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Classic Customs and Lead Sleds
Bo Bertilsson
- List Price: $24.95
- Our Price: $21.33
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- Used Price: $9.76
- Publisher: Motorbooks
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- Avg. Customer Rating: 3 Stars
Product Details
Product Description: This new companion to hot rod photographer Bo Bertilsson's well-received 1999 release Classic Hot Rods (0-7603-0721-0) features the most influential and recognizable customs (aka, "lead sleds") to come out of the West Coast customizing scene in the last 15 years. Bertilsson's remarkable color photography captures aesthetically traditional lead sleds from such renowned current-day builders as John "The New Kustom King" Dagostino, Rick "The Arizona Kid" Dore, Rick "The Pastel Prince" Zocchi, and Jimmy Vaughn (guitarist extraordinaire of Fabulous Thunderbirds fame). Detailed captions identify each of the machines depicted, while close-up shots reveal the cars' unique features.
- Paperback: 128 pages
- Publisher: Motorbooks
- ISBN: 0760308519
- Dimensions: 10.64 x 8.28 x 0.43 inches
- Weight: 1.27 pounds
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Customer Reviews
- Okay, but not great
- Avg. Customer Rating: 3 Stars
- This is an okay book about modern kustoms, but most of the cars photographed are too untraditional to be considered "Lead Sleds." Most of the cars, including the Caddy on the cover, are of a more street-rod style that was popular a few years back. If you're interested in traditional kustoms I recommend "Barris Customs of the 1950s" instead. If you already own a lot of custom car books (like I do), then this isn't a bad addition. Just be prepared to cringe when the author refers to a car with a Hagan frenched headlight kit and rasberry paint as "a classic custom that could have rolled out of the 1950s".
