The Second World War took its toll on coachbuilders, and in the following ten years most of the remainder ceased to build bodies. Rolls Royce factory bodies such as standard steel Silver Dawn, Silver Cloud and Phantom range, Silver Shadow and Corniche are illustrated in this book, although the main ..
This is the signed and numbered limited edition. Suddenly in 1937, Captain George Eyston's name attracted world wide attention as it was entered upon the hallowed scroll of names of those who had broken the World's Land Speed Record in Thunderbolt; and in the following year, he achieved a further tw..
John Bolster is too well known to need introduction and all who have seen or only read of “Bloody Mary" will agree that the constructor and driver of this famous " Special" is eminently suited to the task of describing the details of other cars specially built, either for racing, trials or hill clim..
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..
The Healey Book is a year by year history of the automobile products created by Donald and Geoff Healey during the years 1946 to 1978 using their uniquely creative and innovative design talents. Every production series has been extensively researched and is displayed here with magnificent contempora..
This comprehensive history of the famous Brooklands Motor Course at Weybridge in Surrey covers the period 1906 to 1940, when the Track was in active use as a venue for motor-racing, testing and record-breaking. This book represents four years' painstaking research on the part of an author and motor-..
The first Ford ever to race at Le Mans was built in Britain. It was a rakish machine, a roadster, an abbreviated version of the 10 h.p. Ford De Luxe driven in 1937 to a 14th place finish by M. K. H. Bilney and Miss J. Richmond. That, until 1966, was to remain the only achievement by a Ford car at Le..
Few men have had so profound an effect on the world's motor industry as Sir William Lyons and fewer still have left their own personal mark so clearly embedded in their pro-ducts. From the Austin Swallow to the XJ12, his cars have been HIS cars. Here now is an opportunity to appraise and appreciate ..
The story of Lotus is one of the great success stories of the automotive industry in the second half of the twentieth century. The early days of this story are covered in a companion volume, The Story of Lotus 1947-1960 - Birth of a Legend, by Ian H. Smith, and this book sets out to record and pay t..
A magnificent photographic tribute to Rolls Royce motor cars built from 1907 to 1939. From the simple two seater tourer by Harrison on the 20 h.p. chassis, by way of the Indian exotica by Cockshoot on the Silver Ghost, to the sheer elegance of the Gurney Nutting sedanca drop-head coupe on the Phanto..
Born in Portugal but brought up in England, John Tojeiro is best known for the adoption of one of his sports racing car designs by the AC company to make the AC-Bristol which begat the AC Cobra. During his long career in racing this quiet self-effacing engineer not only produced his own cars but sup..
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