Plastic Ozone Daydream

by Floyd M Orr

Overview

A psychedelic drive through the rise and fall of American culture as seen through the headlights of its leading automotive icon.

Plastic Ozone Daydream combines fact and fantasy on a wild ride through the birth, growth, and maturity of the sports car in America during the turbulent half-century, 1950-2000.

The Baby Boomers changed everything. Look deeply into the reflection. Each story has its own identity, yet each is connected to all the rest. The author and his cast of affable characters say that 1970 was the pivotal year. Are they right? Plastic Ozone Daydream should stimulate your imagination as you cruise through the nostalgic Fifties, blast through the exciting Sixties with a burst of acceleration, and bring the anguish of the Nineties to the surface when your sports car cost more than your first house. These stories describe the broadest emotions with the least words. Plastic Ozone Daydream should remind us all why we love our sports cars.

Plastic Ozone Daydream is intended to be both fun to read and challenging to the intellect, taking the reader on a journey he never knew existed—through the crossroads of his own mind.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780595157945
Publisher:	iUniverse, Incorporated
Publication date:	12/20/2000
Series:	Corvette Chronicles
Pages:	368
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.82(d)

Table of Contents

	Introduction
	American Dreamer in the Ozone	3
	Opinionated Steering Wheels	8
	Me & My Toads	13
	My Favorite Misaligned Sports Cars of Yesterday	18
Series i	The Wild Tales
	Decades	23
	The Art of Cars	26
	Character	30
	Aquarium	33
	Realness	37
	Hosses	41
	Stampeded	45
	Music	48
	Wheels	54
	Twelve Wheels	57
	Futures	62
	Elan	64
	Nomenclature	70
	Eurosport & Baby	75
	Toys	80
	Paint	84
	Targa$	88
	Tekwars	95
	Essence	100
Series ii	Roadblocks
	2001	105
	Wally-World	109
	Drivers	112
	Louie, Louie	116
	Speedtraps	120
	Bandwagon	125
	Rationale	132
Series iii	Spirits of the Age
	No Pretense	139
	Packards and Portholes	142
	Megatrash	145
	Greenstreak	147
	Chrome Hallucination	152
	Spaced	155
	Rising Stars	159
	Love Minus Zero No Limit	162
	Triad	166
	Maybelle's Inflation	170
	Ice Cream Fun	173
	Show Me the Magic	176
Series iv	The Sweet Rides
	Highway 7	183
	Coneheads	187
	Sportsuit	189
	Flash Gordon	193
	Blue Steel	198
	Travelog	202
	Silver Bullet	208
Series v	The Great Pretenders
	Kermit the Hermit	219
	The Legend of Old Blue	223
	Vetteworld	227
	Batman	232
	Vampires	235
	Summer Fantasy	241
	Super Squirt	245
	Ride of the Vampires	250
	Cowboys	260
	Introduction	260
	Casting Call	262
Episode 1	"End of the Trail Drive"	265
Episode 2	"The Arrival of Mongo"	267
Episode 3	"The Nine Boys Start Trouble"	271
	Conclusion: "Gunfight at Round Rock"	275
	Epilogue	279
	Flashback	281
	Prelude: "Fifty Year Overview"	281
Decade 5	Millennium Odyssey	283
Decade 4	Technology At Its Best	288
Decade 3	Conforming to the Regulations	292
Decade 2	Musclecars in America	296
Decade 1	America's Sports Car	304
	Epilogue: Tire Tracks
	Anagram	315
	The Sports Car Trivia Test	318
	Anagram Answerama	333
	Answers to the Sports Car Trivia Test	334
	Addendum To The Sports Car Trivia Test	341
	Glossary	345
	The Corvette Chronicles	347
	Bibliography	350
	About the Author	354