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The Driver: Australia and New Zealand on the back of a truck

By: Alice Mabin

Price: $69.95

Publisher: Australia, Alice Mabin: 2016

Seller ID: 9780646952444

ISBN: 0646952447

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: New

The Driver by Alice Mabin documents the reality of the daily grind for 110 different trucking companies and drivers with stunning images featuring every state and territory in Australia and New Zealand. This is the never before-seen real life tale of the captivating lives of truck drivers. â€œIt was important to me that the stalwart cooperation of the truckies, their families, and the trucking companies were respected and represented fully. This is why it was so vital to feature each state and territory across Australia and New Zealand,â€ asserted the author, Alice Mabin. â€œI ...
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Riot Control Vehicles: 1945-Present #219 Osprey New Vanguard

By: Chris McNab

Price: $24.95

Publisher: UK, Osprey Publishing: 2015

Seller ID: 000433

ISBN: 1472805151

Binding: Soft cover

Condition: New

Fully illustrated with a mixture of dramatic archive photos and manufacturers' images, this volume covers the little-known history of riot control vehicles. It explores the world of these vehicles from 1945 through to the present day - from adapted military armoured cars such as the Humber Pig (UK) and BRDM (Soviet Union) to the fully computerized systems of the Russian Lavina-Uragan and Canadian INKAS Armored Riot Control Vehicle - showing how their development and deployment has blurred the lines between civilian actions and military operations. It charts how the vehicles have evolved in ter...
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Golden Miles: Sex, Speed & The Australian Muscle Car

By: Clinton Walker

Price: $39.95

Publisher: Australia, Wakefield Press: 2009

Seller ID: 003775

ISBN: 1862548544

Binding: Soft cover

Condition: New

Thirty years on the muscle car era still resonates. Why do these beautiful beasts hold to much fascination? Read Golden miles to get the truth about a time when modern Australia's real sense of itself was taking shape. GOLDEN MILES is an auto biography by Clinton Walker, a book about cars, people and place. Australia in the late 60s/early 70s was a young country bursting at the seams: charging through a brief window of opportunity between the end of colonialism and the beginning of globalism, the muscle car was the archetypal product of Australian suburbia, a fusion of the larrikin spirit and...
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Wizard of Oz: Speed, Modernism and the Last Ride of Norman 'Wizard' Smith

By: Clinton Walker

Price: $34.95

Publisher: Australia, Wakefield Press: 2013

Seller ID: 003777

ISBN: 1862549508

Binding: Soft cover

Condition: New

In the bitter autumn of 1932, as the world crashed into the Great Depression, Australian motor ace Norman 'Wizard' Smith sat on the remote Ninety Mile Beach in far north New Zealand, waiting for the wind to change; waiting for a chance to drive his streamlined super car the Enterprise to a new world speed record. He would be the fastest man on earth - a golden god! He waited and waited ... Norman Smith was an enigma. A contemporary of Bradman, Kingsford Smith and Phar Lap, he was dumpy and shy. But when he got behind the wheel he became the Wizard, his command uncanny, the speeds breathless. ...
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4WD Treks Close to Sydney 6th Edition The 25 Best Tours Around The Sydney Region

By: Craig Lewis and Cathy Savage

Price: $44.95

Publisher: Australia, Boiling Billy Publications: 2013

Seller ID: A1333

ISBN: 1922131458

Binding: Spiral Bound

Condition: New

This completely revised and expanded 6th edition, now in the A4 format so popular among owners of 4WD vehicles, features 18 of the best four-wheel drive day and weekend treks within a few short hours' drive of Sydney. Expert route directions read in forward and reverse as well as featuring both GPS Lat/Long and UTM Grid References. Treks include: Yengo National Park, Abercrombie Trek, Tianjara Fire Trail, The Bridle Track, Dixons Long Point, Caves to Caves, Watagan Mountains, Sunny Corner Trek, Touring the Turon, Trek to Newnes, Baal Bone Gap, Stockton Beach, Chichester Forest, Barrington Tops...
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4WD Treks Close to Brisbane 1st Edition The 25 Best Tours Around the Brisbane Region

By: Danielle Lancaster

Price: $44.95

Publisher: Australia, Boiling Billy Publications: 2014

Seller ID: A1335

ISBN: 1922131342

Binding: Spiral Bound

Condition: New

This great new title from Boiling Billy features 25 day and weekend 4WD tours on both the beaches and in the forests surrounding Queensland's capital city. 4WD Treks Close to Brisbane will take readers to the best destinations the region has on offer including Brisbane's Islands, delightful rainforest jaunts as well as picturesque bush and beach runs, and all within a few hours drive from Brisbane. Destinations include tours through D'Aguilar National Park near Woodford, The Scenic Rim area out from Boonah, Cooloola National Park north of Noosa, The Burrum Coast near Woodgate and other tours n...
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The FJ Holden: A Favourite Australian Car - New Revised Edition * OUT OF STOCK *

