Automotive category: 1940 books
by Rob Miller
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2012
Have you ever felt like you were taken advantage of when you bought a car? Have you ever felt like you didn’t get the best price you could have, when selling a car?Buying and selling cars is a big deal. Next to buying or selling a house, car purchases and sales are the biggest financial transactions...
by Graham Robson
Language: English
Release Date: September 20, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: September 20, 2012
Sir William Lyons enjoyed a seemingly unstoppable rise to fame and fortune in the motor industry, and the Jaguar brand that he introduced became world-famous. Yet it did not happen overnight. In the 1920s he was in Blackpool, styling motorcycle sidecars, and in the 1930s in Coventry developing the...
by Nick Walker
Language: English
Release Date: January 13, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: January 13, 2012
Using pictures sourced from policemen and police forces all over the country, this book illustrates the way in which policing gradually became more and more motorised over the years, and illustrates the many and extremely varied vehicles - mainly British, but not always so - which were used from earliest days through to the Seventies.
by Mr James Taylor
Language: English
Release Date: May 10, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: May 10, 2014
E-type Jaguar; Triumph Spitfire; MGA; Austin-Healey – nobody built sports cars like British manufacturers in the 1950s and '60s. There was something very special about the combination of low-slung open two-seater bodywork and spartan interior, a slick sporting gearchange and a throaty exhaust note....
by Robert Grey Reynolds Jr
Language: English
Release Date: March 14, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: March 14, 2016
Dewayne Tiny Lund came to NASCAR from Harlan, Iowa in the midwest in 1958. He served four years in the U.S. Air Force before returning to racing in 1963. It was in 1963 that his greatest accomplishment in racing happened. He took the lead in the '63 Daytona 500 with only 7 laps remaining and...
One Helluva Ride
How NASCAR Swept the Nation
Language: English
Release Date: February 12, 2008
From its raw beginnings on Southern dirt tracks, NASCAR smacked of a slightly depraved spectacle, as if nothing but trouble could come from the unbridled locomotion of a V8 engine. By the time NASCAR roared into the twenty-first century, it had grown into a billion-dollar sports and marketing colossus,...
Silent Speedways of the Carolinas
The Grand National Histories of 29 Former Tracks
Language: English
Release Date: October 16, 2012
NASCAR held its first Strictly Stock race in Charlotte on June 19, 1949, and, in the following decades, dozens of large and small tracks throughout the Carolinas were home to a major NASCAR event. Called Grand National from 1950–1970, NASCAR’s top circuit became the Winston Cup in 1971, and most...
by Geoff Tibballs
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
There is no greater British icon from the 'Swinging Sixties' than the marvelous Mini. All of the most famous faces of the decade, from the Beatles (all of whom owned at least one Mini) and Twiggy to Steve McQueen and various members of the Royal family owned a Mini. The Mini, in fact, became a firm favorite...
Speed Secrets: Professional Race Driving Techniques
Professional Race Driving Techniques
Language: English
Release Date: August 13, 1998
Shave lap times or find a faster line through your favorite set of S-curves with professional race driver Ross Bentley as he shows you the quickest line from apex to apex! With tips and commentary from current race drivers, Bentley covers the vital techniques of speed, from visualizing lines to interpreting...
by Robert Grey Reynolds Jr
Language: English
Release Date: March 17, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: March 17, 2016
Marshall Teague was an early NASCAR driver who drove Hudsons to victory in the early 1950s. My e-book looks at Teague's performances from news clippings that were published in newspapers of the era. Teague and Herb Thomas were teammates in Hudson cars during an era when this American marque was...
by Robert Grey Reynolds Jr
Language: English
Release Date: March 15, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: March 15, 2016
Fred Lorenzen was an outsider in the world of stock car racing. A midwesterner, he came from Elmhurst, Illinois, near Chicago. Most all of the stock car racers were southern born, where the tradition was that boys began to drive when they were 10 or 11 years old. Fred became so successful in NASCAR...
Speed Secrets II: More Professional Race Driving Techniques
More Professional Race Driving Techniques
Language: English
Release Date: April 28, 2003
Discover the secrets that will make you a faster and more successful racecar driver with this up-to-date insight into the latest techniques in racing. Professional driver and driving coach Ross Bentley, reveals what it takes to be fast and win races at the highest levels. Chock full of diagrams and...
Inner Speed Secrets: Mental Strategies to Maximize Your Racing Performance
Mental Strategies to Maximize Your Racing Performance
Language: English
Release Date: September 22, 2000
Maximize your driving ability with tips from the experts! Based on performance seminars conducted by the authors for race car drivers, this informative guide helps you consistently perform at your highest level. Chapters discuss: The Driver - The Ultimate Management System; Inner Race Driving; Skills and Techniques; and Strategies.
Fiberglass and Other Composite MaterialsHP1498
A Guide to High Performance Non-Metallic Materials for AutomotiveRacing and Mari ne Use. Includes Fiberglass, Kevlar, Carbon Fiber,Molds, Structures and Materia
Language: English
Release Date: December 5, 2006
A guide to fiber reinforced plastic materials, including fiberglass, Kevlar, and carbon fiber. It also includes sections on mold making, plugs, materials, structures, gel coats, advanced building techniques, tools and equipment.