Illustrated dictionary of automobile body styles / Lennart W. Haajanen ; illustrations by Bertil Nydeń ; foreword by Karl Ludvigsen.
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TextPublisher: Jefferson, N.C. : McFarland & Co., ©2003Description: ix, 165 pages : illustrations ; 27 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 0786412763; 9780786412761; 0786437375; 9780786437375Subject(s): Automobiles -- Bodies -- History -- Dictionaries | Industrial design -- Dictionaries | Automobiles -- Bodies | Industrial designGenre/Form: Dictionaries. | History.Additional physical formats: Online version:: Illustrated dictionary of automobile body styles.; Online version:: Illustrated dictionary of automobile body styles.DDC classification: 629.2/6/09 LOC classification: TL9 | .H23 2003| Item type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Notes | Date due | Barcode |
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 163-165).
"Today's cars fit a fairly small number of body types - sedan, coupe, station wagon, SUV, hatchback, and a few others. Along the way a much greater number of earlier body types have fallen out of use and become historical curiosities. Who today can identify a charabane, a dos-a-dos, or even a phaeton?" "This heavily illustrated dictionary defines all distinct body types ever applied to automobiles anywhere, from the early days when many were closely derived from established types of horse-drawn vehicles ("cars" in their original sense). It explains subtype designations and distinctions between similar types, comments on when and where individual body types were popular, traces how terms have taken on different meanings in different countries or time periods, and clarifies the use and misuse of various terms and designations."--Jacket.
Foreword / Karl Ludvigsen -- The Dictionary.
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