Great Australian Outback Trucking Stories (Great Australian Stories)
by Bill Marsh
So, you think you know? Volume 1 (So You Think You Know)
by Albert Gunn
The Woman and the Car is a faithfully reproduced, quirky classic from the dawn of motoring - and testament to womankind's perennial claim on the steering wheel! Take a spin through a time - 1909, to be precise - when no right-thinking lady would consider solo motoring without her revolver, and when the installation of a secret compartment for powder-puff was de rigueur. In the vintage driver's seat of this 'chatty little handbook' is record-breaking Edwardian motoriste Dorothy Levitt, exhorting...
The automobile was invented in Germany and historically, German manufacturers have always played a leading role in car design and construction. To this day, Audi, BMW, Mercedes, and Porsche continue to be leaders in the automotive industry, producers of cars that represent the finest in design and function. Packed with hundreds of superb photographs accompanying an engaging, meticulously researched text, this handsome book tells the story of some of the world's most notable cars. Automotive expe...
Haynes-Apperson and America's First Practical Automobile
by W C Madden
While Elwood Haynes and the Apperson brothers are not as well known as Henry Ford or Ransom Olds, their contributions to the automotive industry are just as significant. They were responsible for one of the first functioning automobiles, if not the first, in the United States. After building their automobile in 1894, the three men formed the Haynes-Apperson Automobile Company in Kokomo, Indiana, one of the first car manufacturers in the country. Three years after incorporation, the partnership s...
Vintage Brooklyn Auto Ads Vol (Vintage Brooklyn Auto Ads Vol, #3)
by Robert a Henriksen
Automotive Engineering Fundamentals
by Jeffrey K Ball and Richard Stone
In the introduction of Automotive Engineering Fundamentals, Richard Stone and Jeffrey K. Ball provide a fascinating and often amusing history of the passenger vehicle, showcasing the various highs and lows of this now-indispensable component of civilized societies. The authors then provide an overview of the publication, which is designed to give the student of automotive engineering a basic understanding of the principles involved with designing a vehicle. From engines and transmissions to veh...
Motor City Muscle: The High-Powered History of the American Musclecar
by Mike Mueller
From the creation of fast food, to the design of cities, to the character of our landscape, the automobile has shaped nearly every aspect of modern American life. In fact, the US motor vehicle industry is the largest manufacturing industry in the world. James Rubenstein documents the story of the automotive industry which despite its power, is an industry constantly struggling to redefine itself and assure its success. The book shows how this industry made adjustments and fostered innovations in...
Ferrari THE TURBO EIGHT CYLINDERS (1982-1989)
by Alberto Mantovani
The Bristol Aeroplane Company grew fairly rapidly from small beginnings. What had been a tentative effort to serve the fledgling aviation market was so successful in design and engineering that it was perfectly placed to respond to the needs of the Royal Flying Corps during the First World War. By the Second World War Bristol was a household name, and during the hostilities the firm produced over 14,000 aircraft, including the Blenheim fighter-bomber. After the war the company first became invol...
"Darwin Holmstrom's Top Muscle is a look at over two dozen of the rarest one-offs and production vehicles from the muscle-car era of the late 60s and early 70s. Featuring new and original photography of every car, this book chronicles the biggest and baddest in the heyday of American muscle"-- "A muscle-car book unlike any other, featuring the rarest vehicles on Earth. In the 1960s, something explosive happened in the automotive world: the United States' evolving V-8 engine technology was met b...