Magnificent Mercedes

ROBSON, Graham

William Morrow and Co., Inc.

A history of the Monte Carlo Rally from its origins to the present dealing with the event year by year and including contemporary photographs and detailed results information. The author has written several books on rallying and has team-managed for Standard-Triumph.

The Monte Carlo Rally (World's Greatest Motor Competition Series)

Sports & Outdoors

Miscellaneous

B.T.BATSFORD LTD

A top history of an unique style of vehicles post World War II. Many different types and several early models are shown and detailed. A great volume of the "Workhorse of the World". Many great images.

The Land-Rover: Workhorse of the world

David & Charles/August M. Kelley

1st edition David and Charles 1979 hardcover fine book in vg++ dw In stock shipped from our UK warehouse

The Range Rover/Land-Rover

David&Charles

MINT CONDITION: NEVER READ! Clearing out my personal collection; books have been stored on bookshelves in a clean dry environment!

Mighty Mg's: The Twin-Cam, Mgc and Mgb Gt V8 Stories

Science & Math

Technology

Since motoring began, enthusiastic amateur car builders have experimented with collecting and re-assembling components, notably chassis, engines and suspension units, to create highly personalised, sometimes transient and frequently unique vehicles. This book tells the story of some of these hybrid machines, many of which achieved sporting success, and their constructors. Most are long forgotten but a few like Chapman's Lotus for example, have become household names. The cult of the 'special' flourished in Britain, when unitary construction deprived the impecunious builder of easily available chassis.

The Lotus (Shire Album)

Engineering & Transportation

Automotive

Shire Pubns

When launched in 1962, the Ford Cortina was an entirely new type of British car. Compared with its rivals - and with earlier Fords - it was light yet strong, inexpensive yet roomy, mechanically simple and cheap to maintain. It quickly established a totally new class of car. Once it was seen to be a success, there was a rush to emulate it. More than a million of the original-style cars were made, and after twenty years well over four million had been produced. There were saloons, estate cars, sporty models, and even special machines ready for motor racing - something for everyone, everywhere.

The Ford Cortina (Shire Library)

Shire

One of the sensations of the 1952 Motor Show was a two-seat sports car built by Donald Healey at a small factory in Warwick in the English Midlands. Before the show was over Leonard Lord, head of the British Motor Corporation (BMC) had struck a deal with Healey to mass produce the car, and the Austin-Healey was born. This car, the 100, took both the British and US markets by storm. A beautiful, brutish car, it was what many sporting motorists had been waiting for, and its use of many standard BMC components made it relatively affordable. 
In 1956 the four-cylinder engine of the 100 was replaced with the Austin C-series six-cylinder unit, creating the 100-6, and in 1959 this car was developed into the most famous Healey of them all - the 3000, that was as successful on the rally stage as it was loved on the open road.
Collectively the 100 and 3000 have become known as the Big Healeys, but as this name suggests, there was a corresponding 'small' Healey, and this car, the Sprite, was launched in Monte Carlo in 1958. Designed around the major mechanical components of the Austin A35, the Sprite set out to recreate the market for the cheap 'everyman's' sports car that hadn't existed since the 1930s. Distinguished by the headlights that protruded from the bonnet, the Sprite was soon nicknamed the Frogeye in Britain, or the Bugeye in the US. It was a big success, and remained in production until 1971, albeit in more conventionally styled form from the Mark 2 onwards.
Written by one of the foremost historians of the British motor industry, this book presents a concise history of Austin Healey, and the marque's success on road and track. Illustrated throughout, it will appeal to all lovers of this, the quintessential British sports car manufacturer.

Austin-Healey (Shire Library)

Crafts, Hobbies & Home

Antiques & Collectibles

Sir William Lyons enjoyed a seemingly unstoppable rise to fame and fortune in the motor industry, and the Jaguar brand which he introduced became world-famous. Yet it did not happen overnight. In the 1920s he was in Blackpool, styling motorcycle sidecars, in the 1930s he was in Coventry developing the SS motor car, and the stand-alone Jaguar company did not appear until 1945. Until 1972, when he retired from business, Sir William was the mainstream, the chairman, the chief stylist, and the inspiration of all things Jaguar.
Helped along by the amazing new XK engine of 1948, by motor racing success at Le Mans, and by the stunning style of cars like the XK120, the Mk 2 saloons and the extraordinary E-Type, Jaguar soon became world-famous. Along the way the company absorbed Daimler and Coventry-Climax, then merged voluntarily with BMC in 1966, and returned to Le Mans racing with great success in the 1980s.
Although the company was later commercially buffeted by its involvement with British Leyland, with Ford and latterly with Land Rover, and finally the Indian conglomerate Tata which now controls the business, the company's products have always been stunning. Sports coupes which reach well beyond 150mph, sleek executive saloons with unbeatable styling, and the promise of much innovation in the next few years make this a story whose climax is yet to come.

Jaguar (Shire Library)

History

Europe

Shire Publications

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Magnificent Mercedes

The Monte Carlo Rally (World's Greatest Motor Competition Series)

The Land-Rover: Workhorse of the world

The Range Rover/Land-Rover

Mighty Mg's: The Twin-Cam, Mgc and Mgb Gt V8 Stories

The Range Rover/Land-Rover

The Lotus (Shire Album)

The Ford Cortina (Shire Library)

Austin-Healey (Shire Library)

Jaguar (Shire Library)