The silver S.S.1 Airline Coupe that has been winning concours throughout the country finally gets the spotlight shine on it in Crankshaft Issue #7 with 12 pages devoted to its history and restoration. Other fascination automobiles in this issue include a 1904 Knox, 1934 Nash, 1947 Rover, 1951 Chevrolet Styleline, 1954 Arnolt-Bristol, 1959 MGA Twin-Cam, 1960 Corvair Monza, 1960 Imperial sedan, 1961 Ferrari 250 GTO Prototype, a one-owner 1965 Ford R-code Galaxie, 1970 Oldsmobile station wagon, an all-original 1986 Chevrolet Monte Carlo SS, and engaging stories on LeBaron Carrossiers and Selling Cars in Cuba in the 1950s.
Growing up in the Ruhr area of Germany, Springer emigrated to Canada in the 1960s, but soon settled in California due to the warmer weather. There, after further improving his skills, the trained car mechanic/electrician found a job with Porsche specialist Vasek Polak and from then on looked after Polak’s Can-Am race cars as a mechanic.
Later, Springer started his own venture Andial with former Polak colleagues Arnold Wagner and Dieter Inzenhofer. The now-legendary tuning company went on to compete successfully in IMSA and, with the Andial engines, enjoyed quite a bit of success in other racing series as well. Andial became the number one address for Porsche customers in the USA, and even at Le Mans, customers of the German marque started using Andial engines. The secret of the California-based German trio: they had entrusted a capable man in Silicon Valley with the task of decoding the engine control system of the Porsche factory and thus making all parameters freely adjustable. Alwin Springer and his team perfected their set-ups in hours of test-bench runs. Morever, Springer also had a key role in the relaunch of Porsche Motorsport North America at the end of 1989 and is still active as a consultant for PMNA today.
Alwin Springer, together with Wilfried Müller, summarises his experiences from Can-Am, IMSA and the modern era at PMNA in 47 entertaining chapters, accompanied by countless photos from his private collection dating back to his early years with Vasek Polak.
Hardcover with slipcase
Limited to 963 copies, individually numbered
Illuminates the many facets of a legend on four wheels, with expert knowledge and exciting texts
• Exciting archive photographs and impressive photos by René Staud – his bestseller The Porsche 911 Book sold over 30,000 copies
To call it a legend is almost an understatement. After more than 50 years of model history, the one millionth Porsche 911 rolled off the production line in May 2017. The number of its fans is many times higher – because the “911” is the epitome of the sports car. Not only with its innovative technology, striking design and successes in major international racing events – from the 24 Hours of Daytona to the Monte Carlo Rally – has the Porsche 911 left and continues to leave a powerful tyre mark. The pop-cultural impact is also immense. Celebrities such as Arnold Schwarzenegger and Bill Gates have come out as enthusiasts. Steve McQueen drove it in the classic Le Mans. This exciting book covers design and model history, and includes the most important technical data.
This book is a reprint of an important publication that was first published by the Society of Automotive Engineers in 1989. It is an authoritative and entertaining account of the evolution of the very early internal combustion engine. We at Octane Press believe it to be a critical piece of automotive history and are happy to have a revised edition to offer to our readers. If you want to understand how the engine in your favorite machine came to exist, this book and Diesel’s Engine, the companion book by the same author, are critical additions to your library!
Internal Fire is the captivating history of the internal combustion engine and the creative individuals who brought it to life. From gunpowder to diesel, the development of these early powerhouses has been recorded from all sides. The influences of new technologies, patents, and obtainable fuels, as well as a growing understanding of the very nature of heat itself are all explored.
Internal Fire is not intended as a textbook, but as the well-researched and readable chronicle of a mechanical servant that has greatly influenced life in the 20th century and beyond.
You will find in this comprehensive book:
■ Gunpowder and Steam
■ Air Engines
■ Thermodynamics: Carnot Charts a Course
■ Patents: Origin and Influence
■ Internal-Combustion Engines: 1791-1813
■ Searching and Perfecting: 1820-1860
■ The Genesis of an Industry
■ Otto and Langen
■ Otto’s Four-Stroke Cycle
■ Brayton and His “Ready Motor”
■ The Two-Stroke Cycle
■ Gas and Gasoline Engines to 1900
■ Oil Engines: An Interim Solution
■ Rudolf Diesel: The End of the Beginning
“This new and well-researched work by Lyle Cummins has at last provided a readable account of the work and people concerned in the search for a more efficient heat engine cycle.”
