SPECIAL OBSESSIONS - A HISTORY OF BRITISH SPECIALS 1947-62 VOLUME 1


Improvements in the economy as the 1960s approached brought a new generation of cars from the major manufacturers, and the industry fell apart almost as fast as it had sprung up - taking down some... Read more
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Improvements in the economy as the 1960s approached brought a new generation of cars from the major manufacturers, and the industry fell apart almost as fast as it had sprung up - taking down some very fine cars with it. Les Brown's new book, Special Obsessions, looks at the cars developed in that period, and investigates for the first time the reasons for the biggest explosion in Special building that the world has ever seen, and the social conditions which led to its downfall. In addition to the familiar names of the industry, you will find Fairthorpe, Buckler, Rochdale, Tornado, RGS, Microplas, Martin, Leonard, HG, Hepworth, Convair, TWM, Nordec, Peel, Grenfell, McCandless, MVM, Unicar, Greenwood, Nobel,Excelsior, Anzani, Conversion, Triton, Norvin and many others.

Product specification

Binding
In hardback
Pages
240
ISBN / EAN
9781872955360
Languages
English
Publication date
09/2017
Colour illustrations
200
Illustrations
200
Dimensions
20 x 25 x 2 cm

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