Motor cars: general interest Books
Amberley Publishing Thrust 2
Book SynopsisThe extraordinary story of the fastest car on earth by the man who drove it. Including unseen illustrations and untold series, this is the true inside story of the world-beating Thrust 2 project.
£15.99
DK Cool Cars
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£17.09
Arcadia Publishing The National Road in Maryland Images of America
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£20.39
Arcadia Publishing (SC) Northern California Drag Racing
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£20.39
Arcadia Publishing Garrett Freightlines Images of America
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£21.24
Arcadia Publishing Kenoshas Jeffery and Rambler Automobiles
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£7.59
Arcadia Publishing A History of Transportation in Western North
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£21.24
Capstone Press Cool Rides On Wheels
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£999.99
Pen & Sword Books Ltd Bugatti Blue: Prescott and the Spirit of Bugatti
Book SynopsisThe British have had an affair with Bugatti for decades and perhaps Prescott is the place where that have relationship has reached its highlights across the decades. This collection of photographic images captures the brilliance of Bugatti design amid Bugatti blue at Prescott's wonderful natural amphitheatre in the Cotswolds - to which visitors, Bugatti owners, enthusiasts and addicts have travelled from all over the world for decades. The author is a designer, photographer and writer who has spent years around old cars and years visiting Prescott and the Bugatti Owners Club. In this collection of photographs, much of the masterworks of Molsheim are captured in action and at rest at the altar of British Bugatti enthusiasm. Herein are moments and memories of old Bugattis, their owners and drivers, and other vintage and classic cars in action at this revered location. This new collection of stunning images, created over a number of years, allied to a concise narrative and with assistance from Bugatti experts, should provide the Bugatti and vintage car enthusiast with something new to accompany their own memories of Bugatti amid a record of Prescott and the Bugatti Owners Club events and VSSC days.
£35.00
Pen & Sword Books Ltd Porsche 911
Book SynopsisThe aim of this innovative series is to provide modelmakers and car enthusiasts with a new standard of primarily visual reference of both full-size cars and their scale models. Each book contains detailed technical information imparted through drawings and photographs while the meticulously researched full-colour profiles provides a complete reference for paint schemes and markings. In addition, every volume of the CarCraft series features summaries of design histories and operational careers, and reviews of available kits. Recognised as one of the most important sports cars in the history of the automobile, Porsche's 911 represents a vital story in the annals of the design and driving of the motor car. This new book delivers an innovative format to the car enthusiast by covering the engineering, design, and modelling of Porsche's 911 series. A true icon, 911 is the designer legend - and a driving tool par excellence: the 911 stemmed from the Porsche 356 yet created a new era and a new international definition of style amid a global motor sport record of success across race and rally events Here in CarCraft title Number Two, experienced automotive writer, industrial designer and Porsche enthusiast Lance Cole pays tribute to the car in a detailed yet engaging commentary. New photography, the design story, and full coverage of the modelling options in synthetic materials and die cast metals, create a narrative of vital interest.
£20.09
CarTech Inc Small-Block Chevrolet: Stock and High-Performance
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£999.99
Chicago Review Press Chrysler's Turbine Car: The Rise and Fall of
Book Synopsis"Fascinating." —Vanity Fair "A delightful history." —Wall Street Journal In 1964, Chrysler gave the world a glimpse of the future. The automaker built a fleet of turbine cars—automobiles with jet engines—and lent them out to members of the public. The fleet logged over a million miles; the exercise was a raging success. These turbine engines would run on any flammable liquid—diesel, heating oil, kerosene, tequila, even Chanel No. 5. If the cars had been mass produced, today we might have cars that do not require petroleum-derived fuels. The engine was also much simpler than the piston engine—it contained far fewer moving parts and required much less maintenance. The cars had no radiators or fan belts and never needed oil changes.Yet Chrysler crushed and burned most of the cars two years later; the jet car’s brief glory was over. Where did it all go wrong? Steve Lehto has interviewed all the surviving members of the turbine car program, from the metallurgist who created the exotic metals for the interior of the engine to the test driver who drove it at Chrysler’s proving grounds for days on end. Lehto takes these firsthand accounts and weaves them into a fascinating story about the coolest car Detroit has ever produced.Trade Review"A detailed, entertaining meander through the history of 'Detroit's Coolest Car." -- New York Times"A fascinating example of engineering and product development... Motorheads will love it." -- Library Journal"A delightful history." -- Wall Street Journal"Steve Lehto's lively history of Chrysler's turbine car program is a must read for anyone interested in the history of the automobile in the jet age." --David N. Lucsko, author, The Business of Speed: The Hot Rod Industry in America, 1915-1990"Fascinating" -- Vanity Fair"A delightful history" -- Wall Street Journal"A detailed, entertaining meander through the history of 'Detroit's Coolest Car.'" -- New York Times
£15.15
Creative Company Seedlings Indy Cars
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£8.54
New Holland Publishers Cars of the 60s: A History of Cars Manufactured
Book SynopsisGavin Farmer looks at the history of car manufacturing and assembly in Australia in Cars of the 60s'. Following the boom times of the fifties, the sixties became a decade of consolidation on the one hand and a series of challenges on the other, some economic and some political. It marked the beginning of a very real challenge from Ford on GM-Holden as well as from Chrysler and several Japanese manufacturers who had quietly entered the Australian market. The decade began with a Federal Government credit squeeze which created difficult times for the whole industry. The sixties saw the beginnings of Australia's power wars with the likes of the Ford Falcon GT sedan, Holden Monaro GTS coupe, and the Chrysler Pacer sedan. The big story in Australia in the sixties was the emergence of the compact class of car epitomised by the Holden Torana that evolved out of the dull Vauxhall Viva. By 1968 it had been developed by Australian engineers into a compact six-cylinder car that opened a new market segment missed by its rivals; Ford entered the small car market with a dual attack. It was also in the Sixties when the Japanese manufacturers really established a foothold in Australia. In the Sixties Australia lost its innocence and life changed in every way; the good ol' days as they were remembered were gone. Established companies were floundering and failing as they were left behind in the dash to modernise and re-equip old factoriesthe Germans and the Japanese all had brand new factories full of the latest technology equipment that meant parts could be made faster and cheaperand so the old order rather quickly changed.
