
Eagle Book of Cars and Motor Sport has an introduction by Marcus Morris which
states that it was only sixty years previously that the petrol engine began to replace
the horse and change our mehtod of transport. This book see Stirling Moss at the height of
his fame in all manner of cars. Car workings are explained, along with how they are designed
and manufactured.
Original Price : Unknown
Published by : Hulton Press Ltd in 1958
Edited by : Peter Roberts
Dimensions : 21cm x 26.5cm with 192 pages.
Selected highlights:
- Suck, squash, bang, blow - the cycles of a 4-stroke explained.
- Cars from the early part of the century are already considered as vintage.
- The Lotus 7 is priced at £1,036 7s 0d. What would they now be worth?
- American Hot-Rods are shown - with some weird ideas of streamlining.
- Rallying and Hill Climbing are still popular.
CONTENTS | ||
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Introduction | page 7 | |
CHAPTER 1 | How a Car Works | 8 |
2 | How a Car is Made | 18 |
3 | Car Design | 31 |
4 | Veterans of the Road | 40 |
5 | Those Vintage Years | 50 |
6 | Sports Cars and 500's | 58 |
7 | Share the Wheel with an Ace | 72 |
8 | The Best of them All | 81 |
9 | Grand Prix Racing | 91 |
10 | Behind the Scenes | 108 |
11 | Great British Cars | 124 |
12 | American Hot-Rods | 134 |
13 | Build Your own Car | 144 |
14 | Hill Climbing | 154 |
15 | Rallying Around | 162 |
16 | Fastest in the World | 173 |
17 | Maid of All Work | 178 |
18 | The Shape of Things to Come | 185 |