Author : Brian Long
Publisher : David and Charles
Page : 937 pages
File Size : 45,45 MB
Release : 2019-03-06
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ISBN : 1787115070
Follows Porsche's year-by-year progress in top flight racing, and looks in detail at the pure competition cars which brought the German marque such immense success and worldwide acclaim on the tracks. This particular volume starts with the story of the giant-killing 550 Spyders of 1953 vintage, and takes the reader, car-by-car, through all of the subsequent racing models.
Author : Terry O'Neil
Publisher : David and Charles
Page : 432 pages
File Size : 40,91 MB
Release : 2022-02-02
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ISBN : 178711841X
This book focuses on the different aspects that contributed to the development of Northeast American sports car racing during the 1950s. The evolution from amateur drivers racing on public roads in 1950, to both professional and amateur drivers racing at private, purpose-built tracks in 1959, demanded huge leaps of faith, trust and understanding. The transition was neither easy nor uneventful for drivers, clubs or track owners, and the tragedy, politics and intrigue that came to characterise the period are covered here in fascinating detail.
Author : Robert Ackerson
Publisher : David and Charles
Page : 144 pages
File Size : 32,57 MB
Release : 2022-04-07
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ISBN : 178711886X
This book chronicles the development and racing career of a car regarded as the ultimate example of the purebred sports car of the 20th century and the epitome of functional beauty and extraordinary performance: the 1952 Mercedes-Benz 300 SL. Taking second place at its 1952 Mille Miglia debut, it went on to win every one of its races that season.
Author : David Rowe
Publisher : David and Charles
Page : 168 pages
File Size : 21,51 MB
Release : 2021-10-01
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ISBN : 1787117979
The only full-colour comprehensive guide to all Hillman, Humber, Sunbeam, Singer & Talbot cars and vans, from 1950 until the end of production in the 1970s. With model-by-model descriptions and detailed technical information, this is an invaluable Rootes resource.
Author : Thillainathan Pathmanathan
Publisher : David and Charles
Page : 160 pages
File Size : 40,4 MB
Release : 2021-10-21
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ISBN : 1787118126
A unique book dedicated to the Murcielago - Lamborghini's iconic flagship, with its V12 Bizzarrini-engine, spaceframe chassis, and scissor doors. This was the last car to use the classic Bizzarrini engine.
Author : Robert Ackerson
Publisher : David and Charles
Page : 192 pages
File Size : 23,45 MB
Release : 2022-05-10
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ISBN : 178711905X
Explores the Mercedes-Benz W 196 R's historic roots, development, and races. Also its triumphs, struggles and disappointments, as well as the spirited challenges from Maserati, Ferrari, Gordini and Lancia. Accompanying the text are hundreds of photos sourced from the legendary Daimler Archives.
Author : Roy P Smith
Publisher : David and Charles
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 42,74 MB
Release : 2022-03-09
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ISBN : 1787118622
This is the story of a man, a team, and their life and times, as well as a complete record of all their achievements and failures. It logs the financial and personal cost of racing in the prewar and postwar periods. It tells of how the mighty car company Renault became involved with them in the late 1950s, and how Amedee Gordini became known throughout the world as one of the greatest engine tuners of his time.
Author : Joe Sackey
Publisher : David and Charles
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 39,87 MB
Release : 2022-02-07
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ISBN : 1787118444
This book covers the background, conception, design, production and aftermath of the iconic Ferrari 288 GTO, including the prototypes, the early production cars, the mainstream production cars in their various specification guises, and the Evolution cars planned for the aborted Group B FIA race series. A comprehensive and beautifully illustrated look at a unique sports car.
Author : Terry O'Neil
Publisher : David and Charles
Page : 208 pages
File Size : 26,8 MB
Release : 2022-02-03
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ISBN : 1787118436
Runways and Racers focuses on sports car races held at military installations throughout America in the early 1950s. It was a marriage of convenience for the Sports Car Club of America and the Strategic Air Command, with both parties gaining advantages from the arrangement. The thorn in the side turned out to be a Congressman whose own aspirations exceeded his standing, but who found himself in a position to be able to influence the outcome of events ...
Author : Matthew Vale
Publisher : David and Charles
Page : 160 pages
File Size : 33,89 MB
Release : 2022-04-13
Category :
ISBN : 1787118916
Explores the design development and production of the Lotus Europa, Lotus's first mid-engined road car. It covers the Renault-powered Series 1 and 2 cars, the Lotus Twin Cam-engined versions, and the Type 47 racing models.
