British Lorries 1945-1965 by Rinsey Mills

British Lorries 1945-1965 by Rinsey Mills

Drawing from a vast private collection of lorry manufacturers' sales brochures and publicity material, this book provides an enthralling history of the British lorry since the Second World War, covering all makes and their products, from AEC to Vulcan, from the revolutionary but now forgotten Jensen to the classic Bedford TK. The author gives a historical coverage of each manufacturer, with extensive technical detail on their vehicles, while the illustrations are a combination of outstanding colour artwork commissioned by the manufacturers and contemporary photographs. During the period covered there were approximately 40 manufacturers of commercial vehicles in the United Kingdom. Several were small or specialised firms with limited production, and others were absorbed into more successful companies. By 1965 only a few of even the larger firms remained, and individuality was fast becoming just a memory. In these pages all the firms, large and small, are remembered.

Rinsey Mills has owned AC sports cars, both pre-war and post-war, for forty years. He has restored some and raced others. His books include Original AC Ace and Cobra and Essential AC Cobra.

Rinsey's' first motorcycle was a derelict BSA Empire Star that presented itself as a more grown-up alternative to Meccano - he should have stuck with the latter, as for him, at that time, the bike was too far gone. A couple of years later, shortly after his sixteenth birthday, he proudly fastened a pair of L-plates on ü¾Œ¶„¼20-worth of 1954 DMW trials bike and was off. Since then he has owned and ridden many machines. Some he'd sooner forget about while others, like the road registered AJS 7R that he did many fast and reliable miles on in the mid-'70s, he still regrets parting with. Unlike many of his peers he never transferred to modern bikes and happily admits he has little interest in anything post-1970, preferring the character and what some would see as the quirkiness of older machinery. He currently has a 1950 BSA B32A and a 1956 Norton Dominator 88 on the road.

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ISBN 13	9780954998127
ISBN 10	095499812X
Title	British Lorries 1945-1965
Author	Rinsey Mills
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Hardback
Publisher	Herridge And Sons Ltd.
Year published	2006-07-15
Number of pages	192
Cover note	Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.