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Vintage Roadside Gift Shop & Archives of Portland, OR

Americana category at AllPosters.com

The Lost Car Registry: Finding The Ones That Got Away

	"The Verse By The Side of The Road: The Story of The Burma-Shave Signs & Jingles" [1977] by Frank Rowsome, Jr. Plume 8x5 pb [9/79] for $10.40 Stephen Greene Press 8¼x5¼ hardcover [9/90] out of print/used Stephen Greene Press 8¼x5½ hardcover [1/77] out of print/many used
	"Blue Highways: A Journey Into America" [1982] by William Least Heat Moon Little Brown 8.2x5½ pb [11/99] for $10.47 Little Brown 8.6x5¾ hardcover [11/99] for $20.97 Nightingale-Conant ABRIDGED audio [11/91] for $11.20 author's official website
	"Orange Roofs, Golden Arches: The Architecture of American Chain Restaurants" [1986] by Philip Langdon Knopf pb [5/86] out of print/used Knopf hardcover [5/86] out of print/used
	"Roadside America: The Automobile & The American Dream" [2000] Photography by Lucinda Lewis Harry N. Abrams 12¼x10 hardcover [10/2000] for $34.65
	"Lost America: The Abandoned Roadside West" [2003] by Troy Paiva Motorbooks Intl 9x9 pb [6/2003] for $13.97
	"Great American Billboards: 100 Years of History By The Side of The Road" [2006] by Fred E. Basten Ten Speed Press 6½x11 pb [12/2006] for $13.57
	"Roadfood: The Coast-To-Coast Guide To 800 of The Best Barbecue Joints, Lobster Shacks, Ice Cream Parlors, Highway Diners, and Much, Much More" [orig 2005, rev 2011] by Jane & Michael Stern Kindle Edition from Random House/Clarkson Potter [5/2011] for $13.99 Clarkson Potter Revised & Updated 9x6 pb [5/2011] for $14.95 Broadway Books '700' edition 9x6 pb [4/2008] out of print/many, many used Broadway Books '600' edition 9x6 pb [4/2005] out of print/many, many used

Roadside  Diners  &  Coffee  Shops

now on a separate page

Motels  &  Motor  Courts

	"Motel America: A State-By-State Tour Guide To Nostalgic Stopovers" [2004] by Andrew F. & Jenny L. Wood Collectors Press 9x6 pb [3/2004] out of print/used
	"Motels: American Retro" [2000] Edited by Alison Moss Sourcebooks 6¾x6½ hardcover [10/2000] out of print/used
	"The American Motel" [2000] by Michael Karl Witzel Motorbooks Intl 10¼x10¼ hardcover [8/2000] out of print/used

Gas  Stations  &  Oil  Companies

	"An Illustrated Guide To Gas Pumps: Identification & Price Guide" [2002] by Jack Sim Krause Publns 10¾x8 pb [7/2008] for $23.09 Krause Publns 10¾x8¼ pb [5/2002] out of print/used
	"Fill'er Up!: The Great American Gas Station" [2007] by Tim Russell Voyageur Press 11x9½ hardcover [11/2007] for $25.55
	"Gas Globes: Amoco to Mobil & Affiliates - With Price Guide" [2006] by Scott Benjamin & Wayne Henderson Schiffer Publng 11x8¼ pb [6/99] for $30.36 "Gas Globes: Pennzoil to Union & Affiliates - With Price Guide" [2006] by Scott Benjamin & Wayne Henderson Schiffer Publng 11x8¼ pb [10/99] for $30.36
	"Gas Stations: Coast to Coast" [2000] by Michael Karl Witzel Motorbooks Intl 10¼x10¼ hardcover [11/2000] for $20.97
	"Roadside Memories: A Collection of Vintage Gas Station Photographs" [1997] by Todd P. Helms & Chip Flohe Schiffer 8½x11 pb [8/97] for $29.95
	"Gas Station Memories" [1994] by Michael Karl Witzel Motorbooks Intl 9x8¼ pb [8/94] for $10.47
	"Pump and Circumstance: Glory Days of The Gas Station" [1993] by John Margolies Little, Brown 10½x9¼ hardcover [11/93] out of print/used
	"The American Gas Station" [1992] by Michael Karl Witzel Motorbooks Intl 8.6x10 pb [10/98] for $17.47 Motorbooks Intl hardcover [4/92] out of print/used

