The book that fans of the renegade racing series Can-Am have been waiting for.
Can-Am: the words are still magic to a generation of road racing fans to whom the Canadian-American Challenge Cup series represents the pinnacle of the sport they love. Taking over from the USRRC (United States Road Racing Championship) in ......
A famed gearhead looks back at a lifetime of automotive passion.
Wayne Carini is a widely beloved classic car enthusiast. In My Life Chasing Classic Cars, this famed gearhead looks back at a lifetime pursuing his automotive passions. From learning about cars at his fathers side as a child through a career ......
The Rootes Story - The Chrysler Years focuses on the Rootes Group during the 1960s and 70s, the vehicles produced by the company, the people that created them and the events that led to Rootes selling out to Chrysler Corporation of America and eventual acquisition by the French Peugeot company. A valuable backdrop to the events is provided ......
The book invites the reader, both Volvo fans and those with a more general interest in motoring - on board the companys landmark cars. Volvo Model by Model brings Volvo to life with the feel of the cars from behind the wheel, from the side-valve OEV4 to the electric C40, with legends like the 240, the XC90 and the 850 in between. Volvos ......
A vivid collection of some of the most imaginative vehicle designs of the past.
A companion book to Patrick Kelleys previous book Imagine!, which featured vivid illustrations of a wide range of concept cars from the 1930s onwards, Imagine Too! showcases a new crop of images and artists, along with ......
A comprehensive pictorial history of Volvo cars produced from 1945 up to and including models in production in 1995. This really is the go-to publication if you need to compare specific models. The many models are categorised and detailed across several chapters. This book is a trip down memory lane for any post-war car enthusiast with ......
The once equally popular sporting cars produced by the Rootes group have somehow slipped from popular memory. Some will remember the Sunbeam Alpine, but few seem to recall the contemporary Sunbeam Rapier saloon or the fastback that succeeded it. The Hillman sporting models are even less remembered. The Hillman Avenger saloons became Group One ......
It was madness: Grand Prix drivers racing flat out from opposite ends of two long runways, only to turn away from each other at the last moment at corners improvised with hay bales. But such was the major part of the first Grand Prix course ever to be devised at Silverstone. Fortunately there were no head-on collisions, and the next year the ......
The third volume in a definitive history of Porsches racing cars, bringing the story right up-to-date. Illustrated throughout with contemporary photography sourced from the factory, this book serves as the perfect record of Porsches motorsport exploits from 2006 onwards. Written by an acknowledged Porsche expert, with the full ......
Looking back at more than 75 years of making sports cars: Ferdinand "Ferry" Porsche could hardly foresee this kind of success, when he sent his first car into the streets on 8th June 1948: the 356 "No. 1" Roadster. On occasion of the anniversary this deluxe edition provides valuable information and tells entertaining stories from more than ......
Marvel at 100 years of the 24 Hours of Le Mans with this definitive illustrated history packed with photography, narrative, and race results.
Held on the Circuit de la Sarthe comprising closed public roads and dedicated racecourse, Le Mans features cars and two-driver teams that can cover more than 3,000 miles ......
Sixty diverse cars, sixty fascinating stories, sixty contrasting specifications, but just one uniting factor: theyre all forgotten, neglected or misunderstood classics. In this engaging new book, these casualties and sideshows of motoring history from around the world finally get the recognition they deserve. Revisit daring new designs, ......
From acclaimed journalist Adam Hay-Nicholls, the very first biography of rising star Charles Leclerc, published to mark the start of the 2023 Formula One season.
Few of the drivers on the F1 grid have the racing pedigree of Charles Leclerc. Widely regarded as one of the sports hottest prospects, he was crowned F3 ......
Street Machine Legends Volume Three takes us face to face with the immortals of the Australian modified car scene. These include the likes of Summernats founder Chic Henry, hot rodding mad scientist Rod Hadfield and burnout king Gary Myers. Featuring amazing archival imagery and meticulous research, Street Machine Legends Volume Three will ......
This book captures the amazing history of Triple Eight Race Engineering and all of its Falcon and Commodore race cars, from its first foray into V8 Supercars racing in 2003 right through to the current cars.
Released in 2023 - the teams 20th anniversary season - the 400 page book follows on from the sold-out Dick Johnson Racing ......
Ken Tyrrell’s famous Formula 1 racing team will forever be associated with Jackie Stewart and the three World Championship titles they won together. But the Tyrrell story is far bigger than that, embracing nearly 40 action-packed years, from initial forays as an entrant in Formula Junior in 1960 to eventual demise in 1998. Along the way, the ......
In GM LS-Series Engines: The Complete Swap Manual 2nd Edition, expert technician Joseph Potak walks you through all the steps involved in installing an LS engine into any project vehicle, from concept to completion.
Variants of GMs groundbreaking family of LS engines are installed in everything from mundane ......
