Veteran Cars

Cover Type: Hardcover
Book Condition: Fair
Jacket Condition: None Issued
Publisher: Burke Publishing
Publisher Place: London
Publisher Year: 1972
Edition: Revised

Description: 144 pages. Ex-Library. Book is in Fair condition, there is some general wear, but still presentable.

Publishers Description: This book provides an introduction to both the technicalities and the achievements of Veteran cars. The author is careful to give accurate and detailed descriptions but he also wrjtes in a romantic strain of the colourful days when the early pioneers took to the road in their "horseless carriages".The first models made by William Morris and Henry Ford, the earliest motor cars and petrol engines, the organised Veteran car rallies and races of today all are described in vivid detail. A highlight of this most informative book is an account of the complete renovation of a 1908 Renault for a 1,500-mile tour of England and Wales.A comprehensive list of British (615) and American (1,557) makes of Veteran cars and the drawings of 168 British and American radiators and bonnets of these vehicles add great value to the book as a whole and will appeal particularly to the enthusiastic Veteran car "spotter".Every reader will be thrilled by the fascinating world of shining brasswork, bright colours and exciting road races.

ISBN: 0222697024