Car Wars Down Under: The Untold Story of Australia's First Land Speed Record by Murray Hubbard
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Product Details
Book Type: SECONDHAND
ISBN: 9781922473899
Book Condition: Very Good
Author: Murray Hubbard
Edition: 1st Edition
Publisher: ETT Imprint
Place: Exile Bay NSW
Year: 2021
Format: Paperback
Pages: 238 pages
Period: 20th Century
Book Description
Secondhand. Very good condition. Minor wear to book corners and edges.
A rollicking ride through the early days of Australian Motorsport, set in 1900-1918 in Perth, Melbourne, Brisbane, and the Gold Coast, tells the true story of the bitter rivalry between two Brisbane car importers/dealers: E.G. Eager Son and Canada Cycle and Motor (CCM). Four main characters drive the story: Fred Z. Eager, Alec Fraser Jewell, E.G. Eager, and CCM managing director A.V. Dodwell.
The paths of speedsters Fred Eager and Alec Jewell collide on Christmas Day, 1916, on Southport Beach at the first attempt to set an Australian land speed record.
Whitey in the premier motorsport event of hill climbs so they decided to stage an event of their own, bespoke for Studebaker. This race would nullify Fred Eager's driving skills and suit the big-engined Studey: A straight-line speed contest against the clock on the firm low-tide sand of Southport (Surfers Paradise) beach. Only one of them could win ... Or could they?
Car Wars Down Under: The Untold Story of Australia's First Land Speed Record by Murray Hubbard
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