Convertibles History and Evolution of Dream Cars

By Giuseppe Guzzardi

14 1/4" x 10 1/4" x 1 1/4" Hardback book w/dust jacket. Over 100 photos. With its fascinating historical testimony, informative text and extraordinary color photographs, Convertibles is an exiting... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0760711186
• ISBN13: 9780760711187
• Release Date: January 1998
• Publisher: barnes noble
• Length: 351 Pages
• Weight: 2.30 lbs.

Customer Reviews

Fine Glossy Plates But...

The photographs included in this historical overview of the world's great convertible automobiles are fine quality, and, occasionally breathtaking for the enthusiast. However there are some omissions and errors which make the reading somewhat disappointing. One example is omitting the relevant technical date about the 1936 Cord 810 featuring front wheel drive. The technical data on the 1960 Cadillac convertible erroneously described the Hydramatic automatic transmission as a 3 speed! The Cadillac Hydramatic was a true, fully automatic 4 speed transmission, first developed by Cadillac in 1940. Why is this important? Because this transmission is the world's first successful fully automatic tranny ever produced. Despite minor problems such as these, the product looks great on any coffee table.