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ECURIE ECOSSE - David Murray and the legendary Scottish motor racing team
Paul Skilleter is pleased to announce that this new book by Eric Dymock is now available! This is a large format (225 x 297mm), 250pp publication with over 500 illustrations.
AVAILABLE FOR ORDER AND DESPATCH NOW! See Ecurie Ecosse book
| 'Morris Minor – The World’s Supreme Small Car' by Paul Skilleter NEW VERSION DUE SPRING 2008! 
BOOK DETAILS
Those of you who know me through Jaguar topics might be surprised to learn that one of the books I most enjoyed writing was about the Morris Minor. The story behind the car and its creator, the amazing (Sir) Alec Issigonis, is, in fact, almost as interesting as that of Jaguar. Certainly there are a number of parallels with Jaguar, notably the influence of the Citroen ‘traction avant’ of 1934 which inspired both the XK 120’s and the Minor’s front suspension, while Jaguar’s first chief engineer to be, William Heynes, worked pre-war at Rootes while Issigonis was also there. The two engineers also worked together when both came within the British Leyland consortium in the late 1960s. The Minor book was first published in summer 1981 and went through three editions. Out of print for well over ten years, in the spring of 2008, sixty years after the car first appeared at the 1948 London Motor Show, it is going to be released as a completely revised fourth edition. An old favourite back in print, to celebrate 60 years of the Morris Minor! MORRIS MINOR – THE WORLD’S SUPREME SMALL CAR By Paul Skilleter This book was the first to be written on the post-war Morris Minor, one of Britain’s best-loved family cars, and the only one compiled with the full co-operation of the genius behind it and the original Mini – Sir Alec Issigonis, who the author interviewed and who read the manuscript. First published in 1981, the book was quickly listed by The Times as a ‘best-seller’ in the motoring category, and subsequently went through three editions, the last issued in 1989. In recent years, however, the book has been out of print, but (after several false starts) this situation is being rectified by a fourth edition, due for publication in the spring of 2008. This will now take the form of a complete revision, not just a reprint, and will feature updated material and many new illustrations. It is being redesigned and will be produced in a much larger format, as a companion volume to the Norman Dewis and Ecurie Ecosse books. The contents of this hard bound, 230-page book include:
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Ecurie Ecosse
The full story of the legendary Scottish racing team by Paul Skilleter is now available! |
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Mike Hawthorn
Our new book about Mike Hawthorn now available for pre-ordering! |
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Jaguar XK
The full story of the Jaguar XK by Nigel Thorley is now available! |
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Norman Dewis
Norman's story by Paul Skilleter is now available |
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Cat out of the Bag!
Peter Wilson's book on Jaguar's Competition Dept available late January 2008 |
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Jaguar Connoisseur A new Series coming soon from Paul Skilleter |
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NEW Swallow/SS Book
by John Clucas and Terry McGrath - 456 pages - Only 500 copies printed |
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1950s XK Rallying
Evocative black and white images for sale from the pinnacle of Jaguar rallying - from the Photo Junior negative archives |
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Jaguar World Monthly THE Jaguar Magazine from Kelsey Publishing |
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Mike Hawthorn Tribute A major tribute site for the 1958 World Champion driver! |
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Tony Bailey Pics Jaguar and other Motorsport Images |
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Goodwood Revival 2006 80 pics from the 2006 event of Nigel Webb's Jaguar C- and D-Types from Tony Bailey |
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Jaguar Automobilia Collector Lots of information here from Ian Cooling and the Jaguar Automobilia Collector Auction |
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Sideways in a D-Type! See Win Percy drive XKD505 at Goodwood [60mins+ DVD/Tape] |
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Jaguar Model Club Jaguar models site from Gary Oxley. There's a magazine and lots of info here |
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Trade-Air Ltd 24/7 AOG Spares Support for the UK, Europe Middle East and USA Commercial and VIP Airlines |
Peter Wilson and life at Jaguar’s competition department in the 1960s
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