Lead Sleds
Lead Sleds

Author: Joe Kress

Publisher:

Published:

Total Pages: 100

ISBN-13: 9781610590631

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Originally, "lead sled" was a derogatory term used to refer to any custom car whose owner used lead as a body filler -- often poorly applied. Today, the term no longer carries the negative connotations, instead referring to any custom that has undergone extensive bodywork, including frenched headlights, shaved door handles, a chopped top, a sectioned body, reworked lines, or any combination thereof. This book will examine the hottest lead sleds on the nation's custom scene today, with brief histories of the cars and all-new color photography.

Rods and Customs
Rods and Customs

Author: Bo Bertilsson

Publisher: Motorbooks

Published: 2005-12

Total Pages: 175

ISBN-13: 9780760324035

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The author presents a collection of full-color illustrated photographs of hot rods and custom-built cars, and describes the restoration process.

Classic Hot Rods
Classic Hot Rods

Author: Bo Bertilsson

Publisher: Motorbooks

Published: 1999

Total Pages: 128

ISBN-13: 9780760307212

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Classics from the 1950s, '60s and '70s -- many of which have never appeared in print -- fill the pages of this colorful volume.

The American Midwest
The American Midwest

Author: Andrew R. L. Cayton

Publisher: Indiana University Press

Published: 2006-11-08

Total Pages: 1918

ISBN-13: 0253003490

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This first-ever encyclopedia of the Midwest seeks to embrace this large and diverse area, to give it voice, and help define its distinctive character. Organized by topic, it encourages readers to reflect upon the region as a whole. Each section moves from the general to the specific, covering broad themes in longer introductory essays, filling in the details in the shorter entries that follow. There are portraits of each of the region's twelve states, followed by entries on society and culture, community and social life, economy and technology, and public life. The book offers a wealth of information about the region's surprising ethnic diversity -- a vast array of foods, languages, styles, religions, and customs -- plus well-informed essays on the region's history, culture and values, and conflicts. A site of ideas and innovations, reforms and revivals, and social and physical extremes, the Midwest emerges as a place of great complexity, signal importance, and continual fascination.

Custom Cars
Custom Cars

Author: Matt Doeden

Publisher: LernerClassroom

Published: 2007-09-01

Total Pages: 52

ISBN-13: 0822590123

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People customize their cars to look cool, go fast or both. To their owners, custom cars are more than just vehicles. They are a hobby, a passion, even a way of life. From high-powered hot rods and street rods, to fast and colorful tuner cars, each type of custom has a unique culture and community surrounding it. That's because car lovers like nothing better than to hang out together and share their love of cars. In this book, you will learn about everything from cool classic customs to the hottest new custom machines, the names of some of the most famous car customizers, and where car lovers gather to show off their machines. Photographs by Chuck Vranas.

Automobile and Culture
Automobile and Culture

Author: Gerald Silk

Publisher: ABRAMS

Published: 1984

Total Pages: 330

ISBN-13:

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"Automobile and Culture" is replete with dazzling color photographs of great and humble cars, and is brimming with hundreds of paintings, sculptures, and posters. Astonishing in its scope and beauty, it moves from the first elaborate spring-driven vehicles conceived by Leonardo da Vinci to the auto-related works and dogma of the Futurists to the car imagery of the Surrealists, Dadaists, Pop artists, and Photo-Realists, and provides fascinating commentary on the continuing role of the automobile in art.

How to Paint Your Car on a Budget
How to Paint Your Car on a Budget

Author: Pat Ganahl

Publisher: CarTech Inc

Published: 2006

Total Pages: 146

ISBN-13: 1932494227

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If your car needs new paint, or even just a touch-up, the cost involved in hiring a professional can be more than you bargained for. Fortunately, there are less expensive alternatives---you can even paint your car at home! In How to Paint Your Car On A Budget, author and veteran DIY hot rodder Pat Ganahl unveils dozens of secrets that will help anyone paint their own car. From simple scuff-and-squirt jobs to fullon, door-jambs-and-everything paint jobs, Ganahl covers everything you need to know to get a great looking coat of paint on your car and save lots of money in the process. This book covers painting equipment, the ins and outs of prep, masking, painting and sanding products and techniques, and real-world advice on how to budget wisely when painting your own car. It's the most practical automotive painting book ever written!