Brm - a Mechanic‘s Tale - Couverture souple

Salmon, Richard

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1787112276 ISBN 13 : 9781787112278

Editeur : Veloce, 2017

Synopsis

The Mechanic’s Tale is the story as told by a man who was both a devoted fan and a loyal team member of British Racing Motors. He saw firsthand the repeated failures and humiliating times of the 1950s, from the gradual progress of winning minor races, to Jo Bonnier winning the first World Championship Grand Prix in Holland in 1959. The team gained the ultimate honour in 1962, when, in East London, South Africa, Graham Hill drove the BRM to victory to win both the Drivers’ World Championship and the Constructors’ Championship for the BRM team, thereby making a considerable contribution to British motor racing history. Probably for the first time, criticism is levelled at both Louis Stanley and the introduction of the H16 engine as contributory factors to the failure of British Racing Motors – Louis Stanley for his freeloading extravagance, and the rather foolish decision by the management to specify such a complicated and bulky power unit. This book is a fascinating insight into the British motor racing industry of the ’50s and ’60s.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Richard Salmon was born in the small village of Irnham, in Lincolnshire, where his parents kept the Post Office and village store. After attending the village school and Grantham Boys Central School, he served an apprenticeship in a local garage. He was conscripted into the Royal Engineers in 1944, serving in South Iraq, and was demobilised in 1947. He later applied successfully for a vacancy at British Racing Motors, where he worked in the racing team for 17 years. After being made redundant in 1967, he took a job at Lotus cars for 3 years. Another redundancy was followed by a job at Perkins diesel engines, and then, due to his wife's illness, he went to work at the local factory of Fiat-Allis. This factory was eventually closed down by Fiat, coinciding with closure of BRM, and Richard was then recruited to rebuild BRM cars for sale by Christies at Earls Court in 1981. He subsequently went into partnership restoring historic cars until his retirement.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Veloce
• Date d'édition: 2017
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1787112276
• ISBN 13: 9781787112278
• Reliure: Broché
• Numéro d'édition: 2
• Nombre de pages: 224
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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