The Grand Prix Car Volume One by Laurence Pomeroy

Description

The Grand Prix Car Volume One
by Laurence Pomeroy.
1954 by Motor Racing Publications Ltd. of England.
Hardcover with original dust jacket (now in mylar sleeve).
Very g
ood overall condition. This is a 66 year-old book; not ex-library. See photos.
About the book:
Pomeroy combines intricate detail about the construction of the Grand Prix cars with the regulatory environment and industry climate to create an authoritative and engaging explanation of the evolution of the Grand Prix car.
By using standard formulae for expressing engine performance and using timing data from the same race track, Pomeroy is able to make comparisons between cars built under different rules to highlight where advances were made.
He also closely documents the development of chassis and suspension systems.
All of this is done in an easy-to-read style which makes even the most complex mechanical arrangements easy to understand.
Contains a wealth of cutaway drawings and photographs, with many fold-out double-page plates.
More technical coverage and pull out cut-away drawings of famous 1930’s Grand Prix cars than any other book.
During their time, its easy to see why these books were incredibly well researched and technically superior in content, as Pomeroy was an engineer himself.
In Volume One, the following pre-war era cars are covered including: 1908 Itala, 1911 Fiat, 1912 & 1913 Peugeot, 1914 Mercedes, 1920 Ballot, 1922 Vauxhall, 1922 Fiat, 1924 Sunbeam, 1927 Delage, Bugatti Type 35, Mercedes W25B, Auto Union Type C, Mercedes W125B, Mercedes W163, 1936 Auto Union, and Mercedes 1935 W25B.
The appendix included a list of 200 most important races 1906-1939.
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