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Total Performers: Ford Drag Racing in the 1960s

by Charles R. Morris

If you think a Velvet Brute is an umbrella drink you’d better read this book, quick. Written by someone who drove those cars in that decade the book offers an authentic look at a very unusual era marked, not least, by a Chevy v Ford debate on full boil.

Professor Porsche’s Wars

by Karl Ludvigsen

Ferdinand Porsche’s very successes had the unintended consequence of making him an increasingly indispensable national asset. This proximity to power kept his order books full, but at what cost?

The Early Days

by Davide Bassoli

Focusing on the launch year of the Rolls-Royce Silver Cloud/Bentley S Series this unusual book takes the reader back to 1955 to experience the car as a contemporary would have. People who like to “play” with books are in for a surprise!

Mid-Atlantic American Sports Car Races 1953–1962

by Terry O’Neil

At long last here’s another missing piece to the puzzle that is the not undramatic and certainly not painless shift from amateur to pro racing in the US.

Vânator – Romanian Hunter

by Radu Brînzan

“The Most Famous Fighter You Never Heard Of.” Historians, modelers, aviation folk: Now you can explore this elegant machine in what the subtitle rightly calls “Ultimate Detail.”

Porsche Carrera

by Rolf Sprenger, Steve Heinrichs

Small motor—big results. The 4-cam made Porsche successful and even when it was phased out a key technology carried over into larger applications. This superlative book has it all, plus the first-ever attempt to list every racing car motivated by it.

Bentley – The Book

This book is a guided tour to all things Bentley, to introduce people to the marque’s history and brand values—and to make them lust after a Bentley, be it in the form of a car or a sofa or a handbag . . . or even “just “ a haircut at a very special London barber.

Audi Design, Zwischen Entwicklung und Revolution

by Othmar Wickenheiser

AUDI means “listen” in Latin but here you can read all about the firm’s design philosophy over the last fifty years. And if you, as they hope you do, nowadays can recognize an Audi at a mere glance, they know they got it right.

WAFT 2

by Bart Lenaerts and Lies De Mol

“Unusual” doesn’t begin to describe this highly subjective look at cars, car people, and car culture. For better or worse, there’s nothing like it but it’s very weirdness earns it a place on your bookshelf.

If you can find a copy . . .

A Shipyard at War

by Ian Johnston

“Clydebuilt” became an industry benchmark of quality and many of the yards on the Bonnie River Clyde became household names all over the world. This excellent book tells the story of four pivotal years in the history of one of the most famous shipyards.

Ever Since I Was a Young Boy, I’ve Been Drawing Sports Cars

by Bart Lenaerts & Lies De Mol

See the world of car design from the inside. Sports cars, being such highly subjective interpretations of the essence of a car or a carmaker, can be highly divisive. Understanding the thought processes of the people that design them will help.

The Daily Mirror World Cup Rally 40: The World’s Toughest Rally in Retrospect

by Graham Robson

Any time you need to carry oxygen in a car you know you’re in for a trying time. Then and now the 1970 World Cup Rally is thought to be the toughest-ever rally. Six weeks, 16,000 miles, three continents, 17 torturous stages, elevations of up to 16,000 feet.

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