BOOKS 
BOOKS RELATED TO VINTAGE AUTOMOBILES, SPORT CAR RACING, DRIVING LEGENDS AND EVENTS
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| Steve McQueen A Passion for Speed reflects a life lived in the moment and with the pedal to the metal. This hardcover volume features rare photography and chronicles McQueen’s fascination with and passion for all things internal-combustion powered. [more] | Written by Porsche engineer and Le Mans-winner Jürgen Barth with co-author Gustav Büsing, LIMITED SIGNED EDITION The Porsche Book: The Complete History of Types and Models,a three-volume set, is the ultimate technical history of all Porsche... [more] | Full of rare and sensational photographs, this book traces the development and competition history of the great Porsche Spyders from 1956 through 1964 - Type 550A, 645, RSK and 718. | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| A magnificent photo history of the Porsche 917. As 1/2 of the legendary "Battle of the Titans, the Porsche 917 development - 917K, 917/10, 917/20, 917/30 917PA & the 917AAW coupe is documented in visual detail. The phenomenal air-cooled... [more] | Porsche Sounds takes readers on a stunning audiovisual tour. Iincludes recordings of the engine sounds of 30 historic cars, from 356 Roadster through the Panamera Turbo. 11 tracks of turbo-inspired rock by Deep Purple, Foreigner, REO Speedwagon. Presented in German and... [more] | h4>Porsche 718 = 804, an adventur into Formula One. Previously unpublished photographs, and vivid recollections into Porsche's history in Formula 1. Written by Fodisch, Neßhöver, Behrndt, and Roßbach, this Hardcover 11.5 x 13 3/4 includes 238... [more] | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| The Complete Book of Porsche 911 provides a model-by-model overview for each year of the 911’s production, from the original 901 prototype to the current models. Illustrated with both current and archival photography, this book is the ultimate single-volume... [more] | Written by renowned automotive writer and photographer (and Porsche aficionado) Randy Leffingwell focuses his lens on each important model from the first 356 to today’s Cayman and 911. His pictures, in-depth analyses of each car and its context, and interviews with... [more] | Led by renowned driver and tuner Carroll Shelby , in the 1960s the Shelby American company produced and raced the iconic cars: the Cobra, the GT40 and Mk. IV, and the GT350. Using stunning original studio photographs by Boyd Jaynes and authoritative text by automotive... [more] | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| When Dan Gurney coasted his crippled Lotus Climax 19B to victory in the inaugural Daytona Continental in 1962, he began a tradition of dramatic finishes that have characterized Daytona competition ever since. In Daytona 24 Hours: The Definitive History of America’s Great... [more] | In the more than four decades since it was founded by racing legends Dan Gurney and Carroll Shelby, All American Racers has consistently built cars that have competed and won at the highest levels of motorsports. One of the earliest AAR Eagles made racing history in 1967... [more] | In Portraits, Jesse Alexander offers an intimate and emotional view of the people he has met in his remarkable 50-year career as a passionate motorsports photographer. These photographs feature many of the greatest names from a half-century of racing, from Juan Manuel... [more] | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| A Hard Cover, portrait of 72 legendary Grand Prix drivers. Photographed by Bernard Cahier and his son Paul-Henri with an extraordinary narrative by Formula One journalist, Xavier Chimits. Stories of triumph and tragedy, joy and loss. | Derek Bell is best known as one of the world’s finest ever endurance sports car drivers. Winning Le Mans five times and the Daytona 24 Hours three times puts him among the greats of motor racing. As a great endurance driver, Derek also won at Watkins Glen,... [more] | Few can claim that their racing careers spanned the greatest decades in sports-car competition—the 1960s and 1970s—and then extended into the 1980s. Fewer still were consistently successful. John Horsman is one of the fortunate few. The blue-and-orange Gulf-sponsored Ford... [more] | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| The International Motor Racing Guide is the most ambitious motor racing reference book ever written. It covers all major championships and races throughout the world, beginning with the first automobile competition held over a century ago. Detailed coverage of national... [more] | Mercedes-Benz 300SL racing cars. | In this Hardcover edition of "WINNING", automotive journalists Matt Stone and Preston Lerner gathered trackside stories and recollection of those who knew Paul Newman - Race Car Driver. Racing as an amateur in SCCA he made a career in the professional... [more] | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Bernie Ecclestone is best-known as the architect and figurehead of modern Formula One, but he has been a constant and often controversial presence in both Formula One and British public life since the 1970s. In this exhaustive and insightful biography, initially written in... [more] | Written by Tom Cotter with foreword by Keith Martin, these facinating stories of barn finds including - Hot rods, porsches, mustang, cobra, shelby cobra, dean jeffries, black beauty, mercedes 300sl, jay leno, lancia, etc., are the things that dreams are made of. | LIFE IS A HIGHWAY celebrates our pashion for the automobile through the words of top notch writers. Written from 1895 through 2009, the chapters of this book are a trip down memory lane mixed with a real look at the history of the Automobile and a pretty... [more] | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| This book is a compilation of pictures taken back when Linda was able to get very close to the action. Using a Nikon camera with various telephoto lenses, she captured some exhilarating photos of road racing in the 60's and 70's. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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