Get Your Engine Running: Great Books About Cars
Because I’m a former research librarian, it stands to reason that I love to read. When it comes to fiction, I especially enjoy reading books involving strong female characters and when it comes to non-fiction, I really love books about cars, road trips and roadside attractions - I can’t seem to get enough of ol’ Route 66.
Three of my favorite books came out years ago, Ragtops, written by Thierry Emptas and Francois Lemeunier, which is strictly about classic American convertibles of the fifties and sixties, Classic Cars, by Michael Sedgwick and Lemons: The Word’s Worst Cars, by Timothy Jacobs. Of these, Lemons is my favorite because the photos and descriptions of some of the cars are quite humorous and many cars featured are simply a thing of the past, such as the 1934 Tatra and the 1961-65 Amphicar, which was (believe it or not) a car designed for both road and stream. Not surprising, the car didn’t do so well because it was prone to leaks.
If you’re new to cars or would like to know more about women inovolved in the automotive industry, I’d like to recommend a few good books to get you started:
• NASCAR Women: At the Heart of Racing by Denise Wood
• The Girl’s Guide to NASCAR by Liz Allison
• Danica Patrick: America’s Hottest Racer by Jonathan Ingram
• Shirley Muldowney’s Tales from the Track by Shirley Muldowney
• Danica: Crossing the Line by Danica Patrick
I’d also like to point you to a few good books about the automotive industry in general:
• Cars of the Sensational ’60s by Dan Lyons
• The Encyclopedia of Classic Cars by David Lillywhite
• The Ultimate Encyclopedia of American Cars by Peter Henshaw
• Wheels: A Passion for Collecting Cars by Stuart Leuthner
• Automobiles of the Chrome Age: 1946-1960 by Michael Furman
And finally, here are some really fun books to get you through the weekend:
Fiction:
• Hooked Up: A Stock Car Racing Mystery by Joyce Lavene
• Swapping Paint: A Stock Car Racing Mystery Jim Lavene
Non Fiction:
• A Reliable Car and a Woman Who Knows It: The First Coast-To-Coast Auto Trips by Women, 1899-1916
• Road Trip USA: Cross-Country Adventures on America’s Two-Lane Highways by Jamie Jensen
• Roadside Attractions: Cool Cafes, Souvenir Stands, Route 66 Relics, & Other Road Trip Fun by Brian Butko
• Route 66: The Mother Road 75th Anniversary Edition by Michael Wallis
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The Classic Cars are very safe to handle,there are of different models,the old cars are very expensive now a days,Back in the day a HEMI 1970 CUDA sold for around $3164 and today you could not touch one of these cars for less then $150,000