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Item Details
Title:
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BRM V16
HOW BRITAIN'S AUTO MAKERS BUILT A GRAND PRIX CAR TO BEAT THE WORLD |
By: |
Karl Ludvigsen |
Format: |
Hardback |

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£22.50 |
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ISBN 10: |
1845840372 |
ISBN 13: |
9781845840372 |
Publisher: |
VELOCE PUBLISHING LTD |
Pub. date: |
4 November, 2006 |
Pages: |
96 |
Description: |
A bright beacon of hope and promise for Britain's motor-sports enthusiasts during the drab and rationed post-war years was their knowledge that the country's leading auto companies and suppliers were banding together to create an amazing new car that promised to put Britain at the forefront in Grand Prix racing. |
Synopsis: |
Few cars of any kind have a more exotic and exciting reputation among enthusiasts than the first BRM, a 16-cylinder wonder machine that was a bright beacon of promise in Britain's drab post-war years. Heralded as a certain race winner and backed by the nation's motor industry, exploiting the seized secrets of the 1930s Germans, the British Racing Motor bid fair to put the UK at the top of the Grand Prix tree. It did come good--producing more than 500 horsepower--but only after the Formula 1 for which it was built had expired. From the files of the Ludvigsen Library come more than 80 rare photos of the BRM, one of the handsomest, indeed sexiest, racing cars of all time. Related articles and ephemera round out the story of a bold but ultimately misguided British venture that delivered too much too late. |
Illustrations: |
160 Illustrations |
Publication: |
UK |
Imprint: |
Veloce Publishing Ltd |
Returns: |
Returnable |
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