Archive for Items Categorized 'Automobiles', only excerpts shown, click title for full entry.
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.
Main Street to Miracle Mile: American Roadside Architecture
by Chester H. Liebs
As the use of the car expanded so did the infrastructure related to it, from automobile showrooms to the layout of city grids to roadside conveniences. This is one of the classics, a foundational text that has inspired many others.
Crankshaft, A Periodical
by Richard Lentinello
Created—by a one-man band and in small numbers—for the serious collector-car enthusiast who appreciates in-depth, well-researched articles on a variety of original-spec automobiles, foreign or domestic, old or new.
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.
Pontiac Performance 1960–1974: The Era of the Super Duty, H.O., & Ram Air Drag & Muscle Cars
by Don Keefe
Pontiac is still a registered trademark in the GM family but you haven’t seen a new car since 2009. Once upon a time they cranked out some of the most iconic performance cars of the day (as well as some real land yachts).
Porsche RS: Development, History, and Technology
by Bergander, Hoberg, Besser
While the RS is mostly associated with the 911 there are other Porsches with that special spec; this book discusses them all but the main focus is on the various series of 911s.
Iron Fist: The Lives of Carl Kiekhaefer, Industrial Caesar of a Marine Industry Empire
by Jeffrey L. Rodengen
Once fired for “brazenly insubordinate arguments concerning design and product development” he would go on to put his name to over 200 patents and was posthumously inducted into the Motorsports Hall of Fame of America.
Silverstone – the Home of British Motor Racing (2nd ed)
by Chas Parker
This former airfield has been the home of the British Grand Prix since 1948 and hosted the first F1 World Championship race in 1950. The circuit had to improve to keep up with the changes, and so has the second edition of this book.
Early Funny Cars, 1964–1975
by Lou Hart
Does your car have 10,000 horses under the hood? Funny Cars are pretty serious machinery in terms of engineering parameters, and also aerodynamics.
Chevrolet Corvette C6 2005–2013: Essential Buyers Guide
by David Smitheram
It’s not just the exposed headlamps that set a C6 apart from its predecessors. The model is basically reliable and parts are easily found, but not every model year is equally good. Spare yourself nasty surprises and read this book first!
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.
Mercedes-Benz C 111
The Definitive History of the Mysterious Supercar That Never Was
by Heidbrink & Hack
It’s not the car that is mysterious but 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.
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