By: Don Loffler

Price: $39.95

Publisher: Australia, Wakefield Press: 2010

Seller ID: 9781862548916

ISBN: 1862548919

Binding: Soft cover

Condition: New

Leading early Holden historian Don Loffler has unearthed an amazing collection of stories and facts about FJ variants, from the popular Special to the rarest of them all - an experimental station wagon - as well as non-factory versions in many guises. The FJ Holden is lavishly illustrated with more than 500 photographs, most of which have never been published before. The information section includes comprehensive identification details for FJs that you will not find assembled in any other place. The FJ Holden is Don Loffler's third book devoted to Australia's national car. His other Holden b...
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Still Holden Together: Stories of the First Holden Model - New Revised Edition * Temporarily Out of Stock *

By: Don Loffler

Price: $39.95

Publisher: Australia, Wakefield Press: 2010

Seller ID: 9781862548633

ISBN: 1862548633

Binding: Soft cover

Condition: New

'Still Holden together?' Well, some of the original model Holdens are still holding together very well indeed. Still Holden Together is a fabulous collection of new stories, photographs and information on the first Holden model, the 48-215 sedan and 50-2106 utility, commonly known as the 'FX' model. The stories describe events and people in the life of the FX from 1944 to the present day. There are entertaining anecdotes and stories of amazing coincidences, dramatic rescues and loving restorations of precious vehicles. Most of the 320 photographs have never been published before. Don Loftier...
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She's a Beauty! The Story of the First Holdens - New Enlarged Edition

By: Don Loffler

Price: $39.95

Publisher: Australia, Wakefield Press: 2009

Seller ID: 9781862547346

ISBN: 1862547343

Binding: Soft cover

Condition: New

'She's a beauty!' declared Ben Chifley, Prime Minister of Australia, after he unveiled the first all-Australian car in 1948. Includes six new chapters and 100 new photos never published before. This book is a loving history of the first model Holden, the 48-215, known popularly as the FX, and its famous successor, the FJ. She's a Beauty! includes stories never told before, photographs never published, and a wealth of technical information. 'What a beauty this book is! I was enthralled. A must for Holden fanciers or those among us who have an interest in Australia's motoring history. Buy it!...
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Holden Days: From the Original 48-215 'FX' to the 1966 HR

By: Don Loffler

Price: $49.95

Publisher: Australia, Wakefield Press: 2013

Seller ID: 9781743051153

ISBN: 1743051158

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: New

This fifth Holden book by Don Loffler is a new initiative. It extends beyond the first two Holden series, the 48-215 'FX' and the FJ, and comprises a chapter on each of the first 10 Holden series, finishing with the 1966 HR. It is amazing that, although Don has already published over 1500 different photographs of FX and FJ Holdens in his first four books, he has tracked down another 100 new images for this book and, in addition, 300 photographs covering the FE to HR chapters. All images are from the era in which the cars were in their heyday. While the search and research for the images has ...
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Holden Snapshots: Images from the Golden Years

By: Don Loffler

Price: $49.95

Publisher: Australia, Wakefield Press: 2015

Seller ID: 9781743053867

ISBN: 174305386X

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: New

â€˜Having written the official history of Holden and then completed a PhD and related book on the origins of the Holden from deep within General Motors culture, I donâ€™t always rush to read more material on Holdens â€¦ unless it is yet another of Don Lofflerâ€™s wonderful books. Like his previous five beautifully written and illustrated productions, Holden Snapshots is full of yarns about early model Holdens and their place in the lives of individuals and the broader cultural tapestry. By giving the old cars he features this full context, Don brings history to life in the mo...
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Ford Australia: The Cars and the People Who Built Them [Hardcover] * TEMPORARILY OUT OF STOCK *

By: Doug Wallace and Michelle Cook

Price: $59.95

Publisher: Australia, New Holland: 2016

Seller ID: 9781742577081

ISBN: 1742577083

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: New

This book chronicles the 91 years in which Ford built cars in Australia for Australian conditions and interviews many of the people who worked for the company. It constitutes the complete history of Ford production in this country, with many rare images and essential production statistics. The perfect book for every Ford enthusiast, or anyone with an affinity for cars or industrial Australia. On March 31, 1925, US manufacturer Ford announced that Geelong would be the Australian headquarters of its local production. The first Australian-built Ford was a Model T that came off an improvised produ...
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By: Richard M. Ogorkiewicz

Price: $49.95

Publisher: UK, Osprey Publishing: 2015

Seller ID: 000412

ISBN: 1472806700

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: New

Tank presents a comprehensive account of the world-wide evolution of armoured vehicles from their inception a century ago to the present day, starting with a detailed reappraisal of the development of tanks and how they evolved during World War I. By the end of that conflict tanks had gained considerable importance. However, this was not sustained in its immediate aftermath and a revival only began when the British Army started in to experiment in the 1920s with a more mobile use of tanks. The subsequent rise of the importance of armoured vehicles was accompanied by and was partly due to t...
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Category: Road & Motor Vehicles