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A handsomely illustrated biography of a classic automotive designer.   Originally written in 1981, this revised, comprehensive, and entertaining biography of famous classic car designer Raymond H. Dietrich—known as “the automotive architect of the classic era”—is an accurate record of his life and times based upon records and interviews unavailable to others. Featuring more than four hundred photographs and documents, many never previously published, this entertaining and well-researched societal history traces the eight decades of the designer's life, revealing little-known aspects of his career and illustrating his triumphs over tragedy. Historians and auto enthusiasts alike will appreciate how this handsomely illustrated book skillfully transports the reader from one era to another in the life of an extraordinary man who left such an impressive legacy of classic car design.

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9781956309096

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"""[A] brilliant biography on the American designer and coachbuilder Ray Dietrich. . .""-- ""Derivaz & Ives"""

""[A] brilliant biography on the American designer and coachbuilder Ray Dietrich. . .""-- ""Derivaz & Ives"" ""This book is in many ways phenomenal. It will prove to be the authoritative biography of Raymond H. Dietrich. . . . Dalton Watson Fine Books has done a spectacular job in producing this eight-pound opus. . . . Marbled endpapers add a touch of by-gone elegance one rarely sees today."" -- ""Mark Dwyer, Speedreaders""

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Necah Stewart Furman is the author or coauthor of numerous books.

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