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A small leather goods and harness-making shop in England became a fledgling horse-drawn carriage and coach-building business in colonial South Australia. It then morphed into Holden, a multinational company and a much-loved Australian icon. Holden endured through overwhelming wartime hardships, ......
SINCE 1981, Street Machine has been Australias home of horsepower, the biggest-selling magazine devoted to modified cars in the land, bar none. 2021 is the titles 40th anniversary and were celebrating with the release of Street Machine Legends Volume Two. This time, were celebrating the most-iconic cars featured in the mag over the last twenty ......
From development prototype to Geneva Motor Show star and 150mph road-test car, 9600 HP played a key role in the launch of the sensational Jaguar E-type. This latest book tells the story of this unique car’s life, its intricate restoration, and the unsung hero behind its creation – Malcolm Sayer.
First published in 2000 and extensively ......
In this fully illustrated personal look at the culture of hot rods and customised vehicles in Australia are dozens of fascinating stories about these incredible cars and the passionate craftspeople, amateur and professional, who build them. Includes unique and never before seen photos and contributions from dozens of hot rod and custom enthusiasts.
The MG Z cars were produced at a pivotal time when MG Rover Group separated from their previous owners BMW and stood alone in a the highly competitive mass car market. In this readable book, motoring journalist and Austin Rover expert Craig Cheetham reveals the inside story of the development of the range of MG Z cars that were designed to save ......
John Andrettis life was driven by family and fueled by a passion for racing. In Racer, Andretti candidly recounts how these powerful forces shaped a diverse professional driving career. The honesty and character that defined Andrettis life offer a behind-the-scenes look at racing at all levels full of lessons in racing and life ......
Launched in 1980 as the Austin Mini-Metro, the Metro was a critically important car for British Leyland and was hailed as the car that saved the company. This book looks in detail at the cars design, development and sales success from its initial design stage to the end of production in 1998, by which time it had evolved into ......
From bestselling author, racer and stunt driver Ben Collins - the man who was The Stig - comes a story of spies, speed and hard-driving genius: a drivers love letter to one of the worlds best-loved machines. Aston Martins first, wickedly fast models were forged at a time when Ferraris premises at Maranello was nothing but a ploughed field. This ......
When it comes to the masters of motorsport, Mark Skaife is without peer. The stats ordain him the most brilliant touring car racer in Australian motorsport history: his six Bathurst victories and five touring car championships place him in the rarefied company of Peter Brock.
For more than three decades across the Holden Racing Teams ......
Feature length documentary that not only chronicles the extraordinary life of Australias greatest racing car driver, Peter Brock, but peels away the surface to reveal the profoundly human story behind the legend. This film is a cinematic, thrilling yet intimately personal portrait of a life lived on the racing track and in the public eye. Using ......
Feature length documentary that not only chronicles the extraordinary life of Australias greatest racing car driver, Peter Brock, but peels away the surface to reveal the profoundly human story behind the legend. This film is a cinematic, thrilling yet intimately personal portrait of a life lived on the racing track and in the public eye. Using ......
This illustrated history celebrates the 75th and 70th anniversaries of Volkswagens two most iconic vehicles, from the first Beetles spearheaded by Ferdinand Porsche in the 1940s to the buses that became synonymous with a generation.
Volkswagen is one of the most beloved brands in motoring history, thanks largely ......
Finally, a rebuild and performance guide for GM 6.2 and 6.5L diesel engines!
In the late 1970s and early 1980s, there was considerable pressure on the Detroit automakers to increase the fuel efficiency for their automotive and light-truck lines. While efficient electronic engine controls and computer-controlled gas engine ......
Holden has been a major part of Australian motorsport history and, in this special edition hardcover 400-page release from the V8 Sleuth team, they celebrate and honour the brand’s history in racing.
The most comprehensive and detailed biography of Formula One legend Nick Lauda ever published, as told by Maurice Hamilton, who knew him for more than forty years. From the famous rivalry with James Hunt in the 1970s, as depicted in the film Rush, to working with Lewis Hamilton at Mercedes, Laudas career helped define modern ......
