{"product_id":"auburn-reo-franklin-and-pierce-arrow-versus-cadillac-chrysler-lincoln-and-packard","title":"Auburn, Reo, Franklin and Pierce Arrow versus Cadillac, Chrysler, Lincoln and Packard","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLAST COPY AVAILABLE !!!  BRAND NEW. Author: Brooks T. Brierley, Hardbound, 159 Pages, ISBN: 0961579110, 9780961579111, \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e1st Edition, 1991\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eE. L. Cord's 1934 plan to merge the remaining independent luxury car manufacturers—Auburn, Reo, Franklin and Pierce-Arrow—to better compete against the four Detroit luxury cars—Cadillac, Chrysler Imperial, Lincoln and Packard—recalls the apogee of the American luxury automobile in the late 1920s and early 1930s.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThey were very special automobiles—the best ever built in the United States.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eHere is a new photograph collection of them when new, shown in both formal factory publicity form and in period scenes illustrating their use: Auburns in Bahia and the Casper, Wyoming winter a Packard coachbuilt in Danzig, a Cadillac 16,000 feet high in the Bolivian Andes, a Peerless on the streets of Havana. A coachbuilder's pencil sketch reveals the most spectacular Duesenberg was designed but never built.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMargaret Bourke-White's photograph studies for Pierce-Arrow remain one of the most intriguing shoots of automobiles. And there is a stunning Lincoln sedan with trim designed to mimic the curve of a monkey's tail.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAll the photographs and illustrations are single page, reproduced in 300-line photographic screen printing to preserve the clarity and sharpness characteristic of that era's silver nitrate photography.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Coconut Grove Publishers","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47628348260572,"sku":"9780961579111","price":299.95,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0814\/8297\/3404\/files\/0961579110__15599.1594781731.1280.1280.jpg?v=1772095867","url":"https:\/\/automotobookshop.com.au\/products\/auburn-reo-franklin-and-pierce-arrow-versus-cadillac-chrysler-lincoln-and-packard","provider":"Automoto Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}