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This book examines how Austin bounced back after WWII, and how, despite the severe materials shortage, it developed the largest range of vehicles produced by any automaker in postwar Britain. It examines how these vehicles were received and used, and is illustrated with rare archive photography. A Veloce Classic Reprint.

Provides practical advice for anybody who is contemplating the purchase, restoration or even the building of a wooden-framed vehicle.

This unique book explores the products of more than 50 truck manufacturers - from the very largest to the smallest and most obscure - during a period of takeovers, failures and innovative new products. Containing over 120 mostly colour images - most of which have never been published before.

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Organised terrorism strikes in the quaint world of Edwardian London.

The 1970s witnessed more changes to the trucking industry in Europe than any previous decade. The '70s also witnessed a number of amalgamations, mergers and take-overs that would change the face of the pan-European trucking industry. This title offers an account of this turbulent period in trucking history.

Combining materials from Mercedes-Benz's official archives, with information collected from professionals involved with the marque, this book provides a unique, never before told perspective on how the brand developed its products to provide transportation solutions across some of the most diverse operating conditions in the world.

Accomplished young artist Hugo Albyvendie leads a quiet life on the Mediterranean island of Malta. Suddenly propelled into the international world of big business, he begins to see modern life from a new perspective. But a ruthless business rival is out to ruin his plans and will stop at nothing, including murder.

The book focuses on how and why Woodies were first used in the UK and then takes an in-depth look at the how the concept evolved from being a sporting vehicle into a utility vehicle - in essence the original SUV. The book also looks at why some vehicles were built as Woodies from new, while others were re-bodied as Woodies in later life. It also looks at the companies, both large and small, which built Woodies and the reasons why demand peaked...

British businessman Oscar Albyvendie buys an expensive painting at an auction. The problem is that the Spanish auctioneer, the beautiful Katarina Navarra, has sold him a fake. Oscar has stumbled across an art forgery racket, and at the behest of the British Secret Service, he finds himself on a sinister trail leading to Spain.

Chronicles the first 80 years of DAF's history, from being a small Dutch trailer manufacturer through to its acquisition by US truck giant Paccar, and the development of the company to its position as the top-selling truck in the UK and a major global brand.