The idea of stewardship – the ownership of a historical automobile during one’s lifetime – has recently gained the focus that it has always deserved.
This selfless consideration of preserving the original machines is presented by the foremost authors, museum directors and collectors of our time, led by the visionary Miles Collier and Fred Simeone. These world renowned automotive academicians are joined by Ed Gilbertson, Evan Ide, Leigh Keno and Leslie Keno, L. Scott George, Mark Gessler and others whose unique viewpoints spell out the need for proper preservation of our automotive treasures.
Illustrated with almost 200 historic photographs, documents and modern imagery, this book explores many of the issues associated with the ownership of historically important automobiles. Topics include: provenance; patina and false patination; reversible restoration; over-restoration; dealing with older restorations, the definition of a historically important automobile, and many other thought provoking issues.
This book will certainly encourage serious conversation on this controversial subject, and is a must for any sincere collector of automobiles.
The Stewardship of Historically Important Automobiles achieved the distinction of “Publication of the Year” at the International Historic Motoring Awards in London, November 2013.
Dr. Fred Simeone passed away in June, just a few days after his 86th birthday. His legacy is presented in this re-release of this important book, available in this memorial edition.
The mythical F40 was in its time the fastest production car ever built and the object of all desires.
In this unique 324-page book (that is to say one page per kilometer/hour reached), more than 40 testimonials from personalities who collaborated in the creation of the F40 such as designers, draftsmen from Pininfarina, test drivers, but also many people who have promoted the image of the F40, such as owners, drivers, stars, artists, presidents of Ferrari Clubs, importers, distributors, technicians etc.
The author makes us share in a tour of the world all his memories, meetings and correspondences.
In more than 30 years, the F40 still leaves us with so many strong emotions, desired by Enzo Ferrari during his lifetime.
Participated: Nicola Materazzi, Oscar Scaglietti, Leonardo Fioravanti, Aldo Brovarone, Pietro Camardella, Mario Vernacchia, Dario Benuzzi, Luca Picco, Brenda Vernor, Paolo Pininfarina, Sergio Cassano, Paolo Cavalieri, Giorgio E. Cavalieri, Manuel de Miguel-Mornet, Fede Garcia, Giuseppe Greco, Ed Gilbertson, Chuck Queener, Christian Philippsen, Patrick Tambay, Jean Alesi, Jean Berchon, Philippe Gardette, Pierre Daverat, Dominique Bardini, Pascal Papazyan, Philippe Bouvard, Yan Denes, Rossano Candrini, Mauro Raccanello, Luca Fornetti , Junichiro Hiramatsu, Hideki Yoshida, Albert Seyler, John Pogson, Dimitrios Spyropoulos, Nikolay Panuli, Blaise Zuchuat, Tiziano and Fabrizio Carugati, Roger Imboden etc. and many others.
How to Build a Motorcycle leads you through all the key stages – from initially finding the right project for your skill level, to sourcing a base bike and safely taking on some full-on bike-building tasks. With clear, easy-to-follow instructions, proper advice and specially commissioned step-by-step illustrations throughout it is an ideal aid to getting your hands oily. Written by Gary Inman, the co-founder of independent motorcycle magazine Sideburn, and illustrated by Adi Gilbert who is best known for his bicycle and motorcycle drawings whose clients include Harley-Davidson, Guy Martin, Wired magazine, Sideburn magazine and Nike, this is a must-have for all motorcycle lovers.
Read this book, even dip in and out where relevant. If it makes sense, schedule some time, clear your mind, pull on some old clothes, grab your toolbox and get going. The chapters in How to Build a Motorcycle will tell you how to complete a huge variety of tasks that will allow even the greenest of novices to get their hands dirty and start modifying with purpose. If you belong to this camp, start with some of the low-input, high-reward jobs, such as fitting bars, swapping the rear shocks or wiring in a new tail light. Even though these require relatively little work, they’ll transform the look of your bike, and completing them will fill you with confidence to undertake the more difficult jobs, such as fitting more modern front forks or even making your own frame.
The book comes with a glossy 32-page section on finished bikes and is a reference and the perfect gift for all fans, from those who merely like to tinker, to riders taking on a full build.
It is not a coincidence that the year, 2017, marks the 70th anniversary of both Ferrari and the historic Gilco brand. It’s the natural consequence of a joint all-Italian piece of history, one that saw the two enterprises start together and tightly cooperate for many years.
It was 1947 when Gilberto Colombo set up his operations to design and develop new ground-breaking, ultra-light car frames, drawing on his precious experience, especially his work with the aviation industry.
Among further applications, he also started producing rational tubular furniture, as previously produced by his father’s company, on Bauhaus designs, since the 1930’s.
While Enzo Ferrari was turning his machine tool production business into a racing car development firm, thus launching the Ferrari brand, Gilberto Colombo, after transforming his GC Automotive Application unit into Glico Autotelai (Gilco car frames), founded the Gilco brand.
Gilco (obviously an acronym for Gilberto Colombo) has since signed an incredible series of innovative ideas that revolutionised quite a few of the basic concepts on which racing car development was based. His new sophisticated design for industrial production gave a great impulse to some then uprising Italian companies that are still among the most important worldwide today.
Among these, on top of major car brands like Ferrari, Maserati, Alfa Romeo, Lancia, Zagato and more, are the most important bicycle companies: Ernesto Colnago, Columbus and Cinelli; and nautical companies: Cantieri Folli and Lillia, whose most valued, world championship winning Star sailboats were designed by Gilberto Colombo. On top of all that, interesting architectural designs, and, obviously, tubular furniture.
Today Gilco is a historical brand, strong of a prestigious archive of original designs, but also engaged in building the future. An important part of the legacy of Gilberto Colombo, on top of said archive, is Trafiltubi, the company he founded to produce super-high-performance tubes aimed at extreme applications and whose enduring high-quality production bears witness to its motto: “il tubo non tradisce mai”. (a tube will never let you down).
