British Family Cars of the 1950s and ‘60s
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2009
Shire Publications (Verlag)
978-0-7478-0712-4 (ISBN)
Shire Publications (Verlag)
978-0-7478-0712-4 (ISBN)
With the end of the Second World War it was not long before increasing wealth, cheaper cars, and social pressures made a family car the aspiration of thousands. Ford, Hillman, Standard, Morris and Vauxhall became household names. This illustrated book looks at the British cars that were available to the post-war family.
With the end of the Second World War it was not long before increasing wealth, cheaper cars, and social pressures made a family car the aspiration of thousands. Ford, Hillman, Standard, Morris and Vauxhall became household names, and the streets of Britain's suburbs began to fill with modern-looking saloon cars, designed to transport mother, father and 2.4 children with ease, if not speed. This highly-illustrated book looks at the British cars that were available to the post-war family, and also some of the foreign makes that had an important place in the market, and which had a great influence on the British-made cars that followed.
With the end of the Second World War it was not long before increasing wealth, cheaper cars, and social pressures made a family car the aspiration of thousands. Ford, Hillman, Standard, Morris and Vauxhall became household names, and the streets of Britain's suburbs began to fill with modern-looking saloon cars, designed to transport mother, father and 2.4 children with ease, if not speed. This highly-illustrated book looks at the British cars that were available to the post-war family, and also some of the foreign makes that had an important place in the market, and which had a great influence on the British-made cars that followed.
Anthony Pritchard grew up during the years covered by this book and he remembered the cars with great nostalgia and enthusiasm. A lawyer by profession, he was also a highly regarded motoring historian who wrote authoritative racing histories.
?Introduction /The First Post-war Family Cars / A New Era /The Outsiders /Ford: Favourites of the Fifties /Major Advances /Cars for the Better-off /Retrospection /Suggested Reading /Places to Visit /Index
Erscheint lt. Verlag | 10.4.2009 |
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Reihe/Serie | Shire Library |
Zusatzinfo | 20 b/w; 60 col |
Verlagsort | London |
Sprache | englisch |
Maße | 149 x 210 mm |
Gewicht | 148 g |
Themenwelt | Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Antiquitäten |
Natur / Technik ► Fahrzeuge / Flugzeuge / Schiffe ► Auto / Motorrad | |
ISBN-10 | 0-7478-0712-4 / 0747807124 |
ISBN-13 | 978-0-7478-0712-4 / 9780747807124 |
Zustand | Neuware |
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