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Author:   Gregory A. Cagle
Publisher:   McFarland & Co Inc
Imprint:   McFarland & Co Inc
Dimensions:   Width: 17.80cm , Height: 1.30cm , Length: 25.40cm
Weight:   0.445kg
ISBN:  

9781476671789

ISBN 10:   1476671788
Pages:   245
Publication Date:   23 January 2018
Recommended Age:   From 18 years
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Table of Contents Foreword by Jeff Lane • 1 Introduction • 3 Birth of a Gearhead • 7 Survivors • 11 Adler Trumpf Junior Austin 7 Ruby BMW Dixi DA-1 3/15PS and DA-3 Wartburg Sport Citroën 5CV Type C “Torpedo” DKW F8 Meisterklasse ­Cabrio-Limousine Ford (Cologne) Eifel Roadster Hanomag 2/10 PS “Kommissbrot” Hanomag Kurier Hansa 1100 Steyr Type 50 “Baby” Talbot-Lago T-120 Coach Tornax Rex Coupe and Z-250 “Schwarze Josephine” Motorcycle Willys-Overland Whippet Model 96 Coach Lilliputia • 39 Aero Minor II STW Autobianchi Bianchina BMW Isetta BMW 600 Brütsch Mopetta Champion 400 Fiat Nuova 500 Fuldamobil Goggomobil TS-400 Coupe Gutbrod Superior Heinkel Kabine Hoffmann ­Auto-Kabine 250 Kleinschnittger F125 Lloyd LP600 Maico MC 400 and MC 500 Messerschmitt KR175 Kabinenroller Messerschmitt KR200 Kabinenroller Messerschmitt Tiger (F.M.R. Tg 500) Meyra 200–2 Prvenaç Vespa 400 Victoria/B.A.G. Spatz 250 Zündapp Janus Mundania • 87 Alfa Romeo 1300 Giulietta Berlina AWE Wartburg 311/2 Cabriolet AWZ Zwickau P70 AZLK Moskvitch 402 Borgward Isabella Citroën ID-19 Break/Familiale Fiat 1100 TV Trasformabile GAZ M-20 Pobeda IFA F8 and F9 Lancia Aprilia Panhard Dyna X87 Junior Coupe Renault Dauphine Saab 92B and 93 Tatra T-600 Tatraplan Volkswagen ­Karmann-Ghia Cabriolet Volvo Amazon Between pages 120 and 121 are 6 color plates containing 11 photographs Exotica • 121 Alfa Romeo 6C 2500 Freccia d’Oro Alfa Romeo 1900C Supersprint (Touring) Allard ­L-Type Alvis TC 21/100 Special Saloon (Graber) Arnolt-Bristol Bolide Deluxe Aston Martin DB2/4 Mk. I BMW 507 Bugatti Type 37 and Type 43 Bugatti Type 55 and Type 57SC Atalante Cisitalia 202GT (Pininfarina) and 360 Grand Prix Car DKW 3=6 Monza Ferrari 212 Europa (Vignale) Ferrari 250 Europa Cabriolet (Pininfarina) Fiat 8V Fiat 600 Chérie Gran Luce Berlina (Vignale) Fiat 600 Coupe (Viotti/Boano) Fiat 1100/103 Coupe (Vignale) Fiat 1100 TV Coupe (Vignale) Fiat 1100 TV Coupe (Pininfarina) Fiat-Abarth 750GT (Zagato) Fiat Nuova 500 Jolly Lagonda DB 2.6-Liter “Woody” Estate Car Maserati A6G54 2000 (Zagato) Mercedes-Benz 300 SL “Gullwing” Coupe Mercedes-Benz 300 SL Roadster Porsche 356A Siata 208CS (Balbo) Triumph TR2 Francorchamps Coupe (Impéria) Built for Speed • 179 Cooper-Climax T43 Formula One Lola Mk. 2 Formula Junior Lotus 18 Formula Junior Maserati 450S Maserati Tipo 61 “Birdcage” NSU “Kompressor” Land Speed Record Car O.S.C.A. ­Tipo-S 1500 TN Porsche Type 550 and 718 Porsche Type 718/2 Monoposto Formula Two Scarab Formula One Mysteries, Imposters and Backyard Dreams • 201 Alfa Romeo (?) DKW (?) Roadster Lloyd (?) “Land Yacht” Volkswagen “Hallore” Volkswagen Type 14A Cabriolet (Faux Hebmüller) Willys Jeep Conversion (?) “Woody” Bibliography • 215 Index • 225

Reviews

filled with the black-and-white photographs [Cagle] took, along with make and model information and personal commentary on unusual automobiles that have since all but disappeared. Cagle makes it easy to feel the excitement and enthusiasm he felt as a young boy. Any car spotter will enjoy this book...may find a 26 horsepower favorite...recommended -- Choice Choice Features 105 specimens of auto exotica.... An interesting examination of automotive esoterica -- Vintage Roadcar Vintage Roadcar

Features 105 specimens of auto exotica.... An interesting examination of automotive esoterica ----Vintage Roadcar.

Filled with the black-and-white photographs [Cagle] took, along with make and model information and personal commentary on unusual automobiles that have since all but disappeared...Cagle makes it easy to feel the excitement and enthusiasm he felt as a young boy. Any car spotter will enjoy this book, and may find a 26 horsepower favorite. The book is presented in a pleasant, easily readable format... recommended --Choice; This books is a collection of [Cagle's] photographs with extremely informative descriptions and a history of each car. The writing is very personable and engaging...very well researched.... Recommended--ARBA; features 105 specimens of auto exotica.... An interesting examination of automotive esoterica --Vintage Roadcar; this is exactly the sort of material that take you back to the fifties, or shows you what the streets of Europe looked like at that time. Cagle has meticulously researched the cars in this book...his style of writing is pleasant, informative and humorous. He avoids the usual mistakes you can find on the Internet, and paints the wider picture, without becoming pedantic --Rumcar News.

Author Information

Gregory A. Cagle is a writer and a jazz musician with a lifelong passion for automotive, motor racing, and flying history. The author of numerous magazine articles on these subjects, he lives in Cary, North Carolina.

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