The Grand Prix Car Volume two (TAS016098)

Published by Motor Racing Publications Limited. Author Laurence Pomeroy. Hardcover, 344 pages. Pre-owned in near mint condition.
Scarce copy of an iconic book, volume two of Pomeroys work on the subject. Many B&W photos plus technical illustrations and cut-away drawings of the cars, covering the early post-war years from 1947 to 1953. 
-The contents of this second volume of The Grand Prix Car make it possible to answer this question by two methods. In the opening six chapters of the book will be found descriptions and detailed specifications of the Formula I cars designed and built between 1947 and 1951. They include not only the highly-successful types such as the i 58 Alfa Romeo and 41-litre Ferrari, but also cover technical projects of great interest such as the French Arsenal C.T. A. and the Porsche-designed flat i 2 rear-engined Cisitalia as well as the fabulous and controversial V. 6, 7o lb. boost, B.R.M. In this section will also be found descriptions of the Formula II cars, the Ferrari four-cylinder which won eighteen of the twenty races in which it was entered, the six-cylinder Maserati which was a constant threat, the French Gordini, and the British Connaught, Cooper and H.W.M. models.The second Part of this volume, showing the relation of maximum to average speeds on a given circuit (varying as the sixth root thereof), is liberally illustrated with detai led drawings of engines and components and contains also many unique horse-power curves secured direct from the manufacturers. Volume Two closes with a review by the author of some of the broad factors which have stood behind the design of the Grand Prix cars, such as the finance available for their construction, the type of roads over which they have had to run, and the interrelation between driver technique and the roadworthiness of the car.
 

Product Code: TAS016098

Condition: GOOD CONDITION