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..
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..
For more than thirty years, the name Porsche has been synonymous with high-performance sports and competition cars. But what may not be generally appreciated, is that ever since it was founded as the technical design studio of Professor Ferdinand Porsche in Stuttgart, the name has been associated wi..
Len Shaw is one of that band of gifted amateurs who were the backbone of British motor sport in the 1950s. As a founder member of The Hagley and District Light Car Club, he competed in trials and speed events in the 1930s. A skilled driver, the success he gained after the war driving his own MG YA i..
Complied by Bernard Simon and Julius Kruta, the book’s main focus is on the remarkable and highly desirable Bugatti Type 57s. Setting the scene for the production Type 57s models, the authors first take a look at the social scene in France in the 30’s, and then progress to the economical situation f..
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..
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