Author: Anthony Pritchard
Publisher: David and Charles
ISBN: 1787115364
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 586
Book Description
The Maserati 250F raced against Ferrari, Mercedes-Benz and Vanwall for Grand Prix supremacy during the 2500cc Grand Prix Formula years of '54-'60. Stories from leading drivers who raced the 250F, including Sir Stirling Moss, Juan Fangio, and Mike Hawthorn, along with Anthony Pritchard's lively text, helps bring the racing story of this iconic model back to life.
Maserati 250F In Focus
Author: Anthony Pritchard
Publisher: David and Charles
ISBN: 1787115364
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 586
Book Description
The Maserati 250F raced against Ferrari, Mercedes-Benz and Vanwall for Grand Prix supremacy during the 2500cc Grand Prix Formula years of '54-'60. Stories from leading drivers who raced the 250F, including Sir Stirling Moss, Juan Fangio, and Mike Hawthorn, along with Anthony Pritchard's lively text, helps bring the racing story of this iconic model back to life.
Publisher: David and Charles
ISBN: 1787115364
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 586
Book Description
The Maserati 250F raced against Ferrari, Mercedes-Benz and Vanwall for Grand Prix supremacy during the 2500cc Grand Prix Formula years of '54-'60. Stories from leading drivers who raced the 250F, including Sir Stirling Moss, Juan Fangio, and Mike Hawthorn, along with Anthony Pritchard's lively text, helps bring the racing story of this iconic model back to life.
Maserati 250F In Focus
Author: Anthony Pritchard
Publisher: Veloce Publishing
ISBN: 9781845845636
Category : Transportation
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Competing throughout the 2500cc Grand Prix Formula years of 1954-60, the Maserati 250F is one of the most famous and iconic racing cars ever built. Maserati 250F In Focus is one of the most detailed accounts ever written about a single model, and this superbly illustrated book features photographs by Tom March, one of the 1950s leading motor racing photographers, along with historic engine cutaways, chassis drawings, and technical descriptions of the 250F's evolution and development. Anthony Pritchard's lively and informative text includes reminiscences from some of the leading drivers of the day, including Sir Stirling Moss, Juan Fangio, and Mike Hawthorn - drivers who raced these historic machines during the halycon days when Maserati battled with Ferrari, Mercedes-Benz, and Vanwall for Grand Prix supremacy. From the 1954 Argentine Grand Prix, to the 1960 US Grand Prix, a record of the chassis and race numbers of every 250F to have competed during this period is presented, along with detailed race histories and results, completing this most comprehensive and authoritative of books on Maserati's racing legend.
Publisher: Veloce Publishing
ISBN: 9781845845636
Category : Transportation
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Competing throughout the 2500cc Grand Prix Formula years of 1954-60, the Maserati 250F is one of the most famous and iconic racing cars ever built. Maserati 250F In Focus is one of the most detailed accounts ever written about a single model, and this superbly illustrated book features photographs by Tom March, one of the 1950s leading motor racing photographers, along with historic engine cutaways, chassis drawings, and technical descriptions of the 250F's evolution and development. Anthony Pritchard's lively and informative text includes reminiscences from some of the leading drivers of the day, including Sir Stirling Moss, Juan Fangio, and Mike Hawthorn - drivers who raced these historic machines during the halycon days when Maserati battled with Ferrari, Mercedes-Benz, and Vanwall for Grand Prix supremacy. From the 1954 Argentine Grand Prix, to the 1960 US Grand Prix, a record of the chassis and race numbers of every 250F to have competed during this period is presented, along with detailed race histories and results, completing this most comprehensive and authoritative of books on Maserati's racing legend.
Italian Café Racers
Author: Uli Cloesen
Publisher: David and Charles
ISBN: 1787115321
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 344
Book Description
A celebration of the spectacular cafe racers from around the globe created by individuals, and all based on Italian motorcycles.
