[Books] Books - My Top 20

[ensign14]

Standard or limited though?

[nicanary]

Originally Posted by ensign14

Standard or limited though?

Good point, can't remember the full details.

[Livery]

Originally Posted by chunterer

Good post until the last sentence.....

Just kiddin, it's not a bad read, considerably less 'me me me' than the JYS one, but I really hoped that the EJR team years would have gotten greater scope. You'll see what I mean when you get the book.

Looking into this more...there is an autobiography from Jordan, and a biography from Timothy Collins...of course the truth will lie somewhere in between the two books, so I'll have to read both.

[nivola1]

Fave book I have, when Nuvolari raced by valerio moretti not cheap but the best reference on this period. Thankfully living in "horsepower valley" (oxfordshire/northants) means many treasures turn up at local bootsales. In recent years I've found "inhouse" publications by many of the local teams, these are usually numbered and signed by managers and drivers.my local team here in Banbury is of course the Prodrive team one of the best items was a press kit from 94 signed by all the drivers on the books that year...Sainz,Mcrea and of course Burns, well worth the five pounds asked, my lucky day.Also found books signed by the reynard team and a wonderful book written by Peter miller about the mille miglia signed by peter and stirling Moss. Peter spent his last years living here in Banbury, during his life he was most famous for being manager of the Aston martin team during the fifties and was in the pits during the infamous 1955 le mans race.His book Conte Maggis Mille Miglia is a great read with stunning photos surely a must have for anyone interested in those classic italian road races.I guess the point i'm trying to make is yes ebay and amazon are good but don't forget the bootsales there are bargains to be had.

[Nordic]

Got a copy of 'TWR & Jaguar's XJS'. Its written by Allan Scott, former TWR engine man and full of insight into the ETC during the 80's when the Jag's raced.

Also has snippets about the Rover ETC, BTCC and Grp C TWR Jags that ran alongside the XJS program. (who knew Derek Bell tested Grp 44 Jag for TWR with Porsche's approval?)

Worth a read IMHO and not just because I have a credit for supply a few images!

[medius]

Thunder In The Park by Tom Wheatcroft is well worth a read. I picked up a signed hardback from the Donington gift shop recently and it fills in most of the background to Tom and his purchase of the circuit, much of the story wasn't been widely told before the book.

[Aysedasi]

Originally Posted by old man

Thanks for this thread, lots of things there that I feel I should get hold of as, over the years reading books has not been my style, always seemed too busy! Recently I have more opportunity and have just read The Certain Sound by John Wyer, a bit late I hear you say! This prompts me to ask where one might obtain copies, say your favourite specialist websites other than Amazon?

Offer me enough money........

[dwh43scale]

"Certain Sound" - look on abebooks.co.uk or ebay - available at a range of prices.

[Aysedasi]

Three on eBay at the moment.

[chunterer]

I would like to add the Bros Rodriguez and Jo Siffert tomes to my collection (to maintain relevance, i'd hope they'd go straight into my top 10 books list) but they are pretty dear, the former one inparticularly!