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Product Description
Product Details
- Amazon Sales Rank: #357006 in Books
- Published on: 2006-11-15
- Original language: English
- Number of items: 1
- Binding: Hardcover
- 192 pages
Editorial Reviews
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Road and Track, July 2007
“So you’ve got the checkered-flag floor tiles. The NASCAR worthy aluminum jack and a gleaming set of Snap-On Tools. But chances are that your garage pales in comparison to the automotive shrines expertly detailed in this book. The cars, personalities and endless garage wall memorabilia come to life in the excellent color photos printed in thick stock. It is truly a satisfying read.”
Classic & Sports Car (UK), December 2006
“What makes this book a winner: any hardcore enthusiast can relate to it. It’s funny, too, and beautifully photographed. In fact, it’s worth the cash for Peter Egan’s forward alone, which beautifully sums up our fanaticism.”
Edmonds.com, May 2007
"You’ll be in awe of the garages with collections of emblems, memorabilia and model cars.”
Hemmings Sports & Exotic Car, February 2007
“Don’t let the title fool you: This is no more a book about garages than Bon Appetit is about casserole dishes … It’s what goes inside that counts, and Dream Garages does not disappoint … This is a lavishly illustrated book that gets at why collectors collect what they collect – or why they collect anything in the first place … When it’s not inducing a five-alarm case of envy, Dream Garages can provide inspiration and escape in equal measure.”
San Jose
Holiday Gift Guide
“One of the prettiest car books I’ve ever seen. Hundreds of photographs reflect the tastes and passions of hard-core enthusiasts who own 20 well-stocked garages in California, Europe and elsewhere … It’s the diversity that makes each collection a treat.”
From the Inside Flap
A garage is a special place—not home, not office, not rec room. It may combine elements of all of these reference points, yet it remains unique. Dreams are born, housed, revived, and realized within the walls and beneath the rafters of an enthusiast’s garage. It is his haven from life’s broader concerns, where work is not really work, and virtually anything seems possible.
Dream Garages
Here, readers will find enthusiasts who collect, preserve, and work on sports cars, race cars, motorcycles, trucks, speed record vehicles, and related machinery and treasures. Dream Garages is not a manual on building a great garage; it’s a look at the ideas and passions that can make any garage great.
From the Back Cover
For garage enthusiasts there is scarcely a more sacred place. This is where it all happens: restoring relics and resurrecting wrecks, polishing tail fins and tall tales, and bolstering friendships formed over a shared passion for speed and style.
Dream Garages
Author Kris Palmer profiles each garage and its owner accompanied by images created by top automotive photographers, including Peter Vincent, Robert Genat, Peter Martin, James Mann, and David Gooley.
Customer Reviews
Not nearly as good as "Ultimate Garages"
Dream Garages is disappointing. The book does not really focus on garages (like Ultimate Garages by Phil Berg), but has stories around somewhat interesting car people, with their garage only as an afterthought. I have all the garage-type books, and this one is my least favorite.
My husband loved this book!
My husband is building a detached shop, so I got him this book for Christmas. He absolutely loved it. The cars in the book are as great as the garages. I hope I didn't give him too many ideas for his own shop!
Excellent Book!!!
I received this book for Christmas and was just purchasing one for a friend. Kris Palmer strikes me as a guy that would abandon a comfy couch in front of a fire to bang his knuckles on rusty bolts in a cold garage.... just because. As the front lapel indicates, this book is a perfect fit for guys that are drawn to tinker in their garages because it's a book about "us". My garage itself might not be worthy of a cover shot, but what happens in it is no different than is described in each chapter of Dream Garages. Mr Palmer's book is a wonderful insight into how other enthusiasts have grown in their own garage, turning dreams into reality. I really enjoyed reading about the fruits of their love, it's not about the vehicle they're working on or where they hang their tools, it's about the passion we share to shape our projects within the walls known as the garage. Nice job Mr Palmer!
