Archive for Author 'Sabu Advani', only excerpts shown, click title for full entry.
The Lotus Book Type 1-74 & The Ian Walker Racing Elans
by Colin Pitt
Covering this many cars in one single book of not even 200 pages can only be accomplished one way: keep it light and tight. This isn’t so much an emulation of the Lotus credo but the author/publisher’s default writing style.
Lancia Flaminia and Flavia
by Colin Pitt
All roads lead to Rome, and the Flaminia is named after one of them. There are practically no books about these models; this one is hardly comprehensive but it’ll have to do.
Triumph Cars: 100 Years
by Ross Alkureishi
A really good look at the cars and the people who made them, spiced with plenty of well-deserved criticism of the politics that drove this fine marque into the ground.
Rolex: Special Edition Wristwatches
by Braun, Häussermann, Niemann, Wimmer-Olbort
Auction house Christie’s says Rolexes gain value faster and more steadily than any other brand so even if you don’t want one on the wrist, you may want to put one in the safe—but read the book first. It covers all the bases, from history to manufacture to values.
The Art of NASA: The Illustrations That Sold the Missions
by Piers Bizony
Picture a time when no one outside the professional community thought much about space—except that it mustn’t fall to the Russians. So, if we really need to go there, how would we do it? And how do we get the taxpaying public excited about the newest frontier? More than two hundred illustrations tell that story.
The Last Lap, The Mysterious Demise of Pete Kreis at the Indianapolis 500
by William T. Walker Jr.
On the one hand it was called “the strangest death in all racing history” because no observable causes were found. On the other hand, unobservable forces may/did/could have put so much agony into a man’s soul that going over the edge, flying into the sky, crashing into a tree, was the only sure way to find peace.
Porsche Werks Team
by Frank Kayser and Heike Hientzsch
Try doing any job for 24 hours straight, even as part of a supportive team, and you know the toll it takes. Basically a photo essay, this book offers many unusual, clever, inspiring visuals to capture the mood.
Horology: An Illustrated Primer
by Barry B. Kaplan
Not a trick question: what date followed Oct. 4, 1582? Or Sept. 2, 1752? From exploring what happens when we don’t agree on how time works to showing how a watch operates to analyzing the industry, this excellent book sorts it all out.
The Key 2022, The Top of the Classic Car World
Antonio Ghini, editor
It’s that time of year . . . the TCCT Yearbook. The data you have come to rely on (or dread?) and new topics that are so off the beaten path you don’t know what to make of them. Exercise the grey matter!
The Cartier Tank Watch
by Franco Cologni
Is it the Porsche 911 of wristwatches? Todays’ model looks recognizably like the very first one from over a hundred years ago yet each iteration pushes design and technology forward and so remains as relevant as ever.
Forty Six: The Birth of Porsche Motorsport
by Bill Wagenblatt (Editor)
Right in time for the 100th anniversary of the race at which this car won its class as Porsche’s first postwar works entry this book tells its colorful story in forensic detail. How the provenance of the car was proven is amazing, and it raises the bar for “doing right” by historically important vehicles.
Bugatti: The Italian Decade
by Gautam Sen
An Italian Bugatti? No matter its inglorious end it was a fine, capable car quite unlike anything else. Big names were involved. Big money was spent—on building it and on buying it.
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