Car books...

[robertw]

Having an interest in sports cars I have numerous ones on Ferrari, Jaguar etc and many,  many on Corvette. Also have a number on concept cars and having developed an interest in the 1908 Great Race I eventually tracked down all books on this topic except for the two that were written in Italian and German. Seeing the reference to the Black Tiger by Leonard Wibberley I enjoyed his The Mouse........ series, and eventually found  all five of them (not car related but great satire). My book collection is almost as big as my unbuilt model collection and when going into a new city the first places I look for are model shops and book stores.

[Xingu]

I hate threads like this.....they always cost me money. A few new books are on the way.

[Richard Bartrop]

My big book addiction is mostly sci fi, especially old magazines and art books.  Kinda sorta relevant to this thread,  I have almost all of Syd Mead's books.

[Big John]

Late to the party as usual.  I recently got hold of a Dyke's Automobile and Gasoline Engine Encyclopedia copyright 1911>17. Has a vast amount of information and charts for many of the early autos, and a supplement on how to hot rod your Ford T and electric/ hybrid cars.

[Chuckyg1]

13 hours ago, Big John said:

Late to the party as usual.  I recently got hold of a Dyke's Automobile and Gasoline Engine Encyclopedia copyright 1911>17. Has a vast amount of information and charts for many of the early autos, and a supplement on how to hot rod your Ford T and electric/ hybrid cars.

Wow, that's really interesting, (and cool).

[Straightliner59]

On 2/16/2020 at 4:49 PM, Tom Geiger said:

Blue Highways, A Journey Into America -  William Least Heat Moon

I love that book! His "River Horse" is excellent, too.

[papajohn97]

My favorite auto racing books:

"Black Noon" by Art Garner - about the tragic '64 Indy race - fascinating read about Mickey Thompson, Dave MacDonald, Eddie Sachs, Jim Clark and many others. Would make a great documentary.

"Go Like Hell" by A. J. Baime, basis of the movie "Ford V Ferrari" but much expanded background history and additional interesting stories. Baime's other books (Arsenal of Democracy) are also excellent.

Someone needs to write a really good book and/or make a good bio-pic about Tazio Nuvolari, most interesting and some say the greatest race driver of all time.

Edited yesterday at 02:19 PM by papajohn97