Discover a little known world of rare handbuilt General Motors scale replicas in the only book ever devoted to the subject. A visual feast with more than 500 colour photographs of 1:43rd scale models – some one of a kind – of classic General Motors cars and light trucks from the early days of the ‘20’s to the transitional year of 1954. Take a memorable trip through a candy store of rich, wood-bodied station wagons, custom Cadillacs for the carriage trade, GMC pick-ups and panel vans, Harley Earl-era Sixty Specials, Eldorado, Oldsmobile Fiesta, Buick Skylark, Pontiac Chieftain, Chevrolet Bel Air, Motorama dream cars and of course, Corvette. Enjoy separate chapters for Cadillac, Chevrolet, Buick, Oldsmobile, Pontiac, and GM light trucks each with photographs of virtually every handbuilt and die-cast model from the period plus historical and technical information, comprehensive lists of models, manufacturers and builders, pricing and sources. Includes models from Motor City USA, Brooklin, Conquest, Mini Marque, Western, Durham, Elegance, Enchantment Land Coachbuilders, M.A.E., Provence Moulage, Record, AMR, and Great American Dream Machines.
Contents:
1. About handbuilt models
2. Chevrolet
3. Pontiac
4. Oldsmobile
5. Buick
6. Cadillac-LaSalle
7. Chevrolet and GMC Light Trucks
8. Builders
9. Suppliers 155
250mm x 250mm. 160 pages. 545 colour pictures
Author: Randall Olsen
Title: GM in Miniarure
Format: PB 160 pages
Publisher: Veloce Publishing
Pub date: March 2008
ISBN: 9781845841560
List Price: £24.95