AA BOOK OF THE CAR 1970 !

manta mad

following on from spidersonmars bit about the AA book of the car !

i thought its worthy of a mention in its own thread

i got it from an uncle who died a few years ago ,as some of his stuff was been thrown out , my mother seen it and said it would do me :rolleyes:

so i got this book & its in mint condition ( dunno even if the pages have ever been flicked through before i got it ?
its a large book & has 440 pages in it & covers everything

heres a few shots


contents




some shots of the cars of the era !




would love to know if they built this mercedes or what it was called ?


or what this car is in the garage , anybody guess ????

junkyard

I have it too, great book. Has anyone got the Ladybird book of cars? I have that too, probably my favorite one of all time.

MorrisCooper

Picked up the AA book for 2 Euros at a local parish festival.

Have the ladybird book too.

Anan1

The car in the garage is an Austin Maxi, the Mercedes looks like a C111 prototype, don't think they ever made more than a handful.

CharlieCroker

My dad has that book too. I have the David Bellamy book of number plates somewhere at home too. should dig it out really

kev1.3s

Anan1 wrote: »

The car in the garage is an Austin Maxi, the Mercedes looks like a C111 prototype, don't think they ever made more than a handful.

gas turbine prototype afaik

G Luxel

I have that AA book as well. It was reissued around the 90s and Im sure it has been reprinted again in the last few years. Im sure that some of the DIY has changed since then, like who puts chicken wire behind the sills of a Jaguar Mk2!!! or how the most popular car to do DIY was an BMC 1100.

But I also like the section with the model cars which I think is the rules of the road or something. Loads of green cardboard with what appear to be Morris 11oos/mini's/Vauxhall Viva/Ford Cortina in the snow!. The credits state that its airfix plastics. It was a very advanced book for its day in 1970, with all those colour pictures. I also have the ladybird books with the drawings., quite a few of them. Incidentally I was in Easons last week and the Ladybird books for child learning are still be printed...........with those same drawings but mostly 1970s Ford Fiesta and I think a Rover 3500 police car!

There is only one Mercedes C111 built ever.

What is the car on the right hand side with the sliding door? It says Pininfarina but cant find any information on it.

PaulK_CCI

Wonderful illustrations.

Re. the Mercedes C111, they indeed built a handfull and I think there are two left. I think a German (of was it a UK?) classic car mag. brought the two cars together for a very impressive photoshoot a couple of years back. The car was never in production, but for experimental purposes only.

First one was fitted with a 3 rotor engine, later they slotted in a 4 rotor engine, which helped them break the 403 km speed limit, which in 1979 was pretty impressive.
In 1979 they actually converted one to Diesel: they use their 5 cylinder diesel engine and tweaked and turbo charged it, to break several 'diesel' speed records.

manta mad

wow !!!!! :cool:

those mercedes look good !!!!

nice photo paul , pity merecedes dident put them in to production !

1948Wolseley

My uncle has a copy of this too, and I love it! How many books, in this health & safety-obsessed age that we live in, would warn you that heel-and-toeing is for professional drivers only, then proceed to give you step-by-step instructions on how to do it anyway? And all this just a few lines after it tells you how to change gear.