Veloce Publishing Ltd: 393 books
by Trevor Legate
Language: English
Release Date: October 5, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: October 5, 2015
The extraordinary marriage of a classic British AC Ace sportscar to a large capacity American V8 engine was the idea of America's larger than life Carroll Shelby. Called the Cobra, the resulting car had shattering performance allied to timeless beauty and has become a motoring icon. Originals have become...
The BMW Boxer Twins 1970-1996 Bible
All air-cooled models 1970-1996 (Except R45, R65, G/S & GS)
Language: English
Release Date: July 8, 2013
Before the /5 series, BMW had a reputation for producing expensive and idiosyncratic touring motorcycles. But the /5 changed that. Although still expensive, the market was opened to a new world of riders, and during the 1970s the air-cooled boxer evolved into the ground-breaking R90S and R100RS. These...
Porsche 911R-RS-RSR
Revised & Enlarged 4th Edition
Language: English
Release Date: September 13, 2016
Porche’s beautiful 911 model has a long history and a well-deserved reputation for blistering road performance but, in the 1970s, with motor racing in mind, Porsche built some even more muscular 911s the R, RS and RSR.John Starkey has spent many years researching and recording the history of these...
Pontiac Firebird
The Auto-Biography
Language: English
Release Date: September 6, 2013
Over a 40 year period the Pontiac Firebird has earned a unique place amongst speedy domestic cars. What started out as another contender in the "me too" Mustang pony car race ended up becoming so much more. Only Pontiac could have come up with a coupe like the Firebird, and it was the Firebird that kept...
BRM V16
How Britain’s auto makers built a Grand Prix car to beat the world
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2017
Few cars of any kind have a more exotic and exciting reputation among enthusiasts than the first BRM, a 16-cylinder wonder machine that was a bright beacon of promise in Britain _x0019_s drab post-war years. Heralded as a certain race winner and backed by the nation _x0019_s motor industry, exploiting...
Ford Cleveland 335-Series V8 engine 1970 to 1982
The Essential Source Book
Language: English
Release Date: October 20, 2015
The definitive history of 335-Series Cleveland Small Block Ford V8 Engines produced in the USA, Canada and Australia between 1970-1982. Years of meticulous and dedicated research have allowed Des Hammill to collate extensive and accurate information to produce this fully comprehensive, unique...
Dodge Challenger & Plymouth Barracuda
Chrysler’s Potent Pony Cars
Language: English
Release Date: September 22, 2015
The ultimate Chrysler pony car book written in Peter’s now familiar and welcome unpretentious style, featuring every series and model of pony car made by the Chrysler Corporation in the 1960s and 70s, including the slippery Barracuda and classic Dodge Challenger, along with stars of the big screen and drag strip.
Hot Rod & Stock Car Racing
in Britain in the 1980s
Language: English
Release Date: July 28, 2014
Short oval racing (Hot Rod and Stock Car Racing) was, and remains, one of the best supported forms of motor racing in the country, in terms of both competitors and spectators. Hot Rod and Stock Car Racing had seen packed terraces throughout the sixties and seventies, as the public went to local circuits...
Autodrome
The lost race circuits of Europe
Language: English
Release Date: February 19, 2015
Around Europe lie a number of long forgotten monuments, wind swept and abandoned the derelict buildings and crumbling tarmac are all that remains of once great motor racing circuits. From the great speed bowls of Monza and Brooklands, to the parkland of Crystal Palace. All photographed as they are now but remembered in their prime.
by Graham Templeman
Language: English
Release Date: July 2, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: July 2, 2014
At last a practical handbook on how to choose and operate datalogging equipment and get the full benefit from what it tells you. Aimed at the amateur competitor, it covers hardware and software and takes over where the manufacturers instructions run out. It shows how to understand what the data is telling...
Formula 5000 Motor Racing
Back then ... and back now
Language: English
Release Date: January 16, 2017
This book covers a very popular ‘formula' of racing cars that is generally untapped as a subject by other authors. Although Formula 5000 has never had the mass appeal of F1, in some instances the cars and drivers became favourites of spectators across the globe. Some drivers went on to great fame after...
Fast Ladies
female racing drivers 1888 to 1970
Language: English
Release Date: August 10, 2017
It took a great deal of determination on the part of women to sweep aside male resistance in the inner circles of the motor sport world. Discover the statuesque Camille du Gast of the 1903 Paris-Madrid race; dancer Hellé Nice, the ‘Bugatti queen'; Violette Morris, the ‘Hyena of the Gestapo'; the...
VW Golf
Five Generations of Fun
Language: English
Release Date: August 7, 2012
The combination of model history, coupled to hot hatch performance, all comprehensively illustrated through major photo shoots and detail pictures, make this the complete guide to the first five generations Golf, including the classic GTIs. With all models, including Golf spin-offs, assessed, enthusiast-driving...
Art Deco and British Car Design
The Airline Cars of the 1930s
Language: English
Release Date: January 13, 2012
This is a book about automotive styling, in particular the streamlined styling that defined what are now known as Airline cars. During the mid-1930s the majority of British car manufacturers and coachbuilders experimented with streamlined styling. This fashion was the result of Art Deco, an international...