Synopses & Reviews
Witness the evolution of the American auto factory beginning with the basic hand-built assembly of cars built in the earliest part of the twentieth century, through the age of the assembly line, up to today's robotically-operated lines. Large photographs of the assembly lines in action send readers into nostalgic old factories. See the workers, the tools, the methods and the machines that combined their efforts with the ingenuity of industry players like Henry Ford, Ransom Olds. Walter Chrysler, and others to make possible the automobile's worldwide proliferation and availability. Flash back in time to witness the factories decade by decade in never-before published vintage photographs. Featured automakers include Ford, GM and Chrysler, along with smaller companies like Packard, Studebaker, Duesenberg and Auburn. Significant automotive industry events of the past combined with today's technological advances deliver a dynamic photographic look at the auto factories of yesterday and today.
Review
Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL), March 13, 2006 (combined circ.: 100,000) An exciting pictorial jaunt through the history of American automobile manufacturing
If you like cars, youll want to add this 192-page, large-format book to your collection.”
About the Author
Joe Cabadas is an automotive journalist whose work has appeared in several industry trade journals, including Automotive News. He lives in Dearborn, Michigan. St. Paul, Minnesota author Byron Olsen wrote Station Wagons