Alan Brown he drove for the Ecurle Richmond The 500 cc class of motor racing is peculiarly British. It grew out of necessity. Those things which were not scarce after the war: enthusiasm, determination and resourcefulness, overcame the other shortages, and rather than wait until times were ..
The AFN story is a long and fascinating one of triumphs, intrigues and disasters which will make absorbing reading for anyone interested in sports cars, the motor trade or the inner workings of the motor industry. Above all, though, it is a story of people and in particular of the three Aldington br..
At the age of eight, John Cooper was presented with a miniature car built by his father Charles: from that point onwards, John's life was to revolve around racing cars... The story really begins with two written-off Fiat 500 `Topolinos' that were cannabilised, in the austere days following World War..
The story of Brian Lister and the Lister-Jaguars evokes the late 1950's era of glorious front-engined sports cars driven by the top drivers of the day. The Lister-Jaguar won at almost every circuit in Britain. Ecurie Ecosse adopted the marque, and, entered by Briggs Cunningham, was virtually unbeata..
Mike Hawthorn was born in 1929 in a small south Yorkshire town, the son of an engineer whose passion happened to be motorcycles and motor sport. The family moved soon afterwards to Farnham in Surrey, so that Leslie Hawthorn could be near the Brooklands race circuit. It was not long before his son Jo..
"In those days, the Ferrari factory was small. In a long assembly hall, there were a few ordinary stands holding three 250GT chassis, none of which was in the same state of build. One was a beautiful white Cabriolet Series 1. It was one of the very first Pininfarina Cabriolets and it looked stu..
Mon Ami Mate is the story of two of Britain's finest and most charismatic racing drivers, Mike Hawthorn and Peter Collins. Throughout the nineteen-fifties they played a large part in putting Great Britain on the International racing map and, in 1958, Mike became the country's first-ever World Champi..
Please note this example comes with an extra 15-page 'Corrigendum'.The Frazer Nash was a car widely used for motor sporting activities including racing, rallies, hill climbs and mud plugging trials. It was in the main driven by amateurs for enjoyment. The number of cars that were made that never com..
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