From the dust jacket:
"Porsches For The Road - the latest [1981] in Henry Rasmussen's famous The Survivors Serles – shows, with unparalleled graphic clarity and artistic beauty, the thirty-year evolution of the Porsche automobile. There are 115 of Henry Rasmussen's own, outstandingly attractive color plates, especially photographed for the book. There are 20 unique brown-tone photographs, relating to the early days in Gmünd and Stuttgart, decoratively displayed in a special history section, And there are 135 black and white photographs, recording, with historic accuracy. every model Porsche has ever put on the road, from the beginning to the present. Altogether, this makes for a total of nearly 300 illustrations, almost all of them previously unpublished, all the result of special photography and painstaking archive research
The text, as well, approaches the Porsche cars from many
different directions. There are sections on technical specifications, easy to
understand and compare. There is an eight-page article on the chronology of
production, leading the reader through the maze of models. And there is, as
always In The Survivors Series, Henry Rasmussen's own, Inimitable essays, full
of stories and anecdotes. facts and experiences, judgments and opinions.
The author writes in an entertaining way about the owners of
the featured cars, of prominent personalities, of stylists and drivers and
restorers All-in-all, Porsches For The Road is as uniquely informative and
enjoyable to read as it is intriguing and beautiful to look at.
While all the basic Porsche production models are pictured
in Porsches For The Road, twelve particularly outstanding cars are the special
subjects of Henry Rasmussen's camera and typewriter. They span the entire
period of production, starting with the 550 Spyder, continuing with the
Speedster, the Carrera 2 and the SC Cabriolet of the first generation. pausing
with the 904 Carrera GTS and the 914-6, then going on with the 912, the 911
Carrera RS, the Targa Carrera and the 930 Turbo of the next generation,
finishing up with the 928 and the 924 Turbo of the new generation. Seen as a
whole, this line-up of outstanding models makes for a visual parade of Porsche
history that in quality, color and scope. surpasses anything previously
published. Porsches For The Road, with
Its exquisite design and superb printing and binding, makes for a stunning
book, worthy of the high standards of excellence set by the automobiles it is
dedicated to - the splendid supercars from Stuttgart."
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