7 classic books that Automobile Magazine feels are quintessential to the car enthusiast

Car: A Drama of the American Workplace, Mary Walton http://www.wwnorton.com/catalog/fall98/car.htm
The Dream Machine: The Golden Age of American Automobiles 1946-1965, Jerry Flint
http://www.thecarconnection.com/Enthusiasts/Mechanics_Tale/Mechanics_Tale_Summer_Reading.S281.A7445.html
The Decline and fall of the American Automobile Industry, Brock Yates http://search.opinionarchives.com/Summary/AmericanSpectator/V16I6P42-1.htm
A Century of Automobile Style, Michael Lamm and Dave Holls
http://www.cruise-in.com/resource/cisbk04.htm
Where the Suckers Moan, Randall Rothenberg http://www.leemcewan.com/serendipitybook/2008/03/landing-in-a-cr.html
Rivethead, Ben Hamper http://www.michaelmoore.com/hamper/
Ford: The Dust and the Glory, Leo Levine http://www.sae.org/technical/books/R-292