Automotive History

Thomas Y. Crowell. Good+ in Good+ dust jacket. 1965. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Edgewear and rubbing to gray cloth boards. DJ, in mylar book jacket cover, is chipped, rubbed, torn. Flyleaf clipped; Begins in the Gay Nineties, when the new-fangled vehicles were speeding along at 20 mph. It rounds the turn of the century, when cars were handmade, expensive and the subject of controversy in legislatures and in the press. It details the evolution of engines, braking and suspension systems, tires, electric starters, design, and modern mechanical features, and analyzes the growth of the industry which now employs one seventh of America's wage earners. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 15808pta. . more information

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