£28.49
New Holland Publishers The Cars of the 70s
Book SynopsisThis beautiful book covers the cars of the period starting from 1970 and the history of our manufacturing industries in Australia during those times. The cars we made, the cars we drove and a look back at all the manufacturers in Australia selling and producing cars. The book covers the history of each company where GM- Holden, Ford, Chrysler, VW, Leyland where more local content had to be rolled off their respective assembly lines with risings costs. Great photos and information on how the industry changed during the seventies decade with and what became the family cars in Australia during that time. The 70s were a time of mixed blessing for the Australian automotive industry.
£29.25
Michael O'Mara Fuel and Fury
Book Synopsis&b>A celebratory look at the world of Formula 1, featuring the incredible stories that made this magnificent sport what it is today, both known and never-before-told.&/b>
£999.99
Editions Heimdal Simca 1100: 1967-1981
Book SynopsisThe Simca 1100 was brought out a little more than fifty years ago. Although it was less famous than the emblematic Aronde or the endearing 1000, it did represent an important step in the big automobile adventure. It opened the way for more compact, family cars, just as at ease in the towns as they were in the country, en route to holiday resorts just as much to the supermarkets; it was the pioneer of the modern compact car. It became France’s most purchased car in 1972 and is still today the last to to have reached this summit not counting the Peugeots or Renaults This book proposes to retrace the story of the Simca 1100 from the drawing board to the end of its career in France, taking a walk in time, illustrated with more than 400 period documents from all Europe and North America, a lot of which are unpublished.
£27.55
Editions Heimdal Porsche 356
Book SynopsisL'histoire de la première Porche, la 356, de sa création en 1948 à la fin de la production en 1965.
£26.55
Hirmer Verlag CARS: Driven By Design
Book SynopsisThe sports cars of the 1950s to the 1970s are fast, beautiful, eccentric and innovative. In recent decades these automobiles not only became coveted collector’s items; they also enjoy cult statu s. In an exciting journey through time the volume presents 25 outstanding sports cars as design icons and illuminates their presentation in film and photography. As a design object beyond its practical purpose, the automobile has left an indelible mark on the world we live in. There is scarcely another everyday item which has been designed in a more sophisticated and inventive manner and which offers a larger projection area. This can be seen with particular clarity in the sports car. The volume pays homag e to a selection of exclusive sports cars by legendary manufacturers, from Porsche to Ferrari to Jaguar, as artworks in their own right and as a unity of form, technology, design and emotions. Essays, selected texts and biographies shed light on the multi - layered development of automobile design and introduce the vehicles and their designers .
£34.20
Giorgio Nada Editore Cavallino Nel Cuore: Autobiography of a Designer
Book SynopsisFor the first time, one of the major names in Italian car design tells his story from the beginning; from when he made his first sketches on paper, unbeknown to his parents and not only of cars, to reaching a point at which his name became synonymous with some of the best known and most important cars on the international front. In his 23-year career at Pininfarina, Leonardo Fioravanti, who was first a designer and architect, then managing director and director general of 'Studi & Ricerche' department, created some of the most beautiful Ferraris of all time; they ranged from the 1965 250 LM sports coupe Speciale to the immortal 1968 Daytona through to the 1975 308 GTB and GTS and the 1984 288 GTO, as well as the P5 and P6 of 1968. While continuing his Ferrari essay during his Pininfarina career, Fioravanti also guided the creation of numerous other projects, among them the Dino road car, the 1980 Pinin four-door prototype and went on to the 1984 Testarossa and the 1987 F40. He worked for the Fiat Group from 1988 until 1991, during which time he took on the roles of deputy director general of Ferrari, later became responsible for advanced design CRF and then head of the Fiat Styling Centre. In 1987, he founded Fioravanti srl, an architectural studio, and in 1991 he extended his services to industry, in particular the design of means of transport. Images of an epoch, designs from his own personal archive never previously seen and, above all, a passionate first person account. Those are the key elements of this outstanding book which, through the creations of Leonardo Fioravanti, covers over 50 years of the history of automobile style and culture.
£44.10
