American Chrome

By Robert Leicester Wagner

After years of wartime rationing, chrome details--from flamboyant fins to embellished fenders to outrageous grills--became the calling card of American postwar automotive design. American Chrome is a... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1567998461
• ISBN13: 9781567998467
• Release Date: January 1999
• Publisher: Friedman/Fairfax Publishing
• Length: 96 Pages
• Weight: 1.67 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 11.3" x 9.3"

Customer Reviews

Phenominal Nostalgia for Baby Boomers

You remember seeing them in the 1950's as children. Your family had one -- the neighbors had one -- and you encountered them everywhere! The classic and sometimes bizarre cars of the chrome and fin-laden 1950's are re-born in this extremely well documented and photographed book. It's not just a book about cars - but captures the period and the business success [and failure] of American automakers at the time they dominated the consumer market. You won't be able to stop turning the pages -- shaking your head -- remembering those cars your young eyes once marveled at. Great price & great book.