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Over 120 fascinating pictorial magazine and newspaper ads from USA, Canada and France tell the story. Raymond Loewy's 1953 Starlight birthed the 1955 Speedster, which birthed the Hawks that followed. And the mindset at Studebaker then gave us the Avanti. Includes Packard Hawk. This CD-ROM, like the others in the Archives of Advertising series, contains a browsable collection of ads carefully scanned from original magazines and newspapers. The ads are searchable by year and model of product and can be viewed on any computer, whether running Windows, Mac or Unix. Saved from the disc and printed using any graphics program and a color printer, the images are amazingly true to the originals in detail and color..
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Two sisters who are desperate to get a dog meet with firm opposition from their father, until their family is asked to take care of a sick neighbor's dog for several weeks..
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The essential Speedster book has been created Three years in the making, Porsche Speedster Typ 540: Quintessential Sports Car presents the story of the Typ 540 from its inception as the America Roadster, through its defining years as the Speedster, and follows with a look at its successor, the Convertible D. In respective chapters, six of the world's foremost Typ 540 authorities address their areas of expertise in an account that is meticulous and at the same time very readable..
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Much as the Speedster 50th Anniversary Event of June 25-27, 2004 was the ultimate gathering of Speedsters, the official book that documents the event in images and text is the ultimate Speedster picture book.The major events of the weekend are presented in superb images. Under headings such as The Tribe Gathers, Vroom With a View, and Force Field of Dreams, Edwards sets the theme for each collection of photos in eloquent prose. Heinrichs, in a continuing quest for accuracy, comments on the number of Speedsters and Convertible Ds produced, how many of the first 200 Speedsters were finished in 1954, and how many Speedsters had 1954 model year dataplates. He also examines how many Speedsters had the original side script and the controversy surrounding the Speedster D side script.From the pre-event presentation of Porsche #1 and Speedster #1 at Bernardus Lodge to the grand display of cars at Quail Lodge, the event comes to life once again. The cars, the camaraderie, and the spirit of the event leap off the pages. Between the covers of this marvelous new book, you can relive this once-in-a-lifetime event. 12" x 10" landscape format. 332 color photos..
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This is the COLOR INTERIOR/SOFT COVER edition The book is also available in color interior/hard cover and black and white interior/ soft cover. The GDT Speedster is a world famous, award winning, one-of-a-kind sports car. This book tells the story of why and how a team of nine automotive professionals designed and built this work of art from scratch The team members are all "car guys" who longed to build a special car without the encumbrances of corporate bureaucracy. The book describes the planning, designing and building actions the team took to create the GDT Speedster. More than 260 photos, engineering drawings and diagrams are included that clearly explain essentially every aspect of the enormous, 6 year project. The book lists the complete vehicle performance and dimensional specifications. It also includes the important but seldom discussed topic of fabrication cost..
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