Pioneers of the U.S. Automobile Industry: The Small Independents [Hardcover]

Michael J. Kollins (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0768009014 | ISBN-13: 978-0768009019 | Publication Date: February 2, 2002

Pioneers of the U.S. Automobile Industry uses four separate volumes to explore the essential components that helped build the American automobile industry - the people, the companies and the designs. This volume uses more than 450 photos to help weave the story of the risk-takers who helped shape the automotive industry from the very beginning.

Pioneers and companies covered in this edition include:

Charles and Frank Duryea Studebaker The Pratt Family and the Elcar Motor Care Company Joseph Moon Russell Gardner Louis Clarke George Pierce and Charles Clifton Packard/Joy/Macauley and the Packard Motor Car Company Edwin Thomas Ransom Olds Peerless Fred and August Duesenberg Kissel Brothers Hupp/Drake/Hastings/Young and the Hupp Motor Car Corporation Walter Flanders Chapin/Coffin/Bezner/Jackson/Hudson/McAneeny and The Hudson Motor Car Company Harry Stutz Harry Ford Graham Brothers Charles Nash

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About the Author

Born in 1912, Michael J. Kollins learned of automobile manufacturers early, literally from reading hubcap designations in his father's Buick shops. He began as a service technician for the Dodge Brothers. He then moved on to work as Chief of Section, Technical Data and Service Engineering for Packard Motor Car Company; and Service Technical Manager, Manager of Warranty Administration, and Manager of the Highland Park Service Center for Chrysler Corporation. Kollins has written articles for the newsletter Wheels, and was co-author of a centennial publication of the Engineering Society of Detroit, ESD Technology Century (1998)

Product Details

• Hardcover: 488 pages
• Publisher: Society of Automotive Engineers Inc (February 2, 2002)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0768009014
• ISBN-13: 978-0768009019
• Product Dimensions: 11.1 x 8.6 x 1.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 3.6 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,099,419 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)