Earls Court Motor Show: An Illustrated History

Looking back over the glory days of the much-beloved Earls Court Motor Show For decades the Earl’s Court Motor Show was the annual pilgrimage for car dreamers and buyers. Millions jostled to see the latest models, gadgets, showgirls, celebrities and with any luck grab armfuls of brochures. The Earl’s Court exhibition centre is scheduled for demolition but the love of the show still remains and the Goodwood Revival for instance still has its own Earls Court Motor Show recreation every year. Now the excitement of the show returns with this colourful history, with archive images of British, European and American cars at their finest, landmark models for each year, heroic failures and one offs. Russell Hayes relives the glory days of the past in this nostalgic celebration of the Earls Court Motor Show. AUTHOR: Russell Hayes is a motoring journalist and has worked for TV programmes such as Top Gear, The Car’s the Star and Driven. He published his fourth motoring history, The Volkswagen Golf Story, this year. Since 2007 he has written Haynes books on Lotus, TVR and the Ford Cortina and for his day job he works as a press officer at the High Court in London. He is an associate member of the Guild of Motoring Writers and lives in London. SELLING POINTS: . Celebratory book as the axe hangs above the head of the great exhibition centre, scheduled for demolition . From the pre-war motor shows at Olympia and the design of Earls Court as an Art Deco wonder, through the ‘40s, '50s, '60s and '70s . Much modern nostalgia: annual Goodwood revival component; plans to revive the show at Battersea Park in 2016 . Vivid imagery revels in the shows, the stands, the people and
of course
the cars! 90 b/w 40 colour illustrations