IT WAS FUN! MY FIFTY YEARS OF HIGH PERFORMANCE
Written by Tony Rudd
Published by Patrick Stephens Limited
in 1993
ISBN: 1852604131
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IT WAS FUN! MY FIFTY YEARS OF HIGH PERFORMANCE
Written by Tony Rudd.
Stock no. 1827484
1st.
1993.
Hardback.
Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.
The autobiography of Tony Rudd who was highly respected for his innovative methods as an engineer in the world of high performance engine development and Grand Prix racing. Black cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. 352 pages including index. ISBN: 1852604131. Slight lean to spine. Light shelf wear to top & tail of spine. Contents clean. Green pictorial dustwrapper is lightly scuffed, title to spine is very slightly faded (not obvious).
Front cover
Contents
- Foreword by Jackie Stewart OBE
- Introduction
- 1. In the beginning - boyhood and apprenticeship
- 2. Learning to be a Rolls-Royce engineer
- 3. Having fun at Hucknall
- 4. BRM beginnings - the V16
- 5. The struggle continues
- 6. Alfred Owen's V16s
- 7. The Maserati
- 8. The 2.5 litre 4-cylinder BRM
- 9. The spaceframe 2.5 litre BRM
- 10. Making the mid-engined BRM work
- 11. The birth of the V8 - and under new management
- 12. Won one- one to go
- 13. Fighting for the World Championship
- 14. More V8
- 15. Enter the real monocoque
- 16. 'Scots wae hae'
- 17. Three litres - H16s and V12s
- 18. V12s and round effect
- 19. Powertrain Manager to Group Engineering Director at Lotus
- 20. Lotus - Group Engineering Director
- 21. Lotus after 'Chunky'
- 22. Lotus with General Motors