When the Wheels Come Off
More Confessions of a 1970s & '80s Car Mechanic
Published on 10. November 2022
160 pages
978-1-80399-230-3 (ISBN)
Description
Brian Cunningham's popular first book, Under the Bonnet, was a colourful and humorous collection of memories of his time as a car mechanic in the 1970s and '80s. When he wrote it, he was sure he had put everything of interest down, but it turns out there were quite a few escapades he'd forgotten to mention. Time, then, for part two . . .
When the Wheels Come Off is a joyous return, covering what he missed first time round: cars fixed and some broken, fads and crazes, crashes and scrapes and near misses, evolutionary dead-ends in technology, underhanded practices and downright skulduggery, run-ins with management, the tools used, the cars 'stolen' and scrapyards visited. A lively and engaging trip back to the workshop.
When the Wheels Come Off is a joyous return, covering what he missed first time round: cars fixed and some broken, fads and crazes, crashes and scrapes and near misses, evolutionary dead-ends in technology, underhanded practices and downright skulduggery, run-ins with management, the tools used, the cars 'stolen' and scrapyards visited. A lively and engaging trip back to the workshop.
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
Stroud
United Kingdom
Illustrations
20 Illustrations, black and white
File size
7,28 MB
ISBN-13
978-1-80399-230-3 (9781803992303)
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Book
11/2022
The History Press Ltd
€16.50
Shipment within 3-4 weeks
Person
BRIAN CUNNINGHAM worked as a car mechanic until his thirties, then continued a career in the car industry, in training, management and sales distribution. Since retirement he has worked in finance and retail, and spends his free time with his 5 grandchildren, as well as writing, fishing and playing chess. He previously wrote Under the Bonnet for The History Press. He lives in Norwich.
Content
- Cover
- Title
- Copyright
- Contents
- Introduction
- 1 The Scrapyard
- 2 Scandi Cool and Rubber Bands
- 3 Gone in Twelve and a Half Minutes
- 4 Wankel
- 5 Hanging on the Telephone
- 6 Breakdown and Recovery
- 7 The Listening Stick
- 8 'Breaker, Breaker, Ten-Four'
- 9 Underpants on the Outside
- 10 Burn-Out
- 11 Damage Beyond Repair
- 12 One for His Nob
- 13 The Meat Wagon
- 14 The Flying Brick
- 15 Motor Show
- Postscript
- Picture Section
