Automotive category: 1940 books

Asphalt Nation is a major work of urban studies that examines how the automobile has ravaged America’s cities and landscape, and how we can fight back.   The automobile was once seen as a boon to American life, eradicating the pollution caused by horses and granting citizens new levels of personal...

Almost unknown when in 1945 he purchased the Indianapolis Motor Speedway and its famous race, Tony Hulman soon became a household name in auto racing circles. He is credited not only with saving the Speedway from becoming a residential housing development but also with reinvigorating auto racing in...

In the second year of our Jeep Misadventures; we bought a Jeep on EBay, we learned about obscure running clubs and we made another purchase to make our camping lives easier. But if it were all that simple you could read about it here. Like always we take it just that one step further and turn the simple into the complicated, and when it gets complicated it gets interesting!

Interested in the Mercedes-Benz 300SL? Then you will like to read this 250-page guide. It shows you the car's history and explains chassis number and data card. It also comes with superb recent non-Daimler AG color photos, including pictures of the suspension. These are some of the topics covered: *...

Off-road riding is one of motorcycling's most popular pursuits and also one of its best training grounds for improving street-riding skills. Off-road riding takes many forms, from motocross and enduro racing, to dual-sport day trips, to trail riding, to adventure tours. No matter the specific pursuit,...

Real Projects from Real Shops Old Cars Weekly has again opened the garage doors of some of the best auto restoration shops around to bring you our Auto Restoration Guide Vol. II. From brakes and differentials to carpet, rust repair, and even pinstriping, find out how the professionals do the job. Do-it-yourselfers...

The Chevrolet Corvette is a treasured American icon and one of the world’s most popular sports cars. The experts at Car and Driver, who have tested nearly every version of this sleek machine, have now compiled and curated over 50 years of articles, reviews, and news about the Corvette, from the...

This is a revised and updated edition of one of the bestselling paint handbooks in the industry. It includes current information on HVLP paint guns and equipment and waterborne paint technology. It also has sections on hammer and dolly, paintless dent removal, patching panels, spray guns and compressors,...

The collection of images in this book portray the presence of Rolls-Royce in Crewe from the heady days just prior to the Second World War. It was decided then that a factory to manufacture desperately needed Merlin aero engines to power Spitfires and Hurricanes in the defence of these islands would...

Three wheelers have played an intrinsic part in the history of the motor vehicle, from Aero Morgans to Coventry Victor, BSA and Reliant. They had their place in motorsport, as well as providing essential transport for thousands of families. A nostalgic look in the rearview mirror at the fascinating and often weird world of the three wheeled car.

Belt up and enjoy this 365-day ride as you cruise past the most momentous motoring events in history. Packed with fascinating facts about races, motorists and the history of the mighty engine, this book is a must-have for any car enthusiast.

The untold story of Britain’s oldest car maker Many previously unpublished images from the vaults of Vauxhall A view from the inside that has been untold until now Of interest to the motorcar historian and modellers Vauxhall has been making cars in Britain for longer than anyone else. The first...

This is the story of how the car changed a society. Graeme Davison, Australia's leading urban historian, explores the Melbourne he knows so well to show us how the car entered our consciousness - as an object of desire, a symbol of status, a creator of freedoms, a shaper of sexual mores. His...

The lot of the motorist has changed greatly over the last hundred years. In the early twentieth century, only the most wealthy could afford a motor car and there were very few rules and regulations. Now most British people own a car and are protected by air bags and crumple zones, but also hemmed...