Alfa Romeo Tipo33: The Development,Racing and Chassis History [Hardcover]

Peter Collins (Author), Ed McDonough (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: March 18, 2006

At the time, little was recorded about the activities of Alfa Romeo's World Championshipvwinning Sports Racing car, the Tipo 33. The model had a long career, as a factory car as well as in private hands from 1967 until 1977. Great Italian motorsport engineer Carlo Chiti designed and ran a prolific number of different models of the Tipo. Unfortunately, nothing of the history of these developments was documented at the time, but the author has managed, after intense investigation and numerous personal interviews, to uncover much about this marvelous sports prototype.

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About the Author

Born in London, Peter Collins has been a motoring journalist and photographer for fifteen years. He has a lifelong interest in motorsport and racing history and has been attending events worldwide since 1965. Co-founder and editor-at-large of Auto Italia magazine, he also contributes to American and other European magazines, as well as websites. Peter now lives in South London and travels extensively throughout the year covering motoring events of all disciplines and maintaining his close ties with racing people of all persuasions.

Ed McDonough is a renowned and experienced motoring writer. He is European Editor of Vintage Racecar magazine, and one of the few journalists in the privileged position of being able to test and race the historic machinery he writes about. He has raced for over forty years, and still competes in international and historic events – several of his books have featured reports from his own test drives. Ed also does radio commentary at Goodwood, Monaco and American events. He lives in Northampton, England.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 224 pages
• Publisher: Veloce; 1st edition (March 18, 2006)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1904788718
• ISBN-13: 978-1904788713
• Product Dimensions: 10.1 x 10 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 3.1 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,267,965 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars Worth the Wait, March 1, 2006

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This review is from: Alfa Romeo Tipo33: The Development,Racing and Chassis History (Hardcover)

This book was just released and is already on backorder! Just having got mine I now know why: It's terrific! Packed with vintage pictures it covers the development history of the Tipo 33 from 1964 to 1977. A must for any vintage racing buff.