Books

Des Hammill, after 30 months of original research and writing, with the full cooperation of all of the remaining protagonists, and the detailed recollections of those who were there, has been able to cover everything regarding the development of these engines - from industrial fire pumps to the Hill..

Briggs Swift Cunningham was a classic American sportsman. He made his name racing automobiles from Sebring to Le Mans. He built his own line of Cunningham sports and racing cars. He collected classic automobiles from around the world. And he piloted twelve metre yachts to win the America's Cup. Rare..

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Delage Styling and Design - La Belle Voiture Francaise, is a celebration of Delage. Starting with the early years and progressing onto a chapter entitled Delage ‘On the race track’, there is an initial look at competition cars produced by the firm, such as the 1911 Coupe de l’Auto, the famous V12 en..

More than 80 coachbuilders builders have bodied Delahaye cars from 1894 to 1954. Here a selection of their work is illustrated for the first time, be they creators of unique designs or small production runs series, they have all contributed to build the legend of this prestigious French brand. Thank..

Who would have thought that in early 1930, Delahaye would one day build one of the most desirable sports touring cars? The activity of this respected automobile company rested on a range of passenger cars and commercial vehicles, until 1935, with the development of the six-cylinder 135. With the com..

Delahaye – Le Grand Livre is primarily the story of a company and the people who founded and shaped it, by their personality and their choices. Starting with the formation of Delahaye in 1895-1896 with the type 1, the book continues the journey through the various eras of the firm history, including..

Commencing with a brief history of the company ‘Delahaye Styling and Design’ celebrates the extraordinary coachwork produced in France on the Delahaye chassis by the likes of Figoni & Falaschi, Saoutchik, A. Guillore, Franay and Henri Chapron. A register of 28 fine examples of the 135, 135M 135M..

Exploring the eight year history of the De Lorean Motor Company (DMC) is like reading a fairy tale. Except this tale ends in a broken dream instead of happiness, with the hero carted off to face a possible jail sentence. With the hopes of 2600 Irish workers crushed, with a shaken British government ..

Derek Bell's twenty-year professional motor racing career has embraced a wider spectrum than any other British driver. Starting out with his sights firmly set on Formula 1, he quickly climbed the racing ladder from Formula 3, through Formula 2 and into Grand Prix racing as a member of the Ferrar..

Offering a concise and informative look at Classic Prototypes and Grand Touring cars during the period of the early 1960s to the mid 1970s, Anthony Pritchard has produced a book which starts with a look at the races and regulations of these events and offers the enthusiast additional information of ..

Cars bearing the Healey name were conceived purely as competitive sporting machines, and they were bought in large numbers, on both sides of the Atlantic, almost entirely to give pleasure to their drivers, a role they continue to fulfill long after the last of them was built. Donald Healey's genius ..