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The first generation of Sunbeam Alpine was produced in 1953-54 and
was named after the prestigious Alpine Rally which ran through the
mountains of France and Italy. The name was resurrected in 1959 for
a new model, the principle subject of this book. It was launched in
July of that year on the French Riviera and remained in production
until 1968. The Alpine was used in racing and rallying in many
places including Britain, continental Europe, the United States and
Canada. In this book, author John Willshire looks at the history of
the Sunbeam Alpine, its development and production history, the
different variants produced and its use as a rally and race car as
well as advising those who want to own and operate their own Alpine
today. The first book dedicated to the history of the Sunbeam
Alpine alone for more than twenty years, this is the first book on
the subject with such a wide range of historic and modern
photographs.
'I was never going to sleep in and take it easy, there were worms
to catch.' Breaking records on the world's biggest Wall of Death,
cycling 2,745 miles across the length of the United States (while
sleeping rough), attempting to be the fastest person ever on two
wheels and travelling to Latvia to investigate his family's roots,
it's been a busy year for Guy Martin. There's been some thrilling
racing too, including wild Harley choppers on dirt and
turbo-charged Transit vans through the Nevada desert. And don't
forget there's the day job to get back to in North Lincolnshire -
the truck yard and the butty van. Guy has done more in one year
than most people do in a lifetime, and with his gift for
story-telling, he takes you with him to the outer limits of human
endurance, and on a dizzying adrenalin high, all in a day's work.
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Quiz Prix
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Steph Barraclough; Foreword by Tom Kristensen, Neil Cole
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Derek Bell has become one of motor racing's 'national treasures'.
He is best known as one of the world's finest ever endurance sports
car drivers, winning Le Mans five times and the Daytona 24 Hours
three times, as well as numerous other significant sports car
races. This completely new and updated edition of his autobiography
celebrates the superb motor racing career of one of Britain's most
popular racing drivers. Derek Bell is one of the survivors from
1960's motorsport, who made a real name for himself in Endurance
Racing for over a twenty years driving primarily for Porsche but
also other top teams from the late 1960's through to the 1990's. A
multiple winner at Le Mans and Daytona this book takes you through
the details of his life racing around the world from his early
years leading up to F1 and then in to Endurance Racing and other
branches of the sport. It shows the vast difference in Motorsport
in his early career and how motorsport has progressed through the
years.
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