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..
Charles Cooper and his son John founded The Cooper Car Company Ltd to build a long and fast developing series of racing cars. They initially produced 500cc racing cars, followed by a series of other cars including the famous 2 litre Cooper Bristols which were campaigned by such teams as Ecurie Richm..
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 ..
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..
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..
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