"Fill'er Up: An Architectural History of America's Gas Stations" [1979]
by Daniel I. Vieyra
Macmillan pb [6/80] out of print/used

Vintage  Automobiles  &  Trucks

Woodie Surfing Wagons Page
American Truck Historical Society [est. 1971]
Stanley Steamer, White & Doble steam-powered automobiles
Internet Movie Car Database
Vintage Racing League social networking site
http://www.cmgworldwide.com/coming/stutz.html
http://www.ctmuseumquest.com/?page_id=1695
http://www.oldtimetrucks.org/
http://www.vintagetruckmagazine.com/
America's Car Museum [opening June 2012] in Tacoma, WA
http://www.theautochannel.com
Philadelphia's Simeone Foundation Automotive Museum
Classic Car Liquidators, LLC [est. 2011] based in Sherman, Texas

Vintage Automobiles art posters category at AllPosters.com

	"The Big Book of Car Culture: The Armchair Guide To Automotive Americana" [2005] by Jim Hinckley & Jon G. Robinson Motorbooks Intl. 10½x8½ pb [10/2005] out of print/used
	"Classic Car Commercials and Ad Shorts" on DVD [2010] commercials & 'news' shorts for many brands, including Chevrolet, Corvair, Corvette, Dodge, the futuristic Firebird, General Motors' Frigidaire, Hertz, Oldsmobile, Pontiac, Renault Dauphine, and Volkswagon Beetle PR Studios DVD [3/2010] for $15.99
	"Chevrolet, G.M., and The Golden Age of The American Car" TV ads on DVD [2010] 111 minutes of retro TV commercials and promo shorts, which seem to be all General Motors products PR Studios color/b&w DVD [10/2010] for $15.99
	"Once Upon A Car: The Fall and Resurrection of America's Big Three   Auto Makers - GM, Ford, and Chrysler" [2011] by Bill Vlasic William Morrow 9x6 hardcover [10/2011] for $15.58

Chevrolet Corvette® [1953-2003]
Corvette® 50th Anniversery
Corvette WebRing
Corvettes West in Colton, CA
Corvette® Edition Monopoly® game

	"Corvette: Fifty Years" [2002] by Randy Leffingwell, Photography by David Newhardt Motorbooks Intl. 8¾x7¾ pb [10/2004] out of print/many used Motorbooks Intl. 12½x11 hardcover [11/2002] for $40.16
	"The Complete Book of Corvette: Every Model Since 1953" [2006] by Mike Mueller Motorbooks Intl. pb [DUE 1/2012] for $19.79   Motorbooks Intl. 12¼x11 hardcover [11/2006] for $34.65

	Chrysler entry at Wikipedia

"Chrysler's Turbine Car: The Rise and Fall of Detroit's Coolest Creation" [2010] by Steve Lehto, Foreword by Jay Leno In 1964, Chrysler built a fleet of turbine cars – automobiles with jet engines – and loaned them out to members of the public. The exercise was a raging success: the engines would run on any flammable liquid and contained one-fifth the number of moving parts, requiring much less maintenance; the cars had no radiators or fan belts and never needed oil changes. Yet Chrysler crushed & burned most of the cars two years later. Questions about how and why the program & technologies were killed have still not been satisfactorily answered. Chicago Review Press 9x6 hardcover [10/2010] for $16.47

http://www.amazon.com/Chrysler-Automotive-Genius-History-Personalities/dp/0195147057/

Diamond T cars & trucks [1905-1958] fansite
Ford Motor Company [est. 1903] official history
Franklin air-cooled automobile [1902-34] club
Mack Trucks, Inc [est. 1900] official history pages
Preston Tucker & the 1948 'Torpedo'

	Oldsmobile entry at Wikipedia Oldsmobile Club of America Olds Heritage Center {old site thru Alexa} Encyclopedia of Oldsmobile Bryceman's Olds Site / FAQ Oldsmobile pictures gallery

