Creative Industries of Detroit: The Untold Story of Detroit's Secret Concept Car Builder Paperback - 2017
by Leon Dixon
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Author Leon Dixon's comprehensive account chronicles the greatest automotive achievements constructed at Creative Industries of Detroit. The careers of the company's founder, Fred Johnson, and his successor, Rex Terry, are examined to show how two former Chrysler employees led the most diverse automotive firm in all of Detroit. Dream cars examined in great detail include the Ford Atmos-FX, Mercury XM-800, Dodge Granada, Packard Balboa, Packard Panthers, Packard Request, Ford Mystere, Corvette Corvair, Dodge Daytona, Plymouth Superbird, Delorean, and many more. The amazing amount of hardware was constructed by one company, each make separate from the other, and with a high level of secrecy.
Creative Industries of Detroit: The Untold Story of Detroit's Secret Concept Car Builder offers the most exhaustive and complete account of the 40-plus-year history of creating dream, prototype, concept, and one-off cars from Dwight D. Eisenhower's 1950 Presidential Lincoln Limousine to the 1993 Mustang Mach III concept cars. This is the first book on the subject, and features behind-the-scenes images and interviews never published before.
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- Title Creative Industries of Detroit: The Untold Story of Detroit's Secret Concept Car Builder
- Author Leon Dixon
- Binding Paperback
- Pages 192
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Cartech, Inc
- Date 2017-03
- Illustrated Yes
- Features Bibliography, Illustrated, Index
- ISBN 9781613252130 / 1613252137
- Weight 1.45 lbs (0.66 kg)
- Dimensions 11 x 8.5 x 0.6 in (27.94 x 21.59 x 1.52 cm)
- Library of Congress subjects Automobiles - Design and construction, Automobile industry and trade - Michigan -
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 2016026970
- Dewey Decimal Code 338.762
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