Outboard
Motors
The
Golden Age of the Racing Outboard
By
Peter Hunn A
Zinger from the '50s!
Book Specifications:
ISBN: 0-9640070-6-1
Total Page Count: 240
Trim Size: 7 x 10
Illustrations: Approximately 140
Price: $34.95
 Save
30% when ordering both Golden Age
and Vintage Culture. Pay just $48.93 plus
s/h.
Click
Here to Look Inside this Book!
Here
it is at last -- the book on racing outboards and the boats they
powered. The author spent several years interviewing those who lived
the Golden Age, or knew firsthand those who did. He's gathered their
 stories
and an incredible collection of photographs of engines and boats.
A "catalog" of racing outboards is just one of the highlights.
Included are models from Caille, Champion, Chris-Craft, Cross,
Elto, Evinrude, Hubbell, Johnson, Lockwood, Martin, and others.
The author was granted special access to the photo archive of Hank
Bowman who, in addition to covering races for the Boston Globe
and numerous boating magazines, drove incredibly fast, skittish
little hydroplanes until his unfortunate death in 1966. This book
will be a source of enjoyment and ongoing reference for collectors,
enthusiasts, and nostalgia buffs.
|
WHAT
THE REVIEWERS SAY...
"Hunn
is a plywood romantic and this book is his love letter
to the sport of racing outboards…The Golden Age of
the Racing Outboard is an affectionate and highly informative
look at the motors, boats and people who created the special
machines and exciting times that we remember as stock racing's
finest years. Whether you are a new or long time collector,
this is a book you'll refer to again and again.
— ACBS Rudder, Fall 2001
|
 The
Vintage Culture of Outboard Racing
By
Peter
Hunn
The
Sequel Has Arrived!
Book Specifications:
ISBN: 1-928862-06-3
Soft-cover
Publication Date: Nov. 2002
Trim Size: 7" x 10"
Page Count: 240 Pages
Illustrations: Approx 150
Cover: 4-colors
Price: $34.95
Save
30% when ordering both Golden Age
and Vintage Culture. Pay just $48.93 plus
s/h.
Click
Here to Look Inside this Book!
This is the much anticipated sequel
to Peter Hunn's The Golden Age of the Racing Outboard.
Unique in concept, Vintage Culture is the first book to
capture the colorful story of the people, events, and organizations
that paved the way for modern outboard boat racing in America. The
book offers a compelling, personal look at the famous and little
known men and women who participated in an immensely colorful and
rewarding sport. Author Hunn ranges from those in the Prop Master's
Hall of Fame to the amateurs who formed the sport's backbone. The
primary time period is from the late 1940s to the late '60s. This
exciting new book is profusely illustrated with dozens of historical
b/w images. Vintage Culture is a book for those who lived
the postwar story of American outboard boat racing and for those
nostalgic enthusiasts and collectors who wish they there.
Beautiful
Outboards
By Peter
Hunn
Gorgeous
Outboards in Full-color!
Book
Specifications:
ISBN: 1-928862-04-7
Hard Cover
Total Page Count: 128 Pages
Trim Size: 8 1/2" x 11"
$36.95
Click
Here to Look Inside this Book!
Eager
outboard enthusiasts have been looking forward to this new title
and what a book it is! Beautiful Outboards is a publishing first.
Finally, the outboard motor gets its due in this glorious, full-color book.
From the first Submerged Electric models and the pioneering Watermans
to the early Evinrudes, Johnsons, Cailles, Eltos, and others, the
book presents the stories of the motors and their builders. You'll
find tiny fishing "putt putts" and
flat-out racers, motors that propelled generations of waterskiers,
and motors that took legions of families out for an afternoon at
the local lake. This is a book full of wonderful surprises such
as the amazingly styled Thor Streamliner, a fascinating Hubbell
racer, the incredible Clarke Troller, the unusual Zundapp, and
others. The period covered runs from the early 1900s to the 1960s,
and the motors included come from several important collections
in the US and Canada. Recalling a wonderful period in boating history,
and chock full of beautifully restored motors, this is a book that
virtually every outboard collector and enthusiast will want.
|
WHAT
THE REVIEWERS SAY...
“The
full color pictures show off the motors as if they were
swimsuit models.”-- Great Lakes Boating, June 2003
|
<<Back
|
