Domestic category: 406 books
Speed Read F1
The Technology, Rules, History and Concepts Key to the Sport
Language: English
Release Date: October 10, 2017
Prepare to enter a world of speed with*** Speed Read: F1*****. This arm of racing can be intimidating to get into, but this intro guide is loaded with all the information you’ll need to get into Formula 1.**
You’ll get the history of the sport, biographies of major drivers and figures...
by Rusty Herlocher
Language: English
Release Date: February 28, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: February 28, 2011
"Following in the tire tracks of the popular Antique Car Wrecks and Old Car Wrecks, this volume chronicles wrecks of the1950s, 60s, and 70s automobiles. More than 400 post accident images are accompanied by detailed captions providing relevant model and technical information.
The text...
The VW Camper Van
A Biography
Language: English
Release Date: May 23, 2013
It was invented immediately after the war, in the factory a far-sighted English military man had set up to turn the German economy from making machines of warfare to more pacific products.
By the seventies that dream had been amply fulfilled, as the VW Campervan became the conveyance of choice...
I'll Never Forget My First Car
Stories from Behind the Wheel
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2005
In this hilarious collection of stories, Old Autos columnist Bill Sherk describes in vivid detail the trials and tribulations of those brave souls who, throwing caution to the wind and money down the drain, made the fateful decision that would forever change the course of their lives. They went out...
Cortina
The Story of Ford’s Best-seller
Language: English
Release Date: July 22, 2014
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 Class' - and Ford's rivals had to rush to compete. Not only was the Cortina the first, it was the best, too; a fascinating, ever-evolving project...
Lola T70
Revised 4th Edition
Language: English
Release Date: June 30, 2014
The Lola T70 was the car that Eric Broadley wanted to build for Ford instead of the GT40. He thought the GT40 too conservative in specification for a state-of-the-art sports racing car, so he split with the giant corporation to build the T70 under the aegis of his own company: Lola. Immediately successful,...
Old Car Detective
Favourite Stories, 1925 to 1965
Language: English
Release Date: March 18, 2011
In this hilarious collection of old car stories, Canada’s very own "Old Car Detective" Bill Sherk presents 80 of his favourite stories from all 10 provinces and spanning the years from 1925 to 1965. In this book you will meet the man in New Brunswick who chopped the top off his 1927 Whippet...
The Dune Buggy Handbook
The A-Z of VW-based Buggies since 1964 - New Edition
Language: English
Release Date: December 4, 2015
The book introduces the reader to the whole cult of the dune buggy, from its earliest beginnings as a crude off-road vehicle in the 1920s, to the explosion of glass fibre-bodied and VW-based fun cars that became the cult transport of teenagers everywhere in the 1960s and 1970s. With histories, production...
Strange but True Tales of Car Collecting
Drowned Bugattis, Buried Belvederes, Felonious Ferraris and other Wild Stories of Automotive Misadventure
Language: English
Release Date: August 30, 2013
Most car collectors exhibit a healthy enthusiasm for their favorite hobby, a tendency to dig into their favorite marques, chase parts, swap stories, and generally live the car-guy life. Some, however, step over that fine line between enthusiasm and obsession—and that’s the place from which spring...
San Diego Lowriders
A History of Cars and Cruising
Language: English
Release Date: April 10, 2017
San Diego's unique lowrider culture and community has a long history of "low and slow." Cruising the streets from 1950 to 1985, twenty-eight lowrider car clubs made their marks in the San Diego neighborhoods of Logan Heights, Sherman Heights, National City, Old Town, San Ysidro and the adjoining border...
by Bill Hayes
Language: English
Release Date: May 9, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: May 9, 2016
Learn the real stories behind legendary events in motorcycle outlaw history. Pretty much everything the world has ever heard about one-percenter motorcycle clubs has been pure, unadulterated bullshit. Take the so-called Hollister riot of 1947 that started it all. LIFE magazine convinced America that...
by Michael Holroyd
Language: English
Release Date: May 14, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: May 14, 2013
From the bestselling author of A Book of Secrets, a brisk, charming, illustrated account of a motoring life
As a child, Michael Holroyd spent his best hours in his family's cramped garage, which contained a wealth of magical, exciting objects. But the most intriguing by far was the one in the...
Cuba's Car Culture
Celebrating the Island's Automotive Love Affair
Language: English
Release Date: August 15, 2016
Welcome to Cuba's automotive time capsule, filled with classic cars. The story of how Cuba came to be trapped in automotive time is a fascinating one. For decades, the island country had enjoyed healthy tourism trade and American outpost status, and by the 1950s it had the highest per capita automotive...
by Manuel Popovich
Language: English
Release Date: July 11, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: July 11, 2013
The Best And Worst Of World War 1 and 2 Tanks, Armored Car, Military Vehicles, Tank Of Terrors, Tanks and Armored Fighting Vehicles