When international Grand Prix motor racing resumed following World War Two, the red cars of Italy were the dominant force, and Alfa Romeo, Ferrari and Maserati swept all before them....
Freestone & Webb was a great name in British coachbuilding for some 35 years, but as demand for coachbuilt car bodies dried up in the 1950s, the company became the...
A popular history of the making of motor cars in Britain from before World War I, through the mass production between the wars, to the successes and failures since 1945....
The complete history of BMC – British Motor Corporation – and a comprehensive directory of the marques and models that made up the whole. Following the historic amalgamation of Morris...
The remarkable story of everything Sydney Herbert Allard achieved in motor sport and motor car manufacture is framed in an up-to-date commentary co-authored by his own son. This is a...
In a short-lived but tempestuous and exciting life, motorsport’s Group B category attracted world-class manufacturers to develop new models. Almost all were technically-advanced, very powerful and striking in many ways...
Now in paperback, The Great British Rally is the complete history of British international rally events, starting with the very first RAC rally of 1932, which included 1,000 miles of...
Today, Williams GP Engineering is one of the most successful teams in GP racing, but it wasnt always this way. It took "wheeler-dealer" Frank Williams several years to move his...
In the 1960s, the Cortina was an entirely new type of British car; light yet strong, cheap to buy yet roomy. It established a new class of car: the Cortina...
Articles from international motoring journals cover the vehicle's production between 1946 and 2000. Bristol production started in 1946 with the 400 model and went on to include in 1949 the...
F1 Mavericks is the story of the grandest, most influential and most fondly remembered era in Formula 1 racing as seen through the lens of master motorsports photographer, Pete Biro....
This book tells,
for the first time, of all Lawrie bond's designs, together with the
products of Sharp's Commercials Ltd (later Bond Cars Ltd) which carried
the Bond name.
With a Haynes manual, you can do it yourself…from simple maintenance to basic repairs. Haynes writes every book based on a complete teardown of the vehicle. We learn the best...
Tony Vandervell conceived his great ambition to build a team of British cars to beat the Continental marques at their own game, Grand Prix racing. By sheer determination, refusal to...
Here is the definitive history of one of Britain's oldest, most important and influential car manufacturers. George Singer started building bicycles in Coventry in 1874 and by 1905 his company...
Alvis has for eight decades been associated with the design and manufacture of thoroughbred cars. But right from the early days the Coventry precision engineering firm recognized that diversification was...
Biography Edmund Nankivell b. November 1936 is a qualified engineer with a background in archaeology including Industrial Archaeology. He bought his first Jupiter in 1967. In 1969 he bought a...
English Racing Automobiles produced only 19 cars, and all are described here in great detail, including information on their owners, competition history, and period photography. The book is contained in...
This pictorial history of the Reliant Scimitar and its predecessor, the Sabre, shows in detail their conception, development and career, celebrating their enduring qualities. The author explores how, after 25...
The
first-ever history of this little-known but potent British marque, which
thrived from the 1930s through the 1950s. Covers origins, technical
details, production, racing, personalities, and more.
