Aston Martin – The Post-War Competition Cars

July 7, 2014

by Anthony Pritchard. Aston Publications, £21.95.

Roy Salvadori writes the foreword to Anthony Pritchard’s latest exercise. From the DB1 all the way to the AMR1 Group C project axed by new owners Ford in 1990, the story includes production cars, the works sports-racers, and the “half-and-halfs” such as the Lola-Aston, Nimrod and EMKA. Photo coverage is good (all black & white), and includes period advertisements and promotional material.

To round off the comprehensive model-by-model chapters, several appendices list specifications, race achievements and individual histories of the works chassis, making this a useful compendium of Aston facts well worth its price tag. GC

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Gordon Cruickshank

Deputy editor

Bravely ignoring his degree in industrial design after discovering night rallies in a Renault 8, GC joined Motor Sport by accident, in the Teesdale days around 1982 when Jenks and WB were office regulars and Mr Tee ruled with a rod of cardboard. He took part in some of the early historic rallies, winning one of the Pirelli Marathons, and regularly runs his Mk2 Jaguar in road events.

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