Cars I Could've, Should've, Kept

Memoir of a Life Restoring Classic Sports Cars

Jackson Brooks (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

263 Seiten

2007
McFarland & Co Inc (Verlag)
978-0-7864-2810-6 (ISBN)

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Talks about a small-business entrepreneur whose interest in cars as a hobby was responsible for saving many multi-million dollar cars from the scrap-heap. This title tells the story of how these rare cars were found, what he paid for them, how they were restored, and what he sold them for. It includes over 125 pictures of the cars.

A small business owner and lifelong lover of classic sports cars, Jackson Brooks began in the early 1960s to purchase, restore and enjoy a long succession of rare automotive beauties, many of which are million-dollar commodities in today's market. Not so much a collector as an enthusiast and entrepreneur, he recounts in this well-illustrated memoir how he found and selected the cars, some of which were on the verge of the scrap-heap, the process of restoring them, the challenges he confronted along the way, the ones that got away, and always the hunt for the next vehicle to spark his imagination.

The cars, primarily sporting machines, include 8C-2.3 Alfa Romeos, a Jaguar SS100, three 1953 Ferrari 250MM Barchetta racers (of 13 built), a 1922 Mercedes Targa Florio racer, a Type 57 Bugatti, a 1929 Mercedes SSK (one of 33 built), four Talbot Lagos, and a 1937 Cord 812 Phaeton among many others, with particular concentrations on Ferrari and Alfa Romeo. Often the sale of one, after restoration and use, financed the purchase of the next, and the text includes the purchase and sale prices as well as approximate present-day market values of the cars. Few people have enjoyed so much hands-on experience with so many of the world's most desirable automobiles.

Former business owner Jackson Brooks is retired and lives in Loveland, Colorado.

Table of Contents

Preface

1. The 8C-2.3 Alfa Romeo

2. The Jaguars (and a Few Others)

3. The De Mola Bodied Alfa

4. The 6C-1750 Gran Turismo Con Compressore

5. The 250MM Ferraris

6. The 1959 410 Superamerica Ferrari

7. The Lusso Berlinetta Ferraris

8. The Maharajah’s 2.9 Alfa Romeo

9. The 1922 Targa Florio Mercedes

10. The 1957 Gullwing Mercedes

11. The SSK Mercedes

12. The 1953 212 Inter Ferrari #0289EU

13. The Talbot Lagos

14. The Type 57 Bugatti

15. The 1949 Type 166 Ferrari Barchetta

16. The Alfa Romeo Disco Volante

17. The 1930 6C-1750 Alfa Romeo Zagato Spider

18. The 250 GT Boano Ferraris

19. The Fire Alfa

20. My Last 8C-2.3 Alfa Romeo

21. An Idyllic Interlude

22. The Nash Healy

23. My Packard Education

24. The Austin Mini Cooper S

25. The Twelve-Cylinder Pierce Arrow Club Brougham

26. The 1937 Supercharged Cord Phaeton

27. The 1939 Alvis Speed 25

28. Cars I Admired but Never Owned

29. Conclusion

Index

Erscheint lt. Verlag	30.6.2007
Zusatzinfo	160 photos, index
Verlagsort	Jefferson, NC
Sprache	englisch
Maße	152 x 229 mm
Gewicht	363 g
Themenwelt	Natur / Technik ► Fahrzeuge / Flugzeuge / Schiffe ► Auto / Motorrad
ISBN-10	0-7864-2810-4 / 0786428104
ISBN-13	978-0-7864-2810-6 / 9780786428106
Zustand	Neuware