DON'T TRUDGE IT, RUDGE IT
Written by Bryan Reynolds
Published by Haynes
in 1977
ISBN: 0854291881
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- TRANSPORT
- MOTOR CYCLES
- COMPANY HISTORY
DON'T TRUDGE IT, RUDGE IT
Written by Bryan Reynolds.
Stock no. 2132295
1st.
1977.
Hardback.
Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.
Unlike most other marque histories, the Rudge story is not one of outstanding success... Red boards, silver title to spine. B/w photos. ISBN: 0854291881. Tape/tape glue marks to pastedowns, endpapers and wrapper flaps. Inscriptions in ink to rear pastedown. Foxing to outer page edges.
Front cover
Contents
- Foreword
- Introduction
- Dan Rudge and his line
- The Pugh family
- A new era begins
- The birth of a classic machine
- The year that nearly was
- Success too late
- Lightweight near miss
- The brave new world
- The end of an era
- The Rudge Four
- A shaky start
- New ideas
- Success at last
- The radical, radical Rudge
- The gathering storm
- The beginning of the end
- The storm breaks
- Bankruptcy
- A change of direction
- Goodbye Coventry
- Appendix:
- Rudge Motorcycle Models
- Rudge Enthusiast's Club
- Index