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Description

Nuffield Press Ltd [Published Date: 1987]. Soft cover, 74 pp. Catalogue for the Heritage Motor Museum.

Condition & notes

In very good condition. Glossy blue paper covers have light bumping and creasing to edges and light overall scuffing with a bit of the color scuffed off along edges. Binding tight. Pages clean and unmarked. NOT Ex-Library. NO remainder marks. Full color illustrations. The British Motor Industry Heritage Trust (BMIHT) was formed in 1983 to preserve the history of British motoring. This catalogue was published prior to establishment of British Motor Museum in Gaydon, Warwickshire, in 1993. At the time this catalog was published the collection of vehicles and archives were split between sites like Studley Castle in Warwickshire and Syon Park in London. This catalog features the cars at Syon Park. Contents include: The Trust and Its Aims; The British Motor Industry (history): 1896 - 1918 An Industry is Born; 1918 - 1945 : Cars for the Masses; 1945 - 1968 : Britain, World-Provider; 1968 - 1986 : Recession, Retreat - re-birth?; Catalogue of Vehicles displayed this season; List of other vehicles not displayed.

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