Archive for Items Categorized 'Automobiles', only excerpts shown, click title for full entry.
The Spirit of Competition

by Frederick A Simeone
Simeone’s philosophy toward collecting can be summed up by what he refers to as “The Automotive Hippocratic Oath: Do no harm to historically accurate artifacts.” His museum housing his racing sportscar collection is now open to the public and is becoming a magnet destination for enthusiasts.
The Alphabet and The Automobile

by Murray L Smith, illustrations by Charles W Queener
Typically A-B-C books are for little kids. It is obvious at first glance, however, that this one wasn’t intended for those lively little minds with short attention spans. Those kiddos are captivated by A is for aardvark and a Blue Train for B is likely to elicit a squeal of “Oh, show me Thomas the Tank!
Fabuleuses collections oubliées

by Christian Martin
Whether the collections are fabulous is debatable but the photos here certainly are, and the book itself is a fine example of craft. Behold eight European “collections” that in most cases are glorified junkyards with trees growing through cars and you have to ask yourself what the motives of these people are.
Mercedes-Benz C 111

The Definitive History of the Mysterious Supercar That Never Was
by Heidbrink & Hack
It’s not so much the car that is mysterious as the circumstances that kept if from becoming the hit for which scores of 1969 auto show visitors wrote blank checks. M-B owns all the cars it ever made, and this is the one book that covers them.
Hot Rod Mavericks: The Builders, Racers, and Rebels Who Revolutionized Hot Rodding

by Tony Thacker
If hot rods leave you cold, realize that the influence of the five dozen folks presented in this excellent book touches every aspect of automotive activity, up into current times.
Rolls-Royce Memories, A Coming-of-Age Souvenir

H. Massac Buist
Written “for private consumption” in 1926, this memoir offers both a personal and in-depth look into yesteryear when cars and airplanes were new and wondrous. We are given a contemporary account of the doings of Charles Stewart Rolls and F. Henry Royce. It’s like watching the old TV show “You are There.”
Amateur Racing Driver

by T.P. Cholmondeley Tapper
In the 1930s he became the first internationally known racing driver from New Zealand and had a promising start but a short career, making a greater name for himself as a skier and also found his way into aviation.