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At its launch in 1948 the Morris Minor was an exciting and fresh
concept, with radical engineering and daring 'American' styling.
Morris Motors had given a young engineer named Alec Issigonis his
first chance to head up a design team and, though he would become
most famous for the Mini ten years later, the Morris Minor was just
as innovative in its time. Manufactured for twenty-three years,
some 1.6 million would be made before production ended in 1972.
Behind the Minor's success as the first British car to reach 1
million sold, however, there was a fierce battle to get it into
production in the face of opposition from the company's founder and
chairman, Lord Nuffield. Sold as an estate car, a convertible and a
van, and used in motor racing and rallying, the versatile Morris
Minor was much loved as a production car and has retained its
popularity as a classic, with many clubs devoted to keeping it on
the road. Using period illustrations from the BMC archive, Gillian
Bardsley tells the story of this iconic British car. This book is
part of the Britain's Heritage series, which provides definitive
introductions to the riches of Britain's past, and is the perfect
way to get acquainted with the Morris Minor in all its variety.
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Can you imagine a world where people drive beautiful and unusual
cars, created by designers prodigiously endowed with talent and
imagination? Names like Preston Tucker, Carl Borgward and John
DeLorean are hardly known today. Nevertheless, today's cars would
be a lot different without their contributions to automotive
engineering. Although the car is a technological and rational
affair, it's the dreamers and eccentrics like these who have made
the biggest contribution to the development of the industry; those
who have had the ability to think beyond their time and
conventions. Money doesn't drive progress in the car business - it
is a passion for speed, and an obsession with mechanisms. Yet for
many a dreamer, this passion has ended in fiasco. Misunderstood and
pushed aside by their contemporaries, they have been forced to
watch their dreams trampled underfoot. This book takes a look at
the history of the car from a different angle, avoiding the
mainstream moguls and telling a story about a man and his dream,
and the like-minded people that came before and after him. Lavishly
illustrated and intensively researched, it documents the making of
some of the strangest and greatest cars of the past century. The
main section is devoted to the unsung heroes of motoring, and the
rest of the book shines a light on the many ingenious inventions we
now take for granted. Let's show some respect to the dreamers. Our
world wouldn't be so exciting without them.
Say `Sleeping Beauties' to committed car enthusiasts and they will
immediately know what you're talking about: a world famous 1980s
photo series, showing an extraordinary collection of classical
automobiles rusting away in a French barn, neglected by their
owner. Famous brands like Bugatti, Lancia, Ferrari, Alfa Romeo,
Cord and Aston Martin, laying under thick layers of dust, spending
their remaining days falling apart in isolation. Many have tried to
find out what happened to these cars over the last twenty-five
years - decayed? destroyed? sold? - but all leads fizzled out ...
until two Dutchmen and a German hung on where others had given up.
In true Boy's Own style, their book tells of the three-year-long
search for the fate of the cars from that French barn. It tells the
story behind the collection's origins in 1948, through the moment
in 1983 when the famous photos were published, up to the day in
2007 when the authors talked to the current 79 year old owner - a
man who finally broke his silence about the fate of his collection
for the first time in 25 years.
This is an all-new book written by an expert on Midgets and Sprites
and featuring photographs that have never been seen before. In this
book, the author examines the original factory specification
examples of the cars and compares them with those in use today, as
well as their derivatives. He also traces the evolution of the cars
from the mid-1950s to the present. This includes the Austin-Healey
Sprites Mk I to Mk IV and the MG Midget Mk I to Mk III, along with
the 1500 MG Midget. The author also includes useful information for
owners today or those who are planning to buy a Sprite or Midget,
including information on buying and owning, clubs and support.
Based on a thorough knowledge of the cars, this book is designed to
be both informative and enjoyable to read.
The Alvis company of Coventry were motor and aero engineers who
made some of the finest motor cars during the period 1920 to 1967,
when car production stopped. There were no independent
coachbuilders left and mass production was not for Alvis. Total
production was a mere 21,250 and fewer than 7,000 after the Second
World War. It is the post-war cars that this book focuses on. The
successor to Alvis's iconic Fourteen, the Three Litre, had a
production run of seventeen years and the newest is now nearly
fifty years old. John Fox offers a fascinating look at both
technical and historical aspects of Alvis cars during this period,
utilising rare archival and modern photographs.
The world is an exciting and confusing place for Jeremy Clarkson -
a man who can find the overgrown schoolboy in us all.;In The World
According to Clarkson, one of the country's funniest comic writers
has free reign to expose absurdity, celebrate eccentricity and
entertain richly in the process.;And the net is cast wide: from the
chronic unsuitablity of men to look after children for long periods
or as operators of 'white goods', Nimbyism, cricket and
PlayStations, to astronomy, David Beckham, 70's rock, the demise of
Concorde, the burden of an Eton education and the shocking failure
of Tom Clancy to make it on to the Booker shortlist, The World
According to Clarkson is a hilarious snapshot of the life in the
21st century that will have readers wincing with embarrassed
recognition and crying with laughter.;It's not about the cars!
