Hot rods have made legends, taking the spotlight in all aspects of the beach culture, in movies, and in music. They represent youth, rebellion, and a drive to do things a little differently. The hot rod movement has always been a grassroots, groundswell movement, an underground art form that defies...

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Innes Ireland never won a World Championship but he did win Team Lotus' first Grand Prix, the US GP of 1961 and was sacked for the 1962 season!. This is the autobiography of the man who Stirling Moss reckoned to be his closest competitor and one of his closest friends. Fast, flamboyant and...

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The story of the sporting Allards are told through 83 period and historical articles. Subjects covered include intros, road tests, driving impressions, racing days and visiting the factory. Models reported on: Special, Monte Carlo, Types, J, K, M, P, Gran Turismo, Safari, Palm Beach and the...

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It reads like one of those `Boy's Own' adventure stories of days gone by, but the story of this remarkable Australian is fact, not fiction. Tony Gaze has a litany of remarkable achievements to his credit resulting from his two careers: as a fighter pilot with the Royal Air Force during...

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Sports prototype racing is about endurance - for the drivers, for the teams, and for the companies involved. Under the new management at Renault, and with assistance from Elf, the state-owned French oil company, Alpine made a remarkable return to sports car racing, vividly described here along with...

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This is the first ever English language book about Alpine Renault and the development of the first turbocharged racing car. It describes the history of the two companies involved in the project, the thinking behind the creation of this revolutionary Grand Prix car and the men concerned - from the...

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Sports prototype racing is about endurance, for the drivers, for the teams and for the companies involved. In this story we see the effort, the blood, the sweat and the tears, reputations won and lost, life and also death. The cars, some of the most evocative ever seen, are described in detail. We...

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Alpine was really the only sports car volume manufacturer in France until the seventies, but inspite of this and the outstanding competition history of the company, the history of Alpine is seldom treated seriously outside France. In 1946 Jean Redele took charge of his father's Renault agency...

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From the Austrian rallies of 1910 to the final international races in the 1970s, Alpine rallies were always dangerous and demanding. The predecessor of today's international rally sport, they were an incredible test of endurance for early pioneers and their cars. This book, written by a...

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For nearly half a century Alvis was famed worldwide for the design and manufacture of its thoroughbred cars, including pioneering work on front-wheel drive and independent suspension. The Coventry precision-engineering firm always knew that diversification was essential for survival and went on to...

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