– The Newcomen Society Bulletin
“Thoroughly researched and eminently readable.”
– The Institute of Mechanical Engineers
“Fascinating tour through the early efforts to design a practical internal-combustion engine.”
– Road & Track
Say ‘Sleeping Beauties’ to committed car enthusiasts and they will immediately know what you’re talking about: a world famous 1980s photo series, showing an extraordinary collection of classical automobiles rusting away in a French barn, neglected by their owner. Famous brands like Bugatti, Lancia, Ferrari, Alfa Romeo, Cord and Aston Martin, laying under thick layers of dust, spending their remaining days falling apart in isolation.
Many have tried to find out what happened to these cars since the photographs were taken – decayed? destroyed? sold? – but all leads fizzled out … until two Dutchmen and a German hung on where others had given up. In true ‘Boy’s Own’ style, their book tells of the three-year-long search for the fate of the cars from that French barn. It tells the story behind the collection’s origins in 1948, through to the moment in 1983 when the famous photos were published, up to the day in 2007 when the authors talked to the current 79 year old owner – a man who finally broke his silence about the fate of his collection for the first time in 25 years.
This fabulous collection of cars was brought together by two French brothers, Hans & Fritz Schlumpf, and consists of hundreds of the most beautiful cars ever produced. The ‘Schlumpf affair’ is perhaps one of the most famous stories in the car collectors world, covered extensively by the media in the mid-1970s, when the collection was seized by the trade unions and later by the French government. The Schlumpf brothers were accused of fraudulent actions to obtain their collection — but following extensive research by the authors of this book, the true story behind the collection is revealed. Ard and Arnoud op Weegh spent many years investigating the Schlumpf affair, and discovered many previously unpublished documents which prove that the Schlumpf brothers have been wrongly accused over the years. This book is written to tell the true story behind the collection, and also to rehabilitate the Schlumpf family name.
The book is beautifully illustrated with some rare photographs, and features many of the beautiful cars that make up the Schlumpf collection.
If you’ve felt the unabashed freedom that comes with a motorcycle, then you know the Harley lifestyle. The Life Harley-Davidson takes a deep look at all aspect of the life that comes with these bikes.
From the moment we first saw riders experiencing the joy and the freedom that can only be found riding a powerful motorcycle down an open road, many of us have been hooked on the life Harley-Davidson. The Life: Harley-Davidson celebrates that freedom.
The Life Harley-Davidson covers all aspects of the Harley lifestyle, profiling celebrity Harley fans like Elvis Presley, Hunter S. Thompson, Peter Fonda, and Arnold Schwartzenegger. All the iconic machines are here, too, like the Sporster, Electra Glide, and Fat Boy. The book also explores all the major types of custom Harleys, like Bobbers, Choppers, and Cafe racers.
This is about more than just motorcycles, though. It’s about community, gear, and tattoos. It’s about B movies, like The Wild One, The Wild Angels, and Wild Hogs. And, of course, television’s Sons of Anarchy, a program that ignited interest in the life Harley-Davidson among a younger generation of rebels. Chapters cover the one percenter outlaw club scene, focusing on international clubs like the Hells Angels, Outlaws, Pagans, and Dragons.
Contestants Recall the Great General Motors Talent Search
From 1930 to 1968, General Motors sponsored a 1:12 scale model automobile design competition for youth—the famous Fisher Body Craftsman’s Guild. Each year thousands of boys and young men from across America competed for scholarships by designing, building, and submitting a scale model of their own “dream car,” to be judged on such qualities as design originality and craftsmanship. A public relations bonanza for GM, the program helped to identify and nurture a generation of future leaders in design engineering, automotive design, automotive styling, industrial design and other endeavors.
