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1481. THE GRAND PRIX TYRRELLS. - The Jackie Stewart Cars 1970 -1973. Doug Nye. Donington Monomarques/Macmillan. Detailed account of the cars and the team which won two driver's world championships, one constructor's championship and sixteen F1 wins in three seasons. Many photographs both B&W and colour. Hardback with dustwrapper in good condition (one small tear to back) 7in x 10in pp.80 £20 | |
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1479. CAR COMPASS. A nice, chunky liquid-filled compass in a wood-effect plastic gimbal with stainless steel mounting bracket and correction levers to calibrate for the car's own magnetic field. Illuminated with an internal bulb which gives an eerie green glow... Ideal period accessory for a '60s-70s car. Just over 2.5in high. £25 | |
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1477. BLUE BLOOD. The History of Grand Prix Racing Cars in France. Serge Bellu 1979. English edition (translated by John Bolster) of this season-by-season history of all the Bugattis, Ballots, Renaults, Delages, Panhards etc. etc. who contested grands prix from 1906 onwards. Full of rare photos and full specifications of all the cars alongside the historical text. Highly readable as well as being a useful reference work. Hardback in good condition (scrape mark on back cover) 9.5 x 9in pp.235 £30 | |
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1476. FERRARI / MICHELE ALBORETO Telegraph Sunday magazine from April 7 1985 signed in black felt pen by Michele Alboreto above a great photo of him in action in the F1 Ferrari. Guaranteed provenance (I wrote a feature article on the prospects for the '85 season and Michele signed the magazine for me - E.Y.) Magazine is complete and in good condition with just a couple of light corner creases. It would look terrific framed. £50 | |
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1475. ALFA ROMEO. SPORT THROUGH DESIGN. Catalogue for the exhibition of Alfas at the Design Museum, London in 1991. Beautiful colour studio shots of the Guilietta Sprint, Giulia TZ2, GT Junior, 33/2 Stradale and SZ Coupe together with period racing photos and a description of each model and its history. A4 (8in x 11.5in approx) glossy brochure in excellent clean condition. pp.12 £20 | |
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1474. FIFTY YEARS OF LE MANS RACING. Autocar special produced in 1973. Articles by S.C.H. "Sammy" Davis on the early days, John Wyer on changes in car design and Tony Brooks on driving the circuit, among others. Great photos throughout including a colour section and reproductions of period magazine articles. Softback in really outstanding condition. A4/ 8.5in x 11in approx. pp. 76 £28 | |
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1473. COMPLETE ENCYCLOPEDIA OF CARS. G.N. GEORGANO (ed). "1885 to the present" i.e. the 1982 publication date of this, the third edition of this standard tome. Every manufacturer from A.A.A. (1919-1922) to Zwickau (1956-1959) is here with company history, principal models and salient facts recorded. Illustrated throughout in black and white and colour. This is a companion to the famous Encyclopedia of Motor Sport edited by the same highly respected author/editor. Hardback with plastic sleeve protected dustwrapper in excellent condition. 9in x 11in x 2in thick. pp.685. £40 | |
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1472. BEHIND THE SCENES AT BROOKLANDS. A pair of original period 10 x8 in photographs from the Fox Photo agency showing a young mechanic working on an engine - from an E.R.A. to judge by the cam covers on the bench. back stamped and typewritten captions. Glossy prints in good condition. The pair: £30 | |
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1471. JOHN Z. DeLOREAN Publicity photo showing the DeLorean company director in the drivers seat of the (in)famous gull-winged sports car. 10 x 8 in print with smallish crease to bottom right. £20 | |
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1469. LOTUS ELAN. Duncan Wherret. 1993. Excellent book covering the Lotus Elan in all its guises including the Sprint and Plus 2, plus a section on the 'new' Elan of the mid 1980s. Lavish photography shows just how these cars should be prepared, detailed and restored while the text details the history of the car's development. Softback in excellent condition 8in x 9in pp. 128 £18 | |
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1464. HENRY FORD II. Walter Hayes' biography of Henry II written in 1990 by the ex vice-chairman of Ford Europe who worked with Ford for twenty years as he rebuilt his grandfather's company, having been thrust into its leadership in 1943 aged just 26. Both the boardroom battles and his personal life are covered in detail, with many photographs and papers from private collections. £18 | |
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1463. CORGI JAGUAR MODELS. Two nice diecast 2.4 model Jaguars, both have a fair amount of patina, meaning they have been played with extensively. They could easily be restored with a respray but wouldn't that be sacrilege? Both are just under 4 inches long and have all wheels and tyres in good condition. 1463a. White bodywork and steel/tinplate base so it's the earlier of the two. £10 SOLD
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1462. GOODYEAR VICTORY POSTER. Produced in 1987 to celebrate 200 F1 wins for the tyre manufacturer, this has a coloured side profile of each and every car from Richie Ginther's Honda in 1965 through to Gerhard Berger's Ferrari in 1987. Large size 30 x 33.5in poster folded for original mailing in good clean condition. £12 | |
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1460. HENRY FORD Two pre-WW2 books on industry, business and capitalism by the original Mr. Ford. 1460a Today and Tomorrow. 1926. Excellent condition (foxed title page but otherwise clean and tight). Hardback with no dustwrapper. 6in x 9.5in. pp.273 £22 1460b Moving Forward. 1931. Excellent condition (some signs of corner bumping but otherwise excellent as above). Hardback with no dustwrapper. 6in x 9in. pp.310 £22 |
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1459. PERFORMANCE CONVERSION EQUIPMENT - Its Scope and Utility. Philip H. Smith 1960. An excellent period book on engine tuning aimed at the enthusiast owner. Mainly smaller engined cars from Ford, BMC,Triumph Volkswagen, Simca, Renault etc. are covered. Theory and practice of engine modifications such as gas flowing and porting, lightening, balancing etc. are all here as well as analysis of proprietary products such as manifolds, exhaust systems etc. with what works and what doesn't! Especially good on supercharging with the Shorrock blower discussed in detail. Photographs, line drawings and charts throughout. Hardback with dustwrapper in excellent condition pp.137 5.5in x 9in approx. £20 | |
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1456. RAC RALLY OF GREAT BRITAIN. Finisher's awards for the RAC from the 'fifties. Beautiful plaques with map outline, steering wheel and union flag motif in low relief.
