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Chariots of Chrome: Classic American Cars of Cuba

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Creators: Simon Bell, George Fischer
Publisher: Boston Mills Press
Category: Book

List Price: ~~$29.95~~
Buy Used: $5.39
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Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars

1 reviews
Sales Rank: 978764

Media: Hardcover
Pages: 144
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 2.2
Dimensions (in): 10.7 x 8.8 x 0.9

ISBN: 1550463942
Dewey Decimal Number: 629.222097291
EAN: 9781550463941
ASIN: 1550463942

Publication Date: August 7, 2004
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
Condition: Hardcover, DJ has edge wear, otherwise nice copy. Your order ships promptly and will include a delivery confirmation e-mail.

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Product Description

A photographic cruise of Cuba's vintage cars.

Cuba is a vintage car lover's paradise. Until the 1960s, Cuba was the world's leading importer of American automobiles. As many as ten thousand of these mid-century American cars are still used in Cuba, making it the world's largest living automotive museum.

Vintage Cadillacs, Chevrolets, Fords, Pontiacs, Ramblers, Packards, Studebakers and Hudsons are common on Cuban streets and coastal highways, with hot primary colors, dazzlingly ornate chrome, sinfully luxurious interiors, and defiantly large girths. Some cars have been restored to their former glory. Others have been kept in working condition by using Russian truck engines and hand-forged parts.

Chariots of Chrome is an eye-popping pictorial tribute to those generously proportioned American automobiles, once loved and now lost, that still enjoy a vibrant old age in Cuba. Dazzling color photographs capture these beauties against the backdrop of the island's picturesque villages and Old Havana's many landmarks.

This pictorial tribute of historic cars is sure to light any auto aficionado's cigar.

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Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars

This book will rev your motor August 18, 2004
Robert Busko (Waynesville, NC USA)
4 out of 4 found this review helpful

If you're an antique car lover then Chariots of Chrome by Simon Bell and George Fischer is the book for you. Lavishly done with rich, full color, well done photographs, Chariots is a feast for the eyes. Cubans, it seems, have maintained hundreds of vintage American cars while most of the world has "moved on." Cut off from the American car market, Cubans, once the largest importer of Detroit automobiles, have been forced to nurse along what they have. Whether equipping these cars with Russian truck engines, hand forging their own replace parts, or taking parts from cars no longer able to keep rolling, the Cubans of the last half of the twentieth century have proven themselves very adept at improving. This book is as much a tribute to their resourcefulness as it is to the cars pictured between the covers.

If you're a lover of things old and wonderful photography then Chariots of Chrome is the book for you. You'll also come to respect the mechanical genius of the Cuban car owner and mechanic.

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