1971, ISBN: 9780589006914

A.H & A.W. Reed, 1971. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 200 x 260 mm. 239 pages. Illustrations. This book illustrates, in word and photograph, the history of New Zealand motori… More...

A.H & A.W. Reed, 1971. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 200 x 260 mm. 239 pages. Illustrations. This book illustrates, in word and photograph, the history of New Zealand motoring 1898-1919, and it is packed with factual information, great stories long since due for revival, and scores of photographs unseen for 50 to 70 years and more. The cars themselves are fascinating, particularly the several models designed and built in New Zealand, but the book's scope goes far further than this. Roading, licensing, automobile associations and clubs, racing and reliability trials, the social side, technical development, pioneering new routes - all these and more are discussed and illustrated in a wealth of romantic detail. Of particular interest is the final chapter, which deals with the Veteran movement of today which began in the early 1950s and has been gathering a rapid momentum ever since. Typical case histories selected by the authors as exemplifying the trials and triumphs of those who strive to discover and restore the gallant old veterans of a bygone era, include those of a 1915 Rover-Sunbeam, a 1907 De Dion, a very early Benz, a 1911 Vulcan, and a 1902 Crestmobile, with a review of the major veteran collections in New Zealand today., A.H & A.W. Reed, 1971<

1971, ISBN: 0589006916

Hardcover

[EAN: 9780589006914], Gebraucht, sehr guter Zustand, [PU: Reed, Wellington], NEW ZEALAND, MOTORING, HISTORY, EARLY VEHICLES, ROADING, Jacket, New Zealand's first moror cars were imported … More...

[EAN: 9780589006914], Gebraucht, sehr guter Zustand, [PU: Reed, Wellington], NEW ZEALAND, MOTORING, HISTORY, EARLY VEHICLES, ROADING, Jacket, New Zealand's first moror cars were imported in the last years of the 1890s and this excellent book follows the introduction of this mode of transport for the following decade, up to 1919. Considering its remoteness to sources of motor vehicles the country quite quickly adopted the car. This study examines the experiences of the motoring pioneers, the epic journeys they undertook on roads scarcely fit for horse and cart, let alone the fragile early vehicles, some of which were actually designed and built in NZ. Probably the first book to seriously record the earliest days of the motor car in NZ and a fine effort. 230 pages including two appendices, index, b/w photos throughout, decorative e/papers, b/w art title page double spread. Blue hard covers with gilt spine titles VG with light shading lower front board, small ink gift inscription FFEP verso, text block otherwise excellent. Unclipped colour art DJ is VG+. Size: 26cm By 19.5cm<