The Autocar

The Autocar
Author:
Publisher:
Total Pages: 386
Release: 1978
Genre: Automobiles
ISBN:

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Racing in the Dark

Racing in the Dark
Author: Peter Grimsdale
Publisher:
Total Pages: 320
Release: 2022-05-26
Genre: 24 Heures du Mans (Automobile race)
ISBN: 9781471198281

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The inspirational story of the Bentley Boys and Le Mans - the race they made their own.

Vintage Bentley Book

Vintage Bentley Book
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Total Pages:
Release: 1929
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Le Mans 1923-29

Le Mans 1923-29
Author: Quentin Spurring
Publisher: Evro Publishing Limited
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2016-04-15
Genre: Sports & Recreation
ISBN: 9781910505083

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Officially licensed with the ACO, the organisers of the annual Le Mans 24 Hours race, this sumptuous book is the sixth title in a decade-by-decade series that is building up into a multi-volume set covering every race. This title covers the seven 24 Hours races of the 1920s, plus, as a prologue, all the events held at the Le Mans circuit during the period 1906-23. Each running of the 24 Hours is exhaustively covered in vivid photographs, an insightful commentary providing more detailed information than has ever been published about the period, and full statistics. Compiled by an acknowledged authority of this legendary race, this series of books is treasured by all enthusiasts of sports car racing. - The 1920s saw a fascinating variety of machinery from 55 marques, three of which won: Bentley (1924 and 1927/28/29), Chenard-Walcker (1923) and Lorraine-Dietrich (1925/26). - Above all this was the era of Bentley and the famous ‘Bentley Boys'. - Highly detailed year-by-year treatment of the decade's seven races, giving unprecedented depth of information and photographic coverage for each year. - Official status provides a number of unique features, including the reproduction of photographs and full-colour race poster artwork from the ACO's archives. - The emphasis is on photographs that enthusiasts will not have seen before. - The story of each race is told through photographs and an accompanying commentary. - Complete data for each year includes technical regulations, entry list, circuit changes (with diagram), full results and category awards. - The whole work is beautifully designed and presented.

The Alvis Car, 1920-1966

The Alvis Car, 1920-1966
Author: K. R. Day
Publisher:
Total Pages: 252
Release: 1966
Genre: Alvis automobile
ISBN:

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Chassis 141

Chassis 141
Author: Clare Hay
Publisher:
Total Pages: 48
Release: 2003-11-01
Genre: Automobiles, Racing
ISBN: 9780954090135

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The Impossible Collection of Bentley

The Impossible Collection of Bentley
Author: Andrew Frankel
Publisher: Assouline Publishing
Total Pages: 3
Release: 2019-12-01
Genre: Travel
ISBN: 1614288607

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When Walter Owen Bentley founded his namesake marque in London, over one hundred years ago, neither he nor anyone else could have imagined the impact his vision would have on the automotive and racing industries for decades to come. From 1919 until this very day, Bentley has always strived to follow the creed of its founder: To not only build a fast and good car, but to build the best in its class. From this principle, an automotive treasure trove of engineering supremacy has issued forth from England, forever securing Bentley as the definitive British luxury car company within the international consciousness. Following on the heels of Be Extraordinary: The Spirit of Bentley , which celebrated today’s tribe of Bentley adherents and personalities, as well as the company’s innovative ideas for the future, Assouline presents yet another fascinating volume dedicated to the preeminent British car brand— Bentley: 100 . Housed in a hand-stitched leather bound, limited edition case, this all-inclusive work presents an exhaustive list of the one hundred single most important and groundbreaking Bentley models, with detailed critiques and explanations relating to each automobile’s unique engineering excellence and the various creative avenues Bentley may have taken during the manufacturing process. From the 1924 3-Litre, the first Bentley to win Le Mans; to the 1959 S2, the first to feature a V8 engine; all the way up to the stunning 2018 Continental GT, this book is a decisive list of all the masterful models that have helped Bentley become the dominant and illustrious luxury car manufacturer that it is today.

Touch Wood - The Autobiography of the 1953 Le Mans Winner

Touch Wood - The Autobiography of the 1953 Le Mans Winner
Author: Duncan Hamilton
Publisher: Kings Road Publishing
Total Pages: 283
Release: 2014-06-05
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 1784180815

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Duncan Hamilton won the classic Le Mans 24-Hours race in 1953, co-driving his works entered C-Type Jaguar with Tony Rolt. In 1954 the same pair finished second, losing to a much larger-engined V12 Ferrari and by the narrowest margin in years. In all, Duncan Hamilton competed in nine of those great Le Mans endurance classics.Having cut his racing teeth in such pre-war cars as the R-Type M.G. and the Bugatti Type 35B, Duncan graduated to one of the immortal Lago-Talbot Grand Prix cars - which he subsequently mislaid in a French coal-hole. After a hugely eventful racing career - only Duncan could get himself fired by Jaguars for winning the Rheims 12-Hours race in 1956 - he eventually hung up his racing helmet in 1958.As Earl Howe wrote in the original 1960 foreword to this book, though the drivers of this age were fiercely competitive, there were also 'friends to meet, stories to tell and almost certainly a party to be enjoyed...' Duncan Hamilton was certainly a little larger than life, and this book tells the story of a man who wasn't just one of the most successful drivers of the 1950s, but also the man who trespassed at Brooklands, who spent the war in the Fleet Air Arm surviving plane crashes and trying to drown American Admirals and who was once stopped for speeding on the Cromwell Road, rushing to take part in a TV programme on road safety. It is a must for any classic car enthusiast's bookshelf.

Old Number Seven

Old Number Seven
Author: Peter Grimsdale
Publisher:
Total Pages: 320
Release: 2021-06-10
Genre:
ISBN: 9781471198267

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