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#1 William Hunt

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Posted 24 December 2010 - 20:59

Sine a lot of us here are hard core autosport fans I assume that many of use will also receive an autosport nostalgia book for Christmas. It was the case for me so I'm kicking off this list. I received the following book from my parents: Jochen Rindt: Uncrowned King by David Tremayne. Curious to know if other people here also receivded books.

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#2 Barry Boor

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Posted 25 December 2010 - 21:52

I am so happy. I was expecting a Lewis Hamilton biography or a recent F.1 annual but instead my step-daughter and her partner bought me Mike Lawrence's 'Grand Prix Cars 1945-65' which I have always wanted.

Happy Christmas!

(I got the full Beatles c.d. collection, too.)

#3 jdtreelines

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Posted 25 December 2010 - 22:35

I received John Tennant's "Motor Racing the Golden Years". What a splendid and eclectic photo collection (and only one caption correction needed so far); I don't think I've seen more than a dozen or so of the images before. I see it's received the thumbs up in the TNF Book thread - quite right too!

#4 LittleChris

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Posted 25 December 2010 - 23:04

Mike Oliver - Tales from the Toolbox.
Stephen Davisons- Between the Hedges
Mick Grant - Taking The Mick

And Slade - Live at the BBC :clap:

#5 Les

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Posted 26 December 2010 - 00:28

Sine a lot of us here are hard core autosport fans I assume that many of use will also receive an autosport nostalgia book for Christmas. It was the case for me so I'm kicking off this list. I received the following book from my parents: Jochen Rindt: Uncrowned King by David Tremayne. Curious to know if other people here also receivded books.


I also got the Jochen Rindt book its excellent! Also Hesketh and Matra retro T-Shirts and Silverstone GP tickets!

#6 antonvrs

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Posted 26 December 2010 - 05:14

I got a package with Tony Adriaensens latest book- about the Targa Florio. I haven't had a chance to open it yet but I'm really looking forward to it!


#7 jimmy8v

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Posted 26 December 2010 - 07:13

I gave my dad a copy of 'The racing driver' by DSJ, signed by Jenks too. My dad seemed pretty happy too.

#8 Hieronymus

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Posted 26 December 2010 - 10:11

Got myself 24 HEURES DU MANS 1923-1992 by Moity/Teissedre

#9 elansprint72

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Posted 26 December 2010 - 10:14

I am so happy. I was expecting a Lewis Hamilton biography or a recent F.1 annual but instead my step-daughter and her partner bought me Mike Lawrence's 'Grand Prix Cars 1945-65' which I have always wanted.

Happy Christmas!

(I got the full Beatles c.d. collection, too.)


Who are The Beatles?  ;)


#10 257gary

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Posted 26 December 2010 - 10:26

Sine a lot of us here are hard core autosport fans I assume that many of use will also receive an autosport nostalgia book for Christmas. It was the case for me so I'm kicking off this list. I received the following book from my parents: Jochen Rindt: Uncrowned King by David Tremayne. Curious to know if other people here also receivded books.


I also received the Jochen Rindt book, together with Rivals by Chris Nixon.

Should keep me busy! :clap:

#11 Sharman

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Posted 26 December 2010 - 14:08

Formula Junior 1958-2008
Sports Car Racing in Camera 1950-59 by our own Paul Parker. I have not settled down to it yet but the captions look to be very informative.

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Posted 26 December 2010 - 15:18

My son gave me Doug Nye's B.R.M. The Saga of British Racing Motors, Volume 3. Is there a better book about a car (well two cars actually) and a racing team? I don't think so.

Well it's only 11 months until my birthday (for Volume 2) and 364 days until Christmas (for Volume 1).

Mark

#13 Ralf Pickel

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Posted 26 December 2010 - 15:22

I have got Vol. 1 finally !
Plus Formula Junior from Blunsden (reprint) and for something totally different Snake vs. Mongoose by Tom Madigan, all three books from my girlfriend - brilliant !
From another family member came Ten Days In Sicily.
And I treated myself finally to Weekend Heroes - what a book .


So I do hope for some more snow over the next days to be able to read a bit !

Edited by Ralf Pickel, 26 December 2010 - 15:23.


#14 Cynic2

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Posted 26 December 2010 - 16:49

I received "The Art of Bugatti/Mullin Automotive Museum" from my son. It's a fantastic large book, with gorgeous Michael Furman photography and production, covering Bugatti automobiles in detail. There are chapters on the T22 in Lago Maggiore and the Schlumpf reserve collection, both of which were purchsed by Mullin. There also are chapters on Carlo's furniture and Rembrandt's bronzes, fitting the "art" of the title.

