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 The Untold Story of Detroit's Secret Concept Car Builder
The Untold Story of Detroit's Secret Concept Car Builder

The Untold Story of Detroit's Secret Concept Car Builder

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The Untold Story of Detroit's Secret Concept Car Builder
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This is a print on demand (POD) book with color photos. The paper and photo quality in this book, although good, often does not match the original version but the information remains the same.

The most exhaustive and complete account of the Creative Industries’s 40-plus-year history of creating dream, prototype, concept, and one-off cars.

Get the exclusive story behind the automotive creations at Creative Industries of Detroit from Dwight D. Eisenhower’s 1950 Presidential Limousine to the 1993 Mustang Mach III concept cars and more.

Dream cars examined, with great detail, in this volume include the Ford Atmos-FX, Mercury XM-800, Dodge Granada, Packard Balboa, Packard Panthers, Packard Request, Ford Mystere, Corvette Corvair, Dodge Daytona, Plymouth Superbird, DeLorean, and many more. An amazing amount of hardware was constructed, each made separate from the other and with a high level of secrecy. The careers of the company's founder, Fred Johnson, and his successor, Rex Terry, are featured to show how two former Chrysler employees led the most diverse automotive firm in all of Detroit.

As America entered the postwar 1950s, a resurgence by the auto manufacturers enabled them to create the most eccentric and extravagant automobiles of all time. Fierce competition between designers from General Motors, Ford, Chrysler, and independents, such as Packard, all turned to one car builder nestled firmly in America's bustling automotive mecca to help design the most elaborate prototype and concept cars ever: Creative Industries of Detroit.

This all-inclusive book is the first ever on the subject and features behind-the-scenes images and interviews that have never before been published. Whether you are a Creative Industries of Detroit guru, fan of concept cars, or a general automotive enthusiast, this book is an excellent addition to your shelf.

TABLE OF CONTENTS:

Acknowledgments 
About the Author 
Introduction 
Chapter One: The Tradition of Car Body Makers
Chapter Two: Beginnings, Endings and the Genius of Founder Frederick H. Johnson 
Chapter Three: Rex A. Terry and the Beginnings of Creative Industries of Detroit 
Chapter Four: It Wasn’t All Cars: Big and Small Things You Never Knew They Did 
Chapter Five: The Early Years, Ike’s Cosmo and the Mercury XM-800 
Chapter Six: Dodge Granada and More Alliances with Mitchell-Bentley 
Chapter Seven: Mopar Packards or Packard Mopars 
Chapter Eight: Manly Men and Behind the Scenes with the Corvette Legacy 
Chapter Nine: Ford FX-Atmos and Creative’s Mastery of Fiberglass 
Chapter Ten: Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow: The Packard Request and the Packard Predictor 
Chapter Eleven: The Stainless Steel Cars and John Z. De Lorean’s Dream 
Chapter Twelve: Ford Mystere and Kiddie Cars 
Chapter Thirteen: El Morocco, Floating on Air, Plymouth XP-VIP and Junior Plymouths Too! 
Chapter Fourteen: The Oil Crisis, Electric Cars and Autocycles 
Chapter Fifteen: The Dodge Charger and Mopar Wing Cars 
Chapter Sixteen: Virgil Exner’s Stutz Blackhawk and Firestone’s LXX Tires 
Chapter Seventeen: AMX/3, AM-General, Buses, the Mighty HUMMER and People Movers 
Chapter Eighteen: Creative’s Many Locations and a Last Look at Mustang Prototypes and Concepts 
Chapter Nineteen: The Creative Legacy
Specifications
Publisher: CarTech Books/SA Design
Paperback: 194 Pages w/ 410 Photos
Dimensions: 8.5 x 11.0 x 1.0 inches
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