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iCARumba Bookshelf
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The Family Handyman Simple Car Care and Repair
While there are some really good car care guides on the market, this one is hard to beat. It is one of the best general car care books in publication, and is chock full of clever ideas and imaginative tips on automobile maintenance and repair.
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Cruise-O-Matic: Automobile Advertising of the 1950s
There is a certain sense of nostalgia wrought by colored renderings featuring three-ton Hudsons, gleaming Nashes, and the beefy, chrome-laden, tail-finned offerings from Ford, General Motors and Dodge that perhaps no other set of media could evoke as well as the ads collected by author Yasutoshi Ikuta. If you like gleaming chrome grills, big tailfins, and the golden age of American automobiles, this book delivers the best examples of a bygone age.
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Auto Audio 2nd Edition
As a resource for audio lovers who want to get the best out of their car’s sound system, Auto Audio by Andrew Yoder (McGraw-Hill Publishing) tells it all, from acquisition and installation to the listening experience.
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Big-Block Mopar Performance: High Performance and Racing Modifications for B and RB series engines.
One of the most popular engine choices for bracket, street and professional racing is the B-series big-block Chrysler engine. Luckily, B-series enthusiasts now have a source for buildup information. Author Chuck Senatore is the owner of Muscle Motors, a high performance engine building company and an expert in B-series and RB-series Chrysler engines.
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Jesse Alexander: Forty Years Of Motorsport Photography
In the history of motorsports, perhaps no photographer is better known than Jesse Alexander. He began photographing racing back in the mid-1950s when he went to Mexico to document the great La Carrera Panamerica. He has also photographed virtually all the great Formula One races, and more recently, turned his attention to the Indy 500.
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Total Car Care for the Clueless
Lady mechanic Ren Volpe has written a fun, funny, and informative book for people who aren't automotive experts.
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Car$mart
A 15-year veteran of auto repair service writes about saving money and avoiding scams and ripoffs - while getting the kind of service you want and your car needs.
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Chilton's Easy Car Care 4th Edition
The latest edition of an old standard lives up to the Chilton tradition: sound, basic information for the layman and the slightly adventurous amateur mechanic about how your car works and how to keep it working right.
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