Publisher: David and Charles
ISBN: 1787115321
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 344
Book Description
A celebration of the spectacular cafe racers from around the globe created by individuals, and all based on Italian motorcycles.
Stealing Speed
Author: Mat Oxley
Publisher: Haynes Publishing
ISBN: 9781844256891
Category : Business intelligence
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
This is the compelling story of how one of Japan's biggest motorcycle manufacturers stole a Nazi rocket scientist's engine secrets from behind the Iron Curtain to conquer the world. In 1961, with the Cold War at its height, East German motorcycle manufacturer MZ was using World War II rocket technology to win Grands Prix, only for rider Ernst Degner to defect and sell the secrets to Suzuki, while his wife and children were drugged and smuggled through the Berlin Wall. The following year Suzuki and Degner made history by winning the world title. Branded a traitor by the communists, Degner suffered horrific injuries in a fiery racing accident and died in mysterious circumstances.
Publisher: Haynes Publishing
ISBN: 9781844256891
Category : Business intelligence
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
This is the compelling story of how one of Japan's biggest motorcycle manufacturers stole a Nazi rocket scientist's engine secrets from behind the Iron Curtain to conquer the world. In 1961, with the Cold War at its height, East German motorcycle manufacturer MZ was using World War II rocket technology to win Grands Prix, only for rider Ernst Degner to defect and sell the secrets to Suzuki, while his wife and children were drugged and smuggled through the Berlin Wall. The following year Suzuki and Degner made history by winning the world title. Branded a traitor by the communists, Degner suffered horrific injuries in a fiery racing accident and died in mysterious circumstances.
The World's Fastest Place
Author: Alexandra Lier
Publisher: Kehrer Verlag
ISBN: 9783868286137
Category : Art, American
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Nowhere else have so many land speed records been set as at the Bonneville Salt Flats in Utah. Each year, devoted gearheads and adrenaline junkies from around the world gather to add their names to the hall of fame with their hot rods, roadsters, motorcycles and belly tankers. Here the record chasers, the drivers and their beautiful vehicales are shown up close and personal as they have never been seen before.
Publisher: Kehrer Verlag
ISBN: 9783868286137
Category : Art, American
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Nowhere else have so many land speed records been set as at the Bonneville Salt Flats in Utah. Each year, devoted gearheads and adrenaline junkies from around the world gather to add their names to the hall of fame with their hot rods, roadsters, motorcycles and belly tankers. Here the record chasers, the drivers and their beautiful vehicales are shown up close and personal as they have never been seen before.
Giorgetto Giugiaro
Author: Giuliano Molineri
Publisher: Rizzoli International Publications
ISBN: 9780847845316
Category : Automobile engineers
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
The definitive monograph on the work of one of the world's most celebrated car designers. This is the first monograph published on one of the most renowned automotive designers of our time, Giorgetto Giugiaro, who was named Car Designer of the Century in December 1999 and inducted into the Automotive Hall of Fame in 2002. The book explores Giugiaro's creative background--he comes from a family of painters and musicians--and the technical and engineering skills he cultivated with his partner Aldo Mantovani, cofounder of his company, Italdesign. He is noted for such iconic concept cars as the Ferrari 250 GT Berlinetta, De Tomaso Mangusta, Maserati Ghibli, Iso Grifo, Lamborghini Calà, and Ferrari GG50.
Publisher: Rizzoli International Publications
ISBN: 9780847845316
Category : Automobile engineers
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
The definitive monograph on the work of one of the world's most celebrated car designers. This is the first monograph published on one of the most renowned automotive designers of our time, Giorgetto Giugiaro, who was named Car Designer of the Century in December 1999 and inducted into the Automotive Hall of Fame in 2002. The book explores Giugiaro's creative background--he comes from a family of painters and musicians--and the technical and engineering skills he cultivated with his partner Aldo Mantovani, cofounder of his company, Italdesign. He is noted for such iconic concept cars as the Ferrari 250 GT Berlinetta, De Tomaso Mangusta, Maserati Ghibli, Iso Grifo, Lamborghini Calà, and Ferrari GG50.
