Archive for Items Categorized 'Automobiles', only excerpts shown, click title for full entry.
Enzo Ferrari’s Secret War
by David Manton
No, this is not about Ferrari’s “war” on the race track with Ford but his much lesser-known actions during World War II vis-à-vis the Germans. If you ever wondered why Enzo had a soft spot for New Zealanders, this book has an answer—one that reads like fiction but aparently is not.
Berliet 1905–1978
by Christophe Puvilland
Public transport with a French flavor, made by a pioneer automaker that got off the ground thanks to American money. Beaucoup de photos.
The Little Bastards
by Jim Lindsay
Blue collar boys yearning for the fast lane. Trading their bicycles for hot rods they experience beer, women, racing, male bonding, and assorted drama. A fictional story—but you know people who lived just that story.
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.
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