Road and motor vehicles: general interest

The differences between running an Indy car on a road circuit and an oval are described, as is the struggle to get the best from a car for the Indy 500 - a task which is described with unusual clarity.

As more and more people inhabit the Earth and live longer on it, Super Cities will explode with populations of 20, 30, even 100 millions or more.

It all began at the Oyster Bar in Grand Central Station, New York, in 1961 - Two Princeton graduates - John Hopkins and Joe McPhillips - have returned from Peru.

Did you know that Jasons and Tracies crash more cars than Jacquelines and Damons?

Bristol Cars began as the motoring arm of the Bristol Aeroplane Company, one of the world's most successful aircraft companies of the 1920s and 1930s.

Auto Repair For Dummies, 2nd Edition (9781119543619) was previously published as Auto Repair For Dummies, 2nd Edition (9780764599026).

Even though it is nearly forty years since the last vehicles left the Southall factory, the products of the Associated Equipment Company, more commonly known as AEC, are still synonymous with quality and reliability.

The boundaries of the current county of Lancashire were established in 1974 when the Furness district was lost to the newly formed Cumbria.

When Daniel Defoe, the author of A Tour through the Whole Island of Great Britain, visited Shropshire in the early 1720s, on his journey from Shrewsbury to Lichfield he travelled along what he called 'The Great Ancient Road'.

The forefather of Alvis, T.

Introduced in 1980, the Silver Spirit and Bentley Mulsanne are the most successful post-war Rolls-Royces and their longevity means ownership of these fine cars is both an enjoyable and practical proposition.

Mazda's superb convertible roadster has become by far the world's best-selling sports car.

**THE INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER**Magnus Walker is one of life s originals.

Hong Kong has long been a place of great interest to transport enthusiasts.

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From the mid-1930s, many of the Birmingham City Transport bus fleet were stored pending disposal.

Concentrating on the years between 1904 and 1916 and featuring a wealth of photographs, this book examines America's first three races of international stature: the Vanderbilt Cup, the International Grand Prize and the Indianapolis 500.

Unlike other parts of the world, Britain was slow to start operating bendy buses and, despite the first ones appearing in service in Sheffield in 1978, it was not until 1985 that the next examples made their appearance, again in Sheffield.

This book takes a look at the most popular type of bus - the open-top bus.

Mount Desert Island and Acadia National Park offer a remarkable diversity of natural and human history.

The subject of one of the great advertising campaigns of the early 20th century, the "e;Somewhere West of Laramie"e; ads, Jordan is a well-remembered marque despite its brief duration.

The moment in 1958 when a sports car-crazed youth in Massachusetts saw his first Ferrari changed his life.

Now in its fourth edition, Touring the Western North Carolina Backroads has long been the go-to guide for folks seeking the unspoiled landscape and little-known cultural attractions of western North Carolina.

Along with full-color photos, this book includes everything you need to know about the LS1/LS6 engine, including the difficult engine removal and installation, simple engine bolt-ons, electronic controls for the Generation III engine, and detailed engine builds at four different power levels.

"e; Updated & revised edition of a best-selling SpeedPro series book.

Porting cylinder heads is an art and a science.

Southdown Motor Services was a well-known and respected bus and coach operator formed in 1915 and based in the south of England.

The predecessor of today's international rally sport, the alpine trials and rallies of 1910 onwards were an incredible test of endurance for early pioneers and their cars.

Eastern Coach Works, known as ECW, was based in Lowestoft in Suffolk.

Expert practical advice from an experienced race engine builder on how to build a high-performance version of Ford's naturally aspirated 4-cylinder 1600, 1800 & 2000cc Pinto engine which has been used in Ford's most popular cars (Escort, Capri, Cortina & Sierra - Ford/Mercury Capri, Pinto, Bobcat in USA) over many years.

The photos in this edition are black and white.

Wallace Arnold was founded in 1912 and was named after its founders Wallace Cunningham and Arnold Crowe.

Its no wonder descriptions of riding often resemble the words of Asian mystics and Jedi knights: The ride causes your senses to open completely.

In the 1970s, as car enthusiasts in the U.

Don't throw away money on bogus parts and inflated horsepower claims.

The Camper Book will captivate all those who dream of waving good-bye to the rat race from the window of their own moveable home, be it a camper, RV, travel trailer, camper van, or tiny camper.

From 1929 until 1979, a succession of buses and trucks trundled out of the AEC works in Southall, Middlesex.

Riley is one of the most famous British car manufacturers and this book covers the entire history of the company, from its early beginnings as a bicycle manufacturer to ownership by the British Motor Corporation (BMC).

Greg Moore is one of three sons of NASCAR Hall of Famer Bud Moore.

The British bus industry was ill-prepared for the Second World War.

This in-depth, lavishly illustrated book looks in detail at some of the world's finest road bicycle and bicycle component companies.

A fool couldn t ride the Vincent Black Shadow more than once, but a fool can ride a Ducati 900 many times, and it will always be a bloodcurdling kind of fun.

This fourth edition of Hiking Olympic National Park features 66 of the finest trails in and around the park plus 40 additional trail recommendations throughout northwest Washington's spectacular landscape.

The British have had an affair with Bugatti for decades and perhaps Prescott Hill-Climb in Gloucestershire is the place where that relationship has reached its highlights across the decades.

The Van Life Cookbook goes beyond a collection of recipes that can be made on a two-ring gas hob.

About 700,000 Camaros were built from 1967 to 1969.

The step-by-step guide to building YOUR dream sports car on a budget.

"So wird´s gemacht" zeigt technisch interessierten Neu- und Gebrauchtwagenbesitzern, wie ihr Fahrzeug funktioniert und welche Wartungs- und Reparaturarbeiten sie selbst durchführen können.