	Packard entry at Wikipedia The Packard V8 Club The Packard Club National Packard Museum Max Merritt Packard Auto Parts [est. 1960]

Packards Intl. Motor Car Club & annual Packard Grand Salon in Irvine, California in October

	"Packard: A History of The Motor Car & The Company" [2005] by Beverly Rae Kimes Automobile Quarterly 8x9½ hardcover [1/2005] out of print/used
	"Motorbooks Classics: Packard, 1899-1958" [1998] by Dennis Adler Motorbooks Intl. 10x10 pb [7/2004] for $18.21 Motorbooks Intl. hardcover [10/98] for $0.00

                                    

	Studebaker entry at Wikipedia Studebaker Clubs Studebaker History Studebaker National Museum Studebaker pictures gallery

http://www.amazon.com/Storied-Independent-Automakers-Hudson-American/dp/0814334466/
http://www.amazon.com/Six-Built-Modern-Auto-Industry/dp/0760319588/
http://www.amazon.com/Classic-Cars-20th-Century-Automotive/dp/383651463X/

	"Famous Ford Woodies: America's Favorite Station Wagons, 1929-51" [2003] by Lorin Sorensen Ten Speed Press 11¼x10¼ pb [12/2003] for $33.97 Woodie Surfing Wagons Page
	"Ford Station Wagons: 1929-1991 Photo History" [2003] by Paul G. Laughlin Iconografix 8¾x7¼ pb [10/2003] for $24.95
	"Chevrolet Station Wagons: 1946-1966 Photo Archive" [2002] by Robert J. Headrick Jr. Iconografix pb [6/2002] for $29.95
	"Roadside America: The Automobile & The American Dream" [2000] Photography by Lucinda Lewis Harry N. Abrams 12¼x10 hardcover [10/2000] for $34.65
	"Cars: American Retro" [2000] Edited by Alison Moss Sourcebooks 6½x6¾ hardcover [10/2000] for $12.95
	"Legendary Model A Ford: The Complete History of America's Favorite Car" [1999] by Peter Winnewisse Krause Publns 11¼x10¾ 2nd edition hardcover [1/2006] for $26.39
	"A Pictorial History of Chevrolet, 1940-1954: As Told Thru Original Factory Photos From The G.M. Media Archives" [1998] by John D. Robertson M.B.I./Cars & Parts 8¼x10¼ hardcover [11/98] for $29.95
	"A Pictorial History of Chevrolet, 1929-1939: As Told Thru Original Factory Photos From The G.M. Media Archives" [1998] by John D. Robertson M.B.I./Cars & Parts 8¾x10½ hardcover [2/98] out of print/used
	"Model T Ford: The Car That Changed the World" [1994] by Bruce W. McCalley Krause Publns 11x9 hardcover [4/94] for $26.37
	"The Flivver King: A Story of Ford-America" [1937] by Upton Sinclair [1878-1968] "The book was instrumental in the formation of the United Auto Workers' Union." Charles H. Kerr Publg 8¾x6½ pb [3/84] out of print/used Charles H. Kerr Publg pb [1/87] out of print/used
	Auto Restorer Magazine subscribe: 12 issues/year for $20.00 magazine website

Motorcycles, Scooters, et cetera

Indian Motorcycles [1901-2001]

Vintage Motorcycles art posters category at AllPosters.com

'Biker Movies' Film Festival at Magic Lantern

Working Minds / Solutions / Alternative Vehicles Page
New Technologies • Electric-Powered • Human-Powered

Zap® & Zappy®: electric scooters • electric ATVs • electric bikes

"Harley-Davidson 100 Years: Celebration of A Legend" [2002] by Todd Rafferty Motorbooks Intl. 11¾x10¾ hardcover [6/2002] for $19.77

U.S.  Highway  System
The U.S. Highway System began soon after there were cars & trucks; the U.S. Interstate Highway System began in 1956
under President Eisenhower. The two systems are an engineering marvel that Americans take for granted every day.

