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09.12.2006
BRM - A mechanic's tale By Richard Salmon Published December 2006 UK / :: Life in the BRM Grand Prix racing team. :: The real BRM, as seen by a team mechanic. :: Packed with previously unpublished photographs and racing memorabilia. :: Continental travel with a Grand Prix team in the 1950s. :: The comradeship between the team members. :: The privilege of working with great racing drivers. :: The pride in victory. DESCRIPTION This is the BRM story, told by a man who was both a devoted fan and a loyal team member of British Racing Motors. Dick was involved in the repeated failures and humiliating times of the 1950s, then the gradual progress through winning minor races, to the great achievement of Jo Bonnier winning the World Championship Grand Prix in Holland in 1959. Dick also experienced the ultimate honour in 1962, when, in East London, South Africa, Graham Hill drove a BRM to victory, to win both the Driver's World Championship and the Constructor's Championship for the BRM team, thereby making a considerable contribution to British motor racing history. THE AUTHOR Richard Salmon was born in the small village of Irnham, where his parents kept the Post Office and village general store. Richard attended the village school and Grantham Boys Central School and served an apprenticeship in the local garage. He was conscripted into the Royal Engineers in 1944, serving in southern Iraq, and was demobilized in 1947. He took various jobs, until a vacancy appeared at British Racing Motors, for which he successfully applied and then worked in the racing team for 17 years. He was made redundant in 1967, took a job at Lotus Cars, but was made redundant again after three years. Richard was recruited to rebuild the BRM cars being sold by Christies at Earls Court in 1981. Subsequently he went into partnership restoring historic cars until his retirement. SPECIFICATION Cloth hardback with jacket. 224 pages. 250mm tall x 250mm. Over 300 images (85 colour, 217 monochrome pictures and five line drawings). ADVERTISING IN VELOCE BOOKS Veloce books are specialist titles distributed globally through our dealer network and available on order from any book shop; they are also available by mail order from ourselves and through many other sources. As an advertising platform, our books offer a guaranteed 100% targeted demographic, have high value associations and an extremely long shelf life. They are often bought by clubs, libraries, etc, and as such give prolonged multiple exposures per title. The books are also likely to be passed between individuals, giving further multiple exposures per book. If you would like to find out about our reasonable advertising rates, please visit www.veloce.co.uk/newsletter/advertising.htm or email [email protected] Merry Christmas! 40% off Veloce books! www.veloce.co.uk/newsletter/christmas.htm DUE THIS MONTH :: VW Golf -- Five Generations of Fun. COMING SOON :: How to Improve Triumph TR7 and TR7 V8. Veloce Publishing Ltd - THE Publisher of Fine Automotive Books. Postal address: 33 Trinity Street, Dorchester, Dorset DT1 1TT, England. Telephone +44 (0)1305 260068. Fax +44 (0)1305 260068. Email [email protected]
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