The Ford Model V-8 was introduced in March of 1932. Seeming at first to be merely a new eight-cylinder vee-type engine packaged in a body so similar in appearance to the Model A, many overlooked the significance of the event. Regardless, America was then embarked on an exciting automotive image and the first "primitive" Ford V-8 engine became the first of a common line that except for the War would last until 1954! Twenty-two years followed in which the basic power plant of the Ford motor car would be relatively unchanged! 
America in its desire for the new, or the different, or the "better" went on a buying spree. Purchasers eagerly sought the "next year's model" and people everywhere became conditioned by advertising and by their environment to dispose of the old and acquire the new. True, changes were made, many of them appearances changes only, but fundamentally the differences in the succeeding Ford V-8 models were largely in appearance and these changes contributed little to the improvement of the basic item, a reliable, rugged. sturdy, and comfortable vehicle. Above all, "a car for the masses"

V-Eight Affair: An Illustrated History of the Pre-War Ford V-8 (The Ford Road Series, Vol. 3)

Engineering & Transportation

Miller, Ray

Embree, Glenn

Automotive

Lincoln Publishing (NY)

The Chevrolet Corvette is more than just a fine automobile. It is a legend in its own time. The uniqueness of the mass-produced, glass-reinforced, plastic-bodied automobiles combined with styling that leads the Industry captured the hearts of thousands of soon-to-be Corvette enthusiasts. 
 Corvette has been called "The Real McCoy", "America's Only Sports Car". and "The American Dream", but no matter what you call it, the Corvette is an American Classic! It is one of very few automobiles ever produced that generates its own excitement and makes driving it something more than simply getting from Point A to Point B. 
"The Real Corvette defines in over 1200 photographs the characteristics and details of the Corvette from inception through the 1975 models. Historians and Restorers alike will treasure the defining views presented of the evolving cars.

The Real Corvette: An Illustrated History of Chevrolet's Sports Car

Evergreen Pr

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