A Man & His Car Av Matt Hranek

<B>A <I>Robb Report </I>Best Coffee Table Book to Gift in 2020<BR/><BR/> A <I>Sports Car News</I> and <I>InsideHook</I> Best Coffee Table Book for Car Lovers</B><BR/><BR/><B>Celebrate That Special Bond Between Men and Cars, and the Stories That Connect Them</B><BR/><BR/> Discover actor and director Ed Burns talking about his 1969 Oldsmobile Cutlass Supreme, a model he’d been dreaming about since his days pumping gas. NBA legend Shaquille O’Neal, whose favorite cars are trucks—he loves the wow factor of an International CV Series 6.6. Or Jay Leno on his 1955 Buick Roadmaster, big enough for him to sleep in while trying to make it as a comic. Filled with stunning photographs of the whole cars and of the exquisite details that make car lovers’ hearts beat just a little faster, as well as more than 80 personal stories, it’s a joy for every reader who knows that a car is never just a car.

Matt Hranek publiserte boken A Man & His Watch og følger nå opp med A Man & His Car. Boken er en hyllest til den besettelsen menn har til sine biler. Talkshow-legenden og stand-up artisten Jay Leno forteller om sin kjærlighet til en av sine eldste biler, en Buick Roadmaster fra 1955, som han bokstavelig talt sov i før han slo igjennom. Andre personer og biler som omtales i denne hyllesten er Kevin Costners Shelby Mustang, Snoop Dogg Cadillac "Snoop DeVille" fra 1965 og Teslas sjefsdesigner Franz von Holzhausen, Teslas kjærlighet til biler og mange flere spennende historier, bilder og dypdykk i disse ikoniske bilenes detaljrikdom. A Man & His Car besøker dessuten den eksklusive bilsamleren Petersen Automotive Museum og får tilgang til blant annet Elvis Presleys DeTomaso Pantera fra 1971 som ble kjøpt til hans daværende kjæreste Linda Thompson. Bilen har tre kulehull i interiøret som fremdeles er synlige i dag. Fakta 240 sider Språk: Engelsk Forfatter: Matt Hranek Fotograf: Matt Hranek Forlag: Artisan Utgivelsesår: 2020 Mål: 29,5x18,5x3cm Innbundet ISBN: 9781579658922

A Man & His Car omfatter besøk til noen av verdens mest eksklusive samlinger – fra Petersen Automotive Museum til bilprodusenter fra Fiat til Ford – som gir oss tilgang til Steve McQueens favorittbil, en Jaguar XKSS fra 1956 og en Detomaso Pantera fra 1971, som Elvis kjøpte til sin daværende kjæreste Linda Thompson (og som har to kulehull i rattet og ett i gulvpanelet). En sjelden 24 karat gullbelagt DeLorean DMC-12 fra 1980 presenteres også – en modell som kun ble solgt til medlemmer med Ame

Man-about-town and NYC men's style fixture Matt Hranek is back with his second book, A Man & His Car. Here is a beautiful homage to an object of men's obsession, told in firsthand and original interviews. Jay Leno, a major car collector and the host of Jay Leno's Garage, shares the story of his oldest car, a 1955 Buick Roadmaster that he bought for $350, which he literally slept in before getting his break in L.A.Kevin Costner reveals that he got so attached to the iconic Shelby Mustang he drove in the movie Bull Durham, he bought it for his own personal collection. Franz von Holzhausen, chief designer at Tesla, who worked hand in hand with Elon Musk to design the Tesla Model S prototype, says that his love of cars started when he was two (as evidenced by a picture of him sitting in a high chair drawing a car). And as for Snoop Dogg and his 1965 Cadillac "Snoop DeVille" convertible--do we even need to explain? A Man & His Car includes visits to some of the most exclusive collections in the world--from that of the Petersen Automotive Museum to those of car manufacturers from Fiat to Ford--giving us access to Steve McQueen's favorite car, a 1956 Jaguar XKSS; the 1971 DeTomaso Pantera that Elvis purchased for his then-girlfriend Linda Thompson (and which has two bullet holes in the steering wheel and one in the driver's-side floorpan from when, after an altercation with Thompson, Presley fired three rounds into the interior when the car wouldn't start); and a super-rare, 24-karat-gold-plated 1980 DeLorean DMC-12, a model that was sold exclusively to American Express Gold Card members through the 1980 American Express catalog, for an astronomical $85,000 (equivalent to more than $250,000 today).Exquisite photos of each car accompany each story, and since cars naturally hold more detail than watches, there will be more photos in this book--of the cars head-on, of their hood ornaments and wheels, and of course full-body shots. With Hranek's storytelling, the cars become more than just vehicles for transportation and status symbols; they represent pop-culture moments, pioneering achievements, heirlooms, friendships, and more.