New Book Releases September 2021

New book releases for September 2021. Jalopy Magazine selects the latest available books that we want to read.

Ford GT40 Anthology

This new compilation of articles and stories about the GT40 isn’t a hostory as such, but provides a wealth of new information told by those involved with the car.

The design and development through to racing at Le Mans and many well kept secrets that have now been unveiled.

One of the most interesting things is the chapter on John Wyer and his team JWAE as a GT40 builder. How it was structured and what the accounts were like, how much did it cost to get the cars to race at Le Mans and was it profitable?

There are even details on the Indy 4 cam engine that Ford once fitted during GT40 development.

There are some 500 photographs inside and a collection of many untold stories and historical information that hasn’t been previously published. It’s one that I want on my bookshelf.

To be published on 12 Nov. 2021, in good time for Christmas.

Hardback: ‎ 30 x 27cm, 336 pages
ISBN-10: 1787115763
ISBN-13: ‎ 978-1787115767

Available from www.veloce.co.uk and of course Amazon.

First Generation Hinckley Triumph

Triumph returned to motorcycling under the ownership of property developer John Bloor and a new factory in Hinckley, Leicestershire.

These early bikes are now attaining classic status and rightly so, I quite fancy owning one.
The early bikes span a period from 1991 to 2004. The Trophy, Daytona, Trident, Trident Sprint, Tiger, Speed Triple, Adventurer and Thunderbird were all designed and manufactured using a modular concept. Component sharing across the range of bikes limiting the range of parts needed and spares that need to be carried.

This book goes into the bikes produced their design and identifying common problems and how to sort them. A comprehensive maintenance guide is there to help you keep them on the road which includes all the tools needed and details of restoration, modifications and upgrades. Useful stuff.

Hardcover: 30 x 21 cm, 208 pages
ISBN-10: 1785009435
ISBN-13: 978-1785009433

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Ferrari 75: 1947-2022

Next year is the 75th anniversary of Ferrari. This book by photographer Günther Raupp who has taken photographs of nearly every Ferrari ever built.

He selected what he considers to be his finest work to showcase the brand’s history and make it come alive.

Writer Jürgen Lewandowski gives a detailed history from the founding by Enzo Ferrari up to the present day.

The book covers both race cars and road cars beautifully presented in a limited edition book with a metal sleeve. It is expensive though.

Hardcover: 34 x 29 cm, 320 pages
ISBN-10: 3667122497
ISBN-13: 978-3667122490

James Bond's Aston Martin DB5

James Bond’s Aston Martin DB5

The Aston Martin DB5 is synonymous with James Bond having first appeared in Goldfinger in 1963, the film that is considered to have redefined action films forever.

This book spans that period and the 25th Bond film, No Time to Die. The DB5 playing quite an important role and EON productions and Aston Martin giving access to their archives to author Simon Hugo enabling him to present original artwork and film storyboards and photographs.

I’m keen to see how much detail is given to the carbon fibre BMW based replicas that really look good.

A large coffee table type book coming out just in time for the actual film, the delayed release date of course.

Hardcover: 32 x 28 cm, 306 pages
ISBN-10: 1858756103
ISBN-13: 978-1858756103

The Cars of BMC

The complete history of BMC, the British Motor Corporation, is a comprehensive automotive dictionary that contains all of the marques and models. From the amalgamation of Morris Motors Ltd and the Austin Motor Co Ltd in 1952 to the merger with British Leyland in 1968 the book goes into the company origins and the models produced in the heyday of the British motor industry.

Author Graham Robson has become world renowned as an automotive historian and has written over 160 books. Having spent many years in the automotive industry, working for Jaguar Cars becoming involved with design work on the Mk II, E-Type and Mark X the Engineering graduate progressed to Standard-Triumph and ran the works motorsports department. he even shifted industries and worked for Autocar before heading to the Rootes group to run the product proving department. Since then, he has been an independent writer and a fountain of knowledge.

To be published on the 1 October by www.veloce.co.uk.

Hardback: 25 x 21 cm, 304 pages
ISBN-10: 1787116328
ISBN-13: 978-1787116320