Spindizzies Gas Powered Model Racers / Eric Zausner

Binding Hardcover
Publication Year1998
Subject model cars
ISBN 9780966723908
Language English

Eric Zausner has published this lavish 250 page large, format (11x17 inch) book containing over 350 color photos of gasoline-powered cars from the 1930's through the 1990's. Vintage photographs, original advertising and engineering drawings add to the history and personalities of this unique hobby.
Each chapter of the book details the diversity of the hobby - from dirt track racers and Indy-style cars, to hot rods, streamliners and European models. An extensive reference section provides pictures and specifications of over 150 production models.
The definitive book on the subject and a true collectors item.

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"These tethered vehicles, powered by internal combustion, are part of a unique style of racing beginning with Depression-era hobbyists from the 1930’s. Being “bullets on wheels”, there is a great racing history to be told and in the future, we will be able to tell it.
This book is a visual feast of Zausner’s mighty gas-powered midget racers. Many are handcrafted using the same type of components of real cars but in a much smaller scale. Some early versions were powered by model airplane engines. Zausner wastes no time drawing the reader in as he features countless Spindizzy images of which many are close to life size. Not only is this a beautiful coffee table book, but an excellent reference that includes the evolution of technology and images of English and European models.
You will not find another book on this subject that is as vibrant as Eric Zausner’s Spindizzies: Gas Powered Model Racers. It is a must have for the hobbyist, designer, tinker, a racing buff, and even the automobile engineer. Find elements of inspiration with each turn of the page."