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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.

Alfa Romeo 916 GTV and Spider: The Complete Story

by Robert Foskett

This popular and competent car never made it to American shores but at last there is now a really good book about it. With Alfa’s imminent (?) return to the US its time for a new generation of enthusiasts to see what’s what.

Airstream, The History of the Land Yacht

by Bryan Burkhart & David Hunt

Where has the “aluminum-skinned, gleaming silver bullet” aka “The Silver Twinkie” not been to on this planet?? At its prime it wasn’t just a trailer but a subculture whose practitioners crisscrossed the globe en masse.

Rolls-Royce 17EX, a Fabulous Destiny/ein Stück Geschichte

by Gautam Sen

For a carmaker as conservative as Rolls-Royce this 1928 experimental car was quite the statement. But why was it necessary? Is being able to go 100 miles really that important?

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