Motor Tramp
by John Heygate
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good-/Color Copy
- Seller
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Seneca, South Carolina, United States
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About This Item
First edition dated 1935 hardback with cc dust jacket now in protective cover. Shelf wear to spine edges, the pages themselves are nice and clean. A very hard to find edition.
The book covers Heygate's European travels during the early 1930s in what was, almost certainly, a 1932 F-type 'Magna' model. The photographs aren't too clear, but they show valenced front mudguards and a rear-mounted spare wheel. Heygate mentions a six-cylinder, 1270cc, twin-carburettor engine, and its "long and low" open bodywork. Yet he also said it was a small car, "built down from a model that had won fame on the race track". His example was apparently capable of about 70-75 mph flat out. The Magna was MG's answer to the contemporary craze for small sixes. It used the Wolseley Hornet overhead-cam motor."
The book covers Heygate's European travels during the early 1930s in what was, almost certainly, a 1932 F-type 'Magna' model. The photographs aren't too clear, but they show valenced front mudguards and a rear-mounted spare wheel. Heygate mentions a six-cylinder, 1270cc, twin-carburettor engine, and its "long and low" open bodywork. Yet he also said it was a small car, "built down from a model that had won fame on the race track". His example was apparently capable of about 70-75 mph flat out. The Magna was MG's answer to the contemporary craze for small sixes. It used the Wolseley Hornet overhead-cam motor."
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Details
- Bookseller
- Martys Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 6870
- Title
- Motor Tramp
- Author
- John Heygate
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good-
- Jacket Condition
- Color Copy
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Jonathan Cape
- Place of Publication
- l
- Date Published
- 1935
- Pages
- 343
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
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