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Auto Erotica

A grand tour through classic car brochures of the 1960s to 1980s
By Jonny Trunk and FUEL
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Auto Erotica by Jonny Trunk, FUEL, is a delightful exploration of car culture through the eyes of collectors and enthusiasts. The book offers a vibrant visual journey filled with rare photographs, vintage advertisements, and unique automotive ephemera, capturing the history and passion behind classic automobiles. It's a treasure trove for anyone fascinated by the artistic and cultural aspects of cars.
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You might enjoy this book if you have a passion for classic cars and appreciate the nostalgia and artistic value captured in vintage car brochures and ephemera. It's perfect for those who relish the intersection of automotive history and graphic design, providing a visual feast of mid-20th century charm and style.

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Auto Erotica

Whether it’s the poster for the three-wheeler Bond Bug or the rare and racy flick book for the Ford Cortina Mark III, Auto Erotica will delight and possibly drive you wild!

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The first book of its kind—a car book like no other—offering a deeply nostalgic look at beautiful vintage cars through the superb literature, leaflets, and pamphlets that sold them to us. Auto Erotica covers the gamut of motoring in Britain during the 1960s, 1970s, and 1980s.

These rare ephemeral booklets are full of unusual graphic ideas and concepts. Their fabulous photography, dazzling colour charts, daring typography, strange fold-outs, and inspiring styles symbolise the automobile aspirations of generations of Britons.

The book is also packed full of era-defining classic cars, from those we love to those you can't remember. Expect fast Fords, the XJS, the TR8, MGs, minis, Maxis, Renaults, Beemers, VWs, Vivas, Citroens, DeLoreans, and a whole lot more—amazing motors from the past and even some from the future—as you've never seen them before.

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Auto Erotica by Jonny Trunk and FUEL is praised for its visual brilliance and evocative representation of car culture. The use of a rich colour palette and its depiction of the romance and freedom associated with the open road have received particular acclaim for their impact and uniqueness.

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Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781916218444

Publisher: FUEL Publishing

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 14 October 2021

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: FUEL Publishing

Illustration: 450 Illustrations

Contributors:

  • Edited by Damon Murray
  • Edited by Stephen Sorrell
  • Foreword by Bob Stanley
  • Edited by Damon Murray
  • Edited by Stephen Sorrell

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Width: 180.0mm

Height: 220.0mm

Weight: 800g

Pages: 240

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Arts & Culture Business & Entrepreneurship FUEL Jonny Trunk Marketing & Sales Non-Fiction

About the Author

Nostalgia enthusiast Jonny Trunk founded his record label Trunk Records in 1995, which specialises in releasing lost and archived recordings. He compiled and wrote The Music Library a book that documented the hidden world of library music, and Own Label a book about Sainsbury's packaging from 1962-1977. He has worked with Oliver Postgate, Derek Griffiths, Tony Hart and other celebrated artists of the 1960s and 1970s. Jonny also writes for a number of magazines and broadcasts every week on Resonance FM, London's art broadcasting station. Bob Stanley is a musician, journalist, and author. He is a member of the group Saint Etienne for which he co-writes songs and produces. He has written for the NME, Melody Maker, Mojo, The Guardian and The Times. His books include Match Day (FUEL, 2007) a book of football programme artwork and Yeah! Yeah! Yeah!: The Story of Modern Pop (Faber & Faber, 2013). Damon Murray and Stephen Sorrell have been publishing books since 2004, with their hugely successful and influential Russian Criminal Tattoo Encyclopaedia series. They have worked with Jonny Trunk on a number of publications, including The Music Library, Own Label and Wrappers Delight.

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