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The 1968 London to Sydney Marathon

Author : Robert Connor
Publisher : McFarland
ISBN 13 : 0786495863
Total Pages : 305 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (864 download)

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Download or read book The 1968 London to Sydney Marathon written by Robert Connor and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2016-02-17 with total page 305 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: On November 24, 1968, more than 250 people from 19 nations set off on a 10,000-mile endurance rally from London to Sydney. Crossing 10 countries, competitors encountered officious border guards, gangs of rock-throwing children, treacherous driving conditions, collisions, breakdowns, injuries, wayward dogs, livestock, camels and kangaroos, millions of spectators crowding the roads and even bandits. Among the professional drivers were a large number of enthusiastic amateurs, many of whom had never raced in their lives. Drawing from personal recollections of more than 60 participants--many who made it to Sydney and many more who didn't--and contemporary newspaper and magazine articles, this book tells the full story of what was called the "Marathon," from an idea dreamed up over an alcohol-fueled lunch to the last car over the finish line.

The 1968 London to Sydney Marathon

Author : Robert Connor
Publisher : McFarland
ISBN 13 : 1476620849
Total Pages : 305 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (766 download)

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Download or read book The 1968 London to Sydney Marathon written by Robert Connor and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2016-03-03 with total page 305 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: On November 24, 1968, more than 250 people from 19 nations set off on a 10,000-mile endurance rally from London to Sydney. Crossing 10 countries, competitors encountered officious border guards, gangs of rock-throwing children, treacherous driving conditions, collisions, breakdowns, injuries, wayward dogs, livestock, camels and kangaroos, millions of spectators crowding the roads and even bandits. Among the professional drivers were a large number of enthusiastic amateurs, many of whom had never raced in their lives. Drawing from personal recollections of more than 60 participants--many who made it to Sydney and many more who didn't--and contemporary newspaper and magazine articles, this book tells the full story of what was called the "Marathon," from an idea dreamed up over an alcohol-fueled lunch to the last car over the finish line.

Race Across the World

Author : John Smailes
Publisher : Allen & Unwin
ISBN 13 : 1760637882
Total Pages : 360 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (66 download)

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Download or read book Race Across the World written by John Smailes and published by Allen & Unwin. This book was released on 2018-10-24 with total page 360 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1968, ninety-eight competitors stormed out of London on the world's greatest automotive adventure, the London to Sydney Marathon, the most ambitious and epic car race ever staged. Four weeks later they arrived in Sydney-or at least half of them did. The others lay in ruin along its 10,000-mile route. Unimaginable now in either concept or execution, the marathon captured the rapt attention of the countries through which it passed, and of the world, as it created front-page news. It was more than a car race, more than a rally, more than the trials that opened up outback Australia only a decade before: it was the world's most gruelling test of driver and vehicle. For Australians, the race became a focal point of the rivalry between local car-manufacturing giants Holden and Ford, as the Monaro Coupe and the iconic Falcon GT went head to head. Neither was to win, but the story of their duel is motor-sporting legend. John Smailes was a young journalist at the time, covering the race for the Sydney Daily Telegraph. Fifty years after this extraordinary race was run, John's dramatic, compelling and utterly fascinating story-drawing on his own first-hand, eyewitness account and enhanced by in-depth interviews over the intervening years with all the race's key participants-brings the marathon vividly to life.

Bright Eyes of Danger

Author : David McKay
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780584970043
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (7 download)

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Download or read book Bright Eyes of Danger written by David McKay and published by . This book was released on 1971 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Why Finish Last?

Author : Andrew Cowan
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780362000528
Total Pages : 129 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (5 download)

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Download or read book Why Finish Last? written by Andrew Cowan and published by . This book was released on 1969 with total page 129 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Bright Eyes of Danger

Author : David McKay
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 240 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Bright Eyes of Danger written by David McKay and published by . This book was released on 1970 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

London, a Social History

Author : Roy Porter
Publisher : Harvard University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780674538399
Total Pages : 452 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (383 download)

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Download or read book London, a Social History written by Roy Porter and published by Harvard University Press. This book was released on 1998 with total page 452 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An extraordinary city, London grew from a backwater in the Classical Age into an important medieval city and significant Renaissance urban center to a modern colossus--full of a free people ever evolving. Roy Porter touches the pulse of his hometown and makes it our own, capturing London's fortunes, people, and imperial glory with vigor and wit. 58 photos.

