Archive for Items Categorized 'Automobiles', only excerpts shown, click title for full entry.
Monte Carlo Rally: The Golden Age, 1911–1980
by Graham Robson
Robson loves the Monte! Trained as an automobile engineer he caught the bug after watching his first RAC rally in 1953 and became a driver himself for various works teams, and was manager of another before moving into rally journalism.
La Carrera Panamericana: “The World’s Greatest Road Race!”
by Johnny Tipler
In 2006 and 2007 Tipler accompanied the Panam as a journalist, trading rides in the press van for the occasional hitch in a service crew vehicle, which put him about as close to the action as you can get short of participating yourself.
Races, Faces, Places: The Motor Racing Photography of Michael Cooper
by Paul Parker
This is the sort of book you pick up in an idle moment—and hours later wonder where the day has gone. Both in terms of photographic technique and storytelling there is much, much to discover here.
Porsche Moments: Photographs from Europe and Mexico 1953–1962
by Jesse Alexander
To anyone with a love of motorsport at the time we have come to think of as the sport’s golden age, names of photographers like Alexander are household names.
Ford in the Service of America: Mass Production for the Military during the World Wars
by Timothy J. O’Callaghan
WWII lies two-thirds of a century in the past. It must be incomprehensible to those not alive then, that there was a time when virtually all the resources of our domestic life were directed towards a single goal; victory over clearly identified enemies.
Porsche 718 + 804: An Adventure into Formula One During the 1.5 Litre Era
by Födisch, Neßhöver, Behrndt, Roßbach
This large and heavy book fills a gap in the panoply of literature on individual Porsche models. Maybe the reason for the previous lack of coverage is that these particular models had such an uncommonly short lifespan.
Fast Company: Six Decades of Racers, Rascals and Rods
by Speedy Bill Smith with Dave Argabright
By the time you’ve walked this earth for 80 years, you’ve seen (and maybe even learned) a thing or two. Even better (for us) is if you’ve a story to tell and the ability to do that telling.
Porsche Showroom Posters: The First 25 Years
by Everett Anton Singer
Historically, Porsche has actively used graphics and visual aids to promote its racing successes along with its charismatic line of road-going sportscars, particularly in its early years
Hot Rods and Custom Cars: Los Angeles and the Dry Lakes, The Early Years
by Ken Gross and Robert Ames
Featuring period photos from the 1940s and ’50s by Strother MacMinn, a fixture in the world of auto design, on his stomping ground.
Phil Hill: Yankee Champion, First American to Win the Driving Championship of the World
by William F Nolan
Originally published in 1962 and out of print long enough to be worth some serious money in the collectable-book marketplace, this is a revised, updated and enhanced edition.
Bugatti Queen: In Search of a French Racing Legend
by Miranda Seymour
The protagonist of this book went from 1920s nude model, ballerina, and cabaret dancer to race driver, becoming the “fastest woman in the world.”
Paul Frère, My Life Full of Cars: Behind the Wheel with the World’s Top Motoring Journalist
by Paul Frère
He drove in eleven F1 GPs. Teamed with fellow Belgian Olivier Gendebien, he won the 24 Hours of Le Mans in a Ferrari in 1960. He had an influence on three generations of automotive writers and here you can read why and how.
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