Author: Noel StokoePublisher: Fonthill Media
ISBN:
Category : Transportation
Languages : en
Pages : 219
Book Description
Art Deco and British Car Design
Author: Barrie DownPublisher: David and Charles
ISBN: 1845844858
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 224
Book Description
The Art Deco movement influenced design and marketing in many different industries in the 1930s, and the British motor industry was no exception. This fascinating book is divided into two parts; the first explains and illustrates the Art Deco styling elements that link these streamlined car designs, describing their development, their commonality, and their unique aeronautical names, and is liberally illustrated with contemporary images. The book then goes on to portray British streamlined production cars made between 1933 and 1936, illustrated with colour photographs of surviving cars. This is a unique account of a radical era in automotive design.
The Jowetts That Got Away
Author: Noel StokoePublisher: Fonthill Media
ISBN:
Category : Transportation
Languages : en
Pages : 253
Book Description
Jowett Cars were built in Bradford, from 1906 to 1954. All pre-war cars up to 1935 were powered by a twin-cylinder horizontally opposed 7hp engine. In 1935 a new four-cylinder horizontally opposed engine was introduced with a 10hp rating running alongside the original twin-cylinder model which had been increased to an 8hp rating. Little changed during this pre-war period, many of the models were made in very small numbers, and sadly, there are no survivors today. The Jowett brothers experimented in the mid-1930’s with a new in-line power unit which did not go into production. The post-war period saw massive changes in the Jowett company, with both Jowett brothers retiring by the end of the war. The first all-new model was the Javelin saloon, launched in 1947 and the Jupiter sportscar in 1950. By 1951 there should have led to a completely new range of cars, vans, pick-up and estate cars, known as the Bradford CD range. There were plans for a racing Jupiter known as the R1 and to re-vamp the Jupiter for road use known as the R4. Sadly, none of these models materialised and Jowett’s history could have been so different had fate been kinder to them.
Author: Michael SedgwickThe Jowett Jupiter - The car that leaped to fame
Author: Edmund NankivellPublisher: David and Charles
ISBN: 1787118029
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 715
Book Description
The Jowett Jupiter was an instant success in racing and rallying from the moment it appeared in 1950. It's chassis, designed by the famous Austrian racing engineer Dr Eberan-Eberhorst, ensured its successes were in large measure due to its excellent handling, making it a much sought-after classic to this day.
Author: Noel StokoeMotor Transport
Author: Margaret WalshPublisher: Routledge
ISBN: 0429837674
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 249
Book Description
Published in 1997, each volume in this new series is a collection of seminal articles on a theme of central importance in the study of transport history, selected from the leading journal in the field. Each contains between ten and a dozen articles selected by a distinguished scholar, as well as an authoritative new introduction by the volume editor. Individually they will form an essential foundation to the study of the history of a mode of transport; together they will make an incomparable librarty of the best modern research in the field.
A 1930s Childhood
Author: Colin G. MaggsPublisher: The History Press
ISBN: 0750999845
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 157
Book Description
Do you remember collecting birds' eggs and cigarette cards? Or the first appearances of wrapped sweets like Mars and Milky Way? The 1930s was a time of great progress, as engines took over from horses, and electric light from gas and oil. In the background, change was everywhere, with the Mallard speed record, the abdication of the King, and the increasing spectre of the impending Second World War. It was a time of home cooking, and day-trip holidays, when families kept chickens and children played with bows and arrows. This delightfully nostalgic book will take you right back to a different age, recalling what life was like for those growing up in the 1930s.
A-Z of Cars of the 1930s
Author: Michael SedgwickPublisher: Herridge & Sons
ISBN: 9781906133252
Category : Automobiles
Languages : en
Pages : 216
Book Description
Some 1000 cars are illustrated and described in alphabetical order, by manufacturer, in this book. There are comprehensive notes on each model's production dates and numbers, recognition features, variants, strengths and weaknesses.
Author: Edward John Barrington Douglas-Scott-Montagu Baron Montagu of Beaulieu