Austerity Motoring From Armistice until the mid-Fifties

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Austerity Motoring From Armistice until the mid-Fifties

Social and cultural history Motor cars: general interest

Author: Malcolm Bobbitt

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Collection: Those were the days

Language: English

Published by: Veloce

Published on: 29 January 2016

Format: LCP-protected ePub

Size: 12 Mb

ISBN: 9781845846749


Following the Armistice

The motor industry was rebuilt providing cars for export. New vehicles were largely unavailable for the home market, and fortunate were those people having pre-war cars.

Motorists were determined to continue driving despite petrol rationing and raw material shortages, thus leading them to adopt some unique innovations.

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