Author : Colin Peck
Publisher : David and Charles
Page : 267 pages
File Size : 15,34 MB
Release : 2022-02-23
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ISBN : 178711855X
This book takes a fresh look at a period in trucking history when power, weight and comfort increased dramatically. However, whilst this revolution was taking place, many manufacturers were struggling to find the money to keep pace with competitors, and by the end of the decade many were being consigned to the history books.
Author : Colin Peck
Publisher : David and Charles
Page : 175 pages
File Size : 17,71 MB
Release : 2022-03-29
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ISBN : 1787118800
This unique book explores the products of more than 50 truck manufacturers - from the very largest to the smallest and most obscure - during a period of takeovers, failures and innovative new products. Containing over 120 mostly colour images - most of which have never been published before - this book could become a major reference source for information on truck manufacturers during the decade.
Author : David Rowe
Publisher : David and Charles
Page : 104 pages
File Size : 35,96 MB
Release : 2022-02-22
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ISBN : 1787117189
A full colour guide to all Wolseley cars built from 1948 until the end of production in 1975. With an informative history, detailed model-by-model comparisons and technical information it is a comprehensive guide to the later cars.
Author : James Taylor
Publisher : David and Charles
Page : 80 pages
File Size : 20,39 MB
Release : 2021-10-04
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ISBN : 1787117987
This comprehensive pictorial overview of Rover cars covers 1945-2005 models. It describes and illustrates all the great classic Rovers up to and including the SD1, British Leyland models with Rover badges, the models designed in conjunction with Honda, the later British-designed cars and, finally, the little-known City Rover.
Author : Robert Hackford
Publisher : Fox Chapel Publishing
Page : 153 pages
File Size : 27,39 MB
Release : 2019-08-13
Category : Transportation
ISBN : 1913618161
A must for all ERF fans, this is the third and final installment in The Lorries of Arabia series. While the first book paid tribute to ERF’s world-class long-haulers in the Middle East and those who drove them and the second book went on to explore the fortunes of this legendary machine, this final volume is a continued narration of an unfolding history in the 1970s and 1980s of a premium tractive unit model. With new findings, new details, new insights, and new pictures, readers of the first two books will surely enjoy the final volume of this acclaimed series. Containing a full register of all the 91 NGCs known to have ever been built, this is the enthusiast’s guide to the rugged, reliable, left-hand drive tractive unit forever associated with long-haul European and Middle Eastern routes of the 70s and 80s.
Author : Robert Ackerson
Publisher : David and Charles
Page : 192 pages
File Size : 22,87 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 : Robert Ackerson
Publisher : David and Charles
Page : 144 pages
File Size : 22,21 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 : Andy MacLean
Publisher : Fox Chapel Publishing
Page : 309 pages
File Size : 31,13 MB
Release : 2015-08-12
Category : Transportation
ISBN : 1910456179
It was 1972. It was summer - and the living was easy! Arthur Jackson has a good job, no ties and no responsibilities, but it is not enough - he wants adventure and he wants to see the world!Based on the author's real life experiences and illustrated with photographs from the time, Fifty Shades of Tarmac tells the fictional story of how a naive young British truck driver obtains his first job driving a Mack on the continent of Europe. His first trip with all its pitfalls and novel experiences takes him from Rotterdam to Bremerhaven via Moutiers and Salzburg and then back to Rotterdam. It is told with humour, introducing a number of colourful characters, and providing a personal and unusual insight into the life of a truck driver in the 70s at a time when Europe still had frontier posts and custom restrictions.It will be of interest to truck drivers, Mack fans and other transport enthusiasts and those who simply want to learn more about the social history of Europe in the 1970s.
Author : David Rowe
Publisher : David and Charles
Page : 160 pages
File Size : 45,78 MB
Release : 2021-10-04
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ISBN : 1787117995
A full colour guide to British Fords built from 1945 to 1995. With an informative history, detailed model comparisons and technical information, it provides a comprehensive guide.
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Publisher :
Page : 1022 pages
File Size : 20,37 MB
Release : 1987
Category : Business
ISBN :
Includes articles on international business opportunities.