In these essays, more than 30 Guildsmen chronicle their experiences in the competition, revealing their model car design techniques, tricks, and secrets: Philip J. Rauth, Joseph R. Rauth, Herman I. Rauth, Roger D. Teter, Gordon D. Williams, William A. Keyser, Jr., Warren M. Bakken, Wilfred C. Keagy, Arnold L. Joslin, Raymond P. Wykes, Charles R. Foreman, Adrian A. Bruno, Charles H. Stewart, George E. Anderson, William D. Scott, Walter F. O’Neill, Jr., Thomas L. De Fazio, Felix R. Collazo, Ronald J. Will, Roger L. Schneider, Thomas L. Covert, Paul F. Bonfilio, George G. Herzog, Samuel T. Kjellman, Frederick J. “Bud” Magaldi, Geza A. Loczi, Jeffrey A. Jones, Robert W. Lawhn, Tom W. Graboski, Terry P. Graboski, Spencer L. Mackay, Grant Onnie, John L. Jacobus and John M. Mellberg.
Grand National Stock Car Racing showing those “muscle cars” of the 1969-1970 era on the tracks and in competition with some of the greatest drivers of over 30 years ago! Watch the sleek Dodge Daytonas and Plymouth Superbirds with drivers such as Bobby Allison, “Chargin” Charlie Glotzbach, Cale Yarborough, Dr. Don Tarr, Scotty Cain, Mel Larson, Jack McCoy, James Hylton, Lee Roy Yarbrough, Dan Gurney, A.J. Foyt, Parnelli Jones, Elmo Langley, Sam Posey, Dave Alonzo, David Marcis, Pete Hamilton, and of course Richard Petty and Grand National Points Champion Bobby Isaac! 30-minute shows 1970 action in four races at Riverside, Michigan and Charlotte Motor Speedway. The video opens with Grand National action, then with a fast-paced stretch of 18 consecutive spins and crashes in a row! Also shown is pit action.
The Hard Chargers (60.min)
Hosted by William Conrad
with Linda Vaughn miss Hurst
Dodge Daytonas, Plymouth Superbirds, Mercury Cyclones and Ford Galaxies racing during the 1970 Grand National season! This documentary follows the exploits of three popular NASCAR drivers, Pete Hamilton and his #40 Petty Enterprises Plymouth Superbird, Richard Petty in the famous #43 Plymouth Superbird and Cale Yarborough and his #21 Wood Brothers Mercury Cyclone Spoiler! The film is a look at Grand National NASCAR racing in 1970, their crews and what happened to them during the ’70 season.
The film opens showing Pete Hamilton, #40 Plymouth Superbird winning the spring Talladega race! In victory Lane, Unocal Racestoppers and Linda Vaughn ( Miss Hurst). Later, you’ll see Pete at the Petty shop and garage and get a unique look at the Petty operation Richard talks about working for his father Lee during his early racing days as well as his horrific wreck in the (1970 Rebel 400 at Darlington) the frightening crash is shown in slow-motion!
At Darlington the film shows the color and tradition of the race (J.D. McDuffie, Butch Hirst, Ben Arnold, Bobby Allison, Buddy Baker and the #21 Cyclone of Cale Yarborough. In contrast to the factory-funded teams are the “independents”, and in a modest motel room, Jabe Thomas and others are interviewed about their struggles to race NASCAR in the early days
Arnold Davey
Florida’s Space Coast
The Wizard of MGM
San Gabriel
“GRAND PRIX ZANDVOORT is the definitive tribute to the Dutch Grand Prix,
a wonderful combination of a remarkable book and a fascinating documentary film about the history of the Formula 1 races held at Zandvoort from 1948 until 1985.
The 400-page book comprises more than 700 mostly never published photographs, countless anecdotes, extremely rare documentation materials as well as statistics specified to the chassis numbers.
The 77-minute documentary film is included on a DVD fitted in the and features never seen footage and interviews with Sir Stirling Moss, Jan Lammers, Jacky Ickx, Gijs van Lennep and René Arnoux.
The book and the film are bilingual, English and Dutch.
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Some aircraft deserve a measure of homage based on their aesthetics; others rate merit for longevity; and some purely by their performance. The racy Douglas A-26 Invader, veteran of three U.S. wars, rests securely in all three categories. Nurtured by famed designer Ed Heinemann and his team at Douglas Aircraft, the A-26 had good genes from the start. And yet, reputation isn’t everything. Teething troubles with A-26 production early in its career caused delays that brought the ire of United States Army Air Forces chief Henry “Hap” Arnold. A couple decades later, wing failures over southeast Asia prompted concerns about strength, and gave rise to a beefy, much-modified variant, the K-model, prepared by On Mark Engineering.
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