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912 Geek
Join Date: Jan 2007
Location: Longmont, Colorado
Posts: 813
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OK, I'll second the 911. After all, it fits the 50-year span, and if not for the 911, those 917s and 956s and 909s (great as they are) would never have existed.
The "gearhead" who started Motorbooks (first called Classic Motorbooks) was my pal Tom Warth, an English immigrant to Minnesota. He began by importing used Rolls-Royces then saw the demand for automotive books and began filling it. He sold the book business in the 1980s and then began selling out-of-print automotive books. He also founded a charity called Books For Africa, which supplies books to African libraries and schools.
Tom owned a 289 Cobra from 1970 to 2013 and drove it more than 100,000 miles. He also introduced me to the Citroen 2CV, which led me down another automotive path to perdition. He's still going strong, and I hope Motorbooks honors him properly.
Frank
Last edited by fbarrett; 05-28-2015 at 08:31 AM..
Reason: For the pure, unmitigated hell of it.
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