Antique category: 247 books
Cars
Freedom, Style, Sex, Power, Motion, Colour, Everything
Language: English
Release Date: February 20, 2012
Sources are eclectic, results mixed, but one thing is certain: car design is being forced up an ever tightening spiral of creativity. These machines are memorials of our tastes, yearnings and capabilities. They have layers of meaning and can, as Henry Ford knew, be read like a book... if only you...
Mercedes-Benz 300SL W198 with chassis number/data card explanation
From the 300SL Gullwing to the Roadster
Language: English
Release Date: December 8, 2014
Interested in the Mercedes-Benz 300SL? Then you will like to read this 250-page guide. It shows you the car's history and explains chassis number and data card. It also comes with superb recent non-Daimler AG color photos, including pictures of the suspension. These are some of the topics covered:
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Vauxhall
Britain's Oldest Car Maker
Language: English
Release Date: November 7, 2017
The untold story of Britain’s oldest car maker
Many previously unpublished images from the vaults of Vauxhall
A view from the inside that has been untold until now
Of interest to the motorcar historian and modellers
Vauxhall has been making cars in Britain for longer than anyone else. The first...
Bangers
True tales from a 1960s teenage petrolhead
Language: English
Release Date: June 5, 2014
A teenage lad’s fascination with old cars. An even greater fascination with teenage girls. A sad lack of sufficient funds to pursue either interest with much credibility. A conundrum which has challenged car-obsessed male youth the world over since the fateful day in 1885 when Gottleib Daimler’s...
Ford Model T Coast to Coast
A Slow Drive across a Fast Country
Language: English
Release Date: May 15, 2018
Driverless cars are on the horizon, but before the world falls asleep in the driver’s seat, let’s take a look back down the road from whence we have come. Ford Model-T Coast-to-Coast, documents the cross-country adventure of two brave drivers as they pilot a century-old Model-T on a 3,000-mile...
How to Restore Ford Tractors
The Ultimate Guide to Rebuilding and Restoring N-Series and Later Tractors 1939-1962
Language: English
Release Date: December 24, 2008
To the admirer of farm machinery in all its gritty splendor, the tractor is more than the mechanical workhorse of the modern field. It is a testament to American know-how, a work of mechanical art truly in the American grain. Among these hard-working machines, Ford tractors hold a special place after...
by Richard Copping
Language: English
Release Date: September 10, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: September 10, 2014
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...
by Richard Loveys
Language: English
Release Date: April 10, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: April 10, 2015
Aston Martin is now more than a century old – and what a century it has been. Since its birth in London on the eve of the First World War, the company has experienced the highs of racing triumph – most famously in the 1959 Le Mans 24-hour race – and the lows of bankruptcy, yet throughout it...
by Gillian Bardsley
Language: English
Release Date: August 10, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: August 10, 2013
The Mini, now an emblem of the Swinging Sixties, was in fact the product of an age of austerity and shortage, a simple design intended to make motoring more accessible and affordable for the average family. Ironically, it would become something very different: a modern, classless style icon that appealed...
by Mr James Taylor
Language: English
Release Date: September 22, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: September 22, 2016
In the 1950s and 1960s, luxury car buyers, from government ministers to captains of industry, almost invariably bought British. These were stately, dignified, and grand vehicles, with many featuring leather interiors and wood trim. Unfortunately, that market has now largely disappeared and, with it,...
by Gautam Sen
Language: English
Release Date: October 11, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: October 11, 2014
Can one car transform a nation? The Ford Model T did do so a century ago when it replaced the horse, brought about a revolution in agriculture, became a stimulus to urbanization that eventually changed the landscape of America. Though the Maruti 800, the Tata Indica, the Hyundai Santro and the...
by Robert Grey Reynolds Jr
Language: English
Release Date: October 3, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: October 3, 2015
Gerhard Mitter is not among the most well-known European drivers of his era. However his impact had more to do with his versatility than longevity, which he lacked. The German completely dominated the sport of hill climbing, winning the world championship in three consecutive years from 1966-1968....
Land Rover Defender, 90 and 110 Range
30 Years of the Coil-Sprung 4x4 Models
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2013
Land Rover Defender, 90 and 110 Range - 30 Years of the Coil-Spring 4x4 Models charts the evolution of the coil-sprung Defender vehicles. When Land Rover switched from leaf springs to coil springs for their utility models in 1983, it was a major step forward. The first coil-sprung model, the One Ten,...
Old Car Detective
Favourite Stories, 1925 to 1965
Language: English
Release Date: March 18, 2011
In this hilarious collection of old car stories, Canada’s very own "Old Car Detective" Bill Sherk presents 80 of his favourite stories from all 10 provinces and spanning the years from 1925 to 1965. In this book you will meet the man in New Brunswick who chopped the top off his 1927 Whippet...