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79 MUSTANG BOOK NO 4 COLLECTORS SERIES   P/B   MITCH MAYBORN -- Mustang! Named for the wild horse of the fabled west, Ford's Mustang was a thoroughbred in its own right, quickly carving its own legend and, capturing the attention and affection of the automotive world when introduced in 1964 it has held it ever since. Soft back, 52 pages in fine condition. VG 1977   £8

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82 FORD PETERSENS COMPLETE FORD BOOK   S/B   PETERSEN -- Pre-War Greats-- Ragtop Woodies-- 50years of Hot Rod Fords-- Bill Kenz-- Post-War Model Roundup-- Guide to Early Mustangs-- the Lincoln-Zephyrs-- Flying Flatheads and the Tri-Motor. Large soft back, 192 pages in fine condition VG 1976 4TH £10

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91 GURNEY,S EAGLES THE EXCITING STORY OF THE AAR RACING CARS   KARL LUDVIGSEN -- The exciting story of the AAR racing cars. Foreword by Dan Gurney. 136 pages many b/w photographs. Pictorial hardbound covers in fine condition -- very slightest of edge rub.  M 1976 1ST £13

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96 ROD & CUSTOM ROD & CUSTOM - Performance through Carburetion - Humorist Kohler and the Custom Cats - Coupes Pictorial, September 1958, 68 pages, softback VG 1958 1ST £5

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99 HUDSON 25TH ANNIVERSARY YEAR  1984 PROJECT   S/B  BOB DYBAS -- Hudson - Essex, Terraplane Club, Inc. 25th Anniversary Year, Dedicated to Meritt Marks - Founder, a rare item, 224 pages VG 1984  . 30.00

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99AA HUDSON 25TH ANNIVERSARY YEAR  1984 PROJECT   S/B  BOB DYBAS -- Hudson - Essex, Terraplane Club, Inc. 25th Anniversary Year, Dedicated to Meritt Marks - Founder, a rare item, 224 pages VG 1984   30.00

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102 HUDSON WHITE TRIANGLE NEWS VOL23 -6 Official Publication of the Hudson-Essex -Terraplane Club Inc. - July August 1982 VG 1982   £5

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102AA HUDSON WHITE TRIANGLE NEWS VOL25 -5 - Official Publication of the Hudson-Essex -Terraplane Club Inc. - May/June 1984 VG 1984   £5

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102bA HUDSON WHITE TRIANGLE NEWS VOL25 - 2 Official Publication of the Hudson-Essex -Terraplane Club Inc. - Nov. Dec. 1983 VG 1983   £5

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102cA HUDSON WHITE TRIANGLE NEWS VOL35 -1 - Official Publication of the Hudson-Essex -Terraplane Club Inc. -Sept/Oct. 1993 VG 1993   £5

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107 THE BOYS OF INDY  STRAIGHT TALK FROM THE DRIVERS   PHIL BERGER  LARRY BORTSTEIN -- In a series of Insightful interviews, the veteran sportswriters uncover the men behind the mystique, like Al Unser and Jan Opperman. Red hardbound covers in fine condition, D/J in very good condition, just a little wear. VG 1977 1ST £7

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108 DESIGN AND DEVELOPMENT OF THE INDY CAR   S/B   ROGER HUNTINGTON -- Machines of the Brickyard -- 80MPH to 200MPH: Marmon to McLaren; Shrike to Chaparrel. Engines: Miller to Maserati; Novi to Cosworth. Supercharging & Turbo-charging. Wings & Ground Effects. Glossy pictorial covers in fine condition. Large format, 177pages. M 1981 1ST £13

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109 THOSE INCREDIBLE INDY CARS   P/B   JEAN CALVIN -- This is a book about racers and racing cars by Jean Calvin, who is a racer herself. She has it all between these covers -- from the Marmon Wasp to the Gurney Eagle. Paperback in very good condition. FG 1973   £7

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111 THEY CALL ME MISTER 500   (SIGNED BY AUTHOR)   ( NOTE W/OUT SIGN. £30 )   ANTHONY ( ANDY ) GRANATELLI -- Inside this rugged, scary sport, is the last of the wild young men, the bold ones-- Anthony (Andy ) Granatelli. Andy made it the tough way: through a life dedicated to speed, to the perils of hot-rod racing, of careening across the Utah salt flats in stock cars; as a race promoter, through terrible crashes that have left him battered and scarred for life. Signed by the Author. Red cloth hardbound covers in fine condition, D/J in good condition -- a few small tears, but in bright clean condition VG 1969 1ST £25

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119aA MARMON 34   MARMON 34-- A Scientifically Constructed Light Weight Car, 48 pages, reprinted by Floyd Clymer in 1951, softback in very good condition. VG 1951 1ST £15

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137 RALLYING TO WIN--- A COMPLETE GUIDE TO NORTH AMERICAN RALLYING   JEAN CALVIN -- Jean Calvin ---- an expert rallyist as well as a fine writer -- has compiled a book full of hints and wise words on how to go rallying, and what to buy and what not to buy. Green cloth hardbound covers in fine condition -- the slightest of fading on edges. D/J in good condition some edge wear. FG 1974 1ST £7

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138 THE WORLD'S MOST POWERFUL ROAD RACING CARS GROUP 7   KARL LUDVIGSEN /EDS. AUTORACING MAG. -- The complete story of the Canadian--American Challenge Cup series where the world's greatest drivers compete in 200-mile-per-hour super -cars for more than one million dollars in prize money. Illustrated with more than 60 photographs. Green cloth hardbound covers in fine condition, D/J in very good condition. M 1973 2ND £49

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145 RACING STUTZ  P/B   MARK HOWELL -- Ballantine's illustrated history of the car (no2 in series) Introduction by Phil Hill. The sensation of 1914 was the Bearcat -- here is its story. Pictorial soft-back in good condition --just a little worn, pages (160) very good. G 1972 1ST £5

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146Ac THE LONG HAUL ALBERTO MARTINEZ & JEAN-LOUP NORY  --  hardbound, 179 pages, 134 photos in colour and b&w, fine condition in a near fine dust jacket, the book gives a fresh and exciting view of the long-distance trucker. From Alaska to Florida, California to Maine these colossal square hunks appear unstoppable, all-powerful. These trucks are cult objects, shaped by man to the image of his metallic dreams. M 1982 2ND £10

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148 THE COMPLETE BOOK OF NASCAR STOCK CAR RACING   LYLE K ENGEL -- The whole story of America's fastest-growing, most exciting sport--the cars, the men who drive them, the superspeedways and the dirt tracks where they race. Yellow hardbound covers in fine condition, D/J in very good condition VG 1974   £7

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