- Cunningham
Sports Cars: American Racing Legends 1951-1955 -Cunningham
sports cars. He burst into view in 1951 with his Chrysler-powered
C-2 sports-racers and in 1952 launched the production C-3,
a Vignale-bodied car built as both a coupe and cabriolet.
Some two dozen were made. The C-4R was his 1952 racer, still
Chrysler-powered, which performed well at Le Mans and with
Phil Walters and John Fitch was all but unbeatable in American
racing. Radical with its solid-axle front end and colossal
drum brakes, the C-5R of 1953 was a challenger to the Jaguars
at Le Mans. In 1954 Cunningham raced a much-modified Ferrari
with water-cooled brakes and in 1955 introduced his C-6R,
beautifully engineered by Briggs Weaver and Offenhauser powered.
Fabulous unpublished pictures from the Ludvigsen Library
show these great cars on the track and at rest. panache. They
carried the American flag !
- Can-Am
Racing Cars: Secrets Of The Sensational Sixties Sports-Racers
-It was a golden era. Horsepower was unlimited; designers,
builders, and drivers just needed to harness the horses of
massive engines and deliver their thrust to the track. It
was an age of 8-liter aluminum Chevys, turbo charged
Oldsmobiles, flat-12 Porsches,
and the best and brightest designers from McLaren, BRM, Lola,
March, Shadow, AAR, Caldwell, Kar Kraft, and others who designed
cars to suit them.
- Enduring
Passion: The Story of the Mercedes-Benz Brand -With its
legendary performance and quality, Mercedes-Benz is one of
the most recognizable brands in existence. The first book
to examine Mercedes-Benz as a brand phenomenon, Enduring Passion
provides a fascinating look at how the brand developed and
the myths and realities surrounding it as it faced the global
convulsions of war, mergers, and economic uncertainty. Handsomely
produced in a large format and richly illustrated with
previously unpublished photographs, Enduring Passion is
the life story of the Mercedes-Benz brand and how its iconic
symbol became a synonym for power and elegance.
-
Daimler & Benz: The Complete History: The Birth and Evolution
of the Mercedes-Benz -From the earliest workshop days
to the grandest marque in the automotive world, the story
of one of the most important enterprises of the twentieth
century comes alive in this complete history. The rich history
of Daimler-Benz (now DaimlerChrysler) has its roots in the
early experimentation with the use of the internal combustion
engine by three men: Carl Benz, Gottlieb Daimler, and William
Maybach. Benz, working alone, and Daimler and Maybach, working
together, the two shops separated by a mere sixty miles, in
the late 1880s simultaneously laid the foundation of what
would become the German automotive industry. At first there
was competition between Benz & Cie. and Daimler Motoren
Gesellschaft, as they engineered and styled the earliest motorwagens
and began to develop markets for their products. These early
efforts led to the establishment of an entire industry by
the start of World War I. But the war and its aftermath devastated
these two companies, as it did the German economy overall.
By the early 1920s it became apparent that the only way to
survival was a merger, and thus, on June 29, 1926, the stockholders
of both companies gave approval to the new company, Daimler-Benz,
which led directly to the birth of one of the world's best-known
brands: Mercedes-Benz. In the hands of noted automotive
photographer, author, and editor Dennis Adler, the history
of the marque and the company unfolds through the decades,
as Mercedes-Benz advances in fame, from the racing glory years
to the present, becoming the standard that all automakers
strive to meet. With archival (many never before published)
and the author's own photographs, the beauty and power of
the automobile comes alive, from the earliest models to the
first crop of twenty-first-century Mercedes-Benzes. It is
a story of excellence that is in many ways unmatched in the
history of any industry. Today, as a global leader in design,
safety, and overall excellence, Mercedes-Benz continues to
lead the way.
- Mercedes-Benz:
110 Years of Excellence - This full-color gallery spans more
than a century of Mercedes-Benz and includes pre-merger Daimler
and Benz cars; models K, S, and SSK, 500K, 540K; 220 and 300
series, including the fantastic 300SL; 230, 250, 280, 350,
450 and 500SLs; new model prototypes, model history and evolution,
specs, technical notes and more. Winner of the 1996 Moto Award
Silver Medallion.
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