{"id":493776,"date":"2014-04-01T00:14:24","date_gmt":"2014-04-01T07:14:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportscardigest.com\/\/?p=12520"},"modified":"2024-01-04T22:02:37","modified_gmt":"2024-01-04T22:02:37","slug":"showcase-april-2014","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/showcase-april-2014\/","title":{"rendered":"[Book Review] Art of the Classic Car"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\">Art of the Classic Car<\/h2>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\">By Peter Harholdt<\/h3>\n<p>Art of the Classic Car features the stunning studio photography of Peter Harholdt (Art of the Hot Rod, Art of the Muscle Car), lavished on the most significant automobiles from the classic era\u2014the 1910s to early 1940s. Every page contains frame-quality portraits of some of the most important cars ever made, with each car accompanied by a short essay from Peter Bodensteiner that places the model contextually within automotive history. Twenty-five different examples are featured including such vehicles as the 1930 Bentley Speed Six \u201cBlue Train Special,\u201d the 1933 Pierce-Arrow Silver Arrow and the 1938 Alfa Romeo 8C2900B, among others. Complete with period ads and promotional art, Art of the Classic Car is among one of the most beautiful pictorial histories of classic cars ever produced.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">$50.00 from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.motorbooks.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">www.motorbooks.com<\/a><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/SC2-201404-p1-1.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-522379 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/SC2-201404-p1-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"941\" height=\"799\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/SC2-201404-p1-1.jpg 941w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/SC2-201404-p1-1-300x255.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/SC2-201404-p1-1-100x85.jpg 100w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/SC2-201404-p1-1-770x654.jpg 770w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/SC2-201404-p1-1-293x249.jpg 293w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 941px) 100vw, 941px\" \/><\/a><\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Art of the Classic Car By Peter Harholdt Art of the Classic Car features the stunning studio photography of Peter Harholdt (Art of the Hot Rod, Art of the Muscle Car), lavished on the most significant automobiles from the classic era\u2014the 1910s to early 1940s. 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