World Encyclopedia of Fire Engines and Firefighting by Wallington Neil
Category: Technology and Transport
Fire and rescue - an illustrated guide to fire trucks around the world, with 700 pictures of modern and historical appliances. It is a fully illustrated guide to fire trucks from around the world, including an A-Z directory of 165 of the best-known fire engine manufacturers. It includes a comprehensive ...Show more
Mga - The Revolutionary MG by David Knowles
Category: Technology and Transport
The MGA truly marked a revolution in MG sports car design, with its appearance quite unlike any previous production car from the celebrated British marque. Entering production in the summer of 1955, it broke with the time-honoured tradition of narrow-gutted, flat-sides, upright styling, with the distinc ...Show more
Jensen: The Complete Story of the American-Powered Cars: v.8 by Mark Dollery
Category: Technology and Transport
The story of Jensen favouring American V8 power began during the 1930s, with the building of their first prototype car. Although this pre-war period was short-lived, this would be the start of what was to eventually become one of the company's main trademarks - the V8 engine. This new book examines the ...Show more
Shelby and AC Cobra by Brian Laban
Category: Technology and Transport
In the new edition of this classic text, Brian Laban brings the story of the AC Cobra up to date. In the early 1960s, a flamboyant Texan, Carroll Shelby, dreamed of a special kind of sports car, a marriage of European style with lusty, affordable American V8 power. He took his dream forward and he persu ...Show more
British Leyland - The Cars, 1968-1986 by James Taylor
Category: Technology and Transport
In 1968, British Leyland brought together most of Britain's motor manufacturers, with the intention of creating a robust unified group that could equal the strength of the big European conglomerates. But this was not to be. There have been many books about the politics and the business activities of B ...Show more
Porsche Water-Cooled Turbos 1979-2019 by Johnny Tipler
Category: Technology and Transport
The first water-cooled Porsche Turbos were launched in 1979, evolving through Turbo variants of the front-engined 924, 944 and 968. With the new millennium came the first of the water-cooled rear-engined 922 Turbos, and from 2017 turbos have been applied to the mid engined Boxster and Cayman models. In ...Show more
VW Camper - The Inside Story: A Guide to VW Camping Conversions and Interiors 1951-2012 by David Eccles
Category: Technology and Transport
This critically acclaimed, best-selling book documents and celebrates the many diferent camping conversions built on the Volkswagen Transporter and Microbus base across five generations.
Volkswagen Karmann Ghias and Cabriolets: 1949-1980 by Richard Copping
Category: Technology and Transport
Volkswagen enthusiast and expert Richard Copping reveals the full story of the Karmann Ghia from initial concepts to the production of the Coupe, the addition of a Cabriolet, and the model's ongoing progress until its eventual sad demise in 1974.
Alfa Romeo 916 GTV and Spider: The Complete Story by Robert Foskett
Category: Technology and Transport
"Alfa Romeo 916 GTV and Spider" traces the complete story of the Alfa Romeo GTV and Spider models produced between 1994-2005, commonly known to enthusiasts by the manufacturer's project code as the 916 series. The 916 models would always be controversial - they replaced the iconic Spider, the best-selli ...Show more
British Custom Motorcycles: The Brit Chop - Choppers, Cruisers, Bobbers & Trikes by Uli Cloesen
Category: Technology and Transport
This book takes a look at some of the fantastic British motorcycle-based custom bikes around the globe. From the old to the new, it shows that when it comes to customising British bikes, things go much further than the simple chopped Triumph parallel twin. A celebration of all things 'custom Brit,' it i ...Show more
VW Bay Window Bus by Mark Paxton
Category: Technology and Transport | Series: Enthusiast's Restoration Manual Series
The only book currently available that comprehensively deals with the realities of restoring a VW Bay Window Bus. With over 1500 mainly color photos, it clearly guides the reader through body and chassis repairs, paint work, interior re-trimming and most of the common mechanical problems. The skills, te ...Show more