Archive for Author 'Sabu Advani', only excerpts shown, click title for full entry.
Making It: Manufacturing Techniques for Product Design
by Chris Lefteri
The world as you know it is not quite as you know it—the finished products you handle every day are full of surprises as to how they’re made.
Project Terminated
by Erik Simonsen
“Too many cooks spoil the broth” . . . this book puts the blame for pulling the plug on seemingly viable aviation projects on hapless bureaucrats who keep the military from doing its thing. But it ain’t that easy . . .
MOMO Italy, 50 Years 1964–2014
by Mario Donnini
You don’t have to have a space age $40,000 F1 steering wheel in your car to appreciate that Momo must be something big. They are, and in ways that may surprise. This anniversary tribute looks to the past and to the future.
Jim McGee, Crew Chief of Champions
by Gordon Kirby
He cut his teeth working on a private Indy entry cobbled together in a backyard garage and rose to run some of the big-league outfits of his day. An important book about an important man.
Flying Saucer Technology
by Bill Rose
Never mind the names—Flapjack, Foo Fighter, Flying Top, Umbrellaplane—this interesting book is not about space aliens but actual man-made stuff that flew, or might have.
Mezek a Turbina: Messerschmitts in Czechoslovakia
by Bohumír Kudlička
The Czechs built German aircraft. Surprised? There’s much to be surprised at in this interesting little book!
Rudolf Uhlenhaut
by Wolfgang Scheller and Thomas Pollak
The legendary Mercedes engineer was a hands-on wrencher and a good enough driver to embarrass professional shoes. He valued teamwork and hated blowing his own horn—which is why this is the first-ever comprehensive biography.
Brooklands, The Sports Car Endurance Races
by David Blumlein
Who’d have thunk that this category of Brooklands racing had never before been fully written up? This small book is remarkable in every way.
Frank McClean: The Godfather of British Naval Aviation
by Philip Jarrett
Many important aviation developments wouldn’t have happened if McClean hadn’t had the means, the skills, and the convictions he possessed. At long last here’s a book to give credit where credit is due.
Alleggerita
by Tony Adriaensens, Patrick Dasse & Martin Übelher
The Giulia GTA, GTA SA, GTA Junior, and GTAm were probably the most important postwar four-cylinder Alfa Romeos. This high-concept 1500-page opus offers a wealth of detail.
Vignale: Masterpieces of Style
by Luciano Greggio
If this coachbuilder is remembered today, at least outside of Europe, it is because of the high-end exotic sports cars that once carried its coachwork. Around 2013 it looked as if Ford was reviving the nameplate it had sitting around for three decades—nothing happened. But it still might, so you better read up on it.
Jaguar XK 120 Supersonic by Ghia
by Richard Heseltine
“An alluring alchemy of grace and otherworldliness that screamed Jet Age.” How is it possible that this irresistible1952 Jag barely clocked 22,000 km in 50 years?? Its story is told here in good detail, illustrated with mouthwatering photography.
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