I had hoped for more pictures from Peter Mullin's new museum (there's only one), but that's a nit. Visiting the museum is on top of my 2011 list, and I'll get photos then.

It certainly will replace Jonathan Wood's Bugatti book in the shelf of Bugatti books I keep at hand.

#15 jdtreelines

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Posted 26 December 2010 - 18:56

I gave my dad a copy of 'The racing driver' by DSJ, signed by Jenks too. My dad seemed pretty happy too.

Wow!! You don't have a second copy do you?? My dog-eared paperback disappeared long ago and its loss is much lamented.

#16 eldougo

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Posted 27 December 2010 - 03:29

Posted Image....A gift from my girls by....Murray books Aust.
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#17 maoricar

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Posted 27 December 2010 - 06:57

Received..quite unexpectedly.......from my best friend TOB....."SPORTS CARS" by one; John Wheelock Freeman with photographs by Alexandre Georges. Published 1955.

A simple book with a rather ponderous style, which 55 years after publication, conveys a ton of (unintended) humour and really does emphasise why we are ALL masochists at heart.
One quotation resonated...." England is favored to remain the world's largest and most diversified builder of sports cars"

However the author's comments regarding his use of an Austin - Healey. .........two windshields cracked..the third fell off; water poured in through the door seals; the overdrive failed; side curtains cracked,; a brake line came loose and the doors jammed...................he ends up by saying...."the Austin - Healey remains an excellently conceived motorcar."

No doubt about it..we all are a sane, normal bunch !!

#18 GD66

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Posted 27 December 2010 - 06:58

A friend dropped off Michael Scott's The Motorcycle World Champions, with loads of good pics by Henk Keulemans, Don Morley, Maurice Bula, the Mortons Archive and.... the Stuart Dent Archive ! :eek:

#19 jimmy8v

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Posted 27 December 2010 - 09:10

Wow!! You don't have a second copy do you?? My dog-eared paperback disappeared long ago and its loss is much lamented.


I'm afraid not, I found it on abe books if that's any help?

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#20 D-Type

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Posted 27 December 2010 - 21:44

Christopher Hilton's Memories of James Hunt - ideal reading for the holiday period.

Mercifully this year I wasn't given Motor Racing's Strangest Races, or the Official F1 Yearbook with last year's dates, or some of the collections of fatual bloopers that are out there.


Edited by D-Type, 21 August 2013 - 21:48.


#21 jdtreelines

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Posted 28 December 2010 - 01:41

My eldest son's family arrived on Monday after Xmas "oop north" bearing gifts, amongst which was a 1959 first edition of Cyril Posthumus's "The British Competition Car". I'm not expecting to find much new info, but it should provide an interesting read. It was accompanied by a copy of "Boys' Own Paper" from 1965 with a lead article about John Surtees.

It was definitely a nostalgia Christmas this year - my main present was a mounted and framed memory module from a computer I worked on in the mid-60's. I hope they didn't have to pay the $15,000 it cost new! :well:

#22 Roger Clark

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Posted 28 December 2010 - 14:56

I am so happy. I was expecting a Lewis Hamilton biography or a recent F.1 annual but instead my step-daughter and her partner bought me Mike Lawrence's 'Grand Prix Cars 1945-65' which I have always wanted.

Are you sure?

http://forums.autosp...amp;hl=lawrence

#23 Barry Boor

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Posted 28 December 2010 - 15:30

:blush:

I was fooled by the different cover!

I did think it had a familiar look to it!

Edited by Barry Boor, 28 December 2010 - 15:31.


#24 Hse289

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Posted 28 December 2010 - 17:10

A belated merry christmas to everyone here :wave:
Some of my family members bought me "Motion Performance- Tales of a muscle car builder" by Martyn L Schorr and "Bob Bondurant Uncrowned Champion" by Phil Henney.
Also"The other Moss" by E Alan Moss (signed). I still have a second hand copy of "Cooper Cars" by Doug Nye to read. My brother found it in a charity shop in Cornwall just before christmas for a quid.
Barry, my daughter got me "Magical Mystery Tour" for christmas, im a big Beatles fan too.


