1945-1960 American 'Independent' Automakers History Book

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The book is an overview of the attempts by major makes, such as Kaiser-Frazer, Willys, Packard, Studebaker, Tucker, Nash, and Hudson, to compete with the 'Big Three' in America. The 'Independents' were the first to introduce all-new models after the war in an attempt to increase their market share and ensure the future.


Detailed captions and supportive text combine with the use of contemporary brochures, period literature, factory photos, and over 90 new, previously unpublished color photos of restored examples to relate the importance of these historic vehicles. This book looks at all the major makers, focusing on the innovations, unique styling and features, and why, ultimately, all failed.

Norm Mort
"American 'Independent' Automakers AMC to Willys 1945 to 1960"
96
7.50 x 8.25 x 0.33 inches
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Kaiser-Frazer, Willys, Packard, Studebaker, Crosley, Checker, Tucker, Nash, and Hudson
1960 Checker Superba
1960 Checker Superba Special
1946-1949 Crosley Crosley
1949-1952 Crosley Hot Shot
1950-1952 Crosley Standard
1950-1952 Crosley Super
1951 Crosley Super Sports
1952 Crosley Super Shot
1951 Henry J Deluxe
1951 Henry J Standard
1952 Henry J Vagabond
1952-1953 Henry J Corsair
1946 Hudson Commodore Series 27
1946-1950 Hudson Super Series
1946-1952 Hudson Commodore Series
1950-1952 Hudson Pacemaker
1951 Hudson Pacemaker Custom
1951 Hudson Pacemaker Deluxe
1951 Hudson Super Custom
1951-1954 Hudson Hornet
1952-1955 Hudson Wasp
1953-1954 Hudson Jet
1953-1954 Hudson Super Jet
1953-1954 Hudson Super Wasp
1954 Hudson Italia
1954 Hudson Jetliner
1955 Hudson Rambler Fleet Special
1955 Hudson Wasp Custom
1955-1956 Hudson Rambler Custom
1955-1956 Hudson Rambler Deluxe
1955-1956 Hudson Rambler Super
1955-1957 Hudson Hornet Custom
1955-1957 Hudson Hornet Super
1956 Hudson Hornet Special Super
1956 Hudson Wasp Super
1946-1950 Jeep Willys Panel
1948-1952 Jeep Willys Jeepster
1947-1948 Kaiser Custom
1947-1953 Kaiser Special
1949 Kaiser Traveler
1949 Kaiser Vagabond
1949 Kaiser Virginian
1949-1953 Kaiser Deluxe
1950 Kaiser Deluxe Vagabond
1950 Kaiser Deluxe Virginian
1951-1953 Kaiser Henry J 513
1951-1953 Kaiser Henry J K513
1951-1953 Kaiser Henry J K514
1952 Kaiser Virginian Deluxe
1952 Kaiser Virginian Special
1952-1953 Kaiser Allstate
1952-1955 Kaiser Manhattan
1953 Kaiser Carolina
1953 Kaiser Dragon
1954 Kaiser Darrin
1954 Kaiser Special First Series
1954 Kaiser Special Second Series
1946 Packard Model 2101
1946 Packard Model 2130
1946-1947 Packard Clipper
1946-1947 Packard Model 2100
1946-1947 Packard Model 2103
1946-1947 Packard Model 2106
1946-1947 Packard Model 2111
1946-1947 Packard Model 2126
1948 Packard Model 2201
1948 Packard Model 2202
1948 Packard Model 2206
1948 Packard Model 2211
1948 Packard Model 2222
1948 Packard Model 2226
1948 Packard Model 2233
1949 Packard Model 2301
1949 Packard Model 2302
1949 Packard Model 2306
1949 Packard Model 2322
1949 Packard Model 2332
1949 Packard Model 2333
1950 Packard Custom Eight
1950 Packard Deluxe Eight
1950 Packard Standard Eight
1950 Packard Super Deluxe Eight
1950 Packard Super Eight
1951-1952 Packard 200
1951-1952 Packard 200 Deluxe
1951-1952 Packard 250
1951-1952 Packard 300
1951-1956 Packard Patrician
1953 Packard Cavalier Caribbean Custom
1953 Packard Cavalier Mayfair
1953-1954 Packard Cavalier
1953-1954 Packard Clipper Special
1953-1954 Packard Patrician Corporate
1953-1954 Packard Patrician Executive
1953-1956 Packard Clipper Deluxe
1954 Packard Clipper Panama
1954 Packard Packard Caribbean Custom
1954 Packard Packard Pacific
1954 Packard Patrician Custom
1954-1956 Packard Clipper Super
1954-1958 Packard Packard
1955 Packard Clipper Constellation
1955-1956 Packard Caribbean
1955-1956 Packard Clipper Custom
1955-1956 Packard Clipper Super Panama
1955-1956 Packard Four-Hundred
1956 Packard Clipper Custom Constellation
1956 Packard Executive
1957 Packard Clipper Country Sedan
1957 Packard Clipper Town Sedan
1958 Packard Hawk
1946-1958 Studebaker Champion
1947 Studebaker Custom Super Club
1947-1949 Studebaker Champion Deluxe
1947-1949 Studebaker Champion Regal Deluxe
1947-1949 Studebaker Commander Deluxe
1947-1949 Studebaker Commander Land Cruiser
1947-1949 Studebaker Commander Regal Deluxe
1947-1949 Studebaker The Custom Eight
1947-1949 Studebaker The Eight
1947-1949 Studebaker The Super Eight
1950-1958 Studebaker Commander
1951 Studebaker 200
1952-1953 Studebaker Mayfair
1955-1958 Studebaker President
1956 Studebaker Flight Hawk
1956 Studebaker Power Hawk
1956 Studebaker Sky Hawk
1956-1958 Studebaker Golden Hawk
1957-1959 Studebaker Silver Hawk
1958 Studebaker Scotsman 30
1959 Studebaker Deluxe 40000000
1959 Studebaker Deluxe 4e+011
1959 Studebaker Deluxe 4e+012
1959 Studebaker Scotsman 40
1959 Studebaker Scotsman 400
1959 Studebaker Scotsman 4000
1959-1960 Studebaker Lark
1960 Studebaker Champ 500000
1960 Studebaker Champ 5000000
1960 Studebaker Champ 50000000
1960 Studebaker Champ 5e+011
1960 Studebaker Champ 5e+012
1960 Studebaker Hawk
1948 Tucker 48
1952 Willys Aero Wing
1952-1954 Willys Aero Lark
1952-1955 Willys Aero Ace Bermuda Hardtop
1952-1955 Willys Aero Ace Custom Sedan
1952-1955 Willys Aero Eagle
1952-1955 Willys Station Wagon Four
1952-1955 Willys Station Wagon Six
1953 Willys Aero Falcon
1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 Checker Superba 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 Crosley Crosley 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 Crosley Hot Shot 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 Crosley Hot Shot 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 Crosley Standard 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 Crosley Super 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 Crosley Super Shot 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 Crosley Super Sports 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 Henry J Corsair 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 Henry J Deluxe 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 Henry J Standard 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 Henry J Vagabond 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 Hudson Commodore Series 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 Hudson Commodore Series 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 Hudson Commodore Series 27 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 Hudson Hornet 