Marathon

Author : Nick Brittan
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780900549007
Total Pages : 151 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (49 download)

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Download or read book Marathon written by Nick Brittan and published by . This book was released on 1969 with total page 151 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Jacques Brel is Alive and Well & Living in Paris

Author : Eric Blau
Publisher : Dramatists Play Service, Inc.
ISBN 13 : 9780822219057
Total Pages : 52 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (19 download)

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Download or read book Jacques Brel is Alive and Well & Living in Paris written by Eric Blau and published by Dramatists Play Service, Inc.. This book was released on 2000 with total page 52 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: THE STORY: The poignant, passionate and profound songs of Belgian songwriter Jacques Brel are brought to vivid theatrical life in this intense musical experience. Brel's legendary romance, humor and moral conviction are evoked simply and directly, with fo

Petrol In My Blood

Author : Eric Jackson
Publisher : Lulu.com
ISBN 13 : 1300398019
Total Pages : 362 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (3 download)

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Download or read book Petrol In My Blood written by Eric Jackson and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2012-11-11 with total page 362 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Eric Jackson, otherwise known as Marathon Man, drove for Ford Motor Company in the 50s, 60s and 70s.Monte Carlo Rally, East African Safari Rally, Tulip Rally ... all the classic greats. He was British Rally Champion in 1964. Eric's rallying career has taken him all around the world - literally. He drove round the world in 43 days with his long-time co-driver, Ken Chambers in 1967. He also found the time to build up a successful business and raise a family. He has met movie stars, gangsters, prime ministers, musicians and of course, counted racing legends amongst his best friends. This book is Eric's autobiographical story. Eric travelled the world on epic driving trips, winning rallies, breaking records and generally causing mayhem. Travel with him on his adventures, meet fascinating characters and discover why he is nicknamed Lucky Jacko as he uses up another of his nine lives.

Principles of Environmental Physics

Author : John Monteith
Publisher : Butterworth-Heinemann
ISBN 13 : 9780713129311
Total Pages : 308 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (293 download)

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Download or read book Principles of Environmental Physics written by John Monteith and published by Butterworth-Heinemann. This book was released on 1990-02-15 with total page 308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Thoroughly revised and up-dated edition of a highly successful textbook.

The Official History of the Olympic Games and the IOC

Author : David Miller
Publisher : Mainstream Publishing
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 594 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book The Official History of the Olympic Games and the IOC written by David Miller and published by Mainstream Publishing. This book was released on 2008 with total page 594 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The dramatic account of the dual history of the worlds foremost sporting spectacle. The story of the re-creation of the Olympic Games by Pierre de Coubertin, of the often controversial fortunes of the governing body, together with the highs and lows of the Olympics themselves.

Gelignite Jack Murray

Author : Phil Murray
Publisher : New Holland Publishers
ISBN 13 : 9781760794361
Total Pages : 376 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (943 download)

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Download or read book Gelignite Jack Murray written by Phil Murray and published by New Holland Publishers. This book was released on 2022-07-04 with total page 376 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: At the mere mention of the name 'Gelignite' Jack Murray, any Australian from the Baby Boomer era or older can't help but to crack a smile. Murray was best known as the rally driver who in 1954 won the REDEX Round Australia Reliability Trial without the loss of a single point; but Jack's sporting interests and achievements were eclectic and far-ranging. In his own words, at different times throughout his life he was 'engaged in various sports with various successes' cycling; VFL schoolboy football; stock car racing; hill climbing motor races; circuit car racing; car endurance events; Australian and NSW Grand Prix racing; international and Australian rally driving; wrestling; boxing; crocodile, kangaroo and buffalo hunting; ocean boat racing and waterskiing--to name most, but not all. Oh yes--Jack even raced a bathtub once, plug in. Jack Murray died in 1983. Encounters with those who met him, knew him and loved him now grow fewer and fewer, as the years pass and the Reliability Trials of the 1950s drift into Australian history and folklore. Jack's personal and nonpublic life, showing the man behind the derring-do, has never been fully explored or written about.

