Roadside Relics: America's Abandoned Automobiles

Roadside Relics: America's Abandoned Automobiles Review

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There are quite a few books (and especially calendars) that are devoted to presenting photographs of clunkers along the American backroads. This effort is especially rewarding and worth reading because it is organized very well by automobile year, make and model with really great commentary on each photographed vehicle. A really great nostalgia trip for those of us who love old cars. My favorite part of the book was the realization that I've seen a few of these cars and have been to a few of the locations "in person". I am not quite sure if this sort of book would appeal to most folks...but if the reader is an old car nut...there is no better book for my money. Really great fun and a wonderful conversation starter amongst other old car gearheads.

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• ISBN13: 9780760327487
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Abandoned junk to some, the rusty old steel shells of vehicles are treasures to others, holding memories of a bygone era, or the promise of a pristinely restored, radically customized automobile. Automotive photographer Will Shiers has captured these dreams on film for over ten years, and this volume collects his images between two covers for the first time. Here are the beautiful husks Shiers has found in the United States fields and barns, shops, and salvage yards across States. Divided into five categories—General Motors, Ford, Chrysler, Independents, and Special Vehicles—these wrecks and relics from 1910 to the 1970s come equipped with all the relevant information: history, model, location. And because few salvage yards today keep anything older than a 1980 vintage, many of these cars have been lost to the metal crusher. The most comprehensive and beautifully photographed collection of abandoned cars ever published, this volume preserves for all time the exquisite skeletons of American automotive might.

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Customer Reviews

roadside relics - Emmanuel Vella - australia
great colour pictures and enjoyed reading it 3 times already, is there a part 2


Great! Pictures - T. Henderson - Easton, MD
Awesome book, Great Pictures. Made me want to go out west and hunt some of these vehicles down.


Jun 03, 2010 19:58:04