3 racing FILMS 1 DVD
TEXAS TAKEOVER
This color film, documenting the record-breaking performance of Craig Breedlove and the American Motors AMX, has been completely restored from the original neg. (This is it folks! It doesn’t get any better than this.) We spent hours at one of the top post houses in Hollywood restoring this historic film. If you are an AMC fan, this collector-quality dvd is a must. Craig’s co-driver on this run was his wife, Lee Breedlove. On February 4, 1968, Breedlove set a new 24-hour world record stock car endurance run of 3378 miles, averaging over 140 MPH, running day and night–a fine testament to the engineering and durability of the new AMX!
TRANS AM COUNTDOWN
This film has not been seen since 1970, a promo film made for the AMC Javelin team focusing on a young Mark Donohue and Rodger Penske–lots of unseen track footage! On track you will see an unusual combination of cars running together in practice like Mark’s Javelin being passed by a Porsche 917 and the Javelin passing some really exotic cars like Ferrari’s Trans Am. Countdown was transfeRred directly from the 16mm original negative. It looks like it was shot yesterday.
JAVELIN BREED
The story of the 1968 Trans-Am Racing Series season, with the AMC drivers George Follmer and Peter Revson and crew chief Ronnie Kaplan. This was AMC’s first try into the racing field and they were very impressive, finishing every race. Over 20 minutes of color footage showing the AMC vs. Mustang duels. Lots of race coverage and shots of many other cars of the era.
Painters used to arrange flowers and fruit, thereby creating compositions for their paintings. Photographer Tim Maxeiner has done the same with cars and houses, creating a unique series of American still lifes. These organic units of houses and cars were photographed mainly in the port district of San Pedro in his adopted home of Los Angeles.
America’s original – and long considered its best – sports car, the Chevrolet Corvette is fast, sexy, sleek, sublime. The legacy of the Corvette is matched only by its beauty, captured here like never before.
Art of the Corvette profiles two dozen Corvettes from all seven generations, beginning with the first 1953 Blue Flame Six Corvette and concluding with the return of an icon, the stunning 2014 Corvette Stingray. Using a unique style of portraiture known as light-painting, acclaimed photographers Randy Leffingwell and Tom Loeser present the most recognizable, unique, and historic Corvettes ever produced. From the chrome-lined grilles of the 1953 Roadster and sexy curves of the first C3s to the aggressive snarl of the 2012 ZR1 and the bold, blunt powerhouse of the 2014 Corvette Stingray, all are presented in breathtaking color and detail. Rare and one-off cars abound as well, like the 1963 Z06 Sting Ray and one of only a handful of 1967 L88 convertibles.
With an authoritative text by Leffingwell, one of the world’s leading Corvette historians, and over 200 stunning photographs, Art of the Corvette presents this landmark of American automotive engineering and design, the Chevrolet Corvette, as never before seen. Some of the vehicles you’ll find inside include:
1953 Corvette – 1963 Sting Ray Z06 coupe – 1966 Sting Ray L72 coupe – 1969 L71 convertible – 1978 Indy Pace Car – 1989 convertible – 1996 Grand Sport coupe – 2003 50th anniversary convertible – 2012 ZR1 coupe – 2014 C7 Stingray coupe
“RACER. INNOVATOR. CELEBRITY. MOGUL. CHAMPION.
This is the first biography of the short but exciting life of Albert Champion—record-setting bicyclist and motorcyclist, daredevil racecar driver, early automobile innovator, charismatic ladies’ man, and celebrity of the Jazz Age.
Though most Americans have heard of the companies Albert Champion founded—ACDelco and Champion Spark Plug—few know much about the charismatic man behind them. Like a Richard Branson of the early 20th century, or an Evel Knievel with a business degree, Champion was a powerhouse whose life was defined by both speed and success.
Champion rose from poverty in Paris to great wealth and fame in both his native France and the United States. As a bicycle racer, Champion set more than a hundred world records. When the urban speed limit was 8 mph, he was the first ever to drive a motorcycle a mile under a minute. A car-racing crash snapped a leg bone that kept him in traction for eleven weeks. Undeterred, he hobbled out of the hospital on crutches and recovered to win the French national cycling championship.
Champion invested his prize money to become a tycoon in the new and revolutionary American auto industry, working closely with the leading players and amassing thirty US. His contemporaries included Charles Lindbergh, who endorsed Champion’s product by saying, “”AC Spark Plugs kept my engine running perfectly.”; Louis Chevrolet, whom Champion backed financially until it came out that he was trying to seduce Chevrolet’s wife, which led to a fight and the end of their friendship; and William Durant, founder of a “”new holding company”” called General Motors.
A notorious ladies’ man, Champion’s many dalliances were fodder for the papers and finally ended in a love triangle that resulted in his death under mysterious circumstances.
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Welding is an art and skill that’s essential for automotive fabrication, repair, and vehicle upgrades. It is also an important skill for countless household projects and industries. Some books show basic welding techniques with steel and cast iron. But this isn’t your run-of-the-mill introductory welding book.
In this revised edition of the previous title, Advanced Automotive Welding, Jerry Uttrachi, past president of the American Welding Society, shows you how to perform basic welding procedures with steel and cast iron. He also reveals advanced welding techniques and the use of aluminum, titanium, magnesium, stainless steel, and other specialty materials. Projects and techniques focus on automotive applications but they can also be used for welding a bicycle frame, a steel grill, and other everyday fixes.
TIG, oxyacetylene, arc, and wire-feed welding processes are detailed, with special coverage on stick and MIG processes. Welding butt and V-joints is explained as well as welding more complex joints, including J- and U-joints. Step-by-step instruction gives you the necessary information to tackle and complete almost any welding job. Popular automotive projects, such as welding an electric fuel pump into an aluminum tank, repairing chrome-moly suspension arms, and welding in floorpans are thoroughly covered. And when it comes to repairing household items, specific projects such as repairing and modifying the steel tubing on an exercise machine, repairing the frame for a decorative bench, and more are covered.
Whether you’re new to welding, a veteran weldor working with special materials, or involved in a special project, you will find indispensible information within the pages of this book.
