Archive for Items Categorized 'Automobiles', only excerpts shown, click title for full entry.
The Ferrari Book
by Günther Raupp
And lead us not into temptation . . . an irresistible book for anyone who appreciates photography. Even if you’re not a Ferrari guy/gal.
Austin und Willys aus Berlin
by Klaus Gebhardt
You didn’t know that this quintessential American maker made cars in Germany? Not to worry—few seem to! This book will fix that.
Still Life with Cars, An Automotive Memoir
by John L. Lumley
A life with cars is anything but “still,” as these entertaining vignettes prove. You recognize yourself in Lumley’s trials and tribulations—and triumphs.
50 Years with a Rolls-Royce Twenty
by David G. Davis
You own the same car for fifty years, you got something to say about how to keep it humming. It’s had two new chassis and four new bodies, and this little book gives a good idea of how a vintage car can be a daily driver.
Ultimate Car Collector Guide
by James J. Schild
“Everything you want to know about car collecting but were afraid to ask!” Or, in the case of the novice hobbyist, didn’t know to ask. The author has been there/done that so that you may profit from his experience!
The Life and Times of Henry Edmunds
by Paul Tritton
An important biography from the early history of Rolls-Royce of an inventor, visionary, and an automobilist of the first hour.
Autowork
by Robert Asher and Ronald Edsforth (Editors)
What’s life like on the “inside” for the men and women who make cars in the US? From the early days up to the 1980s, these essays paint a not so rosy picture of the conditions at work and, by extension, at home.
50 Years with Rolls-Royce, My Reminiscences
by Donald Eyre
The author worked under, and with, one of the legendary founders of a legendary company, and he worked on any number of high-caliber design and engineering projects.
The Automobile: A Century of Progress
by James K. Wagner (Coordinator)
Unlike a chronology, this book is written the way a car is engineered: as an overall “system” in which any one part relates to the other.
The 1924 Coolidge-Dawes Lincoln Tour
by Larry Krug
Eyewitness accounts from an epic US presidential campaign that covered thousands of miles by road, involved over 100,000 vehicles, and reached millions of people—in 1924, when passable roads where still a novelty.
The Stanley Steamer, America’s Legendary Steam Car
by Kit Foster
“The Flying Teapot” was an interesting experiment in its day and one example held the world record for the fastest mile in an automobile from 1906 to 11—and for steam-powered cars until 2009! The full story is told here.
Studebaker Museum [Two books about_]
Studebaker’s first car was an electric—in 1902 but they quickly switched to gasoline, establishing a reputation for quality and reliability. The innovative Avanti coupe was their last stab at keeping the doors open.
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