The Big Book of Car Culture [Illustrated] [Paperback]

A power-packed paperback on the wierdest and wackiets wheels ever seen in the US. Plus there's lot's more information on America's iconic automobile culture - every page is picture and fact-packed. --The Express & Evening Standard--In the Big Book of Car Culture, authors Jim Hinckley and Jon G Robinson collect fun tidbits on everything from Mustangs to school buses to radial tires. They even write about the AMC Pacer. --New York Newsday

A power-packed paperback on the wierdest and wackiets wheels ever seen in the US. Plus there's lot's more information on America's iconic automobile culture - every page is picture and fact-packed. --The Express & Evening Standard

In the Big Book of Car Culture, authors Jim Hinckley and Jon G Robinson collect fin tidbits on everything from Mustangs to school buses to radial tires. They even write about the AMC Pacer. --New York Newsday

While countless books have been devoted to single roadside-culture and car-related subjects, none have addressed in one volume American pop culture's love affair with the automobile. But what is that love affair, if not an expanse of fond memories and compelling kitsch as vast as the nation itself? This smorgasbord offers discriminating readers a tasty A-Z assortment of entries and accompanying images touching upon all the old chestnuts (Route 66, drive-in restaurants, filling stations, et al) as well as some edgier topics to appeal to younger generations interested in the seedier and/or more whimsical sides of roadside America (i.e, Earl Scheib, the Chicago entrepreneur who promised to paint any car for $99, or 1950s juvenile-delinquent hot rod films

If you have a fascination with the American southwest, the American culture built around the automobile, or the wonders of Route 66 these books are for you. In Backroads of Arizona the author shares his passion for this amazing state by introducing the reader to its many hidden wonders. The award winning Big Book of Car Culture is a fun filled romp through all things automotive from the evolution of crash test dummies to Route 66, from the lowly Model T Ford to the legendary Pontiac GTO. The inspiration for Route 66 Backroads was a circa 1950 billboard that encouraged travelers to see the wonders on Route 66 as well as those found with a short detour north or south. This books takes that concept to a new level and introduces the reader to a lost world of Americana, historic sites, and stunning natural wonders.

The author may have been born in North Carolina but it is the deserts of the southwest and the old two lane highways that he calls home. Years spent traveling the lost highways of America, a fascination with all things automotive, and a passion for the wild country of the deserts nurtured as a cowboy in Arizona and New Mexico give his books, articles, and blog entries unique perspective as well as passion.