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Karl Ludvigsen
Softcover
126 pages
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Can-Am Racing Cars: Secrets of the Sensational Sixties Sports-Racers
$43.95
It was a golden era. Horsepower was unlimited; designers, builders, and drivers just needed to harness the horses of massive engines and deliver their thrust to the track. It was an age of 8-liter aluminum Chevys, turbocharged Oldsmobiles, flat-12 Porsches, and the best and brightest designers from McLaren, BRM, Lola, March, Shadow, AAR, Caldwell, Kar Kraft, and others who designed cars to suit them.
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| Weight | 0.68 kg |
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| Dimensions | 26.2 × 21.6 × 0.9 cm |
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