The great British special-building era began in the years after World War I when motor racing was split into two camps. On the one hand, Brooklands provided glamour, spectacle and celebrity drivers. In contrast was the busy sprint and hill-climb scene supported by amateur enthusiasts from all walks of life. These short events offered an opportunity for the impecunious amateur to construct vehicles with lightweight chassis and a powerful engine at low cost that could equal, or even beat the expensive "proper" machines of the ...
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The great British special-building era began in the years after World War I when motor racing was split into two camps. On the one hand, Brooklands provided glamour, spectacle and celebrity drivers. In contrast was the busy sprint and hill-climb scene supported by amateur enthusiasts from all walks of life. These short events offered an opportunity for the impecunious amateur to construct vehicles with lightweight chassis and a powerful engine at low cost that could equal, or even beat the expensive "proper" machines of the works drivers. This book presents a representative selection of these and other types of sporting car, to illustrate the evolution of this fascinating and continually evolving branch of motor sporting activity.
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Add this copy of The Enthusiast's Guide to Vintage Specials to cart. $130.29, like new condition, Sold by Rothwell & Dunworth Ltd rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Dulverton, SOMERSET, UNITED KINGDOM, published 1994 by G.T. Foulis [&] Haynes, 1994. 9780854297948.
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1st edn. 4to. Original gilt lettered green cloth (Fine), dustwrapper (Fine, not price clipped). Pp. 192, illus with b&w photos (no other inscriptions).
Add this copy of Enthusiasts Guide to Vintage Specials to cart. $147.50, good condition, Sold by Salish Sea Books rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Bellingham, WA, UNITED STATES, published 1994 by Haynes Publishing.
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Good in a Very Good dust jacket; Hardcover; Dust jacket is moderately edgeworn, otherwise is clean and glossy, and has not been price-clipped (Now fitted with a new, Brodart jacket protector); Boards are edgeworn with "bumped" edge-corners; Unblemished textblock edges; Light foxing to the endpapers; Small crease to the top right edge-corner of about half the pages, otherwise the endpapers and all text pages are clean and unmarked; The binding is excellent with a straight spine; This book will be shipped in a sturdy cardboard box with foam padding; Large Format (Quatro, 10.75"-11.75" tall); 2.3 lbs; Dark green dust jacket with vintage racing photo, and title in yellow and white lettering; 1994, Haynes Publishing; 192 pages; "Enthusiasts Guide to Vintage Specials, " by John Bateman.
