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The Put-in-Bay Road Races, 1952-1963

Author : Carl Goodwin

Publisher : McFarland

Page : 273 pages

File Size : 37,99 MB

Release : 2014-09-06

Category : Transportation

ISBN : 1476614598

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A great little sports car race took place on an island in Lake Erie, offshore of Sandusky, Ohio. The drivers came on ferry boats to compete for silver cups in an age when there were no sponsors and no prize money. The drivers were car salesmen, stock brokers, engineers, printers, etc. Often, the cars they raced were those they drove as daily transportation: MGs, Porsches, Triumphs, Alfas and others. In this well-illustrated history (full color throughout the ebook edition), drivers, officials, mechanics and spectators share their stories. The text paints a vivid picture of the sports car racing scene in post-war America.



The Put-in-Bay Road Races, 1952-1963

Author : Carl Goodwin

Publisher : McFarland

Page : 273 pages

File Size : 21,53 MB

Release : 2014-08-08

Category : Transportation

ISBN : 0786479302

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Book Description

A great little sports car race took place on an island in Lake Erie, offshore of Sandusky, Ohio. The drivers came on ferry boats to compete for silver cups in an age when there were no sponsors and no prize money. The drivers were car salesmen, stock brokers, engineers, printers, etc. Often, the cars they raced were those they drove as daily transportation: MGs, Porsches, Triumphs, Alfas and others. In this well-illustrated history (full color throughout the ebook edition), drivers, officials, mechanics and spectators share their stories. The text paints a vivid picture of the sports car racing scene in post-war America.



Automotive Literature Index

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Page : 352 pages

File Size : 47,76 MB

Release : 1981

Category : Automobile industry and trade

ISBN :

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Vol. for 1947-76 indexes: Car and driver, Motor trend, and Road & track; 1977-81 indexes 15 American automotive journals.



They Started in MGs

Author : Carl Goodwin

Publisher : McFarland

Page : 294 pages

File Size : 20,9 MB

Release : 2011-08-10

Category : Transportation

ISBN : 0786486244

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An affordable, lightweight sports car suitable for racing, the MG TC launched the sports car scene in postwar America. A wave of drivers first competed on the track in these and the later TD, TF and MGA models during the 1950s, many of them eventually moving up to Porsches, Alfa Romeos, Jaguars and Ferraris. Eighty such drivers, from the famous (e.g., Phil Hill, John Fitch, David E. Davis, Jr.) to lesser known men and women with equally vivid stories, are profiled in this book, which presents many of their recollections from firsthand interviews alongside a wealth of period photographs.







The Writers Directory

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Page : 1068 pages

File Size : 37,73 MB

Release : 2004

Category : Authors, American

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Boating

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Page : 618 pages

File Size : 10,58 MB

Release : 1967-07

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Springs of Texas

Author : Gunnar M. Brune

Publisher : Texas A&M University Press

Page : 616 pages

File Size : 18,57 MB

Release : 2002

Category : Business & Economics

ISBN : 9781585441969

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Book Description

This text explores the natural history of Texas and more than 2900 springs in 183 Texas counties. It also includes an in-depth discussion of the general characteristics of springs - their physical and prehistoric settings, their historical significance, and their associated flora and fauna.



City for Sale

Author : Chester Hartman

Publisher : Univ of California Press

Page : 517 pages

File Size : 50,44 MB

Release : 2002-10

Category : History

ISBN : 0520086058

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In this revised edition of his study of San Francisco's economic and political development since the mid-1950s, Chester Hartman gives a detailed account of how the city has been transformed by the expansion - outward and upward - of its downtown.