A Little Goes a Long Way

Author : Simon Park
Publisher : Trafford Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9781425185084
Total Pages : 266 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (85 download)

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Download or read book A Little Goes a Long Way written by Simon Park and published by Trafford Publishing. This book was released on 2009 with total page 266 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The book recounts the adventures of Mike Dickin and Simon Park, driving a BL Mini 1275GT sponsored by the Post Office, and nicknamed 'The Buzby Special', on the 30,000-kilometre 1977 Singapore Airlines London-Sydney rally. It begins with a shambolic foray into France in 1976 which first fired their imaginations and layed the groundwork for their commitment the following year. It then deals with the acquisition of the car and sponsorship, and describes the detailed preparations required for an event on this scale. The trip itself is recalled in ten chapters taking us from Covent Garden to the Sydney Opera House, via Holland, Germany, France, Italy, Yugoslavia, Greece, Turkey, Iran, Afghanistan, Pakistan, India, Malaysia, Singapore and Australia from west to east. They probably had a more colourful, chaotic and eventful rally than most other crews, and the tales of Turkish lorries, midnight border crossings, Indian mystics and bouncing off rubber trees are suffused with the omnipresent themes of exhaustion, elation and despair. Despite the epic journey and the often frightening events it recalls, the book doesn't take itself too seriously, and is written with a wry, self-deprecating humour. In the author's own words, it is 'an endless inventory of cock-ups'.

The World Book Encyclopedia

Author :
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 554 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book The World Book Encyclopedia written by and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page 554 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An encyclopedia designed especially to meet the needs of elementary, junior high, and senior high school students.

Discovering Lost Automobiles and their Stories

Author : Michael Ware
Publisher : Pen and Sword Transport
ISBN 13 : 1399019031
Total Pages : 218 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (99 download)

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Download or read book Discovering Lost Automobiles and their Stories written by Michael Ware and published by Pen and Sword Transport. This book was released on 2023-01-31 with total page 218 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Many enthusiasts dream of finding a Bugatti or a Bentley in a barn or a long disused building. In reality, such finds are more likely to be an Austin 7, Ford Popular or a Mini. This book is stuffed with these so called “barn finds”. The author has tried to find out the background to the abandonment and the previous history of the “as found” car when it was in regular use. Why was it put away and apparently forgotten? Many of the stories have appeared in his “Lost and Found” column in “Classic and Sports Car” magazine, but a book gives a chance for the expanded story to be told. The cars featured date from 1900 through till the 1980’s, most come from Great Britain and Europe but there are plenty from Australasia and USA. There are well over 200 different cars plus collections featured. Each story has at least one illustration to go with it. Some of the locations are bizarre, a Daimler buried under a rockery, a Porsche sunk in Lake Lucerne, a Rolls -Royce on the roof of a high rise building in Karachi, or a Morris 8 special in a Gloucestershire pond. There is a chapter on collections of cars, put together by seemingly eccentric owners who never got around to restoring them before their death. The author is not critical of any of these owners and is grateful for the number of cars they have saved from almost certain destruction.

Ralph Doubell

Author : Michael Sharp
Publisher : Stoke Hill Press
ISBN 13 : 9780994500878
Total Pages : 300 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (8 download)

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Download or read book Ralph Doubell written by Michael Sharp and published by Stoke Hill Press. This book was released on 2018-10 with total page 300 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ralph Doubell should be one of Australia's best known Olympic heroes. In the 800 metres at Mexico City in 1968, he produced arguably the finest run in Australian Olympic history, but his achievement never received the plaudits it deserved. Finally, author Michael Sharp has written a compelling biography of the last of the three Australian male track athletes - after Edwin Flack and Herb Elliott - to win Olympic gold.