When the Hawker Siddeley Group decided in 1960 to give up car manufacture, one of Britain's most distinctive marques was struck off the list. Armstrong Siddeley was formed in 1919 when Armstrong Whitworth took over the enterprising J.D. Siddeley's car factory in Coventry. It had established ..
Enzo Ferrari died on August 14th 1988, leaving a record of achievement unrivalled in the annals of motorsport. The checkered flag of international competition fell more often on his cars than on any others. FERRARI: The Machines and The Man is the compelling story of these automobiles and their cont..
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 ..
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 ..
For anyone with a passion for the modern Ferrari Testarossa, this book covers every detail, from the heritage of its fore runners such as the 275 GTB and 365 GTB/4 Daytona, to the design and development with Pininfarina. Well illustrated, there are superb cut away drawings showing the internal detai..
The automobile of today owes much to what happened on a small island between 1904 and 1922. In an era when cars were regarded as noisy monstrosities of little value except as amusement for the rich, car tech¬nology was in its infancy and needed a challenge to encourage advancement, pressure to e..
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