The Complete Encyclopedia Of Sports Cars: Classic Era : Informative Text with over 750 Color Photographs

by de la Rive Box, Rob

• ISBN13: 9789036615150
• ISBN10: 9036615151
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2004-06-30
• Publisher: Book Sales

Summary

Back in the 1950s and 1960s, cars such as the Jaguar XK 120, the ASA Cisitalia, Veritas, or Pegaso could be seen performing superbly on the racing circuits of Europe. The classic models of some 150 different makes are featured in this comprehensive reference work. This book takes you back to the racing circuits of the 1950s, 1960s, and 1970s when automobiles such as those of Gianni and Lamborghini ruled the road. The book also covers lesser-known makes such as the kit cars that Lotus sold for people to build themselves; there are sports cars for the road as well as for the race track. For instance, did you know that the Merak closely resembled the Bora but was powered by the same V-6 motor used in the SM Citroen? That is because the factory needed to use up its large stock of these engines. The book contains the fascinating stories of the manufacturers and designers of countless famous and lesser-known brands of both road-going and racing sports cars. With more than 750 color photographs, this is an essential reference work for automobile enthusiasts, especially classic sports car-lovers. Book jacket.

Author Biography

Rob de la Rive Box (1933) grew up with cars and still remembers his father's various cars, a 1938 V12 Lincoln coupe, a slightly older Hupmobile, and the first post-war Playmouth... After graduating, he worked for several years at a Ford garage in Finland and then for two years in the public relations department of Ford in his native Holland. Since 1962, he has lived in Switzerland where he initially worked in the customer service department of a Chrysler dealership, before setting-up in business on his own. Hiswritten output includes more than forty books about cars. Besides books, he has written countless articles on the subject for European motoring magazines

Table of Contents

Foreword	p. 6
Abarth - Avanti	p. 8
Bandini - Buick	p. 47
Caterham - Cunningham	p. 71
Daimler - Duesenberg	p. 83
Elva - Excalibur	p. 99
Facel Vega - Frazer Nash	p. 103
Gatsonides - GSM	p. 125
Healy - HWM	p. 137
Innocenti - Iso Rivolta	p. 143
Jaguar - Jowett	p. 146
Kaiser Darrin - Kleinschnittger	p. 153
Lagonda - Lotus	p. 155
Mandarini - Muntz	p. 174
Nardi-Danese - NSU	p. 201
Oldsmobile - Osi	p. 207
Paganelli - Puma	p. 213
Reliant - Renault	p. 226
Saab - Sunbeam	p. 229
Talbot - TVR	p. 249
Vauxhall - Volvo	p. 269
WSM	p. 278
Zeder - ZIL	p. 279
Index	p. 281
Author's and photographic acknowledgemets	p. 287
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