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Porsche Speedster Typ 540: Celebration of an Icon
A book of photographs by Hal Thoms, Roy Dryer, and Jerry Nelson,
with text by Owen Edwards and Steve Heinrichs, and forward by Rolf Sprenger



    If a $110 book on a Porsche event seems like a lot of money for a questionable subject, know that you're thinking the same way we were - until we got our copy of Speedster 50th Anniversary: Celebration of an Icon… Just as watching a race or big game on TV can be better than "being there", this book lets you experience more of the event than you might have had you been present… from a recreated Pebble Beach circuit to the manicured lawns of Pebble Beach to Laguna Seca's Corkscrew… the book comes as close to putting you at the party as possible.  

                                                                                                              ____ Pete Stout, Excellence

    …just as Steve Heinrichs  carried off the Speedster celebration, he has produced a magnificent book in 256 pages (325 photos) chronicling the event. It's large (12" x 10"), lushly colored, and has exquisite photographs…  If you attended you will want a copy for remembrance and if you didn't, you will need a copy to see what you missed.
                                                                                                               ____ Bill Block, The 356 Registry

    The text is short but thorough, and the photos tell the story, with (it seems to me) just about every Speedster that was there being shown somewhere in the book… Thoms, Dreyer and Nelson have managed to capture the mood of the weekend by mixing cars, people and the incomparable backdrop of Monterey and Carmel. This is a book filled with lovely images, expertly combined with evocative text.
                                                                                                               ____ Gordon Maltby
     
    The photography – the entire book for that matter – is accomplished by people who know their craft.  The images are lovely to look at. The paper used reproduces the images well and is nice to the touch and eye. The pages are artfully designed.  The photo captions are a special treat because most identify the car by its own special identifier, its chassis number.
                                                                                                               ____ Auto Aficionado

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