Only 36 were built and it has since become the most expensive Ferrari in the world at 41 600 000€. Produced between 1962 and 1964, the GTO won the World Championship for GT Cars three years running.
The book tackles three themes. In the first part the reader will discover the roots and evolution that have made the 250 GTO one of ......
A tragic age and a tragic character, both seemingly compelled to destroy themselves...a chilling reminder of how little control we have over our fates Damon Hill One of the greatest motor racing stories Nick Mason Timely, vivid and enthralling ... its unputdownable Miranda Seymour, author of The Bugatti QueenDick Seaman was the archetypal ......
TVRs Griffith and Chimaera duo may be named after fierce and frightening mythical creatures, but the prospect of owning either of the cars themselves should be nothing to be scared away by! This book pays no attention to the various myths and tall-tales surrounding these cars, and instead offers buying advice and tips to the potential custodian ......
In this richly illustrated book, Terry ONeil details the origins of a remarkable racecar, the Ferrari 333 SP. This vehicle heralded the famed automakers return to professional sports car competitions after an absence of more than twenty years. Introduced on the American racing circuit in 1994, it found instant success and continued to be a ......
When, during the tumultuous 1976 Formula 1 season, Niki Lauda nearly perished in a conflagration at the Nürburgring and then, severely scarred, courageously fought back to race again only six weeks later, the Austrian earned admiration and adulation world-wide. While the saga of that year, and the battle with James Hunt for the World ......
The Holden Torana is not just a fondly-remembered car from Australias motoring past its a bone fide Aussie icon. This DVD package is the definitive Torana collection. It covers all the performance road-going Torana models: the original six-cylinder Torana XU-1, the later-model V8-powered SL/R 5000 and the L34 upgraded version, and the final ......
Ferrari means red. It means racing. Excellence, luxury, and performance. Less well-known is the man behind the brand. For nearly seventy years, Enzo Ferrari dominated a motor-sports empire that defined the world of high-performance cars. Next to the Pope, Ferrari was the most revered man in Italy. But was he the benign padrone portrayed by an ......
Die-cast model car with detailed interior and opening parts (bonnet and all four doors).
The 2018 Supercars season will see flying Kiwi Fabian Coulthard in his third season with DJR Team Penske / Shell V-Power Racing Team in the #12 Ford Falcon.
The 2017 season was an impressive year for Coulthard, who combined with team ......
In this, the first in Porter Presss new `Coachbuilt Cars series, author Richard Heseltine presents the Ghia Jaguar XK120 Supersonic - with its complex pedigree of British design brilliance and Italian design artistry.
Car-lovers rejoice - Ford vs Ferrari – what a great movie!
What happened when Americas richest car company, producing many thousands of cars per year, went head to head with Ferrari of Italy in the mid `60s? This is the story of an immovable force coming up against the stubbornness of an ......
No driver is as connected to a track as the legendary Peter Brock is to Bathurst. October 2019 marks half a century since a shy and bearded Brock first took on the turns of Mount Panorama, the track he was destined to dominate with a record nine wins, earning him the mantle King of the Mountain. That uncanny relationship between driver and ......
Comprises a Hardie Ferodo 500 1969 hardcover book plus a print of the Geoghegan brothers Falcon XW GT-HO - personally signed by Leo and Ian Geoghegan. This unique print is shrink wrapped onto a backing board and measures 29cm x 23 cm.
Limited edition - 19 copies available.
The Lola T70 was developed in 1965 for sports car racing - Lola built the chassis, which were typically powered by large American V8 engines, predominantly Chevrolets and Fords. The T70 was prolific throughout the mid- to late-1960s, and over 100 examples were built in three versions - both open-topped and coup models. The first successes for ......
With more than 300,000 built, the Triumph Spitfire is the bestselling Triumph sports car model ever produced. As the values of these cars have risen significantly in recent years, interest in these affordable sports cars has also increased. This concise but comprehensive book is therefore the ideal guide for those who want to read about the ......
This book tells the story of John Fitzpatrick Racing, its five Group C Porsches and what became of them, its crews, its drivers, its races and - above all - its charismatic owner, John Fitzpatrick, arguably the best British driver never to have raced in Formula 1.
$6.95 flat rate Australia wide