Exotics such as Bugatti, RollsRoyce, Bentley, Ferrari and Maserati mix it with Fords, Austins, MGs and many more in a rollercoaster of blowups, crashes, fixes, bodges, bleeding knuckles and speeding tickets!This is a collection of often hilarious true stories from the 1920s to the present day, written by enthusiasts, for enthusiasts.Funny, informative, thrilling, inspiring and heartwarming. You can almost smell the 5star fuel and the hot Castrol R!During the past few decades the values of classic cars have skyrocketed. Many popular models are now priced well beyond the reach of most regular enthusiasts, unless they were fortunate enough to own or have access to classic cars when they were little more than cheap transport for youngsters and eccentrics!This book brings together tales, not of investors and playboys, but of ordinary car people. Call them what you will Petrolheads, car guys (and gals), Gearheads we all know what we are and we can recognise a fellow sufferer in seconds.There are stories here of help from mums and dads, of winds fixed with filler, and engines botched together just well enough to survive another weeks motoring. There are stories of intrepid foreign adventures, of racing, sprinting, rallying, and just plain getting down and oily with the machines we love.So fold down that main screen, adjust the little Aeros, stick on your goggles and join us for a highoctane ride from the past to the present!Richard McCann has spent a lifetime collecting,...
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Exotics such as Bugatti, RollsRoyce, Bentley, Ferrari and Maserati mix it with Fords, Austins, MGs and many more in a rollercoaster of blowups, crashes, fixes, bodges, bleeding knuckles and speeding tickets!This is a collection of often hilarious true stories from the 1920s to the present day, written by enthusiasts, for enthusiasts.Funny, informative, thrilling, inspiring and heartwarming. You can almost smell the 5star fuel and the hot Castrol R!During the past few decades the values of classic cars have skyrocketed. Many popular models are now priced well beyond the reach of most regular enthusiasts, unless they were fortunate enough to own or have access to classic cars when they were little more than cheap transport for youngsters and eccentrics!This book brings together tales, not of investors and playboys, but of ordinary car people. Call them what you will Petrolheads, car guys (and gals), Gearheads we all know what we are and we can recognise a fellow sufferer in seconds.There are stories here of help from mums and dads, of winds fixed with filler, and engines botched together just well enough to survive another weeks motoring. There are stories of intrepid foreign adventures, of racing, sprinting, rallying, and just plain getting down and oily with the machines we love.So fold down that main screen, adjust the little Aeros, stick on your goggles and join us for a highoctane ride from the past to the present!Richard McCann has spent a lifetime collecting,...
Binding: Paperback;204 pages; Publisher: Wordzworth Publishing Limited; Classification: WC; Weight: 495.12 g; Dimensions: 153 x 228 x 27
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