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Books > Sport & Leisure > Transport: general interest > Road & motor vehicles: general interest > Motor cars: general interest
Covers 100/6, 3000 Mks. I and II. Plus Mk. II and Mk. III sports
convertible (series BJ7 and BJ8). Detailed upkeep and repair,
tools, general info.
This book is a pictorial study of the workers who built the
legendary line of MG sports cars. With over 160 period photos
depicting factory life, car building, and the war effort, this is a
fascinating story. The demand for these fiery little cars exploded,
eventually pushing to a massive facility outside of Abingdon. The
factory included everything needed to build the vehicles, as well
as soccer and cricket fields, a pool hall, and a hockey rink. The
facility even had its own volunteer fire department, it was so well
developed. MG Abingdon's famous racing reputation gained in the
1930s made it the obvious place to site BMC's Competition
department with its maiden venture the 1955 Le Mans 24 hour race.
The many original pictures in this book chronicle every aspect of
the factory, from its opening amidst great euphoria in 1930 to its
closing amidst great recriminations in 1980.
A friend of mine asked me, "What kind of idiot would drive a
thousand miles to drive a thousand miles, to drive a thousand miles
home?" The answer, apparently, is one like me. Exactly like me, in
fact. That is the spirit that launched most of the adventures in
this book. Road Trip captures the author's quest for new places to
see in old cars that are not quite suited for the task. In most
cases, the spirit was way in front of the planning. It also
accurately depicts the typical thorough thought process that
precedes a departure. There is nothing so liberating yet useless as
a Road Trip. A Road Trip is one with no purpose other than the
going. If one is moving to a new job or going off to college or to
a new home, it is not a Road Trip; it has a purpose. In order to be
a real Road Trip, the trip itself must be the purpose...and, just
to be clear, driving an old car home after buying it, rather than
shipping it, cannot be construed as a purpose- rather it is a clear
choice. It is a choice to make a Road Trip. Welcome to some of
Ross' favorite Road Trips
Few cars have achieved the iconic status of Volkswagen's classic
and much-loved Beetle - yet its origins are intertwined with the
dark days of Nazism. This book looks at those origins, at the
marque's initial post-war rescue by the British and the effect of
early VW Director General Heinz Nordhoff's forward-looking desire
to perfect one model rather than spread the company's talent over a
range of designs, at the impact of radical-minded advertising
campaigns and at the Beetle's never-to-be-beaten production record
for a single model of nearly 22 million cars. Bringing the reader
right up to the present day, marque expert Richard A. Copping
recounts the Beetle's story in a lively and authoritative manner
guaranteed to delight devotee and casual browser alike.
When it was published in 1973, Corvette-America's Star Spangled
Sports Car was groundbreaking as the first book written about the
Corvette, or any single car model for that matter. It has since
been credited with helping to kick-start the exciting Corvette
hobby, and four decades later is still widely regarded as the
Corvette bible.
This fully revised and expanded edition is the result of
extensive new research into the Corvette's first three decades by
author Karl Ludvigsen. Delivering unprecedented insights and
interpretations, Corvette-America's Star-Spangled Sports Car:
1953-1982 is a book for anyone who ever drove a Corvette-or wanted
to.
In this richly illustrated book, Terry O'Neil details the origins
of a remarkable racecar, the Ferrari 333 SP. This vehicle heralded
the famed automaker's 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 major player in numerous races in the US and
Europe. Of the 126 races the 333 SP entered, it emerged victorious
in nearly fifty, making it one of the most successful sport
prototype cars in Ferrari's history. Containing over eight hundred
images--many of them never published before--O'Neil's book is a
vivid look at this inimitable automobile.
Specs, instruments and controls, basic maintenance and service.
"The Life of the Automobile" is the first comprehensive world
history of the car.
The automobile has arguably shaped the modern era more profoundly
than any other human invention, and author Steven Parissien
examines the impact, development, and significance of the
automobile over its turbulent and colorful 130-year history.
Readers learn the grand and turbulent history of the motor car,
from its earliest appearance in the 1880s--as little more than a
powered quadricycle--and the innovations of the early pioneer
carmakers. The author examines the advances of the interwar era,
the Golden Age of the 1950s, and the iconic years of the 1960s to
the decades of doubt and uncertainty following the oil crisis of
1973, the global mergers of the 1990s, the bailouts of the early
twenty-first century, and the emergence of the electric car.
This is not just a story of horsepower and performance but a tale
of extraordinary people: of intuitive carmakers such as Karl Benz,
Sir Henry Royce, Giovanni Agnelli (Fiat), Andre Citroen, and Louis
Renault; of exceptionally gifted designers such as the eccentric,
Ohio-born Chris Bangle (BMW); and of visionary industrialists such
as Henry Ford, Ferdinand Porsche (the Volkswagen Beetle), and Gene
Bordinat (the Ford Mustang), among numerous other game
changers.
Above all, this comprehensive history demonstrates how the epic
story of the car mirrors the history of the modern era, from the
brave hopes and soaring ambitions of the early twentieth century to
the cynicism and ecological concerns of a century later. Bringing
to life the flamboyant entrepreneurs, shrewd businessmen, and
gifted engineers that worked behind the scenes to bring us
horsepower and performance, "The Life of the Automobile" is a
globe-spanning account of the auto industry that is sure to rev the
engines of entrepreneurs and gearheads alike.
