45 year old icon. So detailed is this book that the tenth chapter is called "The Corvette becomes a Reality" and it takes another three chapters to get to "Job 1 rolls of the Line."

Steps leading to the "Reality" chapter outline the development of the program. From the earliest ins