Cars of the '50s - A Consumer Guide Special Edition - Softcover 1997

"Cars of the '50s - A Consumer Guide Special Edition #1" by the editors of Consumer Guide - Softcover (9" x 11") - Magazine format - Published in 1997 by Consumer Guide - 96 pages (with over 350 great color photos of classic 1950s cars) - EXCELLENT condition. Cars of the 1950s invites readers to celebrate the magnificent automobiles that defined the decade, from the last of the woody wagons in the early 1950s, to the tail-finned chrome mobiles that closed out the era. Each year brought a new twist on longer, lower, wider, along with the ever-taller tailfins and ever more chrome. And don't forget the horsepower race, which prompted many manufacturers to triple power output throughout the 1950s. The Auto Editors of Consumer Guide have compiled a tribute to the cars of the 1950s. More than 350 images showcase the decade's ever larger, more colorful, more powerful automobiles, from the 1951 Chrysler Hemi to the 1959 Cadillac Eldorado. Cars of the 1950s is a historical look at the vehicle