Book - Aston Martin

RACING WITH THE DAVID BROWN ASTON MARTINS VOL. 1
by John Wyer; Chris Nixon
Published by Transport Bookman Publications. 1st. Edition 1980
ISBN: 0851840361
28 x 22 x 2,5 cm
1,260 kg
 Preface by Chris Nixon
 Foreword by Sir David Brown
 From the Cockpit by Roy Salvadori
 Introduction
 Chapter One 1947-49 First Steps
 Chapter Two 1950 Great Expectations; DB2 Cutaway Drawing
 Chapter Three 1951 The Finest Hour of the DB2
 Chapter Four 1952 DB3 Doldrums; DB3 Cutaway Drawing
 Chapter Five 1953 DB3S in the Ascendant; DB3S (1953-54) Cutaway Drawing
 Chapter Six 1954 Slough of Despond; V-12 Lagonda (Pictorial)
 Chapter Seven 1955 The Road Back; DB3S (1955-56) Cutaway Drawing
 Chapter Eight 1956 DB3S Requeim; The Evolution of the DB3S (Pictorial)
 Chapter Nine 1957 Brooks Uber Alles
 Chapter Ten 1958 Speed Without Staying Power; DB2R Cutaway Drawing
 Chapter Eleven 1959 Final Victory; Race Report - The Nurburgring 1000 kms; Race Report - Le Mans 24 Hours; Race Report - The Tourist Trophy; DBR1 Cutaway Drawing; DBR3 (Pictorial)
 Chapter Twelve 1949-59 All the Winners!
 Chapter Thirteen 1959-60 The Grand Prix Cars - Too Little & Too Late
 Chapter Fourteen 1962-63 The Project Cars - Re-opening the Door
 Chapter Fifteen Personalities....1 - The Drivers
 Chapter Sixteen Personalities...2 - The Supporting Cast; The Mechanics (Pictorial)
 Chapter Seventeen - David Brown
 Chapter Eighteen - Conclusion
 Acknowledgements
 Index


RACING WITH THE DAVID BROWN ASTON MARTINS VOL. 2
by Chris Nixon
Published by Transport Bookman Publications. 1st.Edition 1980
ISBN: 085184037X
28 x 22 x 2,5 cm
1,260 kg
 Preface by Chris Nixon
 Foreword by John Wyer
 Chapter One Sir David Brown "A very special part of my life"
 Chapter Two Frank Feeley "We all had a common aim in view"
 Chapter Three Lance Macklin "Leaving Astons was probably the worst mistake of my life"
 Chapter Four Eric Thompson "Reg... pulled Liz into the DB3S and set off down the straight"
 Chapter Five George Abecassis "Who wants to drive 24 bloody hours?"
 Chapter Six Rob Walker "I have vague memories of pouring Peter Collins into a New York City garbage can"
 Chapter Seven Professor Eberan-Eberhorst "It was an adventure to build even one standard car"
 Chapter Eight Dick Day "One of the most exciting periods of my life"
 Chapter Nine Peter Collins (Pictorial)
 Chapter Ten Geoff Duke "I did find considerable resentment towards me, a motor-cyclist, joining a team of established car drivers"
 Chapter Eleven Dennis Poore "I came round again to find a pit signal held out with GOON on it"
 Chapter Twelve Pat Griffith "They were very, very happy days
 Chapter Thirteen Louis Klemantaski "Reg suddenly stopped, saying, "Throttle gone!""
 Chapter Fourteen Alan Dakers "I still refer to Aston Martins as "we""
 Chapter Fifteen Tony Brooks "I enjoyed all road circuits, but Spa was really fabulous!"
 Chapter Sixteen Eric Hind "John walked back to me with his measured tread. "Eric, are you looking in your mirror?""
 Chapter Seventeen Ted Cutting "When I look back on my years with Aston Martin it is with a mixture of joy and horror"
 Chapter Eighteen Competitions Department (Pictorial)
 Chapter Nineteen Bryan Clayton "The first thing I saw... was a flicker of flame running down the back of the car"
 Chapter Twenty Pauling Clayton "I remember those days with nostalgia for the family atmosphere"
 Chapter Twenty-One Roy Parnell "My years testing Astons were probably the happiest of my life"
 Chapter Twenty-Two Roy Salvadori "I leapt straight over the bonnet, kicking mechanic John King on the head"
 Chapter Twenty-Three Reg Parnell (Pictorial)
 Chapter Twenty-Four Paul Frere "I think the DBR1 was probably the best-handling sports car I ever drove"
 Chapter Twenty-Five Carroll Shelby "I always felt that if anybody deserved to win that Championship, then David Brown and John Wyer did"
 Chapter Twenty-Six Sirling Moss "Here was a great chance for me to have a go at the sort of motor racing I enjoyed most - one Aston Martin against the full Ferrari team"
 Chapter Twenty-Seven Gillian Harris "Stirling ran over to this young man, but the peasants tried to keep Katie and me away and were still hissing at us. And then somebody recognised Stirling Moss..."
 Chapter Twenty-Eight John Horsman "The funny thing was that the Italians, not surprisingly, thought that Salvadori was Italian..."
 Chapter Twenty-Nine Innes Ireland "I can always remember the crucial moment when I knew I'd lost it"
 Chapter Thirty Graham Whitehead "We had a number of stiff drinks, saw a naughty film, then made our excuses and left, as they say"
 Chapter Thirty-One Lofty England "In a friendly way I always referred to Astons as "the tractor company""
 Chapter Thirty-Two Chris Nixon - The Sound and the Furty
 Chapter Thirty-Three Chris Nixon - Twenty-one years one - a day with the victors
 Notes John Wyer
 Acknowledgements
 Index

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