Hemmings Motor News Presents Three New Automotive Book Featuring Cadillacs, Studebakers and Postwar Fords
13 November 2000
Hemmings Motor News Presents Three New Automotive Book Featuring Cadillacs, Studebakers and Postwar Fords
BENNINGTON, Vt., Nov. 13 Hemmings Motor News, "the bible"
of the collector car hobby, has announced the second triplets in its new
series of books featuring classic American cars. The Hemmings Motor News
Collector-Car Series books include expert-written driveReports,
comparisonReports and in-depth historical reviews from the venerable pages
Special Interest Autos magazine. The three latest titles, "The Hemming Motor
News Book of Cadillacs," " ... Studebakers," and " ... Postwar Fords" have
just rolled off the presses, joining the first three releases: "The Hemming
Motor News Book of Mustangs," " ... Corvettes," and " ... Chrysler
Performance Cars." The Hemmings Motor News Collector-Car Series will include
15 titles, covering a vast array of automobiles, by 2003.
Featuring articles carefully selected from an archive that encompasses the
past 30 years of Special Interest Autos magazine, this unique series is
dedicated to providing readers with entertaining and informative in-depth
glimpses of motoring past and present, illustrating the pleasures and woes of
owning and enjoying some of America's most sought-after automobiles. Each
book focuses on a particular make and offers comprehensive historical reviews,
technical investigations and modern-day driving impressions. The latest three
and all subsequent editions in the series also include resource listings of
all related clubs and parts suppliers, ensuring that they will be a valuable
tool for both the experienced collector and new enthusiasts getting started in
the hobby.
Each driveReport includes specification, production and comparison tables
as well as informative sidebars often penned by the car owners. More than
200 detailed still and action photos fill each edition, with the reviews
authored by some of America's finest auto journalists, including Mike Lamm,
Mike Cook, Rich Taylor, and Arch Brown. Colorful and concise prose ensures
that the articles will delight the well-versed expert and inform the less
knowledgeable.
Priced at only $14.95 per title, this series of books runs counter to the
trend of increasingly expensive automotive hobbyists books. The next three
books in the series -- due out in Spring 2001 -- will feature Hudson, Packard,
and Pontiac.
To order any of The Hemmings Motor News Collector-Car Books, log onto
Hemmings' web site at http://www.hemmings.com, or call 800-227-4373, ext. 550.
Since 1954, Hemmings Motor News has served the collector-car hobby as its
primary trading place and currently carries over 800 pages of hobby
advertising each month to a paid circulation of nearly 260,000 and readership
over 500,000. Loaded with tens of thousands of classified and display ads for
collector cars, trucks and motorcycles, parts and services, clubs and events,
and other hard-to-find resources for the hobbyist, Hemmings has become
indispensable to the collector car enthusiast.
Along with the monthly Hemmings Motor News and bi-monthly Special Interest
Autos, the company also publishes the Hemmings' Vintage Auto Almanac, the
world's most complete directory for the collector-car hobby and industry, as
well as Hemmings Rods & Performance, a hobby/industry directory for street rod
enthusiasts.
Hemmings also offers a complete line of ancillary products, which includes
an extensive line of die-cast models, vintage-vehicle calendars, books, and
clothing, all available by phone or online.
For online hobbyists, http://www.hemmings.com, has greatly expanded its
information franchise, offering an online database of over 30,000 searchable
ads for cars, parts, tools and services plus a host of new features, including
Car Club Central, a unique Online Car Show, and an Online Dealer Showroom,
featuring the collector-car inventories of over 80 classic car dealers coast
to coast.