Retro Rods [Paperback]

Dan Burger (Author)

Book Description

Series: Enthusiast Color | Publication Date: April 15, 2001

Over the last few years, "old school" techniques and aesthetics have emerged as the predominant trends among hot rod enthusiasts. Some of today's most notable "retro rods" are featured in this all-color overview of the current nostalgia for simpler and more utilitarian vehicles. Color photography depicts new hot rods that are built to resemble cars of the 1940s and 1950s, as well as some of the more unique and outrageous customs of the 1960s and '70s. In addition, the authors present case examples of hot rods from the 1940s and '50s that have been restored to their former glory.

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About the Author

Robert Genat is the author of more than a dozen MBI books on a variety of subjects, including American Drag Racing (0 7603 0871 3). Dan Burger is an automotive journalist. They most recently collaborated on MBI's Impala 1958-2000 (0 7603 0805 5). Both live in Encinitas, California.

Product Details

• Paperback: 96 pages
• Publisher: Motorbooks; First edition (April 15, 2001)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0760309191
• ISBN-13: 978-0760309193
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 8.3 x 0.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 12 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 2.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,512,605 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Retro Rods, well sort of, March 19, 2006

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Hot Rod Don (So Cal) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Retro Rods (Paperback)

OK book. Good pictures but a little bit of just an overview, not much in depth or history but enjoyable to browse. Some of the cars don't really fit the retro theme, too modern or mixed styles.

5 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Nice book and pictures, September 30, 2005

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Fernan Castillo (Bogotá, Colombia) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Retro Rods (Paperback)

This is a pretty nice book, it has nice pictures on the inside, and is nice to read it once and again... but after reading it three times, I still feel like there is something missing.

The first time I readed it, I felt like I had spend a great afternoon talking to and old guy who lived in first person all that time and has some nice stories to tell... but then comes the feelling "is there something missing?"

I'd like more information about making a retro rod, about how should it looks like (it says something, but again, I feel it just doesn't have all the info you would like).

For the price, it is a nice book, is just as expensive as a good magazine... about it's price-quality relationship, it seems like after reading it three times, it starts to brake...

All in all, I recommend it as a nice book.

1 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars coffee table book, February 5, 2009

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This review is from: Retro Rods (Paperback)

some cool vintage shots and a few that are only 20 years old.... yawn..
The writing is just to fill up the spaces between the pictures and the pictures are just to fill up the pages..