1456b. 1953/1954 award in pewter coloured metal with enamelled flag. Year bars for both 1953 and 1954 attached, the whole thing being mounted on a stand-up black perspex plinth. 6in high overall. £95
1456c. 1955/1956 award in gold coloured metal with enamelled flag. Year bars for both 1955 and 1956 below. This one is mounted on a stand-up wooden plinth. 6in high overall. £95 |
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1455. LONDON MOTOR CLUB RALLY 1954. Metal participant's plaque for this 50th anniversary event. In as-new condition still in its original cellophane packet. 3.5in long. £40 | |
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1451. CASTROL ACHIEVEMENTS 1955. Like Shell, Dunlop, Esso and others,Castrol produced annual achievements books, theirs being among the finest. This one has a particularly superb Gordon Horner artwork of Peter Walker's Aston Martin at Le Mans on the cover, with an equally dynamic picture of Moss and Jenks' Mille Miglia Mercedes on the back. All aspects of road and circuit racing, rallying and record breaking are covered inside with b&w photographs or artwork on every page. 6in x 9in approx softcover book in excellent condition. pp.48 £30 | |
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1450. CASTROL ACHIEVEMENTS 1959. Similar to the 1955 one, this has colour artwork of David Boshier-Jones' Cooper-Jap on the cover and a superbly evocative picture of the MG EX181 record car inside. 6in x 9in approx softcover book in excellent condition. pp.48 £28 | |
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1449. CASTROL ACHIEVEMENTS 1963. Michael Turner was the cover artist by this year, with the Round-the-World Ford Corsair on the cover and the motor sport achievements supplemented with those of aeroplanes and hovercraft. 6in x 9in approx softcover book in excellent condition. pp.48 £25 | |
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1443. FROM VETERAN TO VINTAGE. Kent Karslake & Laurence Pomeroy. 1956 first edition of this "History of Motoring and Motorcars from 1884 to 1914" Highly detailed book by expert authors. Illustrated with period photographs, engineering drawings, advertisements etc. (1909 illustration here is from the frontispiece) Hardback in excellent condition (no dustwrapper) 7.5in x 10in. pp. 339 £35 | |
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1440. FORD MODEL T SERVICE BOOK Reprinted with permission from Ford, this is a collection of incredibly detailed original service and maintenance instructions. With hundreds of diagrams and photos they show "The authorised Ford way' of performing the various repair operations" Softback with black cover (of course) in excellent unread condition bar a mark on the back cover from a sticker or the like. 5.5in x 8.5in. pp. 296 £18 | |
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1439. A RACING MOTORIST. S.C.H. Davis. "His Adventures at the Wheel in Peace and War" Classic 1949 account of "Sammy" Davis' motoring career from early days just after WW1 through the 'twenties and 'thirties with first hand accounts of racing at Le Mans (on numerous occasions) Grands Prix, Tourist Trophies etc. The second part concerns the author's experiences in WW2. Full of insight, anecdote and illustrated with 32 pages of photographs. Hardback with excellent dustwrapper- a rarity as copies of this book have usually been read and re-read many times. 5.5in x 8.5in. pp. 212 £28 | |
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1435. BRITISH RACING GREEN 1946 - 1956 Louis Klementaski & Michael Frostick A review of British achievement in motor racing in the first decade after WW2. Year by year account of national and international racing and rallying. Authoritative text and superb photographs by 'Klem' who got right into the thick of it whether at Le Mans, Silverstone or the Isle of Man. Hardback in excellent clean condition with similarly fine dustwrapper. 7.5in x 10in pp.60 £48 | |
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1430. 'MOTOR' YEAR BOOKS. These beautifully produced volumes were published by the 'Motor' magazine annually for many years and are now highly collectable. Each follows the same pattern of a review of technical developments of the year plus reviews of significant new models. The year's motorsport is covered, plus "Humorous drawings of the year" - soon renamed "Brockbanks of the year" since they were almost always his anyway. Tables of car specifications, race and rally results, speed records etc, plus the International motorsports fixtures calendar for the coming year. Illustrated throughout with numerous diagrams, technical drawings, period adverts and of course photographs. Some samples are shown here. All are hardbacks in good condition without dustwrappers. 7.5 in x 10in and around 200+ pages long. 1430a. 1949 (very
