i thought it would be good to have a list of the books (not magazines) that we all look through. ill start with my few... "Barris Kustom Techniques of the 50's vol. 1, 2, 3 & 4" "Barris Kustoms of the 1950s" "The American Custom Car" "Hot Rod & Custom Chronicle" "Hot Rods & Custom Cars" "Hot Rod Kings" "Lead Sleads" "Classic Customs and Lead Sleds" "Cool Cars, High Art" "Billy F Gibbons Rock + Roll Gearhead" "Low 'n Slow" "Lowriders" "Cars of teh Fabulous '50s" "Indian Larry Chopper Shaman" "Hot Rod Pin-ups" "The Bikeriders" on its way... "The Legendary Custom Cars and Hot Rods of Gene Winfield" "The Electroline Diaries: A journey with the Burbank Choppers car club" and pre-ordered... "Kustomland: The Custom Car Photography of James Potter, 1955-1959"
At the top of the stack are "Cool Cars Square Roll Bars" by Arnie and Bernie Shuman and "The Birth of Hot Rodding" by Robert Genat and Don Cox. I never get sick of those books, they're awsome.
The Don Montgomery books are good, though I'm still trying to track them all down. I just got "Hot Rod" by Peter Vincent, has lots of amazing photography.
According to my wife, I own "all of them". Apparently I own every gun book ever published from 1920 until 1960 too. Johnnie.
Does "Hot Rod Hustlers" (with a picture of a 3/4 naked wench on the front and a 50's jalopy in the background) count as a car book?
Another vote for the Don Montgomery books; really, really outstanding. Dean Batchelor's last book was about hot rods, and is excellent. Title is "The American Hot Rod" in hardcover, or "Dry Lakes and Drag Strips: The American Hot Rod" in paperback.
Every copy of Rodders Journals....(including 2 sets of "A" cover & "B" cover) Junkyard Jewels Nostalgia Hot Rods (O'Toole) 50 Years of Hot Rod Hot Rod Chronicles Hot Rods (Kevin Elliot) All Mad Fabricators DVD's...
how to repair the modern motor car....dated 1918,plus all the books I could nail from high school yeah including the barris books in hardback, Im over 250 books at this point so........ok it does include my harley books too! if ya get a chance find a book called "street was fun in 51" its the true stories from the portland ore area in the 50s......
Here's a link to some of my books in my collection. Tim http://s91.photobucket.com/albums/k305/kustomriv/other/
thanks for all the replies!!! i am going shopping for some more books now. later ill edit my first post with hopefully everyones book kinda like a reference that we can add to.
Most of the Ford & Mercury(39-54) factory Chassis Parts books and Body Parts books from 28-72, many shop manuals same eras. Various Chevy & Plymouth manuals. Stacks of periodical magazines, one-shots, and various special issues. Hot Rod, 1948-58. Like that.
Do any of the rest of you ever look at all the boxes of old magazines, stacks of books and reference material and think, "Damn, I could own a couple more cars for what I spent on all those dead trees!" lol
Don Montgomery's books are tops. Also, I sure like "The Birth of Hotrodding" and the cool Petersen Publishing How-To books from the early '60s.
i bought my pops a really nice book on Ed Roth for Christmas. lots of pictures and stories and first hand accounts of his projects and art in general. the Billy F Gibbons book is great too.
The Jalopy Journal
