Cars - General Books

By: Robin Wager . Alexander Duckham was a distinguished chemist, a philanthropist, a patriot, and a compulsive solver of problems. All these traits left their mark on his company, which introduced the first multigrade motor oil to Europe. The famous Q...

By: Larry O' Toole . Few Modifications Change the appearance of a vehicle as much as a well executed top chop. Learn how to prepare, mark out and accomplish a top chop on a range of vehicles from early hot rod coupes to an American Chevy, a Falcon...

By: Tom Medley . As the originator of the Stroker McGurk cartoon character and one of the very first employees at Hot Rod magazine, Medley speaks from experience.   Other Details Publisher Code: CT-HTH2 ISBN 10: 1884089089 ISBN 13:   ...

By: Jon Pressnell . What are the greatest and the most interesting sports cars Britain has made? The answers are in this authoritative survey by top motoring writer Jon Pressnell. Packed with information, the lively text pulls no punches in telling the...

By: Nick Walker . Revised and Enlarged Edition When first published in 1997, this book was hailed by reviewers and readers as the first definitive work on coachbuilding on motor car chassis in Britain, and on the coachbuilders who plied this trade. It...

By: Russell A. Olsen . Now Russell Olsen's best-selling collections featuring Route 66 filling stations, main streets, motor courts, cafes, campgrounds, honky-tonks, truck stops, and barbecue joints as they appeared both in their heyday and today is...

By: Jay Lamm . You are what you drive, whether it's a Ferrari F50, a 30-year-old diesel Rabbit, or a Saab. What does your car say about you--and do you really want to know? This tongue-in-cheek handbook is the ultimate guide to what your automotive...

By: Andy Thompson . When the Communist Party took control of Russia and neighbouring states in October 1917, it inherited a country with virtually no motor industry. While Britain, Germany, America and France already had factories mass-producing cars,...

By: Maurice A. Kelly . Whilst many books have appeared concerning Russian aircraft, railway locomotives and naval craft, there has been nothing published outside of Russia concerning the activities of its motor industry. Bearing in mind that by 1937 the...

By: Jon Robinson . Hop into your car, leave your worries on the roadside, and embark on a historic journey along  the legendary Mother Road. With the help of 200 compelling color photographs, author Jon Robinson takes you on a nostalgic trip that...

By: Nick Walker . The sports car has always held a warm place in the hearts of British motorists, and even more in the two decades between the wars than now. In those days motoring was still an exciting experience — very exciting for those who had...

By: David Tremayne . 2nd hand book in very good condition The brilliant but tragic lives of rising British F1 stars Roger Williamson, Tony Brise and Tom Pryce.Formula 1 in the 1970s was a colourful kaleidoscope in which drivers' personalities were not...