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

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 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.

Ferrari: 2015 Official Scuderia Ferrari Calendar

The 2014 Formula 1 season from a Ferrari point of view as captured by half a dozen world-class photographers.

Porsche 928

by Brian Long

A decade after this model’s production ended, the world is finally realizing that this is a really special car. If you didn’t already know that, this book will tell you. And if you’re in the market for one you’d better find one pronto.

Ferrari Myth 2015: The Official Ferrari Calendar

by Günther Raupp

A super-premium, limited-edition, oversize collection of artistic renditions of Ferraris that is only called a “calendar” because it does have a tiny string of numbers on the bottom of each page.

Daimler Conquest, Roadster and New Drop Head Coupé

by Dennis Mynard & Harold Wilson

One of the minor British cars of the 1950s but built by a big-name maker. An interesting book that will appeal to more than just the owners of the models described.

Old Contemptible

by Charles Howard

The long subtitle says it all: “The history of chassis number 2095, a 1912 Rolls-Royce Silver Ghost, and the car’s first two valiant owners, Barrington Stopford and Walter Carlile, both of whom drove it in The Great War.”

James Garner’s Motoring Life

by Matt Stone

You know him as “that actor” but did you realize that he was a serious and competent racing driver who could have made it in the pro world?

England’s Motoring Heritage from the Air

by John Minnis

A bird’s eyes view makes even familiar things look new, even strange. From Edwardian times to the 1950s, these photos show how drastically the landscape changes to accommodate the car and its attending infrastructure.

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