The D type Jaguar has a very special place in history. Firstly it was built for a specific purpose, and its achievement of the objective was quite outstanding. It was designed to carry on where the C type left off — as a Le Mans winner par excellence. The D type won three times in a row, and became ..
Jaguar Sports Racing & Works Competition Cars from 1954 is the second volume of Andrew Whyte's definitive two-part history of Jaguar in motor sport. Taking up his narrative as the legendary D-type emerges from Browns Lane to be prepared for its Le Mans debut, Andrew Whyte charts the fascinating ..
Jaguar Sports Racing & Works Competition Cars from 1954 is the second volume of Andrew Whyte's definitive two-part history of Jaguar in motor sport. Taking up his narrative as the legendary D-type emerges from Browns Lane to be prepared for its Le Mans debut, Andrew Whyte charts the fascinating ..
‘Jaguars in Motorsport up to 1953’ is the definitive work on its subject, and a further volume was published covering the period from 1954. During writing, every month would bring forth new discover¬ies which had to be included as Andrew Whyte dug ever deeper into Jaguar's motor sport past, and as p..
Jaguar is still the name which most people recall when they wish to associate the greatness of British motor racing with competition racing. It is to the nineteen-fifties that one must look for the start of the real success; the pre-war SS 100 Jaguars were, of course, most proficient both on the tra..
The epic Matra sports - the book contains a concise history of the automotive exploits of this French firm. Founded in 1941, Matra had grown dynamically with the studies and achievements in the field of missiles and aeronautic technology. It was therefore quite unused to the world of motor sport, ho..
This is a limited edtion book of 251 copies. The picture of the signed copy is a stock photo.‘Maintaining the Breed’ is the history of MG racing cars. It traces the development of the MG from its modest beginnings to the period of its all conquering supremacy in its class, and examines in some ..
‘Maintaining the Breed’ is the history of MG racing cars. It traces the development of the MG from its modest beginnings to the period of its all conquering supremacy in its class, and examines in some degree the effect of racing experience upon the design of the sports car. From the first of the Mi..
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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