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Post by DeadCanDanceR on Apr 25, 2022 20:02:25 GMT -5
A friend of mine invited me to visit his parent’s house in La Jolla (California) in February of 1979. It was during that visit that I had the chance to briefly drive his father’s Ferrari Dino 308 GT4. I bought these books in that unforgettable trip! 32This book is filled with facts and information, and several black and white factory photos. Overall, quite informative but rather boring, unless you’re a diehard Mercedes fan! 33A forgettable book! It’s kind of encyclopedic, with lots of information but rather mediocre artsy illustrations. It seems that most of these editions of Italian books had the very same style, with very few, usually bad photos! 34This is a very nice book with lots of good, interesting, varied photos, both new (at that time) and old! Isn’t that an inspiring cover photo?
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Post by JSB33 on Apr 26, 2022 4:51:30 GMT -5
Its funny how many books regurgitate the same information. A number of years ago I did a purge of a number of well meaning but not very useful titles that really did not have much to offer that other books already had. It was at that point my book buying drastically slowed.
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Post by DeadCanDanceR on Apr 26, 2022 9:24:57 GMT -5
Its funny how many books regurgitate the same information. A number of years ago I did a purge of a number of well meaning but not very useful titles that really did not have much to offer that other books already had. It was at that point my book buying drastically slowed. You’re absolutely right and, the word “regurgitate” seems extremely appropriate to describe the information in those books! It took me quite a while to notice that, and stop buying those, repetitive, sort of generic kind of books.
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Post by DeadCanDanceR on Apr 26, 2022 20:49:35 GMT -5
My parents brought these from Houston, in April of 1979: 35This was my first book from the great Crestline series! It’s literally packed with black and white photos and lots of information. As you may clearly see it’s a book that has been browsed and read many times, becoming one of my favourite books! If I had to take five car books to a deserted island, this would definitely be one of them! 36Another nice book from the Dalton Watson series. Informative and quite enjoyable as they usually are. 37A beautiful book with gorgeous illustrations! Sort of a must for fans of vintage Rolls-Royce motorcars!
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Post by JSB33 on Apr 27, 2022 4:03:31 GMT -5
Crestline, the gold standard for me.
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Post by DeadCanDanceR on Apr 27, 2022 8:40:43 GMT -5
Crestline, the gold standard for me. Agreed wholeheartedly!
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Post by DeadCanDanceR on Apr 28, 2022 10:20:52 GMT -5
During the Summer of 1979 these were added, the first I bought here (at Sandi’s) and the second was a gift: 38I’m really not that crazy about its subject matter, now, but when I bought this book I was devouring information so, at that time it was kind of an interesting addition to my collection. Nowadays, it’s a book that I hardly ever open! This was my first book by the Editors of Consumer Guide. 39A gift from a friend of my parents. The problem was, and still is, that I’m not really interested in race cars... Later that Summer, I ordered these three books from Automobile Quarterly’s own mail order bookstore: 40This book was a huge disappointment! Knowing that it was edited by Automobile Quarterly, I was expecting it to be packed with gorgeous colour photographs and there were none. There are many black and white photos and it’s filled with information but, it’s not an attractive book at all! 41This was sort of a fancy and pretty satisfying book at that time, with lots of facts and photos about the automobile industry of that time. 42A fabulous book, with the gorgeous photographs and good writing one expects from Automobile Quarterly! I guess that it was the ideal book for those wanting only a glimpse into that fantastic magazine. Absolutely enjoyable!
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Post by oldirish33 on Apr 28, 2022 10:55:53 GMT -5
Julio, First, nice selections! Second, does your Maserati book have much information on the 6C S/46 prototypes? I am particularly interested in how Mario Angiolini came to drive the second prototype? I know he was the founder of Jolly Club, but not much is written on his ties to Maserati at that time or his result on the Corsa dei Colli Torinesi (Race of Turin) in 1947. I have a model of that car I would like to fill the holes, but my Masearti book doesn't go into enough detail. Thanks!
