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Motor City Dream Garages: Amazing Collections from America's Greatest Car City

Motor City Dream Garages: Amazing Collections from America's Greatest Car City
Author: Rex Roy
Creator: Don Sherman
Publisher: Motorbooks
Category: Book

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Avg. Customer Rating: 4.0 out of 5 stars 8 reviews
Sales Rank: 251926

Media: Hardcover
Edition: 1st
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 192
Shipping Weight (lbs): 2.5
Dimensions (in): 10.9 x 9.5 x 0.9

ISBN: 0760329893
Dewey Decimal Number: 629.22207477434
EAN: 9780760329894
ASIN: 0760329893

Publication Date: November 15, 2007
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Product Description
There isn't another place in the world that can match Detroit's automotive history. For nearly a century, what was conceived, designed, produced, and marketed from this town ruled the roads. So it only stands to reason that the Motor City is likely to host some of the country's greatest collector garages.



From the personal home of the man who put America on wheels to the posh residences of current automotive icons such as Bob Lutz, Motor City Dream Garages takes readers on a guided tour of 20-plus of Motown's most interesting garages. Going beyond even these fantastic garagemahals, this book also takes readers inside select company garages for exclusive looks at the unique and important collections amassed by companies such as General Motors and Roush Industries (parent company to Roush Racing, owned by Jack Roush).



If you like both garages and the beautiful machines within, this book is for you!



Book Description
Detroit, home to Big Three executives and ground zero for motor madness, hosts some of the world’s most spectacular garages, parking places of the sort that most of us can only dream of. Motor City Dream Garages takes the reader on a guided tour of 20-plus of Motown's most interesting garagemahals, including those of noted collectors and industry insiders like Bob Lutz, Ed Welburn (head of GM Design), Jack Roush (Roush Fenway Racing), and the Edsel Ford Estate. It is an eye-opening inside look at the loving care that the Motor City lavishes on its own, preserving our automotive dreams for today’s generation as well as tomorrow’s.



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5 out of 5 stars Rex Roy: The Cole Porter of Dream Garages   April 6, 2008
Most great Broadway musicals were the creations of talented songwriter/lyricist teams, e.g., Rodgers and Hammerstein, Lerner and Loewe. The notable exception was Cole Porter, who wrote words and music. Rex Roy, a photojournalist with solid credits (AOL Automotive, The Winding Road et al), is the Cole Porter of the Dream Garage genre. The lyrics are Mr. Roy's clever intertwining of garage-owner stories with his own auto-avid anecdotes; the show-stopping music is his engaging photography of the collector cars, tamed and untamed, corralled inside their dream stables. MOTOR CITY DREAM GARAGES has found a permanent spot on my living room coffee table, but it's seldom parked there long. Like a great car, it's difficult for visitors (and this reviewer) to refrain from "opening it up."


5 out of 5 stars "The Very Best of the Dream Garages"   April 4, 2008


Top drawer. The very top. In this autophile's opinion, Motor City Dream Garages is the quintessential compilation of true garage stories... in its telling, its photos and the Dreamers tinkering therein. A requisite book for the aficionado's library; a nice gift for the person who just admires fine automobiles.



2 out of 5 stars Cashing in on the Original   January 16, 2008
Quite obviously a blatant imitation of Phil Berg's ground-breaking "Ultimate Garages" books, both of which should be standard equipment in every car guy's workshop.


2 out of 5 stars A Cheap Knockoff   December 13, 2007
This is obviously an attempt to capitalize on the success of Phil Berg's Ultimate Garages (Motorbooks Classic), which is a must for any car guy's bookshelf. Motor City Dream Garages: Amazing Collections from America's Greatest Car City falls far short of the target.

For about the same money you can buy Berg's Ultimate Garages II, which is a far better book. UG-II is also better than the original Ulitmate Garages.



5 out of 5 stars Great Read   November 19, 2007
Motor City Dream Garages is a must read. It is a fascinating blend of great photography and text. I thoroughly enloyed the book and would recommend it to anyone who enjoys cars, good photography or just great writing.

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