O'Brien's Collecting Toy Cars & Trucks, Identification and Value Guide, 4th Edition

O'Brien's Collecting Toy Cars & Trucks, Identification and Value Guide, 4th Edition Review

Built tough enough to withstand the demands of any collector, this indispensable identification and price guide, now in the 4th edition, has been completely updated.

The trusted name in collecting toy cars and trucks provides readers with over 300 manufacturers organized alphabetically, and more than 15,000 listings - some not listed anywhere else - priced in up to three grades of condition!

Contains pressed steel, die-cast, slush-molded, promotional models, rubber toys, Japanese tin, and tin litho. With nearly 45,000 current market prices for Buddy L, Dinky, Corgi, Keystone, Johnny Lightening, Marx, Auburn Rubber, Tonka, Structo, Nylint, Matchbox, Hot Wheels, Tootsie Toy, Wyandotte, and Ertl, enthusiasts are sure to find a value for every toy in their collection. Read more...

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Pickups: Classic American Trucks

Pickups: Classic American Trucks Review

The first American pickup truck was introduced in 1896, as part of the similarly great industrial revolution: The King High Wheeler built by a Chicago machinist. As they developed, the first major manufacturer, Ford, brought forth the Model C Delivery Van in 1905. It was not a runaway success. They produced 10. The 1914 Dodge was another matter. Sales: 30,000.

Here are glorious vehicles, purchased for a song or traded for a shotgun; lovingly restored for thousands of dollars; and proudly entered in contests and shows.

"Old pickup trucks don't merely recall a simpler America or a better America. They ARE America. Pickups reflect this country's essence in its purest and most concentrated form. An old truck is a novel by Faulkner, a drawing by Rockwell, a building by Wright. It is Spencer Tracy in Bad Day at Black Rock, Henry Fonda in The Grapes of Wrath, Gary Cooper in High Noon.

These basic, rugged reliable vehicles have a remarkably widespread appeal. In researching this book we found old pickup trucks owned by farmers, lawyers, furniture makers, doctors, inn keepers, actors, plumbers and musicians. Some drive their trucks every day. Others have lovingly restored their pickups and drive them sparingly. But all the owners share the same singular experience: whenever they take their pickups out for a spin, people stop and tell them that this truck of theirs is the most beautiful thing they have ever laid eyes on." -- Harry Moses Read more...

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Sleeping Beauties USA: Abandoned Classic Cars & Trucks

Sleeping Beauties USA: Abandoned Classic Cars & Trucks Review

Sleeping Beauties USA honors rusted and forgotten automotive treasures that have been found parked alongside the highways of America, waiting to be discovered again. Rather than showcasing typically brilliant, highly rebuilt show queens, the book instead explores the transience and inherent beauty of a car’s life, captured through stunning and evocative photography.

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