This books tells the amazing story of the Morgan Motor Company, from the primitive, but very successful cyclecars of Edwardian times, through to the iconic British sports cars of the Classic period in the 1960s. Morgan defied conventions, survived economic hardships, resisted take-over bids and carried on in its inimitable way, hand-crafting ......
Over a 40-year period, the Pontiac Firebird has earned a unique place amongst speedy American domestic cars. What started out as another contender in the me too Mustang pony car race, ended up a classic. This updated and enlarged third edition chronicles the definitive history of the Pontiac Firebird. Close attention is paid to both regular and ......
This book celebrates the extraordinary sporting legacy behind the name Alfa Romeo, and is a unique record of every type of Alfa Romeo associated with official and, at times, not so official Alfa sporting achievements from 1945 to the present day. This photographic album and record consists entirely of period photographs, many previously ......
The Austin Seven was Britains answer to the Model T Ford and brought affordable motoring to Britain and many other countries well before the VW Beetle or the Mini. At a time between the wars when cheap motoring consisted of motorcycles and side-cars, the Austin Seven put affordable motoring firmly on four wheels. Drawing on many years of owning ......
When it was launched in 1974, the Volkswagen Golf succeeded in replacing the legendary Beetle and setting new standards for the family hatchback for years to come. It also would become one of the top three bestselling cars in the world. With its stunning design by Italian design house Giorgetto Giugiario, the new car also incorporated ......
In the third volume of this publication, the cars of the Mercedes motor company major production types are covered, such as the Mercedes 170, Mercedes 230-260 series, Mercedes 320 and Mercedes 540.
In this volume the author provides a detailed impression of these vehicles through original photographs, taken both ......
Build and modify your 1967-1972 Chevrolet or GMC truck utilizing todays greatest parts.
The 1967-1972 GM pickups are American icons. Theyve been popular for decades due to their simple nature, stout engine options, crisp styling, and fantastic reliability. However, you can make a classic pickup drive, stop, and look better than it ......
Mauro Forghieri, the legendary engineer for Ferrari cars, who died in 2022, dictated the story of his working life with Ferrari to Daniele Buzzonetti before his death. In this new book, Buzzonetti turns that story into a riveting read, that will fascinate all lovers of endurance and F1 motor racing.
A spirited, insightful exploration of our favorite machine and its cultural impact on society over the past one hundred and fifty years.
More than any other technology, cars have transformed American popular culture. Cars have created vast wealth as well as novel dreams of freedom and mobility. They have transformed ......
Throughout its century of existence, every moment of Le Mans has been captured in countless photographs. From black & white to colour, these particularly vivid images bring to life a whole world: that of the cars, naturally, but also of the many human players drivers, engineers, mechanics and the public, always numerous and varied. The authors ......
From James Gray, author of the bestselling Max Verstappen, comes the very first biography of Lewis Hamiltons designated successor George Russell, published to mark the British Grand Prix.
From dominating the karting tracks of East Anglia to the top of the podium in Formula 3 and Formula 2, George Russell ......
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This is a fabulous adventure - reckless, insanely ambitious and filled with sweat, tears and laughter ... irresistible reading. Joanna Lumley
Alex Bescoby weaves travel, adventure, history and the contemporary together like no one ......
The gruelling Bathurst 1000 is a race like no other: from the early days 60 years ago when ordinary road cars were pitted against one another in the toughest test imaginable to todays ultra-professional Supercars. Its the Melbourne Cup of Australian motor racing.
Every one of those first 60 years is captured here in great pictures and ......
Each 96 page, HB book in the series is 10 1/2" x 7 5/8" and contains color and black and white photos, drawings, charts, and catalog facsimiles. Each classic model is presented in its historic and developmental aspects.
The cars, the stars, the thrills and the spills from 60 years of the Bathurst classic by Australias premier motorsports journalist with a foreword by five-time winner Garth Tander
The Bathurst 1000 is undoubtedly Australias Great Race, forever part of the sporting fabric of the nation. The 1000-kilometre race, held on ......
There was a time when every New Zealander either owned a Ford Cortina or had a parent, sister, brother, grandparent or friend who did. While we cant claim these hugely popular cars as our own, the Cortinas place in New Zealand motoring history makes it something of a Kiwi cultural icon. This book celebrates the Cortina in many guises, from ......
Description: Filled with fascinating stories and exciting photographs the book describes his long working life in detail, covering the five years that he worked at Ferrari, based in a ` top secret` department with the mechanic Prampolini, and the tinsmith Agnani.
This new 11-inch square, 200-page, hardback book, the LOTUS FILE, covers each and every model produced by Lotus Cars and Team Lotus between 1948 and 2022, all in a new compact, concise, lightweight format. It features every road car, race car and even the soapboxes and bikes built by both arms of the Lotus brand. A total of 259 models from Mark ......
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