Download or read book The Works Triumphs written by Graham Robson and published by Haynes Publications. This book was released on 1993 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For more than half a century Triumph cars were strong contenders on the international race and rally scene, but their many successes were punctuated by financial crises and changes in company ownership, until the British Leyland axe finally fell just after the 1980 Lombard/RAC Rally. In this classic book, re-issued to meet continuing demand, Graham Robson - Triumph co-driver and team manager - recaptures the thrills and problems of those turbulent years.About The Author:Graham Robson has been involved in rallying all his working life, as a co-driver, team manager, organizer and historian, and is the world's leading authority on all things Triumph.
Download or read book The Works Triumphs 50 Years in Motorsport written by Graham Robson and published by . This book was released on 2003 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Works Triumphs In Detail written by Graham Robson and published by Herridge & Sons Limited. This book was released on 2015-03-01 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Between 1953 and 1980 the Triumph competitions department produced more than 150 'works' competition cars for race and rally. These included TR2, TR3 and TR3A, the TR3S, TRS and Conrero race cars, Herald and Vitesse, TR4, 2000, Spitfire and GT6R, 2.5 PI, Dolomite and Sprint, TR7 and TR7 V8. In addition they prepared Standard Eight, Ten, Pennant, and Phase III Vanguard for competition. Viewed overall, what stands out as the remarkable feature of the work of the department was that they achieved such a degree of success with relatively ordinary production cars, from 803cc saloons upwards. Author Graham Robson was manager of the Standard-Triumph competitions department in the early 1960s and himself supervised the development and management of the works TR4s, Spitfires and 2000s. Here he provides information on each and every one of the works cars of the whole 1953-80 period, with details of their specifications, entries, drivers and careers, accompanied in nearly all cases by archive photographs. In addition there is specially commissioned colour photography of important surviving examples.
Download or read book The Triumph TR written by John Nikas and published by Amberley Publishing Limited. This book was released on 2018-05-15 with total page 185 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The early Triumph sports cars that set the standard for others to follow. Providing full details of all models in a readable and engaging style.
Download or read book Triumph Sports Cars written by Graham Robson and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2017-02-23 with total page 66 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the 1950s and 1960s, British sports car ruled the road, and their charge was led by Triumphs. From the TR2, its first modern sports car, Triumph went on to produce a host of classic sports designs such as the Spitfire, GT, and Stag, as well as more TR models, ending with the TR7 in the late 1970s. These represented the epitome of the contemporary classic British sports car. Fast, nimble, and gorgeous to behold, Triumphs offered the everyday motorist an exhilarating drive at a price that they could afford. Popular both in the UK and the US, the Triumph range helped define the entire genre, with sports cars today like the Mazda MX-5 having their roots in models like the Stag. Illustrated throughout and written by acclaimed motoring writer and historian Graham Robson, this book guides the reader through the history of this classic British marque from its heyday in the 1960s and 1970s through to its eventual demise in the 1980s.
Download or read book British Sport a Bibliography to 2000 written by Richard Cox and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-12-16 with total page 197 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Volume one of a bibliography documenting all that has been written in the English language on the history of sport and physical education in Britain. It lists all secondary source material including reference works, in a classified order to meet the needs of the sports historian.
Download or read book Triumph Dolomite written by Matthew Vale and published by Crowood. This book was released on 2015-03-23 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A model-by-model history of the popular Triumph Dolomite family, the range of quality sporting saloons that started with the Triumph 1300 and was in production from 1965-80. The Triumph 1300 was innovative, with front-wheel drive and a four-door body designed by Giovanni Michelotti. In 1970 the Triumph 1500 and the three-door Toledo were introduced, followed by the range-topping Dolomite in 1972, with Triumph's slant-4 overhead cam engine and rear-wheel drive. The fast Dolomite Sprint confirmed Triumph's position as the British 'BMW Beater' in 1973, with its powerful 16-valve engine and value achieved through clever engineering. In 1976 the whole range was renamed 'Dolomite' - and was a well-rounded model spread of four-door saloons, with engine sizes from 1300cc to 2 litres. With technical specifications and over 150 colour photographs, Triumph Dolomite - An Enthusiast's Guide also includes competition history, the Dolomites' ancestors, and a guide to buying and owning these iconic saloons. Fully illustrated with 161 colour photographs.
Download or read book Can Am 50th Anniversary written by George Levy and published by Motorbooks. This book was released on 2016-09-30 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Forget the rule book and relive one of the most exciting race series ever with Can-Am 50th Anniversary! The first rule of Can-Am: There are no rules. Or at least damn few rules. The bodywork had to enclose the wheels and there had to be something that loosely resembled a passenger seat--if your passenger was a badly misshapen human or perhaps a lab monkey. Otherwise, set your racing mind free. No limits to engine options or output, no restrictions on aerodynamic aids or body shape. It was as close to unrestricted road racing as racing had ever gotten or would ever get again. And it was fantastic. From its introduction in 1966 to the end of its classic period in 1974, North America's Can-Am series was the most exciting, technologically advanced, and star-studded racing series of the day. Its essentially rules-free formula attracted everyone from crazed backyard engineers to specialists like McLaren, Chaparral, Shadow, and Lola to manufacturers like Ford, Ferrari, Chevrolet, and Porsche. Top drivers including Mario Andretti, Jackie Stewart, Parnelli Jones, Bruce McLaren, Denis Hulme, Dan Gurney, Phil Hill, Mark Donohue, Peter Revson, Jim Hall, Jody Scheckter, Chris Amon, George Follmer and John Surtees competed on tracks across the US and Canada taking time off from Formula One schedules and other duties to drive in Can-Am because the racing and the cars were so exciting. Can-Am 50th Anniversary offers a heavily illustrated look back at what is arguably the greatest race series ever to grace the roadracing circuits of North America. Photographer Pete Biro was Goodyear Tire’s official photographer and followed the series throughout the entire run from 1966-'74. The vast majority of the book’s images are unpublished or long out of circulation. Biro brings his unique perspective and his close relationship with the drivers, team owners, and constructors to bear on the captions while former AutoWeek editor George Levy provides an exciting text reflecting the thrill of Can-Am racing.
