America's Wildest Show Rods of the 1960s and 1970s: Analysis and Opinions from George Barris, Darryl Starbird, Candy Joe Bailon, and Others

from Chris177

I won this book as an "Early Reviewer" on LibraryThing and I am so glad that I did. I have always loved those crazy cars of the '60s and '70s and now I know more about them. This book is full of photos and history and is a very interesting read. Many of the cars covered are some of my favorites i...

from johnnyapollo

WOW! Scotty Gosson sold me with his Rat Rods book and this lavishly produced volume (with the same, high-quality production values) is no slouch, combining many of my favorite collecting genres (Hot Rodding, Model Kits and classic TV) into a single book with all color photography and expert notes...

from Kegan

I received a copy of this book as part of LibraryThing Early Reviewers. It was an amazing book filled with wonderful pictures. I wound up bringing it to work to share with my coworkers who are all car nuts and 3 of them went online and pre-ordererd it right away! I would definitely get this book ...

from gtown

This is an easy decision. If the title 'America's Wildest Show Rods of the '60s & '70s' grabs your attention then this is a 5 star book and you should read it. If not, then pass it by. Very cool book full of pictures, stories and commentary by the creators of over 60 amazing cars. Each flip of th...

from bill

America's Wildest Show Rods are the cars of my teenage years and I built the models that some of them inspired. Ed "Big Daddy" Roth and George Barris were two of my favorites. While it is true that they were over the top by the end of the run in the 1970s, the recent show rods they inspired are s...