Complete Catalog of British Cars, 1895-1975 (Reference) [Hardcover]

David Culshaw (Author)

Book Description

Series: Reference | Publication Date: February 21, 1998

This long out of print classic has now been revised and updated. The most comprehensive account of British cars ever published, this book presents a huge amount of historical and technical information. Nearly 700 manufacturers and 3,700 individual models are profiled, including technical specs for most cars.

Editorial Reviews

Review

Octane, October 2006
"Regular readers of our Octane Cars pages will have heard of Calthorpe, but what about Cheswold or Critchley-Norris? They're all in this poor man's Georgono, which covers an amazing 700 marques in varying degrees of detail.”

Classic Car Mart, December 2006 (UK magazine)

Ever felt that your classic car knowledge was lacking somewhat? Or would you just like a book that holds information about every British car built from 1895-1975?

David Culshaw & Peter Horrobin have worked together to produce that very thing and have just released an updated and revised version of their already popular book

It allows the reader to extract information from nearly 700 car manufacturers and then delve into 3700 individual models and the facts, figures and history available are colossal. You may be thinking: "I'm already a BMC, Ford, British Leyland and Triumph anorak, what else can I possibly learn?"

Well how about Tornado, what do you know about its Tempest Sportsbrake model? What bhp does a Ruston-Hornsby A1 16/20 produce? Who was the man behind theTrojan 10?

Culshaw & Horrobin's efforts have recorded British automotive history and put it into one book, an achievement in itself. Can you imagine if the next generation attempted the same thing? Printing would come cheap as the information would only fill a pamphlet. For example: 'TVR: Russian bloke named Nikolai Smolenski bought the company and we think they went abroad. Rover: BMW sold it for a tenner, liquidation followed. Official announcement was made via megaphone on factory floor, staff went down the pub ...'

So if you would like to research the once-thriving British motor industry, this book is one to jot down on the Christmas wish list.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 496 pages
• Publisher: Veloce Publishing; 2nd edition (February 21, 1998)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1874105936
• ISBN-13: 978-1874105930
• Product Dimensions: 11.2 x 8.5 x 1.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 3.8 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,308,510 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars And where did they all go?, November 26, 2003

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This review is from: Complete Catalog of British Cars, 1895-1975 (Reference) (Hardcover)

This excellent b/w book lists over 450 major British manufacturers of cars from 1895 - 1975 (with pictures), and then lists hundreds of minor participants in that challenging business. Almost 500 pages, and a large amount of detail, but of course not much information on any particular marque. A solid part of any car collector's library.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Her dad loves it!, January 9, 2007

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This review is from: Complete Catalog of British Cars, 1895-1975 (Reference) (Hardcover)

I am not sure when he was born ;), but she has a born on date of 1961 and the middle child of three.

He is Japanese and overseas in Japan. He wanted to find a British car book of cars during WWII.

Now he wants us to find a companion for American cars during the 60's as good as this book.

He can't read english well, but knows specifications.