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Subtitle
The Art of the Deceptively Fast Car
ISBN-10
1613252005
EAN
9781613252000
ISBN
9781613252000
Genre
Travel & Transport
Release Date
24/08/2011
Item Length
216mm
Release Year
2011
Publication Name
Street Sleepers
Type
Paperback
Title
Street Sleepers
Publication Year
2011
Format
Paperback
Language
English
Book Title
Street Sleepers: the Art of the Deceptively Fast Car
Item Height
280mm
Author
Tommy Lee Byrd
Publisher
Cartech
Topic
Motor Vehicles
Item Width
216mm
Item Weight
354g
Number of Pages
146 Pages

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Street racing is now regarded as a highly illicit and dangerous activity, but this was not always the case. For as long as there have been cars, there's been racing, and a lot of acceleration contests took place on public roads. The car owner/drivers were not only competing for pride, but typically there was some kind of cash wager involved. For this reason, it became popular in the 1950s for some enterprising street racers to disguise or hide the true potential hidden within their cars. Taken to its extreme, a very fast car could appear completely unmodified. Such cars were called 'Sleepers, ' since their appearance would lull you to sleep until they passed you at full speed. The art of building a successful sleeper has varied over the decades as styles and times have changed. One fact that remains constant is that the car's appearance belies its performance potential. In Street Sleepers, the secrets are exposed and the owners and builders of some of America's quickest street machines share their deceptive art. Outstanding photography and in-depth owner interviews tell the tale, and even engine specifications and quarter-mile track times are shared. There was a time when such things were well-guarded secrets, but this book truly exposes all the tricks! For anyone who's ever dreamt of building a great sleeper, or has been relieved of some cash by betting against one, this book is a must-have. Countless tales have been told about some secret speed trick or hidden power in an otherwise sedate-looking vehicle, but Street Sleepers is lined with true stories of real cars that live up to the grand hot rodder's tradition of deceptively fast cars. The photos in this edition are black and white.

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Publisher
Cartech
ISBN-13
9781613252000
eBay Product ID (ePID)
209586073

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Book Title
Street Sleepers: the Art of the Deceptively Fast Car
Author
Tommy Lee Byrd
Format
Paperback
Language
English
Topic
Motor Vehicles
Publication Year
2011
Number of Pages
146 Pages

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Item Height
280mm
Item Width
216mm
Item Weight
354g

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Tommy Lee Byrd

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