AUTO-ARCHITECT: THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF GERALD PALMER
Written by Gerald Palmer, Christopher Balfour
Published by Magna Press
in 1998
ISBN: 0951942360
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AUTO-ARCHITECT: THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF GERALD PALMER
Written by Gerald Palmer, Christopher Balfour.
Stock no. 1823907
1st.
1998.
Hardback.
Large format.
Fine condition.
A fascinating story told by this innovative and talented car designer including designing and building the Jowett Javelin. Additional material by Christopher Balfour. Large format. Pale brown glazed pictorial boards. B/w photos. Limited to 750 copies. 96 pages including index. ISBN: 0951942360. SIGNED by Gerald Palmer on label to front pastedown.
Front cover
Contents
- African Childhood
- Scammell and O.D. North
- The Deroy Adventure
- Nuffield and the Oxford Vaporiser
- Designing the Javelin
- Producing the Javelin
- Monte Carlo and the Return to Oxford
- Nuffield again: Magnettes and Others
- Pathfinder and Six/Ninety for B.M.C.
- Wansbrough's Yeoman and Orchard House
- Chief Engineer and the Clash with Leonard Lord
- General Motors Experiences
- Victor and Viva
- Bugatti and the Work with F.J. Payne
- Targa Florio Mercedes