{"id":497068,"date":"2017-11-01T00:59:10","date_gmt":"2017-11-01T07:59:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportscardigest.com\/\/?p=52299"},"modified":"2024-04-03T02:04:26","modified_gmt":"2024-04-03T02:04:26","slug":"product-review-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/product-review-4\/","title":{"rendered":"[Book Review] Great Cars no: 10 \u2013 Lotus 18,\u00a0The Autobiography of Stirling Moss\u2019s \u2018912\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\">Great Cars no: 10 \u2013 Lotus 18,\u00a0The Autobiography of Stirling Moss\u2019s \u2018912\u2019<\/h2>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\">by Ian Wagstaff<\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/PR201711-p1.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-577423 \" src=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/PR201711-p1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"877\" height=\"1080\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/PR201711-p1.jpg 877w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/PR201711-p1-244x300.jpg 244w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/PR201711-p1-832x1024.jpg 832w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/PR201711-p1-81x100.jpg 81w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/PR201711-p1-770x948.jpg 770w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/PR201711-p1-293x361.jpg 293w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 877px) 100vw, 877px\" \/><\/a>In a little more than two years, the Porter Press Great Cars series of books has already got my bookshelves groaning under the strain, from the first published in May 2015, which documents the history of the Lightweight E-Type 4 WPD to the latest about Lotus 18 \u201c912.\u201d This tenth volume is written by acclaimed author Ian Wagstaff\u2014his third in the series, following Porsche 917 (no: 2) and Maserati 250F (no: 5) both shortlisted for the RAC Motoring Book of the Year, in 2015 and 2016, respectively.<\/p>\n<p>Once again, Wagstaff has ensured no stone is left unturned in his quest to get every detail crammed into the 320 pages with more than 300 photographs. The full antecedent history of the car is explored from the late 1950s \u201cnew thinking\u201d that Grand Prix cars should have engines positioned at the rear, the evolution of slimmer, lighter, smaller racing cars, the ultimate glory of Stirling Moss\u2019 \u201cagainst all odds\u201d win at Monaco in 1961, to the return of \u201c912\u201d to the streets of Monte Carlo at the 2016 edition of the Monaco Historique and all ports in between.<\/p>\n<p>Sir Stirling Moss recounts, in great detail, of how his Rob Walker privateer-entered car, sans side panels, took the race by the scruff of the neck against opposition from factory entrants Ferrari and Porsche. The start line panic just a handful of minutes before Louis Chiron dropped the flag, is explained, when Alf Francis repaired a cracked chassis tube on 912\u2014welding very adjacent to a full fuel tank in very much not Health &amp; Safety style! Stirling recalls, \u201c\u2026the people who were crowding around didn\u2019t half pull back, because of all the fuel.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Yes, Ian Wagstaff has once again done a great job in unearthing the car\u2019s glamorous past and even its not-so-glamorous days to the present. He also examines racing in the 1960s, the cars, the drivers and the team owners, with particular emphasis on the Rob Walker Team\u2014mechanics too. This is an outstanding book, a kind of social history of Grand Prix racing well over 50 years ago, a time considered today by many as the \u201cgolden era\u201d of Formula One.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Available for \u00a360.00 direct from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.porterpress.co.uk\">www.porterpress.co.uk<\/a> or on Amazon.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Great Cars no: 10 \u2013 Lotus 18,\u00a0The Autobiography of Stirling Moss\u2019s \u2018912\u2019 by Ian Wagstaff In a little more than two years, the Porter Press Great Cars series of books has already got my bookshelves groaning under the strain, from the first published in May 2015, which documents the history of the Lightweight E-Type 4 WPD to the latest about Lotus 18 \u201c912.\u201d This tenth volume is written by acclaimed author Ian Wagstaff\u2014his third in the series, following Porsche 917 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