From the Mark 1 in 1948 to the World's most powerful electric
hypercar - the Evija - in 2021, the story of the Lotus marque
encompasses ongoing technical innovation on road and track. With
seventy-four F1 Grand Prix wins, six Drivers' and seven
Constructors' F1 World Championships chalked up over seven hectic
decades, Lotus consolidated its reputation in racing while at the
same time creating some of the World's most stylish and desirable
sportscars and Grand Tourers, in-house as well as for global
automotive clients via its Lotus Engineering consultancy. With over
380 photographs, this book includes: the origins of the business,
creating Austin 7-based competition cars; the metamorphosis from
sports-racing cars to F1 - and seven World titles; factory
relocations, from Hornsey to Cheshunt to Hethel; the road cars: the
Elite, Elan, Europa, Excel, Esprit, Elise, Exige and Evora; how
sponsorship transformed traditional British Racing Green into Gold
Leaf and JPS livery. There are also interviews with key Lotus
personnel and drivers.
In this highly readable and informative book, VW expert Richard
Copping tells the inside story of one of the world's most popular
cars. Drawing on his unique experience as an author of many VW
books, the writer reveals the secrets of the VW Beetle's success.
Not only was the concept of a cheap but reliable mass-produced car
a sound one, but the fact that the car was subjected to continuous
improvement rather than radical change meant the Beetle soon became
an icon. Richard Copping also analyses the successful marketing
techniques that spread Beetle manufacture and popularity around the
world, including countries as far afield as Brazil, South Africa
and Australia. Under the leadership of the ingenious Heinz
Nordhoff, Volkswagen also ensured that manufacture of the Beetle
was fast, efficient and profitable. In the United States in
particular, the Beetle was the beneficiary of highly successful
advertising campaigns that sealed its reputation as a must-have
cult icon, alongside the popular VW Transporter. Accompanied by
contemporary colour illustrations, this book is a fascinating
journey through the development of an automotive phenomenon.
A complete guide to all components and their repair and upkeep.
Few marques inspire such enthusiasm as Alfa Romeo, and among its
most celebrated jewels are undoubtedly its coupes and spiders, the
sportiest members of an already sporty Alfa family. This book tells
the full story of Alfa's two-door cars in the post-war era. It
starts with the achingly handsome 6C 2500 and coachbuilt 1900s,
followed by the glorious Giulietta Sprint, Spider and SZ. Then
comes the host of Giulia models, from Bertone's Sprint GT and
Pininfarina's Duetto to the racing GTA and TZ. Add in some rare V8s
- 33 Stradale and Montreal - plus the Alfetta GT and the monstrous
SZ/RZ, and Alfa's rich heritage is indisputable. It's all clearly
detailed by a true authority on Italian cars, Chris Rees, editor of
Auto Italia.
This reader-friendly exploration along what was once New Mexico
State Highway 44, now redesignated the southern part of federal
highway US-550, melds both the human and geologic history along the
major transportation corridor connecting the Rio Grande Valley in
central New Mexico with the San Juan River Valley in the far
northwestern part of the state. Numerous illustrations portray the
region's geology in a form intelligible and interesting to the
non-geologist. The basic understanding of the landscape thus
provides the scaffolding to support the stories of the interesting
people who figure in the history along "Old 44." The book aims to
provide a view of the highway and its environs in an entirely new
way and to make history and geology seem a natural and necessary
pairing. DIRK VAN HART earned his Bachelor's and Master's degrees
in geology, and in 1965 began a professional career as a petroleum
geologist. During the next two decades the gypsy life of the
geologist took him to Oklahoma, Texas, California, Guatemala, and
Ecuador. In 1986 a career change led him to move his family to
Albuquerque, New Mexico where he engaged in contract geological
projects in Italy and Belize, and for a short while taught
high-school science. In 1994 he joined a team effort to
characterize the geology of Kirtland Air Force Base in Albuquerque
as a contractor for Sandia National Laboratories. He is now
retired.
Nothing sets off a car quite like window tint. From making it look
better to cooling it off, there are numerous reasons why tinting
your windows is often times a no-brainer. However, window tinting
has long been viewed as one of those things you can't do yourself
and still expect great results. Luckily, The Four Basic Steps in
Window Tinting Your Car destroys that way of thinking and shows
readers everywhere how to tint windows themselves. Filled with
priceless tips and step-by-step instructions, this remarkable guide
will easily have beginners tinting their own windows in no time.
Designed to help readers get comfortable with the process, this
educational guide condenses the lessons learned in a long tinting
career into this one stop shop of window tinting information.
Written in a lighthearted and easy-to-read style, The Four Basic
Steps in Window Tinting Your Car is easily understood by even the
most inexperienced of beginners. Taking the mystery out of window
tinting, this educational guide teaches readers everything from the
different types of tint to what tool is better for each job. Packed
with easy-to-understand steps and helpful illustrations, this
amazing resource is extraordinarily useful for beginners getting
comfortable with window tinting.
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