Download or read book The History of Motorsport written by Jorg Walz and published by Delius Klasing Verlag Gmbh. This book was released on 2018-02 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: More than 120 years of motorsport: stories, triumphs and tragedies, sensational innovations, rapid progress, and grandiose dead ends. The History of Motorsport gives a gripping and informative rundown of the colourful world of motor racing, with its trailblazing technical developments and its greatest series and races. The book begins with the first Grand Prix in motor-racing history, and takes readers on a journey through the decades all the way to FIA Formula E. Along the way they will encounter cars like Michael Schumacher's 'red goddess', the Red Bull of Sebastian Vettel, and its Formula 1 forefathers from Alfa Romeo, Ferrari, Lotus, and Brabham, the likes of the Lancia Stratos and Delta Integrale, Audi Sport Quattro, Citroën WRC, and the VW Race Touareg for the Dakar rally. Touring cars through to Mike Rockenfeller's Schaeffler-Audi RS5 also take their place of honour here. The choice of vehicles has been made to ensure all important races and racing series are included. Extensive statistics complete this comprehensive book.
Download or read book 50 Years of Motorsport written by and published by . This book was released on 2016 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Icons of Motorsport written by Mitchell E. Optican and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2017-06-11 with total page 354 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The author, having grown up ski-racing and driving fast cars, examines the life of an individual, his friends and their role models who were strongly motivated by exciting, thrilling, and potentially dangerous activities. There are direct costs to such a life-style: broken backs and death-by-avalanche to name just two. Equally compelling are the concerns about a spectator's responsibility for blood sports and the tragic effects of loss on family and friends. These weighty issues are treated in a light and engaging way through short personal anecdotes and an extensive photographic essay of some of the most iconic race cars of the last 50 years. Some have called the book a love story between a young man and beautiful, sexy, and dangerous cars. The author sees the work as a cathartic review of a pivotal facet of a notable life.
Download or read book THE WORKS SPITFIRES a technical analysis written by FABRIZIO COMI and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2013-02-01 with total page 170 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A new publication that speaks of the little Triumph Spitfire seen from the point of technical and historical view. A great collection of pictures and testimonials on his racing history lived among rally and track and a complete technical analysis related to technology applied to racing by the "Competition Department" Triumph in the years 1964-1965.
Download or read book Forthcoming Books written by Rose Arny and published by . This book was released on 2003-04 with total page 1190 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Triumph Cars The Complete Story written by Graham Robson and published by Veloce Publishing. This book was released on 2019-01-08 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Relating the story of Triumph cars is complex enough, but to include all the earlier events which persuaded Siegfried Bettman to begin car manufacture in 1923 is even more so. The two authors, however - both of them experts in all things Triumph, the cars, and the political events surrounding them - have assembled and presented an enthralling story of the way the car-making side of the business came to prosper, was then afflicted by financial problems, and then rescued from oblivion by Standard in 1944. Thereafter, Triumph once again became a prominent marque, eventually dominated Standard, and (from the 1960s onwards) became an important cast member in the melodramatic events which involved Leyland, BMC and eventually British Leyland. Triumph Cars - The Complete Story, however, is not merely a turbulent trawl through the historical record, for both authors were also successful in locating the important characters whose efforts made it possible for Triumph to excite the world. Along the way, the career of cars as famous as the Glorias and Dolomites of the 1930s, the Heralds, Spitfires and TRs of the post-war years, and the headline-grabbing exploits in racing and rallying build up a story which no fictional writer could have created.
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Download or read book Car written by DK and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2022-05-31 with total page 370 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Whether you’re a vintage car spotter or an armchair petrolhead, strap yourself in for an unforgettable ride through motoring history. This sumptuously designed visual guide is packed with everything you could ever want to know about cars through the ages, from the earliest “horseless carriage” to the modern supercar and Formula 1. Inside the pages of this visually stunning car encyclopedia, you’ll discover an iconic celebration of automotive design and motoring history. • Trace the history of the car decade-by-decade in stunning visual detail • In-depth profiles highlight the most important cars of each period along with their specifications and special features • Includes beautifully photographed “virtual tours” that showcase particularly celebrated cars such as the Ferrari F40 and the Rolls Royce Silver Ghost • Tells the story of the people and companies that created sports cars like Porsche and Lamborghini Take a trip through decades of automotive history See the fastest, biggest, most luxurious, most innovative, and downright sexiest motorized vehicles come to life in the most spectacular way! Packed with stunning photography and featuring more than 2000 cars, Car shows you how the finest cars from every corner of the globe have evolved over the last 130 years. Lavishly illustrated feature spreads reveal the stories behind the car world’s most famous marques and models, the geniuses who designed them, and the companies and factories who built them. It’s the ultimate gift for men or anyone interested in cars, motoring, and motor racing. This new edition has been updated to include hybrid and electric cars, as well as the cars of today and tomorrow. Want to learn more about machines? There’s more to discover in this epic series from DK Books! Take an action-packed flight through the history of air travel in Aircraft. Stay on the right track and step off at the most important and incredible rail routes from all over the world in Train.