This Essential Buyer's Guide leads you through the process of
buying an Imp or one of its vaeriants from whether this is the
right car for you, what it's like to live with and what it will
cost you to run, to which model is best for you and what you should
be paying for it.Having helped you decide these factors, this guide
then takes you through the buying process. It explains what
equipment you'll need when you go to view a car and shows you how
to quickly determine whether to look at a particular car in more
detail or to just simply walk away.A comprehensive and thorough
evaluation section, with a points scoring system, lets you fully
assess a prospective purchase and detailed illustrations show
exactly what to look for. With advice on paperwork, buying at
auctions and thorough and clear advice on restoration, every aspect
of sourcing your car is covered.Having led you to your perfect car,
the Guide goes yet further to give you all the contact information
you'll ever need to get involved with the Imp-owning community
allowing you to make the most of your new pride and joy!
This book traces the design, development and production history of
the iconic classic Saab 900 model, manufactured from 1978 to 1993,
looking at every variant from the basic single carburettor Saab 900
GL to the blisteringly fast turbocharged Saab 900 turbo 16S. This
unique car accelerated Saab into the global executive car market,
and was its most successful model ever, with more than 900,000 sold
across the world. A combination of attractive Swedish styling,
reliability, balanced handling, safety and performance endeared the
Saab 900 to loyal owners who kept coming back for more over its
long production run. Today, the model that enthusiasts and casual
observers immediately identify as 'the Saab' is fast becoming a
collector's car, and deservedly so, with good examples fetching
premium prices. This book is an essential reference for all the
classic Saab 900s produced. This book features dozens of rare and
previously unpublished photographs that the author, a Saab
enthusiast and owner for twenty-five years, has researched and
obtained from archives in the UK and Scandinavia. There is growing
interest in this modern-day classic from enthusiasts and investors,
and prices for the best survivors are steadily rising. This book
will act as a useful, concise and attractive single reference point
to this audience.
This latest title in the highly successful 'my cool' vehicle series
covers the world of open top motoring. Cruising in a convertible
car with the top down started out as an American summer tradition
and for many drivers around the world there is nothing better than
driving down a country lane with the roof down, the wind sweeping
your hair and the sun beating on your neck. The book includes a
broad mix of 'cool' convertibles, and their owners, from vintage to
classic and modern, with eye-catching photography and locations,
captured by specialist car photographer Lyndon McNeil. Convertible
cars come in all shapes and sizes from compact city cabriolets such
as the Talbot Samba to roadsters such as the Lotus Elan Sprint and
grand tourers such as the Aston Martin DB6. Every one of them
enjoys a sense of open-air freedom and greater involvement in the
driving experience. Think sun, wind and speed. In many ways, the
convertible car is the ultimate expression of automotive
indulgence. A car with a roof is sensible but a car without a roof
is sexy, scintillating and, given the chance, most of us would pay
through the nose to own one. From the timeless designs of early
models (Lagonda, Rolls Royce Phantom II Continental, Frazer Nash
BMW and the MG) to the mid century cars (Nash Metropolitan, Land
Rover, Bristol and Renault Caravelle) and the retro/modern (Saab
900, Honda S800, Peugeot 304, VW Golf, Mercedes 380SL and Porsche
914), convertibles are among the most popular and desirable of
cars. The convertible has gone through extreme highs and lows
during more than a century of automotive history, from near
ubiquity at the dawn of the car industry to nearly disappearing in
the 1970s; and now once again being a highly popular type of car.
The cars featured illustrate the highs and the lows of convertible
design and show how convertible technology advanced from simple
cloth tops (the 1931 Rolls Royce Phantom II Continental is an early
example) to the advanced self-folding roofs of today and many other
design features. Some of the most stylish marques are included: the
most expensive in the book is the Frazer Nash BMW and the rarest
the Fiat 1100 Barchetta. Word Count 25,000
You might think a Cobra is an unattainable dream, and you'd be
right. However, a replica that looks just like one and works rather
better is not only attainable - it costs about the same as a
Toyota. Iain Ayre has been reviewing, building and designing Cobra
replicas for decades: there's nobody better to have in your pocket
when you stop dreaming and start checking out buying or building
one for real. This book condenses all you need to know into 64
packed pages covering Cobra types; low, medium and high budgets;
buying pitfalls; engine and donor recommendations; and, good and
bad points - pretty much everything you need to know to start
scaring BMWs with budget V8 thunder.
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