SO-CAL Speed Shop by Christensen, Mark

Motorbooks International, 2005. Hardcover. Acceptable. Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Motorbooks International, 2005. Hardcover. Acceptable. Former library book; Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Motorbooks International. A beautiful crisp clean hardcover copy in very good condition, small bump to lower edge of front board, else near fine. DJ in near fine condition. . Very Good. Hardcover. 2005.

Motorbooks, 2005-11-03. Hardcover. Used: Good.

St. Paul, MN: MBI Publishing Company / Motorbooks, 2005. First edition First printing. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Until 1946, hot rodding was generally considered a preoccupation of gearheads and juvenile delinquents. That all changed when car-crazy vets returned from the war with sophisticated mechanical training, courtesy of Uncle Sam. This is the story of how one such ex-airman helped transform hot rodding from a scruffy underground curiosity into a defining part of American culture. 192 pages with numerous photographs, many in color, bibliography and index. Fine in fine and bright dust jacket. Appears as new.

St. Paul, MN: Motorbooks. A clean, crisp hardcover in fine condition. Fine DJ in mylar cover. NOTE: Oversize volume; no priority or overseas Amazon orders. . Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 2005.

E-100: Motorbooks. Very Good. 2005. Hardcover. Hardcover. 4to. Motorbooks International, St. Paul, MN. 2005. 192 pgs. Illustrated. DJ has light shelf-wear present to the DJ extremities. Bound in cloth boards with titles present to the spine and front board. Boards have light shelf-wear present to the extremities. No ownership marks present. Text is clean and free of marks. Binding tight and solid. The ability of U. S. Car enthusiasts to satisfy their need for speed changed dramatically in the late 1940s as car-crazy veterans returned home from World War II with formal mechanical training, courtesy of Uncle Sam. This is the story of how one such veteran, an ex–B-17 airman named Alex Xydias, established the SO-CAL Speed Shop and helped transform hot rodding from a scruffy, underground, outlaw sport into a defining part of postwar American culture. E-100; 10.3 X 10.1 X 0.9 inches; 192 pages .

Motorbooks, 2005-11-03. Hardcover. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title!