#25 jj2728

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Posted 28 December 2010 - 18:12

I gave my dad this in 11"X14" format courtesy of Motorgraphs:
http://www.motorgrap...fromsearch=true
And since people prefer to give me cash (which I also prefer) I ordered Photo Formula 1 (The Best of Automobile Year 1953-1978).


#26 arttidesco

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Posted 29 December 2010 - 09:22

I gave my old man Tornado by Tom Ingall and I was given The Official Formula 1 Season Review by foreword by Bernie Ecclestone published by Haynes which has lots of fab photography though none by our own Simon Aaron. No info on chassis or engine numbers but maybe these have now been dispensed with entirely in modern Formula One ?

I treated myself to 'Bristol Cars a very British story', respectfully written by a Bristol owner Christopher Balfour.

#27 taylov

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Posted 29 December 2010 - 15:24

My Christmas reading is "Peter Collins - All about the boy" by Ed McDonough which I missed when it was published a couple of years ago. A++++

BTW, I spotted the "new" book on James Hunt in Waterstones' sale today at £5.99 down from £25

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#28 ryan86

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Posted 29 December 2010 - 21:29

My Christmas reading is "Peter Collins - All about the boy" by Ed McDonough which I missed when it was published a couple of years ago. A++++

BTW, I spotted the "new" book on James Hunt in Waterstones' sale today at £5.99 down from £25

Tony


I got "Shunt" for Xmas and I have to say looking at the inside back cover I fear it has the same things I disliked about Life of Senna.

My mum says she wasn't going to get me 2nd hand books for my Xmas, even if they were out of print, so I've got an Amazon gift card to buy them myself instead.

#29 BullHead

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Posted 29 December 2010 - 22:07

Brabham: The Grand Prix cars by Alan Henry is a nice book to receive, and not so easy to get a pristine copy of these days I beleive. :)

Of the new releases, Grand Prix Battlegrounds is a good one, I can vouch.

#30 Marticelli

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Posted 30 December 2010 - 15:22

Slightly OT was a wonderful book I received from my twin sons, a collection of amazing photographs by the art photographer Edward Burtynsky called 'Oil'. This has a series of pictures which shows the effect of man's obsession with oil on the world, and why was this of interest?

Well, bizarrely Burtynsky was shooting a panoramic picture of the events happening on the Bonneville Salt Flats at the exact moment I was there in September 2008 helping a friend run two LSR MGs, and these are captured in the image for all time, from a perspective I could have never expected. So we now feature in a piece of art, and this image is one of the most memorable in the whole book. Its at http://www.edwardbur..._01_08_Oil.html

Marticelli

#31 Obster

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Posted 30 December 2010 - 20:20

I am a very happy man to receive Racing in the Rain by John Horsman and the Vic Elford bio.

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Posted 30 December 2010 - 22:28

I am a very happy man to receive Racing in the Rain by John Horsman and the Vic Elford bio.


"The History of English Racing Automobiles Ltd" by David Weguelin, first edition, published 1980. A bit of a treasure.
Also, "Spitfire Saga", Volume 3, the story of the Norwegian RAF squadrons (331 and 332) that flew Spitfires with great distinction during WWII. Volume 2 concluded with the Dieppe raid, and flying from North Weald. The latest colume would appear to be just as meticulously researched and presented as the previous two. All chapters have summaries in English, as do all the illustrations.
Finally, Argetsinger's Walt Hansgen biography, another hero of mine from the late Fifties and early Sixties.

But man does not live by books alone. Santa also brought me a parcel containing a set of Konis and complete polybush kit front and rear for the 3.8 Mk 2.

Edited by doc knutsen, 30 December 2010 - 22:29.


#33 john aston

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Posted 31 December 2010 - 12:59

Rindt book by David Tremayne(who seems to live near me - Darlington).And the Susan Watkins book on Bernie Ecclestone. Both from myself to myself.

#34 MartLgn

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Posted 31 December 2010 - 13:04

I was lucky enough to finally get my hands on a mint copy of 'March, the rise and fall of a motor racing legend' by Mike Lawrence, having missed this book in its earlier incarnation (I was an impoverished student and spent my limited book budget on the awful Alan Henry March book instead) I can finally see what all the fuss was about! Mr Lawrence cuts clean through the myth and magic to explain just what was going on, where the credit lay for what went right and how it all went wrong, add in plenty of technical details and some great pictures and this is definitely a keeper!



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Posted 31 December 2010 - 18:22

I got Autocourse. I have only been getting it since 75 so it wasn't much of a surprise but still gratefully received.

Geoff