Reid Railton: Man of Speed by Karl Ludvigsen (Hardcover, 2018)

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Product Description : Reid Antony Railton, Cheshireborn automotive engineer par excellence, created an extraordinary range of cars. He rose to renown during the 1930s as chief engineer at Thomson & Taylor, Brooklandsbased racingcar builders. There he realised the dreams of that era's top men of speed, including Tim Birkin, Malcolm Campbell, Whitney Straight, John Cobb, Raymond Mays and Goldie Gardner. His great cars powered them all to sensational racing and recordbreaking success. This magisterial book, by one of the world's foremost automotive historians, tells Reid Railton's personal and professional story in superb detail and fascinating depth, with special focus on Reid's unique insightsamounting to geniusand technical accomplishments.

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Reid Antony Railton, Cheshire-born automotive engineer par excellence, created an extraordinary range of cars. He rose to renown during the 1930s as chief engineer at Thomson & Taylor, Brooklands-based racing-car builders. There he realised the dreams of that era's top men of speed, including Tim Birkin, Malcolm Campbell, Whitney Straight, John Cobb, Raymond Mays and Goldie Gardner. His great cars powered them all to sensational racing and record-breaking success. This magisterial book, by one of the world's foremost automotive historians, tells Reid Railton's personal and professional story in superb detail and fascinating depth, with special focus on Reid's unique insights - amounting to genius - and technical accomplishments.

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PublisherEvro Publishing
ISBN-139781910505250
eBay Product ID (ePID)239492355

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Book TitleReid Railton: Man of Speed
AuthorKarl Ludvigsen
FormatHardcover
LanguageEnglish
TopicEngineering & Technology
Publication Year2018
TypeTextbook
GenreBiographies & True Stories, Sports
Number of Pages848 Pages

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Item Height280mm
Item Width235mm

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Title_AuthorKarl Ludvigsen
Country/Region of ManufactureUnited Kingdom

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