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Ab & Marvin Jenkins: The Studebaker Connection and the Mormon Meteors. By Gordon Eliot White
| It was Ab Jenkins who popularized the vast Salt Flats as a place to run for speed records. In the words of Captain George E.T. Eyston, “he is the man who made competition at Bonneville possible.” Jenkins was the first man to run for accepted records at Bonneville in 1933, and he succeeded both in at... more >>> |
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Euro.34,95 |
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Bernd Rosemeyer; Die Schicksalsfahrt. By Peter Kirchberg
| The complete story of the fatal recordattempt on that day late in January 1938. Superstar and Auto Union ace Rosemeyer crashed on the 'Autobanh Frankfurt-Darmstadt' with his Silver Arrow and this title shows the prelude, the fatal day itself and the aftermath. This publication is well... more >>> |
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Euro.24,95 |
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Bluebird CN7 - The inside story of Donald Campbell’s last Land Speed Record car. By Donald Stevens
| Since the early 1920s the name Bluebird has been synonymous with world speed record breaking on land and water. Driven first by Sir Malcolm Campbell, then his son Donald, and latterly by Donald’s nephew Donald Wales in electric powered vehicles, they have consistently pushed records ever higher. Thi... more >>> |
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Euro.34,95 |
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Bonneville; The Fastest Place on Earth. By Louise Ann Noeth
| Located in the Great Salt Lake Desert, the Bonneville Salt Flats are both a geographic and land-speed marvel. The crusty yet perfectly flat strip measuring nine miles long by just 80 feet wide. Since 1909, Bonneville has hosted hundreds of races and speed trials featuring scores of remarkable cars, ... more >>> |
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Euro.29,95 |
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El Mirage Impressions Dry Lakes Land Speed Racing. By M. de Lesseps
| A photographic essay of an S.C.T.A. sponsored dry lakes meet at El Mirage on a weekend in 1995. Superb photographs place you on that dry lakebed to stroll among the hot rods and motorcycles that were competing for new land speed records. El Mirage Impressions captures the atmosphere of dry lakebed s... more >>> |
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Euro.36,95 |
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Leo Villa's Bluebird Album. By David de Lara
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This is the definitive photograhic record of Donald Campbell’s legendary Bluebirds. Captured through the lenses of Leo Villa’s Stereo Realist Camera, and other images of the time. The book included also the 3D Glasses. 256 pages, 312 colour pictures, 93 b&w pictures. English. more >>> |
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Euro.49,50 |
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MG Record Breakers from Abingdon Photo Archive. By Richard L. Knudson
| M.G. established its reputation as a world-class sports car manufacturer by winning races and breaking class speed records. This is the first book to provide in-depth coverage on these record-breaking cars. Included are International Class Record Summary charts for the EX 120, EX 127, EX135, EX 179,... more >>> |
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Euro.36,95 |
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Records de Vitesse Auto, un siècle de défis. By W. Huon
| Les livres sur les records de vitesse sont rares, plus rares encore quand il s’agit de livres en français. Un comble, ou une lacune à combler, dès lors que les premières tentatives se sont déroulées en France, dans les environs de Paris, au parc agricole d’Achères. Et pourtant, en 1898 et 1899, c’es... more >>> |
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Euro.47,95 |
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The Land Speed Record 1898-1919. Brooklands Books
| 39 reports telling how the first Land Speed Record of 39.24 mph was set in 1898 by Count de Chasseloup-Laubat in an electric Jeantaud. By 1919 the record had been officially pushed up to 124.10 mph by Jenatzy, Rolls, Vanderbilt, Serpollet, Ford, Rigolly, Marriott, Oldfield, Duray, Hornsted and other... more >>> |
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Euro.27,95 |
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The Land Speed Record 1920-1929. Brooklands Books
| This second volume on the Land Speed Record contains 73 articles which tell how the Land Speed Record crossed the Atlantic during the Twenties and how fearless drivers such as Milton, Guiness, Thomas, Eddridge, Campbell, Keech, Lockhart and Segrave pushed it up to over 230 mph in evocatively named m... more >>> |
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Euro.27,95 |
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The Land Speed Record 1930-1939. Brooklands Books
| 30 contemporary reports are contained in this third volume on the Land Speed Record which tell how the Record was raised from 231.36 mph in 1930 to 368.85 mph in 1939. Featured are articles on Kaye Don's Silver Bullet, Sir Malcolm Campbell's Blue Birds, George Eyston's Thunderbolt and John Cobb's Ra... more >>> |
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Euro.27,95 |
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The Land Speed Record 1940-1962. Brooklands Books
| A portfolio of 48 reports on how the Land Speed Record was raised from 369 mph to 394 mph by John Cobb in the Railton Mobil Special. Also featured are record attempts by Donald Campbell in Bluebird, Mickey Thompson in Challenger I and Craig Breedlove in 'Spirit of America', and much more. Plus exper... more >>> |
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Euro.27,95 |
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The Land Speed Record 1963-1999. Brooklands Books
| The fifth title in the 'Brooklands Books' series on the Land Speed Record and Cobb's 1947 record of 394 mph still stood in 1963. It was soon to be broken by Donald Campbell in the wheel-driven Proteus Bluebird. Then entered Goldenrod with its four Chrysler petrol engines, Blue Flame which was rocket... more >>> |
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Euro.27,95 |
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The World's Fastest Diesel. By David Tremayne
| At the Bonneville Salt Flats on 23 August 2006 the fastest man on earth, Andy Green, sped to 350.092mph in a yellow torpedo-shaped car called JCB Dieselmax, creating a sensational new land speed record for a diesel-powered vehicle. This was the culmination of one of the most remarkable and adventuro... more >>> |
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Euro.31,95 |
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Thrust; the remarkable story of one man's quest for speed. By Richard Noble
| De jacht naar het wereldsnelheidrecord van 750mph. Sceptici verklaarden het voor onmogelijk, technici maakten het waar.... Dit is het verhaal van een man op jacht naar een bijzonder record; het wereldsnelheidsrecord te land. Voorzien van tientallen foto's in kleur, vele technische details en 32... more >>> |
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Euro.24,95 |
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