Marque & Motor Sport Manufacturers

For twenty five years from the mid 1950s, BMC, latterly BL was committed to motorsport, predominately rallying as a means of improving its product and keeping the brand in the public eye. In this updated, reissue of this classic book, Bill Price, a key member of the department, provides a fascinatin..

The B.R.M. Achieved the success it so long deserved. The World Championship triumph of 1962 was no flash in the pan. The following season the Bourne cars finished second and third in the Championship table, whilst 1964 saw the supreme Grand Prix honour missed by the slender margin of one point in th..

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The Bullnose Morris, so called on account of its shapely radiator, was a remarkable car. It was created by a humble craftsman and brought to Lord Nuffield (as he became) fame and a fortune which enabled him to give away astronomical sums of money to deserving causes. William Morris, as he was, set o..

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Compiled by Terry Larson, the Classic Jaguar Association Registrar of C Type, D Types and Light weight E Type, this 80 page publication detail cars with either an original factory chassis frame or early factory replacement. With specification details and general information, there are entry lists fo..

No car was more individual or sporting in character than the prewar chain driven Frazer Nash. It stemmed from an equally fascinating cyclecar, also of sporting character, the G.N. In this fascinating book, David Thirlby looks intimately at how these two makes came into being, how they were made as t..

This Motoraces Book Club edition was produced in 1967 for sale to its members only by the proprietors, Readers Union LTD...

This is the true story of Carroll Shelby's war against Enzo Ferrari, the cars and the men who made racing history. In Carroll Shelby’s own words: “I didn't do it to make history. You do something that you want to do or feel you have to do, because you like it and love it. And if it turns out to be h..

In the history of the motor car possibly no marque has made such an impact on the public or the car enthusiast as the magic name of Ferrari. It remains the great fantasy car, dreamt about by the envious and possessed by the lucky few. In terms of sheer aesthetic beauty and formidable engineering per..

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“This is the first time that the fruit of twenty five years of my work has been described faithfully and substantially”: Enzo Ferrari. Within the pages of this book, Gianni Rogliatti has recounted the early days of Ferrari and his time with Alfa Romeo, followed by an interesting chapter on Maranello..