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This is the limited slipcased English language edition of this very rare book. The success of the 328 was due to the sum of the parts: ruthless and clever light-weight construction, optimum weight distribution, sound aerodynamics, string and efficient power for the 2 litre class and light easy handl..

Please note the previous owners name has been written on the front end page.Here is a definitive history of the BMW, the famed motorcar from Bayerische Motoren Werke of Germany, whose white and blue emblem has invaded the postwar automotive market throughout the world. Universally acknowledged for i..

It is not unusual to regard BMW as one of the younger companies in the motoring industry, and to imagine they came into being in the 1930's, when their successful range of motor cars were sold in England as Frazer Nash BMW's. The truth is far more spectacular. One branch of the BMW family tree spran..

Archie Frazer-Nash (always with a hyphen) was an enthusiast as early as 1910. In that year he joined H. R. Godfrey to make cyclecars, hence the GN. Some twelve years later they both left their company, Archie to build Frazer Nashes (without a hyphen) and Godfrey later to build HRGs. What they left b..

The AFN story is a long and fascinating one of triumphs, intrigues and disasters which will make absorbing reading for anyone interested in sports cars, the motor trade or the inner workings of the motor industry. Above all, though, it is a story of people and in particular of the three Aldington br..

Long Straights and Hairpin Turns is the first of two volumes capturing a special time in Pacific Northwest sports car racing history, the 1950s and 1960s. The story, written with amazing detail, insight, and passion, starts in 1950 with the first four-cylinder exhaust notes at B.C.'s Abbotsford Airp..

John Bolster is too well known to need introduction and all who have seen or only read of “Bloody Mary" will agree that the constructor and driver of this famous " Special" is eminently suited to the task of describing the details of other cars specially built, either for racing, trials or hill clim..

No car was more individual or sporting in character than the prewar chain driven Frazer Nash. It stemmed from an equally fascinating cyclecar, also of sporting character, the G.N. In this fascinating book, David Thirlby looks intimately at how these two makes came into being, how they were made as t..

This Motoraces Book Club edition was produced in 1967 for sale to its members only by the proprietors, Readers Union LTD...

Please note this example comes with an extra 15-page 'Corrigendum'.The Frazer Nash was a car widely used for motor sporting activities including racing, rallies, hill climbs and mud plugging trials. It was in the main driven by amateurs for enjoyment. The number of cars that were made that never com..

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