Archive for Items Categorized 'Automobiles', only excerpts shown, click title for full entry.
The Last Days of Henry Ford
by Henry Dominguez
Not just the “last days” but the last 18 months. New details and new perspectives paint a more human picture of this tortured tycoon.
The Roycean: From Manchester to Crewe, via Derby, No. 6
by Tom Clarke, Will Morrison eds.
The Roycean, now in its sixth year, is an annual journal containing scholarly articles by a number of contributors on arcane but fascinating aspects of the history of Rolls-Royce and (Derby- and Crewe-built) Bentley motorcars up to the 1960s.
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.
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.
Sports Car Racing in the South: Texas to Florida, 1961–1962
by Willem Oosthoek with Photography by Bob Jackson
If you’re a car person you’ve heard of Stuttgart. How about Stuttgart, Arkansas? Geneva, Florida? Opa Locka? Opelousas? Even if you have, you’ve probably long forgotten who raced what where. No more!
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 . . .
The Silver Ghost: A Supernatural Car
by Jonathan Harley
This is the Rolls-Royce model that made the company famous and without which it would not be existing today. The author specializes in Silver Ghost restoration and this book tells its and his shop’s story.
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