A History of Car Styling & Craftsmanship. From the days of the Coachbuilders Craft, before the advent of the Motor Car when Horse Drawn was the only practical Option, it took some time before the Motor Car lost its 'Horseless Carriage' nickname & Charactaristics to develop its own identity. But soon practicality gave way to custom built style as the Styling & Body Designers worked separately from the Motor & Chassis Manufacturers but complimented each other well with the finished product. Through the twenties & thirties, Art Deco put in an appearance on many of the Fine Cars from Europe & America, but alas it was all to change for good, with the wave of Mass Production & the off the peg, chassisless cars built completely as a single unit. Style is still here, but en mass, with little opportunity for individual taste, apart from by colour & wheel trim choice! The book runs to 192pp with an abundance of photos portraying the evolution from varying tastes & odd ideas to a long stream of Cloned Clones! The book is in very good condition the jacket likewise witha little minor wear
