Traction for Sale
Earlswood Press (Verlag)
978-0-9931018-6-1 (ISBN)
Full-time four-wheel drive transformed road cars in the nineteen-eighties, adding speed, excitement and safety and the Ferguson Formula was at the heart of that revolution. Though the Audi quattro made the world sit up and take notice of full-time four-wheel drive, its technology was not available to any other maker and indeed Audi came to adopt Ferguson technology in their next generation of quattro models.
Full-time four-wheel drive was the dream of racing driver Fred Dixon, to make cars safer on the road. Harry Ferguson, of tractor-making fame, backed the idea and, under the control of Le Mans winner Tony Rolt the talented engineering team built some astonishing cars, sometimes behind the scenes and in secrecy.
Traction for Sale is the story of two companies; Harry Ferguson Research, which did all the backbreaking development work and FF Developments, who succeeded in delivering the technology to the world's car makers. In telling the story of the Ferguson Formula, the book brings life some of the most remarkable cars of the '60s, '70s and '80s, from the Jensen FF, the first car in the world with full-time, automatic four-wheel drive, through the development vehicles like the Ford Zephyr V6 and Ford Mustang 4x4, the Capri 4x4 and the British Army's top-secret Opel Senators, to competition cars like the astonishing Lotus 56 turbine Indy and F1 cars, rally cars like the Ford RS200, MG Metro 6R4 and Lancia Delta Integrale and on to production cars like the legendary Sierra XR4x4 and Escort Cosworth Turbo and the original Volvo XC90. This book is indispensable reading for all Ford and Jensen enthusiasts, students of the British motor industry and anyone interested in 80s-era 4x4 road and rally cars.
Traction for Sale is Bill Munro's eleventh book, but he started his writing career while still at school, producing articles for the British magazine, Drag Racing and Hot Rod. His first book, Carbodies - the Complete Story was published in 1998, followed by six more for different publishers. In 2011 he produced his first self-published book, Taxi Jubilee, which he followed with two more books on his pet subject, the history of the London taxi.
Introduction | Acknowledgements | Part 1 Harry Ferguson Research Ltd: Ch1 Ferguson, Dixon and Rolt - the Key Players: Ch2 Harry Ferguson Research Ltd: Ch3 Defining The People's Car: Ch4 R4, R5 and The Ferguson Principle: Ch5 The Ferguson Formula: CH6: A New Partner and New Technology| Part 2 Ferguson Four-wheel Drive in Motor Sport: Ch7 P99 - The Ferguson-Climax: Ch8 Indianapolis - The Novi Cars: Ch9 Indianapolis - The Turbine Years: Ch10 Four-wheel Drive in Formula One: Ch11 Hill Climbers and Sports Cars | Part 3 The Ferguson Formula World-wide: Ch12 FF Developments - Taking the Technology Forward: Ch13 FF Developments - Into Production with Specialist Vehicles: Ch14 The quattro Effect - Ferguson Formula Goes Into Mass Production: Ch15 Group B - a Revolution in Rallying: Ch16 The Ferguson Formula Becomes Mainstream: Ch17 The 1990s and Beyond - the Ferguson Legacy | Appendix A Harry Ferguson Research and FF Developments' Projects: Appendix B Non-four-wheel drive Harry Ferguson Research Projects: Appendix C FF Developments' Transmission Engineering | Bibliography
Erscheinungsdatum | 04.11.2017 |
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Zusatzinfo | 300 colour & mono photographs |
Sprache | englisch |
Maße | 219 x 276 mm |
Themenwelt | Natur / Technik ► Fahrzeuge / Flugzeuge / Schiffe ► Auto / Motorrad |
ISBN-10 | 0-9931018-6-0 / 0993101860 |
ISBN-13 | 978-0-9931018-6-1 / 9780993101861 |
Zustand | Neuware |
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