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Speed Read Ferrari
The History, Technology and Design Behind Italy's Legendary Automaker
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2018
Motorbooks’ Speed Read series celebrates the world’s premier performance car manufacturer in Ferrari: The History, Technology and Design Behind Italy's Legendary Sports Car†‹.
From the first complete car Enzo Ferrari constructed in 1940--the Auto Avio Costruzioni 815--to the masterpieces...
by Robert Grey Reynolds Jr
Language: English
Release Date: December 24, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: December 24, 2015
Piers Courage was a brewing family scion from Great Britain. He began his racing career in 1961 after befriending fellow driver Jonathan Williams and racing team manager Frank Williams. Piers was only 28 when he was killed at Zandvoort, the Netherlands in June 1970. His fatal wreck was a result of...
by Robert Grey Reynolds Jr
Language: English
Release Date: January 5, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: January 5, 2016
Peter Collins was one of a triumvirate of English drivers who were at the pinnacle of sports car and Formula 1 racing in the late 1950s. The other two were Mike Hawthorn and Stirling Moss. Collins married an American actress, the daughter of an assistant to United Nations' Secretary Dag Hammarskjold....
The Hemi in the Barn: More Great Stories of Automotive Archaeology
More Great Stories of Automotive Archaeology
Language: English
Release Date: October 15, 2007
Reviews: "Tom Cotter's sequel to last year's best-selling The Cobra in the Barn relays one great tale after another, with players unearthing rare cars to die for. The treasures include an armored Mercedes-Benz Aktion P command car discovered in pieces in Russia, a desirable Dodge Daytona Hemi...
The Cobra in the Barn: Great Stories of Automotive Archaeology
Great Stories of Automotive Archaeology
Language: English
Release Date: April 3, 2010
Now in paperback for the first time, here is the classic version of a car lover's fairy tale: You look into an old abandoned barn or garage or warehouse--and there's the car you've searched for your whole life. Here are the true stories of people who found their dream cars in the most unlikely places:...
McQueen's Machines: The Cars and Bikes of a Hollywood Icon
The Cars and Bikes of a Hollywood Icon
Language: English
Release Date: November 6, 2010
No other Hollywood star has been so closely linked with cars and bikes, from the 1968 Ford Mustang GT Fastback he drove in Bullitt (in the greatest car chase of all time) to the Triumph motorcycle of The Great Escape. McQueen's Machines gives readers a close-up look at the cars and motorcycles McQueen...
Inside Shelby American
Wrenching and Racing with Carroll Shelby in the 1960s
Language: English
Release Date: November 18, 2013
In the late 1950s, a young John Morton was transfixed with sports car racing. His dreams of competition eventually led him to enroll, in 1962, in the Shelby School of High Performance Driving. In a bold moment after the last class, Morton asked Carroll Shelby if he might come to work for the newly...
History's Greatest Automotive Mysteries, Myths, and Rumors Revealed
James Dean's Killer Porsche, NASCAR's Fastest Monkey, Bonnie and Clyde's Getaway Car, and More
Language: English
Release Date: November 5, 2012
Rumors, myths, and fantastic stories have swirled around the automobile since the first car appeared over 100 years ago.
Did you know that after James Dean’s death behind the wheel of his Porsche 550 Spyder, parts of the car were sold off, and said parts then cursed their new owners? Or did...
The Indianapolis 500
A Century of Excitement
Language: English
Release Date: November 4, 2010
The Greatest Spectacle in Racing
Since the dawn of automotive racing, the world's best drivers have tested their skills, bravery and the limits of speed in the legendary Indianapolis 500. The winner claims the historic Borg-Warner Trophy, and racing immortality.
Officially licensed in cooperation...
by Eliot W. Aaron
Language: English
Release Date: April 7, 2006
Language: English
Release Date: April 7, 2006
Test your knowledge with the Automotive Questions & Answers trivia book. See what you know about our vast American automotive, racing and Harley-Davidson history. Try to beat the clock by entering the quiz located in the back of the book. Your answers will be mailed only by the United States Postal...
by Wes Eisenschenk
Language: English
Release Date: March 15, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: March 15, 2016
This book is a collection of stories written by enthusiasts about their quest to find these extremely rare and valuable muscle cars. Lost Muscle Cars includes 45 intriguing stories involving some of the most significant American iron ever created during the celebrated muscle car era.
by Anthony Ambrogio, Sharon Luckerman, Woodward Heritage Team
Language: English
Release Date: July 12, 2006
Language: English
Release Date: July 12, 2006
In the 1950s, cruising swept the nation. American street became impromptu racetracks as soon as the police turned their backs. Young people piled into friends� cars and cruised their main streets with a new sense of freedom. Pent-up desires after the hardships of World War II plus a booming economy...
Middletown Pacemakers
The Story of an Ohio Hot Rod Club
Language: English
Release Date: June 5, 2002
Hot Rodding began in Southern California in the 1930s and had spread throughout the United States by the mid 1950s, spawning the sport of drag racing and the advent of the Detroit "muscle cars" of the '60s and '70s. Hot Rod Magazine and the National Hot Rod Association promoted the formation of responsible...
by Robert Grey Reynolds Jr
Language: English
Release Date: December 28, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: December 28, 2015
Jo Siffert combined determinism, youth and great speed as a promising sports car and Formula 1 driver coming along in the early 1960s. He began racing F1 cars in 1962, soon purchasing his own British Racing Motors (BRM) car. He served as driver as well as team manager. From modest means the Swiss...