It was coming up to the end of 1939. Enzo Ferrari had just left Alfa Romeo, who had constrained him under contract not to undertake racing activities for at least four years. But it didn't quite go like that. Ferrari immediately began to prepare for a new venture: under the name of Auto Avio Cos..
This is the competition record of one of the most famous marques in the history of motor racing, compiled and written by an authority on the subject, Darell Berthon (at one time Secretary to the Bentley Drivers Club). Every major race from that significant first appearance of W.O.'s 3 litre masterpi..
Limited and individually numbered edition of only 150 copies published. A beautifully produced book presented in its original slip case. It is split into two volumes; volume 1 covers the period 1899-1961 and volume 2 covers the period 1962-2000. These books are comprehensive compilations of results ..
Read the title of the book carefully. It thoughtfully combines the names of AC Cars of Thames Ditton, down the river west from the centre of London, and Carroll Shelby, the wily Texan 'snake charmer', garage owner and ex-racing driver, with the name of 'Cobra’: the time-honoured story is that the Co..
The exquisite AC Ace-Bristol roadster was a true thoroughbred amongst the classic high performance automobiles of that golden age which opened in the early 1950s. Built in tiny numbers by highly skilled craftsmen and powered by a powerplant engineered to the highest aircraft industry quality standar..
This book gives a complete account of Sydney Allard’s career, from amateur trials driver to internationally known racing and rally driver; from builder of hand made specials to manufacturer of specialist sports cars and touring cars. Tom Lush recalls the difficulties which faced specialist manufactu..
World War II was over, spirits were high, and the sport of road racing was about to begin again in America. The Sports Car Club of America, formed in 1944, became the primary organiser of road racing in the years following the end of World War Two, although being involved in this sport had not been ..
In this book W.O. Bentley, the inspiration behind the Bentley car and the man who was responsible for its design and racing triumphs, presents a visual summary of the life of the car bearing his name. With the aid of more than 200 photographs, drawings, diagrams and reprint of period sales catalogue..
This book has the previous owner name in the frontTo MG enthusiasts the name Dick Jacobs will bring back memories of what many describe as the good old days of real motor racing. In this book Dick recalls how it all started from the first event which was an 'impromptu hill climb' with an MG TC i..
Audi Sport World of Rallying 6 sees various changes in format. Since this series of annual books was first published in 1979, it has become the longest running annual book covering rallying. The series began with two authors, Martin Holmes and Hugh Bishop. In this year Hugh is not so closely connect..
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