Archive for Items Categorized 'British', only excerpts shown, click title for full entry.
Pistons to Blades : Small Gas Turbine Developments by the Rover Company
by Mark C S Barnard
A gas turbine-powered Bentley in the late 1940s? Could have happened! The background to this book is the swap of Rover’s jet engine work for Rolls-Royce’s Meteor tank engine program in 1943.
My Life and My Cars
by W.O. Bentley
The autobiography ends with a gathering of the Bentley Drivers Club at Bentley’s home in Shamely Green, in 1959; he then was in retirement and had kept close ties with the BDC. The last paragraph of the book is nearly wistful—that of a man looking back over an exciting and distinguished career. There seems to be a smile on his face.
The Last Hero: The Gallant Story of Donald Campbell and The Land Speed Record, 1964
by John Pearson
In 1964, Campbell set a record of 403.10 mph for a four-wheeled vehicle. John Pearson spent time with him during the preparations for the assault on the LSR—and through many of the long days and months of frustration, delays, inaction, and impatience waiting for the salt.
Bentley: 3½ and 4¼ Litre 1933–40 In Detail
by Nick Walker
At the time period this book covers, Bentleys were built by Rolls-Royce which had taken over Bentley in 1931 in an attempt to thwart the competition and prevent Bentley from going to Napier which would have constituted an even more formidable challenge to Rolls-Royce.
The Magic of a Name: The Rolls-Royce Story, Part 1: The First Forty Years
by Peter Pugh
If you associate the name “Harold Nockolds” with a book of this title you are making the right connections but this is not a re-edition of Nockolds’ 1938 classic that covered the first 34 years of Rolls-Royce history.
Original Austin-Healey: The Restorer’s Guide to 100, 100-Six and 3000
by Anders Ditlev Clausager
The appeal of the 1953–1968 Big Healeys may be timeless but their innards are not. Naturally, not everything that has perished has been replaced with the correct parts or proper finishes, and the information in this book will provide the restorer and potential buyer with a definitive catalog of the way things should be.
Original Mini Cooper: The Restorer’s Guide to 997 & 998 Cooper and 970, 1071 & 1275 Cooper S
by John Parnell
As quintessentially British as the Rolls-Royce the Mini occupied the very other end of the sociological spectrum. Despite of this the Mini was, as UK designer Terence Conran called it, “a classy little classless car.”
As Old as the Industry: Riley, 1898–1969
by David G Styles
When it first came out in 1982, this book was received with much acclaim and the prognostication—not just by the Riley world—that it couldn’t be improved upon. This despite the author’s insistence that it can neither be “complete” nor “100% accurate” given the source material it is able to draw on.
Alvis: The Story of the Red Triangle
by Kenneth Day
At different times, Alvis has been different things to different people. Cars, of course, since 1920, but also aero engines and armored vehicles. These three main activities mostly ran sequentially rather than concurrently, which conveniently lends this book thematic structure.
The Rise of Jaguar: A Detailed Study of the “Standard” Era 1928–1950
by Barrie Price
Jaguar is certainly on the rise today, with their new crop of XJ models being hailed as landmark cars and possibly the best ones the company ever built. A far cry from the fragile, eccentric original XJ, and, given the firm’s ups and downs, not at all a development one could have expected.
Bluebird CN7: The Inside Story of Donald Campbell’s Last Land Speed Record Car
by Donald Stevens
This book tells the story of a pair of brothers who designed and built CN7 with a mind to break the world’s land speed record. In the hands of Donald Campbell, the greatest-ever LSR holder, this gas turbine-powered car established itself as the fastest wheel-driven vehicle on earth.
Bentley’s Great Eight: The Astonishing 50-Year Saga of one of History’s Greatest V8 Engines
by Karl Ludvigsen
A mighty engine of uncommon longevity, dissected here with customary Ludvigsen attention to detail. But why is it a Bentley and not a Rolls-Royce unit? That’s a whole other story.
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