The Enthusiasts’ Guide to Buying a Classic British Sports Car is a new book, which is a sequel to a buyer’s guide the author wrote over 25 years ago. Its title was “Guide to Buying a Used Sports Car” and though it was only a modest booklet, it received good reviews in The Daily Telegraph, Autocar and Hotcar etc. With the passage of time, the cars he wrote about have become “classics” and he decided to write this rather more ambitious buyer’s guide and reference book, a task which took him well over three years full-time.
The purpose of this new book is to provide a reasonably comprehensive guide to over 150 classic British sports cars launched by the major manufacturers between 1945 and the early 1980s.
This book is not simply a compilation of previously published information but includes new research by the author along with information generously provided by well over two hundred enthusiasts from over 70 car clubs. This new data includes revised production figures for some models, estimates of numbers of survivors for many models and a wealth of suggestions as to what to look for when checking cars.
A feature of the book is an 8-page, 100-point vehicle checklist, of use to both novices and experienced car enthusiasts.
The book emphasises the many advantages of club membership and there is an up-to-date UK club listing at the back of the book.
The book is currently available in the UK in Waterstone’s top 100 branches, Hatchards of Piccadilly, Motor Books in London, Chater’s Motoring Booksellers, Wil’s Automobilia in Chesham and local Herefordshire bookshops. It is also available from Iconografix Enthusiast Books in USA, online though Amazon worldwide and direct from the publisher (who can supply author signed copies, if requested, at no extra cost).
The Enthusiasts’ Guide to Buying a Classic British Sports Car is published by Hingston Publishing, who are specialist international authors and book publishers. Established in 1985, they have sold over 600,000 books worldwide, written by Peter or Charlotte Hingston.
