"Top Gear": My Dad Had One of Those
by Giles Chapman
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Manufacturer: BBC Books
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Binding: Hardcover
Dewey Decimal Number: 629
EAN: 9780563539193
ISBN: 0563539194
Label: BBC Books
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 160
Publication Date: 2007-05-17
Publisher: BBC Books
Studio: BBC Books
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Customer Rating:
Summary: Enjoyable Read...
Comment: All in all, an enjoyable book. It is always interesting to view something from someone else's perspective; in this case, how the Brits view their father's mundane "daily drivers". Interesting to note how Ford products are viewed as somewhat boring, yet popular because products such as the Cortina and the Gran-Dad, er sorry, Granada, were reliable, durable, and stylish in that they copied their larger American cousins.
I found the Austin 1100 article to be of interest; that car was sold in Canada as the Austin America; in retrospect, it was far ahead of it's time; the current Nissan Versa seems to be an update of the Austin !!
It you buy this book, check out the Hillman Hunter photograph; the car is interesting but you'll see what I am referring to when you buy the book !!
Customer Rating:
Summary: A trip down memory lane.
Comment: A splendid little book, full of humorous nostalgia for the cars your dad and in many cases you possibly also drove with such pride in the 60's 70's and 80's.
A great present for maybe Father's Day or Christmas.
Derek Bissell
Luton,Beds
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Summary: Nostalgia-fest!
Comment: This is a nostalgia-fest for men of a certain age looking back at the cars of their youth, primarily from the 1970s.
Despite sturdy covers and good production, I was disappointed at first by the small dimensions of the book, but once inside I revelled in the (mostly colour) photographs of Hillmans, Fords, Austins and Vauxhalls, many of them coming from original sales brochures. Although primarily geared towards British models, there are foreign cars too: French, German, Swedish and Japanese.
The book is divided into twelve chapters, looking at the different types of car and assigning them to the types of Dad. The finale focusses on Cortina Dad, the summit of Dadness. Each entry has a photograph, a list of stats and a few paragraphs of witty comment from the authors.
Although the book took me less than an hour to read, the style is warmly humorous and down-to-earth and I often found it difficult to repress a chuckle or ten.
This would make a perfect extra present for boys in the 30 to 50 age-range.
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