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1429. FORD SPECIALS P.J. Stephens. 1960 1st edition of this extremely detailed book on all aspects of special design, construction and tuning. Both one-off and proprietary chassis are described, together with various suspension layouts, body designs etc. A wealth of illustrations from details of exactly how to weld chassis joints to exploded diagrams of braking systems etc. make this a manual for the special builder but it also has lots of photographs of production cars such as Lotus, Buckler, Tornado and Ashley to interest the historian. Hardback in good clean condition with good, albeit slightly edge-rubbed dustwrapper. £26 See also item 1697 below: |
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1697. ONE-OFF - I build a Ford '10' Sports Car. N.T. Havart 1953. Diary-form account of building a Ford special, illistrated with drawings and photographs. Gives a superbly authentic feel of what it was like for the 1950s enthusiast working at home on a tight budget. Acknowledgement to "the makers of Tide, Dreft, Whisk, Daz, Rinso, Persil, Dirtypaws and Rosalex, as without these products my hands would never be clean or the carpets free from oil" hardback in good condition (no dustwrapper). Rear flypaper (blank) has been torn and there are various financial calculations written on it; it looks as if the previous owner was working out his own project! 5.5in x 8.5in. pp.168. £25
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1428. JOHN COBB RAILTON MOBIL SPECIAL Life magazine issue from September 1 1947. Superb portrait of John Cobb on the cover and an atmospheric full-page picture of the car at dawn on the Bonneville salt flats inside. Complete 104 page magazine in excellent condition. 10.5in x 14in. £25 | |
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1427. JAGUAR SERVICE SHEETS. Produced by "Motor Trader" in the 'fifties: 1427a. Jaguar Mk VII Saloon, 1951-1952. Details of engineering changes, engine data diagrams of controls, wiring engine, gearbox and suspension cutaways etc. service and lubrication chart. Paper has yellowed but in good condition. Publication no. 197. 8 page item 8in x 10.5in £15
1427b. Jaguar 2.4 litre Saloon, 1956/1957. Similar to the MkVII item with exploded diagrams of engine, gearbox, rear axle and suspension, wiring and lubrication charts etc. Original staples have rusted out but otherwise in good clean condition. Publication no. 277. 8 page item 8in x 10.5in £12
1427c. Jaguar 3.4 litre Saloon, 1957/1958. Very like the 2.4 litre publication with exploded diagrams of engine, gearbox, rear axle and suspension, wiring and lubrication charts etc. Again, the staples have deteriorated but otherwise it's good and clean. Publication no. 303. 8 page item 8in x 10.5in £12 |
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1425. MERCEDES/ JUNGE DAS IST TEMPO. 1954 German-language book on "the fastest cars in the world and their drivers". Lots of Mercedes content with superb photos of the streamliners, F1 cars, Le Mans, the Carrera Panamericana, Record breaking (including John Cobb's Napier Railton) US concept cars etc. etc. superb B&W photos and German text (a couple of neat pencil notes in the margins but otherwise good and clean). Hardback 7in x 10in. pp.64 £55 | |
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1424. 1950s MOTOR RACING ANNUAL. from 'Sporting Record' publications. Superb colour covers and a wealth of B&W action photos and articles inside. 1424b. 1952. Grands Prix, 500cc racing by John Cooper, record breaking by Goldie Gardner, Hillclimbing by Ken Wharton and the VCC Brighton Run. Foreword by Stirling Moss 8.5in x 10in pp.48 £25 |
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1422. ROLLS-ROYCE SILVER SERAPH. Fabulous hardback book which forms the brochure for the last R-R model to be built at Crewe. Elegant design and beautiful photography throughout. Mint condition with silver covers and blue cloth spine. 7in x 12in. pp.32 £40 | |
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1421. ROLLS-ROYCE CORNICHE. Sumptuous glossy brochure which consists almost exclusively of gorgeous photographs, with just one page of specifications. Excellent condition. Large 9.5in x 13.5in format. pp.28 £18 | |
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1420. BRITISH GRAND PRIX. Programmes: 1420c. 1973. John Player Grand Prix. Silverstone, 14July. 8.5in x 11.5in. Excellent clean condition. pp.68. £25 1420d.. 1977. John Player Grand Prix.(Grand Prix d'Europe) Silverstone, 14-16 July. 8.5in x 11.5in. Includes matching 32 page A5 lap chart booklet. pp.80. £22 Click here to check the Programmes page for the full list of stock. |
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1417. VINTAGE CAR RACING MEDALS. Made of a kind of silvery pewter type metal showing pair of 20s/30s race cars in relief. The rear shows a wreath of oak leaves and a space for engraving the name of the event or winner etc. 1417a. smaller 1 inch medal £50 1417b. larger 1.5inch medal £75 |
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