Vintage Car Wrecks: Motoring Mishaps 1950-1979 (Paperback)

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Following in the tire tracks of the popular ANTIQUE CAR WRECKS and OLD CAR WRECKS, this volume chronicles wrecks of the1950s, 60s, and 70s automobiles. More than 400 post accident images are accompanied by detailed captions providing relevant model and technical information.

The text examines the automobile industry's progress in the development and implementation of mandatory and voluntary safety features throughout the years. Automobile enthusiasts, collectors, and restorers will enjoy the wealth of model information and follow the evolution of safety standards that affected the design, styling, and engineering of the 20th century's most beloved cars.

Product Details

• Paperback: 224 pages
• Publisher: Krause Publications; illustrated edition edition (March 2003)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 087349458X
• ISBN-13: 978-0873494588
• Product Dimensions: 11 x 8.5 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #976,992 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great Content and Good Reading too, April 4, 2003

By	Carl Matthews (Ohio) - See all my reviews

This is a really great book for anyone with an interest in cars from the 50's to the 70's. The descriptions of the automobile wrecks are both informative and interesting, and the collection of pictures is truley amazing. The book is sectioned into groups of pictures with captions that describe the sceen and the automobile, making for a really great bathroom reader as you can work through just a few pages at a time. But if you enjoy the book as much as I have you'll probably have trouble putting it down.

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Captain Crunch isn't just for Breakfast, November 9, 2004

By	Emile Vaccaro (New Orleans, LA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

Wow, these babies got crunched worse than I would have ever imagined these 1930's-70's thick steel cars could take. The author, Rusty Herlocher, gives readers a bonus by IDENTIFYING the years, makes, and models. He even points out trivialities that the average reader might miss and at times throws in some humor occasionally. For example; "This 1965 Biscayne demonstrates that a big tree will not give an inch to a car." I would recommend this book because of the excellent quality photos of a wide variety of automobiles and the proof of what can happen when you are at the wrong place at the wrong time.

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Thoughtful and informative, August 3, 2004

By	William Miller "Will" (Ohio USA) - See all my reviews

I found this book to be very toughtful. Respect was given to the accidednts, I'm sure that people were hurt and even worse in some of these, but maybe it is a good thing to remind people what can happen if they are not careful drivers. I found it to be chilling at times, but that is life, everything can not be sugar coated, and car accidents can be deadly, no matter how badly some people would like to think differently. If this book would make just one kid think twice about driving after drinking it would be worth the work this author did. Some of the photos were funny, and the captions were light hearted. I'm a car nut so I liked the photos.