Ford Books

Reading this excellent book is like taking a time-machine back to the mid-1960s, when Ford's GT-40s and Shelby Cobra coupes battled reigning champion Ferrari in the world's longest sports-car endurance races. Add the plucky Chaparral team from Texas to the mix, and it was a great time to be a racing fan.

The book recounts Chaparral's upset victory at the 12-hour Sebring race in '65. It's got just the right combo of great photos (most or all by Dave Friedman, one of the best in the biz), recollections of many of the drivers and mechanics who ran the race, and text by Harry Hurst.

A must-have book for racing fans who remember the good ol' days, or anyone who wants to know what racing was like in simpler, less-corporate and arguably more exciting times.

Audubon kept a journal for his wife, who stayed behind in Louisiana, and it is filled with the observations of an unworldly American in England. He is excruciatingly shy, and very apprehensive about how his drawings and paintings will be received.A heartwarming, funny, very human look at America's great naturalist/artist.

I am prejudiced since I am the author. Contrary to what this says the book is still available from the Early Ford V-8 Club. Go to their website, www.earlyfordV8.org.

Here are a couple reviews from other people:

"I'm impressed. This is a great book! I have shown it to a few friends and they can hardly put it down."
-Jerry Jensen, Subject matter expert, Camarillo California, Dec. 6, 2000.

"Our 1938-1939 Ford Manual just came in the mail. What a superb job you did. John hasn't put it down since it came. John says "it's extremely thorough, very instructive, automatically will help every '38 and `39 restorer fantastic job."
-Ruth Owen, wife of John Owen, car owner, e-mail December 26, 2002.

"My hat's off to you for the fine job on the `38-'39 Ford book.
I have just picked up my copy at the Turlock swap meet and I have been unable to put it down. The `39 Ford line has always been my favorite, but until now, the information on them has been limited. Now, I can find the answer to almost any question I have about them.
Again, kudos to you for a job well done."
-Henry Dominguez, Author, Edsel, The Story of Henry Ford's Forgotten Son; Edsel Ford and E.T. Gregorie; The Ford Agency, Danville, California, letter January 28, 2003.

If you own a 1938 or 1939 Ford, go ahead and make out a check for $34.95 to the Early Ford V-8 Club of America, because they have what you need-Gary Mallast's six-year labor of love, the definitive restorer's guide to 1938 and 1939 Ford cars. Mallast studied 1938-39 Fords down to their minutest detail and compiled it for the convenience of his fellow Ford owners, resulting in an effort that would make owners of other marques outright jealous. The product of Mallast's work can tell you if your window crank handle fits a 1938 DeLuxe or 1939 Standard model, what the seat pattern should look like on your 1938 Standard coupe, or which engine heads are correct for your flathead, through more than 600 illustrations, some in color. The book's spiral construction also makes it easy to handle when you're scrounging parts at a swap meet or salvage yard. You'll find the information in the book's 250-plus pages so handy you may want two copies-one for the trunk and another for the library!
To obtain your own copy of the $34.95 post-paid book, visit www.earlyfordv8.org or write to Linda McDonald at 1752 Darwin Avenue, Livermore, CA 94550.
-Angelo VanBogart, Old Cars Weekly, March 6, 2003

Dear Jerry, (V-8 Times editor Jerry Windle)
Just received my copy of The 1938-39 Ford Book for Passenger cars published by the Early Ford V-8 Club and what a treasure trove of information it contains. The descriptive diagrams, drawings, and photographs are outstanding. The Index, narrative outline and subtitles makes reading clear, orderly and concise. From glass to tools, it's got it covered.
I only wish it was available ten years ago when I was trying to verify data on a 1939 Standard Ford Coupe and fine original for the Rouge Class. "Bravo" to author, Gary J. Mallast, for his outstanding achievement. The Early Ford V-8 Club of America, Inc. can be proud!!
Jeff E. Howie III
Norfolk, Virginia

A fantastic reference book for all Hot rod & ford fans. Everything you always wanted to know about the '32 Ford and so much more that you didn't think you wanted to know! A great coffee table book for the Hot Rodder!

The first time I met Eleanor Crockett I had just unlocked the door to Paperbacks Plus, the used bookstore Pat Ellis Taylor (now Littledog) and Chuck Taylor once ran at 4th and Lavaca in Austin. Eleanor sashayed in wearing a black body stocking and a wrap-around skirt, introduced herself and proceeded to move slowly around the front room of the store while declaiming loudly that having gone too long a time without sex had gone beyond frustration and was beginning to cause her a lot of discomfort she was going to have to do something about. She was saying this, mind you, to a sleepyhead sales clerk literatus having the first sips of his first morning coffee during the first moments of a day on the job. That is precisely the temperament at work in her poetry. She makes it all charming.

Estelle Ford-Williamson's excellent book portrays life in the early and middle 1800s in Georgia and South Carolina. The book reminds us that, contrary to popular media and even many history books, not all Southerners supported slavery and conflicts between Tories and Whigs survived the Revolution.

Abbeville Farewell describes the difficulties of frontier life for the Morgan family. With vivid images of untouched Georgia forests and the squalor of early Atlanta, Ford-Williamson places us in the center of the Morgan family's struggle to survive and retain their principles and integrity in the face of open hostility from some of their neighbors. Conflicts with slave owners and former Tories form the backdrop for this lovely novel, some of which is based on actual events and people.

Kids with good reading skills and a bilingual background will enjoy Abra Cadabra, Patas de Cabra, a Spanish/English story of a ten-year-old boy's journey to take a message from one community to another. He faces trials and troubles along the way but soon proves his abilities.

This middle-upper elementary picture book is instructional, and because of the focus on African Americans, a unique perspective. The variety of real-life photos and drawings are fascinating. Maps and timelines provide useful information, suggesting this book might be an excellent and interesting choice. Before reading this book, on a big pad, the teacher may want to list every concept or topic students know or think might relate to the book. This approach will give the teacher knowledge about the students' knowledge level and help focus their thinking for the study of the material.

My nephew is such a huge fan of the movie, "Dinosaur". He wants to know everything about Aladar, and this book has everything you ever wanted to know about him. What a joy it was to find this book. Now I'm getting one for all his cousins!!

This is a Spanish Literature Classic..written by Pedro Antonio de Alarcon. We-written by Mr. Ford, the Professor of French and Spanish (Harvard) and also Guillermo Rivera, Assistant Professor of Spanish in Harvard Univeristy. If you are learning beginning Spanish, this is a good book to start reading literature from.