'I have always understood the Porsche to be more than just a car. It is almost a philosophy which has found devotees throughout the world' So says Ferry Porsche, a man who has lived and breathed cars all his life, and for whom 'motoring at its most beautiful' has always been a guiding principle. His..
Here for the first time is a book dedicated to the famous red cars of Alfa Romeo, in Grand Prix racing. Drawing on factory archives and the previously unpublished memories of men who built and raced the cars, David Venables chronicles the full story, from the company’s tentative start in 1910 throug..
In 1952 the old Formula 1 was superseded by Formula 2 and many new cars appeared in Grand Prix racing. This book tells of these cars and their performances, along with a background into the events of 1948-1952. Of the competition cars, information is shared on the AFM, Alta, Aston Butterworth, Conna..
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 ..
This was the first work to cover this new formula. Beginning with its origins in Italy, John Blunsden traces Formula Junior’s early history on the continent and its first full season in England. There are detailed descriptions of cars, both British and foreign, and the modifications they underwent a..
In the last thirty years, only one or two books have been devoted to Formula Junior motor racing. No one as such has ever compiled a book on the entire period of Formula Junior racing in the UK—that is from 1959 until 1963. Bernard Cowdrey has, for some years, relished a desire to fill this gap. It ..
Archie Frazer-Nash (always with a hyphen) was an enthusiast as early as 1910. In that year he joined H. R. Godfrey to make cyclecars, hence the GN. Some twelve years later they both left their company, Archie to build Frazer Nashes (without a hyphen) and Godfrey later to build HRGs. What they left b..
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..
The life of Georges Roesch, who died in 1969, spanned the entire history of the motor industry. He was a mechanical genius, conceiving in his youth a vision of the ideal motor car, at once efficient, reliable, easy to drive and cheap to manufacture and maintain – as Chief Engineer to the firm of Cle..
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