Archive for Items Categorized 'Automobiles', only excerpts shown, click title for full entry.
Adventures in Ferrari Land
by Edwin K. Niles
Was there really a time when used Ferraris were (relatively) cheap enough that even young people could afford them, use them as daily drivers, even race them without qualms? Yes! And Niles was the enabler—thanks to him so many Ferraris found their way to SoCal that they were easier to find there than in Italy.
Cobra Jet: The History of Ford’s Greatest High-Performance Muscle Cars
by Rob Kinnan & Diego Rosenberg
From its launch in 1968 to right now, Ford’s Cobra Jet has moved the needle and so does this fine book that separates the wheat from the chaff in a story that has been told too often for its own good.
Legends & Lore Along California’s Highway 395
by Brian Clune
Have a need to visit a house shaped like a lemon? Or, more sobering, the Manzanar Internment Camp? Or check if there really are 80,000 hubcaps in the hubcap capital of the world? Heck, that stop counts as a twofer because the 25-ft-tall woman lives here too. Go West, young wo/man!
Internal Fire, The Internal Combustion Engine 1673–1900
by C. Lyle Cummins, Jr.
Follow the history of the internal-combustion engine from as far back as the 1600s to sideshows such as the use of gunpowder as a motive force to its ca. 1900—and still absurdly inefficient—iteration.
The Archaeological Automobile
by Miles C. Collier
Will “the future” consider “the car” a mere phase, possibly ill-fated and best forgotten, in the history of man? Your car matters to you—but is there a higher tier that constitutes “cultural heritage”? Why? And which? And what are the consequences of such questions?
Hot Rod
by Henry Gregor Felsen
Hank Felson didn’t write only car books but this one, part of a rodding series, was his best seller: eight million copies over the years. See why.
Rolls-Royce Silver Cloud, The Complete Story
by James Taylor
If you see one you can’t fail to notice it—and admire it. Admit it. If you want to know the story behind it, this book will set you on the right path, and while the car may have been for the ultra rich the book is a paltry $40!
Barn Find Road Trip: 3 Guys, 14 Days, 1000 Lost Collector Cars Discovered
by Tom Cotter, photos by Michael Alan Ross
So, you watch them reality TV car shows, do ya? Think you can make your own barn find and laugh all the way to the bank? Well, you can have fun trying.
Coachwork on the Rolls-Royce Twenty, 20/25, 25/30 and Wraith: 1922–1939
by James Taylor
Cars of this era did not come with standard bodies—you spec’d your own, from your preferred coachbuilder. Several thousand of these “small” Rolls-Royces were built so there’s lots to cover here.
Streamlined: Classic Cars of the 20th Century
by Malte Jürgens, photos by Michel Zumbrunn
Based on a 2009 museum exhibit in Germany this lavishly photographed book presents 25 important exponents of the theory and practice of making cars aerodynamically efficient—a problem that is still not solved.
Shelby Cobras: CSX 2001–CSX 2125
by Robert D. Walker
Not only does this 1000-page opus represent the most rigorously researched account of all Mk I chassis, it adds into the record material from an entirely new archive—fished out of a dumpster a few years ago!
Ford GT40 Anthology
by John S. Allen and Graham Endeacott
Subtitled “A Unique Compilation of Stories” the book is exactly that. Even old hands will find new bits here; in fact, they’ll have to unlearn a few. What more could one want in a book!
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