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 Hudson Hornet Special 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 Hudson Italia 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 Hudson Jet 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 Hudson Jetliner 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 Hudson Pacemaker 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 Hudson Rambler 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 Hudson Super Custom 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 Hudson Super Jet 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 Hudson Super Series 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 Hudson Super Series 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 Hudson Super Wasp 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 Hudson Wasp 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 Jeep Willys 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 Jeep Willys 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 Kaiser Allstate 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 Kaiser Carolina 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 Kaiser Custom 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 Kaiser Darrin 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 Kaiser Deluxe 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 Kaiser Deluxe 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 Kaiser Dragon 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 Kaiser Henry J 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 Kaiser Manhattan 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 Kaiser Special 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 Kaiser Special 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 Kaiser Traveler 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 Kaiser Vagabond 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 Kaiser Virginian 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 Kaiser Virginian 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 Packard 200 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 Packard 250 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 Packard 300 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 Packard Caribbean 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 Packard Cavalier 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 Packard Clipper 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 Packard Clipper 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 Packard Custom Eight 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 Packard Deluxe Eight 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 Packard Executive 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 Packard Four-Hundred 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 Packard Hawk 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 Packard Model 2100 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 Packard Model 2101 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 Packard Model 2103 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 Packard Model 2106 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 Packard Model 2111 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 Packard Model 2126 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 Packard Model 2130 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 Packard Model 2201 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 Packard Model 2202 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 Packard Model 2206 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 Packard Model 2211 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 Packard Model 2222 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 Packard Model 2226 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 Packard Model 2233 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 Packard Model 2301 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 Packard Model 2302 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 Packard Model 2306 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 Packard Model 2322 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 Packard Model 2332 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 Packard Model 2333 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 Packard Packard 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 Packard Patrician 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 Packard Standard Eight 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 Packard Super Deluxe Eight 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 Packard Super Eight 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 Studebaker 200 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 Studebaker Champ 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 Studebaker Champion 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 Studebaker Champion 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 Studebaker Champion 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 Studebaker Commander 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 Studebaker Commander 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 Studebaker Custom Super Club 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 Studebaker Deluxe 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 Studebaker Flight Hawk 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 Studebaker Golden Hawk 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 Studebaker Hawk 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 Studebaker Lark 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 Studebaker Mayfair 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 Studebaker Power Hawk 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 Studebaker President 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 Studebaker Scotsman 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 Studebaker Silver Hawk 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 Studebaker Sky Hawk 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 Studebaker The Custom Eight 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 Studebaker The Eight 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 Studebaker The Super Eight 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 Tucker 48 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 Willys Aero 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 Willys Station Wagon