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

Motorsport Explorer

by Julian Hunt

Even to Britons some of the venues presented here will be obscure! Your next vacation won’t be long enough to visit even only a fraction.

The Franklin Automobile Company

by Sinclair Powell

Over 150,000 of this American luxury car with an air-cooled engine were made over its 30-year life span. Today it’s a novelty at best; here’s the full story.

A Record of Grand Prix and Voiturette Racing

by Paul Sheldon, Richard Page, Duncan Rabagliati

You might not think so but you can read these books cover to cover. There is plenty of narrative but it is really the data—from practice times to chassis numbers—that make these now 15 volumes the go-to, must-have resource.

The Stewardship of Historically Important Automobiles

by Fred Simeone et al

“It’s original only once.” For certain cars this dictum will become ever more important. It took long enough for the classic-car movement to appreciate this. Now it’s time to define terms, rules, expectations.

The British Motor Industry, 1945–94

by Timothy R. Whisler

Why are there are no major car manufacturers in Britain anymore? Politics? Unions? The fog? Could it be . . . path dependency?

Super-Scenic Motorway: A Blue Ridge Parkway History

by Anne Mitchell Whisnant

It took over 50 years to build and while the road connecting Shenandoah National Park and the Great Smoky Mountains National Park may be one of scenic beauty, the story behind it is anything but.

Rolls Royce

by Julie Wilson

A small book for young folks offers a simple/simplistic look at an iconic carmaker.

Lola T70: The Design, Development & Racing History

by John Starkey & Franco Varani

Did you realize that the man who designed the Ford GT40 is the same who founded Lola Cars? And that the T70 is the car the GT40 was never allowed to be? That and a million other data points are presented here.

Vitesse~Élégance: French Expression of Flight and Motion

by Serge Bellu; Michael Furman photos

This third book about the Mullin Automotive Museum examines the cross-pollination between France’s aero and auto designers between the two world wars. Sounds too complicated? Just drool over the photos!

Citroën DS: The World’s Most Beautiful Car

by Daniel Denis & Thibaut Amant

Even a car as large as the DS probably can’t hold all the books written about it. This one is different! Photos you haven’t seen before and taken by someone who “gets” the car accompany a solid model history.

Le Mans: The Bentley and Alfa Years 1923–1939

by R.M. Clarke & A.D. Clausager

Hundreds of magazine and newspaper articles capture the early Le Mans exploits of two storied marques. They are written in gripping prose for an audience that didn’t know TV or often even radio.

Rockin’ Garages

by Tom Cotter and Ken Gross

The music and car culture/s seem particularly and almost inevitably connected which is why this book gives us a look at twenty stars from the popular music world who are also car enthusiasts.

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