This 1400-page culturally significant book is 81 years old (published 1943) and would be a great acquisition by an automotive enthusiast or collector of culturally significant books. It has wide-ranging information from the earliest vehicles of the 20th century, to the operation and setting up of a garage and body shop, to the elementary principles, construction, operation and repair of automobiles, gasoline engines and automobile electric systems; including trucks, tractors, motor coaches, automotive diesel engines and motorcycles.