Alfa Romeo Tipo 33 - Peter Collins, Ed McDonough

Alfa Romeo Tipo 33

Race and Individual Chassis History
Buch | Hardcover
224 Seiten
2007
Veloce (Verlag)
978-1-904788-71-3 (ISBN)
49,85 inkl. MwSt
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Presents the history and development of Alfa Romeo's fabulous Championship-winning Tipo 33 prototypes. This title contains many photographs and interviews with key personalities.
This is the first book to be written about the history and development of Alfa Romeo's fabulous Tipo 33 prototype racers. Carlo Chiti's sports cars of the 1960s and 70s won the Manufacturers World Championships in 1975 and 1977, but few records were kept then about the many variants produced. This book reveals everything with previously unpublished photographs and interviews, making it a vital addition to any Alfa enthusiast's collection. Details of all Alfa T33 drivers, History and development of each model, Individual chassis histories, Interviews with key personalities, Many previously unpublished photographs, T33-based concept car analysis, Track tests of original cars, driven, and photographed, by the authors

Ed McDonough was born in the USA but has lived in the UK and France for many years. He has raced saloons, sports cars and single seaters from the late 1950s, and took part in the World Championship Sports car Races in the 1970s at a time when the Alfa Romeo Tipo 33s were competing. He was UK Chairman of the Alfa Romeo Owners Club for 10 years, and was European Editor of Vintage Racecar Journal, as well as contributing to Autocollezioni , Auto Italia, Porsche Post and other journals. Ed still competes in historic races and is Track Tester for online motoring magazine Retro-Speed, specialising in some of the rarest and most exotic historic racing cars.

Introduction 8 1. H is for handling 20 2. Shaping up 33 3. Up to 3 litres 50 4. Another slim season 65 5. Hope turns to reality ... at last 80 6. Another year of waiting 99 7. Promises promises 114 8. Flatters to deceive 122 9. Contrary to expectations 131 10. Change of priorities 146 11. The final countdown 150 12. The Stradale ... a most beautiful road car 158 13. Concept cars ... dream and reality 162 14. Driving the cars 168 Appendices 192

Erscheint lt. Verlag 15.2.2007
Zusatzinfo 412 b+w photographs
Sprache englisch
Maße 250 x 250 mm
Gewicht 1383 g
Themenwelt Sachbuch/Ratgeber Sport Motor- / Rad- / Flugsport
Technik Fahrzeugbau / Schiffbau
ISBN-10 1-904788-71-8 / 1904788718
ISBN-13 978-1-904788-71-3 / 9781904788713
Zustand Neuware
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