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Post by DeadCanDanceR on Apr 28, 2022 14:10:27 GMT -5
Julio, First, nice selections! Second, does youyr Maserati book have much information on the 6C S/46 prototypes? I am particularly interested in how Mario Angiolini came to drive the second prototype? I know he was the founder of Jolly Club, but not much is written on his ties to Maserati at that time or his result on the Corsa dei Colli Torinesi (Race of Turin) in 1947. I have a model of that car I would like to fill the holes, but my Masearti book doesn't go into enough detail. Thanks! Thanks for your comments, Jerry! I looked up the cars you’re looking for using the “6C S/46” name, with no luck. However, thanks to the photo you’ve included I found two photos of that car, or a very similar one, listed as a “tipo A6-1500”. Unfortunately, there’s no information about the driver you’ve mentioned. One of the photos shows Ascari at the wheel and the other shows Bonetto driving. There’s another photo, with a totally different looking car, being driven by Barbieri.
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Post by Tom on Apr 28, 2022 14:20:59 GMT -5
I love 'coffee table' books with lots of high-quality pictures but also admire series like the Brooklands books which are b&w reprints of contemporary road tests and magazine articles. Lots of info not usually found anywhere else. My ideal collection would have both types of books on every car that I like. And if it's a book with lots of pictures I love the 'Original...' series, that goes into great detail about one single car model.
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Post by DeadCanDanceR on Apr 28, 2022 16:01:35 GMT -5
I love 'coffee table' books with lots of high-quality pictures but also admire series like the Brooklands books which are b&w reprints of contemporary road tests and magazine articles. Lots of info not usually found anywhere else. My ideal collection would have both types of books on every car that I like. And if it's a book with lots of pictures I love the 'Original...' series, that goes into great detail about one single car model. Agreed! When I started buying car books it seems that I was strongly attracted to the “coffee table” kind of books that you mention. However, as years passed I started to prefer the reference kind of books, on more specific topics and with a balanced mix of interesting photos, preferably factory ones, and good straightforward information. I have a few books from the Brookland series in my collection, but it took me a while to “discover” them!
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Post by GBOAC002 on Apr 29, 2022 3:56:01 GMT -5
When I still lived at my parents home I went through a phase of buying the annual 'World Cars' series which were always well produced and expensive at the time. They were a bit like an expanded 'Observers Book' in that they contained lots of data and included obscure makes from distant parts of the world. The photographs added the extra info to enable differences to be discerned. I cannot recall which gave up first, me buying them or a change of publisher and them disappearing from UK sale. I know the earlier ones were very heavy! I decided they took up too much shelf room and had to go so got sold. Moving out of the family home in the mid 1970s and into rented accommodation may also have been a factor. The World Cars books do occasionally appear at UK Autojumbles.
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Post by MG Rocks On on Apr 29, 2022 5:07:01 GMT -5
Julio, is that an original BAUHAUS DESIGN B3 WASSILY CHAIR you are using for your pics?
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Post by oldirish33 on Apr 29, 2022 9:27:56 GMT -5
Thanks for looking for me Julio!
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Post by DeadCanDanceR on Apr 30, 2022 2:14:53 GMT -5
When I still lived at my parents home I went through a phase of buying the annual 'World Cars' series which were always well produced and expensive at the time. They were a bit like an expanded 'Observers Book' in that they contained lots of data and included obscure makes from distant parts of the world. The photographs added the extra info to enable differences to be discerned. I cannot recall which gave up first, me buying them or a change of publisher and them disappearing from UK sale. I know the earlier ones were very heavy! I decided they took up too much shelf room and had to go so got sold. Moving out of the family home in the mid 1970s and into rented accommodation may also have been a factor. The World Cars books do occasionally appear at UK Autojumbles. The 1979 edition of “World Cars” was the only one I ever bought because, like you’ve said, they were pretty expensive. It’s sad, but completely understandable, that you had to sell your collection of “World Cars” books. All of my car books survived my moving to different places but, unfortunately, my magazine collection didn’t. Julio, is that an original BAUHAUS DESIGN B3 WASSILY CHAIR you are using for your pics? You have a good eye, David! I have a pair! Thanks for looking for me Julio! My pleasure, Jerry! This is a good moment to mention that, this whole idea a taking photos of my car books and writing a little about them here, is being quite pleasurable! I’m finding many that I had not even opened for years and I must confess that I’m really enjoying revisiting most of them!
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