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Lotus 72: Formula One Icon

by Michael Oliver

First fielded in 1970 this wedge on wheels racked up a winning streak that remained unmatched for almost a decade. Obviously not everything was sunshine and light.

Ford, Henry [Three books about_]

This towering American industrialist did much, said much, thought much. Not everything got recorded right, interpreted right, remembered right. Time for some periodic housekeeping!

Champion of the Lark

by Robert R. Ebert

Clever title: the Champion in 1939 is what informed Churchill’s insistence upon the Lark compact car to guide his company into solvency in the late 1950s. Clever book, too!

Survivor: The Story Of a Unique 1929 Rolls-Royce 20/25 Thrupp & Maberly Phaeton Tourer

by Charles Vyse

This Workshop Guide intends to help the average owner gain a deeper understanding of their car and properly maintain it. It is also a social history of the car’s and its owners’ lives.

Nuvolari: Legendary Champion of International Auto Racing

by Count Giovanni “Johnny” Lurani with Luigi Martinatto

Tens of thousands are said to have attended the funeral of “The Flying Mantuan,” the fastest driver of the day—who had selected the tortoise as his mascot. He was a legend in his lifetime. But why?

The Roycean: From Manchester to Crewe, via Derby, No. 4

Tom Clarke, Will Morrison eds.

An annual compendium of serious Rolls-Royce scholarship for serious Rolls-Royce historians written by the proverbial pillars of the community.

British Auto Legends, Classics of Style and Design

by Richard Heseltine
Photos by Michel Zumbrunn

Pretty cars, very pretty photos. You’ll be familiar with most of the cars and marques but here you’ll see them in ways that’ll make you want to throw your own camera away.

Thunder at Sunrise

by John M. Burns

This book puts the story of America’s first three races of international stature in the context of the developing auto industry and juxtaposes them with their European predecessors.

Race Man Jim Travers and the Traco Dynasty

by Gordon Chance

Traco was never a household name, and its founders didn’t care if it was, but it was probably the largest producer of racing engines in the world. Written by an engine builder who also did his Traco stint, this book explains the who, why, what, when, where.

The Fairmount Park Motor Races: 1908–1911

by Michael J. Seneca

You’d think that an event that drew half a million spectators in its first year stayed in people’s memory. It lasted only four years and, in telling why, this book closes a gap in the annals of motor racing history.

Cadillac

by Stephen Salmieri & Owen Edwards

Perhaps the most interesting aspect of this book is the fact that it had been born—after conception and gestation—at all. Towards the end of Edwards’ long essay, he describes a fire that almost destroyed his negatives.

Amédée Gordini: A True Racing Legend

by Roy Smith

There was a time when The Sorcerer and his cars were fixtures on the racing scene and some of the greatest names hitched their wagon to his train. Technically, Gordini could mix it up with the best but financially. . . . This book puts it all together.

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