Archive for Items Categorized 'Automobiles', only excerpts shown, click title for full entry.

The Early Laps of Stock Car Racing

by Betty Boles Ellison

A rather more critical—and thus most necessary—look at what has grown into a megasport for the masses whose business dealings and philosophy continue to be dominated by basically one family.

Lamborghini: 100 Years of Innovation in Half the Time

by Luca Molinari & Raffaello Porro (editors)

A celebration of fifty years of Automobili Lamborghini. Splendidly illustrated, several writers from the design world discuss the cars in the context of whatever it is that constitutes Stilo Italiano.

Frontiers – A Colonial Dynasty

by Simon Best

New Zealand, that most remote of British colonies. From whalers to Rolls-Royces to two airmen of Maori descent lying buried together on a hilltop in England, this book covers four generations.

Der Typ 650

by Peter Kirchberg

A mystery racecar, long thought to be an offspring of the fabled Silver Arrows and certainly presented as such by an unscrupulous broker working for a government keen on drumming up hard currency. Riveting stuff. If you don’t read German: fantastic photos.

The English Model T Ford

by Barker, Tuckett, Lilleker

This book could interest a wider audience than the title suggests as it covers a variety of subjects. The emphasis is on non-factory special bodies.

Lyons’ Jaguar XJ – Ein Vermächtnis in drei Serien

by Heiner Stertkamp

It helps to have a mental image of the car scene in 1968 to appreciate just how different the fluid, curvy lines of this performance-oriented sedan were. This elegant German book gives a good account.

Jacques Saoutchik – Maître Carrossier

by Peter M.Larsen & Ben Erickson

A book the likes of which you don’t see often—about cars the likes of which you don’t see often. A lovely combination, but available in very limited numbers only. So read the review quickly!

Roar From the Sixties: American Championship Racing

by Dick Wallen; Michael Jordan editor

Everything changed during that decade. In the twenty years since it was first published, this book has not been bettered. Good thing it’s still in print.

Inside Shelby American

by John Morton

Morton’s story illustrates nothing more than that being in the right place at the right time really does matter. Not every janitor becomes a pro racer in the shop he once swept! Nor does every chicken farmer hatch a racing emporium.

The First American Grand Prix: The Savannah Auto Races, 1908–1911

by Tanya A. Bailey

Savannah, Georgia may be a hotbed for many things, but racing?
International participants declared the course America’s greatest and the author is certainly its greatest fan.

The Rolls-Royce Story & The Bentley Story

by Reg Abbiss

Everyone has heard of the names—but not everyone knows that these marques are 100 years old or even that they were built by the same company for most of those years. A lot happens over a hundred years and these little books will whet your appetite for more.