American Car Since 1775: 2

by Automobile Quarterly

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504 pages, Hardcover

First published September 9, 1971

About the author

Automobile Quarterly was a hardbound, advertising-free periodical publication focused on collectible cars. The publication was known for its quality writing and photography of automobiles, personalities and related subjects.

The magazine started in Spring of 1962 with the subtitle "The Connoisseur's Magazine of Motoring Today, Yesterday, and Tomorrow" or in the words of the founder—"a cross between The New Yorker and Encyclopædia Britannica in the world of auto mania". The founder and first editor was L. Scott Bailey working from offices in New York City. In 1963, an "office of publication" was opened in Kutztown, Pennsylvania, which operated first as Automobile Quarterly, Inc.

Bailey retired to live in the English Cotswolds and CBS Magazines purchased Automobile Quarterly in 1986 and then sold the magazine to Kutztown Publishing in 1988. In October 2000, Automobile Quarterly was sold to a newly formed company, Automobile Heritage Publishing & Communications, LLC, and relocated to New Albany, Indiana.

source: Wikipedia

Reviews

[R.J. Guy) · Rating 4 out of 5]

I give this book 4 stars because of its very comprehensive history of the mechanical inventions from early US history that lead to the automobile and then a very detailed overview of 20th century USA and Canadian cars (major and minor brands) up to 1970. If you want to know about foreign made cars, go elsewhere. It is rather dry reading, though an interesting quaint style of commentary sometimes escapes the teaming facts. It cover cars and trucks and lists literally every maker of cars from those who planned on production to major manufacturers. It also has many lists of sales figures of the top 20 or so cars throughout the years to 1970. It even has a state by state history of license plates! Car clubs and museums are also listed. Most readers will find only certain sections of great enough interest to actually read. Lots of pictures and exhibits. Though it is rather prolonged and mildly dull, the first chapter was a revelation on the earliest seemingly unrelated inventions that lead to the car.