About the author:
James Kaster
My credentials are simple. I'm a life-long avid
automotive enthusiast, small collector, experienced with
restorations, skilled part locator, and just a bit absent-minded.
It's that last point that compels me to write these books. While I
store a lot of auto trivia in my brain, there's just too much
detail that no one person can remember. So, it was only natural
for me to compile that information into these books.
I'm not a negative critic. I can find something to appreciate in
any vehicle. Therefore, I present the facts, stats, and quotes
from manufacturers with no personal bias nor personal comments. In
the opening overview, I discuss the characteristics and criteria
that leads to the inclusion of automobiles in the books. It's a
simple approach that allows my readers to draw their own
conclusions about the cars. With the hundreds and thousands of
pictures, these books enable carlovers to compare and contrast
makes, models, and yearly changes.
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THOSE 80s CARS
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dedicated to enthusiasts of the manufacturers of American
owned and branded franchises. These often overlooked cars are
now entering classic and collectible status. This is your
resource guide of exterior and interior views with hundreds of
pages, over 2,400 images (front, back, profiles, interiors,
dashes, seats and a few cut-a-ways), and quotes and stats from
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Those 80s Cars -
American Catalog
Color Pages
By James Kaster
Paperback
List $89.95
AMC/Eagle, Chrysler/Imperial, Dodge,
Plymouth, Ford, Lincoln, Mercury, Merkur, Buick, Cadillac,
Chevrolet/Geo, Oldsmobile, and Pontiac. |
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Those 80s Cars -
AMC & Chrysler edition
Color Pages
By James Kaster
Paperback
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AMC/Eagle, Chrysler/Imperial, Dodge, and
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Those 80s Cars -
Ford edition
Color Pages
By James Kaster
Paperback
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Ford, Lincoln, Mercury, and Merkur
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Those 80s Cars -
GM edition
Color Pages
By James Kaster
Paperback
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Buick, Cadillac, Chevrolet/Geo,
Oldsmobile, and Pontiac
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Those 80s Cars -
American Catalog
Black & White Pages
By James Kaster
Paperback
List $29.95
AMC/Eagle, Chrysler/Imperial, Dodge,
Plymouth, Ford, Lincoln, Mercury, Merkur, Buick, Cadillac,
Chevrolet/Geo, Oldsmobile, and Pontiac. |
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Those 80s Cars -
AMC & Chrysler edition
Black & White Pages
By James Kaster
Paperback
List $14.95
AMC/Eagle, Chrysler/Imperial, Dodge, and
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Those 80s Cars -
Ford edition
Black & White Pages
By James Kaster
Paperback
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Ford, Lincoln, Mercury, and Merkur
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Those 80s Cars -
GM edition
Black & White Pages
By James Kaster
Paperback
List $18.95
Buick, Cadillac, Chevrolet/Geo,
Oldsmobile, and Pontiac
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American Automotive Design Trends |
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The
Couture Car - High Style for High
Society
Color Pages
By James Kaster
Paperback
List $32.95
People like shiny things. Few things are shinier than new
cars: paint, trim and chrome. And people like soft things,
like pillow-top beds, overstuffed sofas and recliners. These
home trends translated into car styles as people wanted to
make more of a statement in their vehicles. They got it in
generous doses of style via the Couture Car.
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The Personal Luxury Car
- Selling a Lifestyle
Color Pages
By James Kaster
Paperback
List $37.95
As the car market proliferated with many
styles, makes and functions, one particular trend elevated the
automobile above the mere transportation-only, family-hauling
and / or workhorse appliance. It was the “Personal Luxury
Car.” Affordable cars could be crafted and massaged into
status symbols for the masses while luxury cars could be
similarly fashioned into a rarer form of distinction.
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Opera Windows -
Fashion over Function
Color Pages
By James Kaster
Paperback
List $24.95
With each passing
generation, attention in collectible cars migrates to vehicles
of more recent decades. Cars of the 1970s and 1980s are now
entering classic and collectible status and one American
automotive design trend that is ubiquitous throughout those
decades is the opera window.
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Lincoln Versailles
By James Kaster
Color Pages
List $47.80
A new breed of
Lincoln arrived in the spring of 1977. This new "international
sized" Lincoln was Ford's response to increasing competition from
European luxury makes and the successful introduction of the
Cadillac Seville. It was also a response to consumers' demands for
more fuel efficient cars during a decade of oil embargoes, rising
gasoline prices and federally mandated CAFE standards. Despite its
meager origins, the Lincoln Versailles offered superb comfort and
convenience in the luxury compact class. Following Cadillac's lead
with the Seville, Lincoln priced the Versailles higher than the
rest of the line. In this book, read about the history, compare
facts and features, browse through media kits and brochures, see
dealer product comparisons, view customized models, and even build
a paper model. |
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