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PORSCHE LEGENDS INSIDE HISTORY OF THE EPIC CARS BY RANDY LEFFINGWELL FORWARD BY VIC ELFORD
Describes the development of selected Porsche models, shares interviews with company engineers and designers, and looks at both production and race cars. SYNOPSIS Whether you're a Porsche aficionado or casual fan, captivated by the arresting photos or merely interested in learning how the company got started, this book is a must. Leffingwell interviewed all the surviving people who were present at the creation, and those less directly involved but none-the-less influential in Porsche's development. The list of those interviewed is exhaustive, and most of the photos--in stunning color--were taken by Leffingwell. This book is a labor of love, more about Porsche's racing heritage than its passenger car heritage. Porsche is, after all, a sports car, and its success in motor racing led to its success in the showroom. I was particularly interested to learn the first Porsche engine and chassis combination were comprised of Volkswagen parts (not too surprising) while the bodies were hand-formed from aluminum by a single craftsman. Also, the fact that the company stayed with a flat-four air-cooled engine largely due to expediency, as opposed to something more technically interesting, which is what the family patriarch Ferdinand Porsche would have preferred, had he lived. Indeed, the original Porsches caught on with racers first, both in Europe and in America, because they were simple, lightweight and lightening-quick in and out of corners. It was John von Neumann, a Southern California car dealer, who pushed Porsche into creating the Speedster, which Neumann described as "a boulevard race car." Stripped of essentials, it launched the careers of a number of drivers, including Dan Gurney. Equally fascinating are the stories of what these cars were like on the circuit, driven by the likes of Jack McAfee, who raced the 1952 Porsche America (with swing axles), to Vic Elford, who drove "the widow maker" Type 917s, to George Follmer who raced the turbocharged 917/30 Can Am car. Reading their accounts is hair-raising. All the great cars are here, photographed in color, ranging from the original 1949 Gmund Coupe, to the 550/1500RS Spyder that brought Porsche its first great overall win (at the 1956 Targa Florio), to the famed Speedster, to the RS60LM Spyder that made Ken Miles a Southern California racing legend, to the 804 F1 that Gurney drove to victory in the 1962 French Grand Prix (Porsche's only F1 win), to the ground-breaking 904s, to various tricked out 911 passengers cars, plus Le Mans cars, Can Am cars, even an Indy car; the glorious Type 956 (Porsche's first monocoque chassis), the 928S Coupe, the 1989 911 Speedster, and many, many more. The stories are fascinating, and the photos are superb LARGE HARDBACK BOOK WITHDUST JACKET APPROX 225 PAGES
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DELIVERED IN A PROTECTIVE CARD ENVELOPE PLEASE READ ON Welcome to the Motoring Man eBay Store "PASSIONATE ABOUT HISTORIC MOTOR SPORT" MOTORING-MAN BUYS AND SELLS ALL HISTORIC RACING AND CAR MEMORABILIA AND I SPECIALISE IN JOCHEN RINDT I HOPE ANYONE WHO BUYS FROM ME ENJOYS THEIR PURCHASES. I AM A REAL ENTHUSIAST AND WOULD HATE TO DISAPPOINT ANOTHER FAN SO I REALLY TRY MY BEST TO DESCRIBE EVERYTHING HONESTLY AND TO PACK EVERYTHING WELL. IF THERE IS EVER MISTAKES I WILL ALWAYS TRY MY VERY BEST TO RECTIFY THEM. AFTER FOLLOWING MOTOR RACING SINCE A YOUNG BOY I GOT TO AN AGE WHEN I STARTED TO LOOSE INTEREST. ABOUT 10 YEARS AGO I DECIDED TO SELL MY LIFE`S COLLECTION AFTER THINKING MY KIDS WOULD HAVE NO INTEREST. THIS SPARKED OF MY PASSION AGAIN AND I HAVE ENDED UP WITH THIS WONDERFUL BUSINESS. MY SON CHARLIE SOON CAUGHT THE BUG TO AND HAS A SHOP CALLED MOTORING-MAN-BOUTIQUE AND IRONICALLY MY DAUGHTER TRAVELS WITH THE GP CIRCUS AROUND THE WORLD AS SHE HAS ENDED UP A PRODUCER FOR FORMULA ONE ON SKY TV. MY WIFE AND I HAVE BEEN LUCKY ENOUGH TO SEE LOTS OF GPs IN EUROPE AND HAVE BEEN TO LE MANS EVERY YEAR EXCEPT THREE SINCE 1977. MY FAVOURITE CARS AND DRIVERS GO BACK FURTHER THAN MY MEMORIES AS I JUST LOVE THE 1960S SPORTS CAR RACERS. CHAPARRAL, GT40 AND OF COURSE THE 917 ARE ALL MY LOVES. I HAVE AN INTEREST IN JOCHEN RINDT AND HAVE ALWAYS FOLLOWED JACKY ICKX. MY BIGGEST INTEREST HAS TO BE THE 1930s SILVER ARROWS. THROUGH THIS BUSINESS I HAVE BECOME VERY FOND OF MOTORING ART AND I AM LUCKY ENOUGH TO REPRESENT CHRIS DUGAN A VERY FINE MOTOR ARTIST AND A GENTLEMAN ALTHOUGH I SELL 1000s OF ITEMS THROUGH EBAY I DO MY BEST TO SPECIALISE IN SOME OF THE LESSER KNOWN FORMULAS LIKE FORMULA FORD, JUNIOR, 5000 AND OTHER CLASSIC RACE CARS. THIS IS BECAUSE I AM AN ENTHUSIAST OF THE CLASSIC MEETINGS LIKE GOODWOOD, LE MANS CLASSIC, OLDTIMER, SILVERSTONE HISTORIC ECT ON FACEBOOK I HAVE A PAGE WHERE I RUN COMPETITIONS TO WIN PRINTS AND MEMORABILIA AND A PLACE WHERE WE SHARE OF STORIES, PHOTOS AND PASSIONS. PLEASE LIKE MY MOTOR RACING FACEBOOK PAGE IT REALLY HELPS PRESS BUTTON I ALSO BUY BOOKS, TROPHIES, PHOTOGRAPHS AND PICTURES IN FACT MOST MEMORABILIA! ENJOY THE SHOP AND DO NOT BE AFRAID TO SHARE YOUR PASSION! PAUL CHADWICK MOTORING-MAN Check out my other items ! Be sure to add me to your favourites list ! |
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