	"First Highways of America: A Pictorial History of American Roads & Highways From 1900-1925" [1994] by John L. Butler Motorbook Intl 11¼x8¾ hardcover [5/94] for $29.95
	"Divided Highways: Building The Interstate Highways, Transforming American Life [1997] by Tom Lewis Penguin pb [3/99] out of print/many used Viking Adult 9x6 hardcover [10/97] out of print/many, many used
	"The Roads That Built America: The Incredible Story of the U.S. Interstate System" [2005] by Dan McNichol Sterling Publng 10x8½ pb [12/2005] for $11.32
	"21st Century Complete Guide To The Interstate Highway System: Celebrating 50 Years of The Eisenhower Interstate Highway System, plus Archives of Public Roads Magazine" CD-ROM [2007] from the U.S. Government Progressive Management CD-ROM [8/2007] for $19.95
	"U.S. Highway 89: The Scenic Route To Seven Western National Parks" [2009] by Ann Torrence U.S. Highway 89 runs north from Flagstaff, Arizona to Yellowstone (848 miles) and then to the Canadian border (404 miles). Sagebrush Press 11x8½ pb [12/2009] for $29.95 U.S. Highway 89 entry at Wikipedia • U.S. Highway 89 fansite publisher book page • Ann Torrence Photography in Salt Lake City, Utah
	"Interstate 69: The Unfinished History of The Last Great American Highway" [2010] by Matt Dellinger Started twenty years ago, and only partly completed, U.S. Interstate 69 is bogged down in controversy between proponents and opponents of the N.A.F.T.A. & C.A.F.T.A. trade agreements. Completed roads exist in Michigan and Indiana, with plans to run from the U.S.-Canada border to the U.S.-Mexico border, thru Indianapolis, Memphis, Shreveport, and Texas. Scribner hardcover [8/2010] for $18.98
	"The Big Roads: The Untold Story of The Engineers, Visionaries, and Trailblazers Who Created The American Superhighways" [2011] by Earl Swift Houghton Mifflin Harcourt 9¼x6¼ hardcover [6/2011] for $16.07

Coast-To-Coast  Lincoln  Highway
The Highway 40 route, completed in 1915 and modified later, went from New York City thru Pennsylvania,
Indiana, Iowa, Nebraska, Wyoming, Utah & Nevada to San Francisco, California

Lincoln Highway entry at Wikipedia
FXB's U.S. Route 40 fansite

	"The Lincoln Highway: Main Street Across America" [1988] by Drake Hokanson Univ IA Press 10½x9 pb [3/99] for $22.76 Univ IA Press hardcover [6/88] out of print/used
	"Link Across America: A Story of The Historic Lincoln Highway" [for ages 9-12; 1997] by Mary Elizabeth Anderson, illustrated by Randall F. Ray Rayve Productions 10¼x8½ pb [4/97] for $15.95
	"Greetings From The Lincoln Highway: America's First Coast-To-Coast Road" [2005] by Brian Butko Stackpole Books 11¼x8½ hardcover [5/2005] for $26.37
	"The Lincoln Highway: Coast to Coast From Times Square To The Golden Gate" [2007] by Michael Wallis, photographs by Michael S. Williamson W.W. Norton 10½x8½ hardcover [7/2007] for $26.37
	"Lincoln Highway Companion: A Guide To America's First Coast-to-Coast Road" [2009] by Brian Butko Stackpole Books 5½x8¼ pb [4/2009] for $17.79

Coast-To-Coast  U.S.  Highway  20
The route, completed in 1926 to Yellowstone Park and extended to the Pacific Coast in 1940, spans 3,365 miles (5,415 km) and is the longest road in the United States. The highway starts westward from Boston, Massachusetts and crosses the states of New York, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana, Illinois (via Chicago), Iowa, Nebrasks, Montana, Wyoming, Idaho & Oregon.

U.S. Route 20 entry at Wikipedia
RR's U.S. Route 20 fansite

"Twenty West: The Great Road Across America" [2008] by Mac Nelson State Univ NY Press 9x6½ hardcover [5/2008] for $16.50

U.S.  Highway  66
Highway 66 was established in 1926 and officially begins on Adams Street in Chicago, Illinois and wends its way
along 2,448 miles thru Missouri, Kansas, Oklahoma, Texas, New Mexico and Arizona to terminate at the bluffs
in Santa Monica, California overlooking the Pacific Ocean.

Route 66 links pages

Route 66 books pages

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