Strange But True Tales of Car Collecting

I really enjoyed this book. So many fun facts, even if your not a car fanatic. The stories were interesting and some of them hard to believe.
Thanks to author, Quarto publishing and NetGalley for the chance to read. While I got the book for free, it had no bearing on the rating I gave it.

An excellent read for any classic car enthusiast with lots of very interesting and almost unbelievable stories about car collectors and their cars. Obviously I enjoyed some stories more than others but they all held my interest and I'm now looking forward to re-telling the tales to my grandson and impressing him.

I believe this is a reprint, but it remains a very interesting book. There are a wide range of chapters on famous cars, rare cars, and plain cars found in unusual circumstances or owned by unusual people.

Entertaining and eclectic mix of true car tales. Will appeal to collectors and appreciators of interesting stories.

I was born into a family of motor heads that are car/racing enthusiast. And, most people I know recognize that rust buckets were once something much more than ...well...rust buckets.

Yes, fully restored might cost a pretty penny but it sure would gleam. And there's nothing better than a car that gleams unless it would be a car that...runs.

The first car I owned was red with black racing stripes but it was not a Ferrari Testarossa.

Over the years, I have attended countless car shows and, I, along with thousands of other bystanders spent our July's at the Grand Lake Festival watching 30-40 Amphicars participate in a “swim-in'. We all experienced a fleeting moment of joy, as these amphibious cars enter the water.

What's better than a car that can swim?

Perhaps, a magical car that can swim and fly.

I admit it. I love the movie Chitty Chitty Bang Bang. Partly because of Dick Van Dyke but mostly because of the car.

I'm fortunate in that I currently live close to the Classic Car Capital of the World. Yes, Auburn is the birthplace of the greatest car show on earth and simply stated, the luxurious Duesenberg uncovered by Jay Leno is smashing.

In all honesty, this is a 5 star read for me. I thoroughly enjoyed studying the details in this book. I'm fond of them all and the Moxie mobile and the Bubble-Screened Boondoggle stood out as the most intriguing.

I’ve grown up in a car family, currently own a classic car and a preserved bus with my partner, so thought this was a perfect book to read! I regularly mix with bus enthusiasts but we don’t tend to show our car, possibility until now that is!

The book is packed full of tales (33 to be exact) from the world of car collectors, written by a collection of people in the know. Striking images make the stories come alive, we are able to the gloss of brand new cars to the rust and deterioration of some classic vehicles.

While there is no need to have any knowledge of cars before reading the book, there are a few detailed stories, these don’t seem to take away any enjoyment should you not understand it (engine types, size and so on) as it’s only a few stories with that much details.

It’s a shame to see some of the states the cars are currently in, it so frustrating to see the state of some of the beautiful cars of the past, with bodies and engines we just can’t replicate today being left. One of the tales regarding a fifty-year-old time capsule really stuck with me, I found myself telling anyone who would listen about it!

It is a book that is easy to dip in and out of, you can read it at your leisure as very few of the tales are linked. I will defiantly be purchasing the book for my father and my father-in-law as I know they both get hours of enjoyment from the book!

I learned a lot about classic cars and car collecting. My favorite was the Moxie Horsemobile -- I never imagined that such a car even existed!