The Art of the Formula 1 Race Car 2022
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN: 076037130X
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 27
Book Description
The Art of the Formula 1 Race Car 2022 presents thirteen of the most exciting F1 race cars from seventy-plus years of competition, captured in the studio portraits of master automotive photographer James Mann. The photographs in this sixteen-month calendar showcase greats from Ferrari, McLaren, Williams, Lotus, Brabham, and Mercedes, portraying not just the vehicles’ engineering and technological brilliance but also their inherent beauty—the captivating result of Formula 1’s mix of competition, creativity, and technical ingenuity that makes these racers works of mechanical art. With a convenient page that shows the months of September, October, November, and December 2021, followed by individual pages for the months of 2022, keep yourself on track throughout the year while enjoying Formula 1's most captivating and successful race cars from the 1950s to today.
Publisher:
ISBN: 076037130X
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 27
Book Description
The Art of the Formula 1 Race Car 2022 presents thirteen of the most exciting F1 race cars from seventy-plus years of competition, captured in the studio portraits of master automotive photographer James Mann. The photographs in this sixteen-month calendar showcase greats from Ferrari, McLaren, Williams, Lotus, Brabham, and Mercedes, portraying not just the vehicles’ engineering and technological brilliance but also their inherent beauty—the captivating result of Formula 1’s mix of competition, creativity, and technical ingenuity that makes these racers works of mechanical art. With a convenient page that shows the months of September, October, November, and December 2021, followed by individual pages for the months of 2022, keep yourself on track throughout the year while enjoying Formula 1's most captivating and successful race cars from the 1950s to today.
The Man Who Built the Best Car in the World
Author: Brian Sewell
Publisher: Quartet Books (UK)
ISBN: 9780704373600
Category : Rolls-Royce automobile
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Charles Rolls understood cars - how they were made and how to sell them - but Henry Royce didn't want to design just any car; he was determined to create the best car in the world. The meeting of these two great minds, 110 years ago this year, resulted in one of the most iconic feats of engineering then or indeed since: The Rolls-Royce Silver Ghost. Critic and car enthusiast Brian Sewell strays from the art world to tell the story of Henry Royce and the creation of the Silver Ghost. Beautifully illustrated and instructive, 'The Best Car in the World' is the perfect book for children and adults alike, a collector's item to keep and to cherish.
Publisher: Quartet Books (UK)
ISBN: 9780704373600
Category : Rolls-Royce automobile
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Charles Rolls understood cars - how they were made and how to sell them - but Henry Royce didn't want to design just any car; he was determined to create the best car in the world. The meeting of these two great minds, 110 years ago this year, resulted in one of the most iconic feats of engineering then or indeed since: The Rolls-Royce Silver Ghost. Critic and car enthusiast Brian Sewell strays from the art world to tell the story of Henry Royce and the creation of the Silver Ghost. Beautifully illustrated and instructive, 'The Best Car in the World' is the perfect book for children and adults alike, a collector's item to keep and to cherish.
The Book of the Ferrari 288 GTO
Author: Joe Sackey
Publisher: David and Charles
ISBN: 1787118444
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 272
Book Description
This book covers the background, conception, design, production and aftermath of the iconic Ferrari 288 GTO, including the prototypes, the early production cars, the mainstream production cars in their various specification guises, and the Evolution cars planned for the aborted Group B FIA race series. A comprehensive and beautifully illustrated look at a unique sports car.
Publisher: David and Charles
ISBN: 1787118444
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 272
Book Description
This book covers the background, conception, design, production and aftermath of the iconic Ferrari 288 GTO, including the prototypes, the early production cars, the mainstream production cars in their various specification guises, and the Evolution cars planned for the aborted Group B FIA race series. A comprehensive and beautifully illustrated look at a unique sports car.
Roadtrip
Author: Bart Lenaerts
Publisher:
ISBN: 9789082357240
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN: 9789082357240
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description