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Lexington, a smaller marque that twice won the famous hill climb at Pikes Peak, produced its first car in 1909 in its namesake city of Lexington, Kentucky. Although little has heretofore been written about the Lexington, and no company financial records...

The American automobile industry has been called the favorite child of capitalism. Four decades of exceptional earnings allowed Henry Ford, Walter Chrysler, William Durant and Alfred P. Sloan (both of General Motors), and their companies to make...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781439209134Author William Cecil-SmithFormat PaperbackPage Count 174Imprint Booksurge PublishingPublisher Booksurge PublishingWeight(grams) 263g

In late 1910, three American adventurers set off on a remarkable around-the-world journey by automobile. Sponsored by the Hupp Motor Car Corporation, the trip was intended to publicize the durability of the Hupmobile and help stimulate export sales. The...

This new edition, updated for the first time in more than a decade, details state of the art technologies that can benefit fleet managers, and reviews the latest best practices in fleet maintenance management. Contains new chapters on fleet management...

A popular feature in Antique Automobile magazine, Steven Rossi's columns open up the world of old cars, transporting readers to earlier times from the age of horseless carriages through the evolution of cars and car culture. This compilation from a...

This book profiles a number of Hollywood's famous personalities who were also decorated World War II veterans. Stars covered include Audie Murphy, who won the Medal of Honor, Jimmy Stewart, Gene Autry, Jackie Coogan, Charlton Heston, James Arness, Tony...

Germany is most often credited with the birth of the internal combustion engine. France gave rise to the first credible motor industry. The United States added a little Yankee ingenuity and came up with its own version of both. While the American...

The moment in 1958 when a sports car-crazed youth in Massachusetts saw his first Ferrari changed his life. The black 250 GT coupe's seductive lines, purposeful air and already hallowed name seized Robert E. Guarino's imagination; just a few years...

This illustrated history chronicles electric and hybrid cars from the late 19th century to today's fuel cell and plug-in automobiles. It describes the politics, technology, marketing strategies, and environmental issues that have impacted electric and...

In 1893, Indianapolis carriage maker Charles Black created a rudimentary car - perhaps the first designed and built in America. Within 15 years, Indianapolis was a major automobile industry center rivaling Detroit, and known for quality manufacturing and...

With its decentralized urban areas, pollution, and mostly inadequate public transit systems, today's America pays a heavy price for its auto dependency. This volume explores one of the more pressing aspects of the automobile problem--storage--from 1910...

The Remarkable Design Team and Their Classic Fords of the 1930s and 1940s The relationship that developed between Edsel Ford and E.T. ""Bob"" Gregorie (Ford Motor Company's first design chief) was unique in automotive history...

As head of Pierce-Arrow in its formative years, Colonel Charles Clifton played a significant role in the development of a venerated automobile manufacturer. Roundly respected in his time, Clifton was a force in automobile trade associations for nearly a...

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Martin T. Olliff recounts the history of the Good Roads Movement that arose in progressive-era Alabama, how it used the power of the state to achieve its objectives of improving market roads for farmers and highways for automobilists, and how state and...

Hawai`i's Scenic Roads examines a century of overland transportation from the kingdom's first constitutional government until World War II, discovering how roads in the world's most isolated archipelago rivaled those on the continental U.S. Building...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780738524351Author David Lee PorembaFormat PaperbackPage Count 160Imprint Arcadia Publishing (SC)Publisher Arcadia Publishing (SC)Weight(grams) 404g

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"If I was asked to give my opinion as to the best all-round super-sports car ...I should, without hesitation whatever, say it was the 3.3 [T57] Bugatti." - Sir Malcolm Campbell, The Field, September 4th, 1937.The magnificent Type 57 was the final...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780989806510Author Old Car Nuts from Across AmericaFormat PaperbackPage Count 286Imprint David D DickinsonPublisher David D DickinsonWeight(grams)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780989806527Author Old Car Nuts from Across AmericaFormat PaperbackPage Count 316Imprint David D DickinsonPublisher David D DickinsonWeight(grams)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780615570273Author James W EatonFormat PaperbackPage Count 204Imprint Sedona Heritage PublishingPublisher Sedona Heritage PublishingWeight(grams) 152g

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Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780738562391Author David Lee PorembaFormat PaperbackPage Count 128Imprint Arcadia PublishingPublisher Arcadia PublishingWeight(grams) 318g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780615597515Author Marvin ArnoldFormat PaperbackPage Count 294Imprint Samco PublishingPublisher Samco PublishingWeight(grams) 685gDimensions(mm) 280mm *...

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Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781913089627Author James PageFormat HardbackPage Count 128Imprint Porter Press InternationalPublisher Porter Press InternationalWeight(grams) 1302g

This is the story as told by a man who was both a devoted fan and a loyal team member of British Racing Motors. He saw and was involved in the repeated failures and humiliating times of the 1950s, through the gradual progress of winning minor races to Jo...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781421448497Author Aaron W MarrsFormat HardbackPage Count 280Imprint Johns Hopkins University PressPublisher Johns Hopkins University Press

It was in 1919 that Ugo Zagato established Carrozzeria U. Zagato & C., a business that acquired great fame in just a few years among the numerous car manufacturers of the period, first of all Alfa Romeo, which entrusted the Milanese body stylist with...

Want the Morgan experience, but afraid you'll buy a lemon? Well, having this book in your pocket is just like having a real marque expert by your side. Benefit from Phil Benfield's years of Morgan experience, learn how to spot a bad example quickly, and...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780837617336Author Karl E LudvigsenFormat HardbackImprint Bentley (Robert) Inc.,USPublisher Bentley (Robert) Inc.,USWeight(grams) 1406gDimensions(mm) 259mm...

Fifteen world championships in the 350 cc and 500 cc classes, 18 Italian national titles (175, 250, 350 and 500 cc), 311 victories in world championship races of which 123 were world championship counters and 10 wins in the legendary TT. That is the...

This title features 100's of previously unpublished colour & mono photographs. This title features nineteen Formula 1 Drivers' and Constructors' World Championship titles from 1952 to the present day and a further fourteen sports car World Championships...

MG, the world's most-loved make of sports car, was created in the 1920s by Cecil Kimber - invariably known as Kim. Rising above disability, with his energy, enthusiasm and vision Kimber became a leading figure in the British motor industry. Starting out...

In this richly illustrated book, Terry O'Neil details the origins of a remarkable racecar, the Ferrari 333 SP. This vehicle heralded the famed automaker's return to professional sports car competitions after an absence of more than twenty years...

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This is a comprehensive study of the career of one type of rally car - the BMC Mini-Cooper/Mini-Cooper S. In the 1960s the Mini became famous as Britain's most successful rally car. It combined superb handling, a tiny body shell, high-performance engines...