Ginetta Road and Track Cars

com, ISBN 978 1 78500 415 5 This long-overdue book is hugely welcome. F1 aside, Ginetta’s heritage and prowess has been consistently comparable to that of Lotus – yet it’s only really been served by John Rose’s out-of-print marque history and Bob Walklett’s autobiography.

Pyman’s book is reminiscent of Haynes’ old Classic Makes Series – great value, weaving marque history into a series of chronological chapters each grouped around a key model, yet large and well-illustrated enough not feel cheap. It helps that he’s a serial Ginetta owner and builder, friend of the founding Walklett brothers and Ginetta Owners’ Club registrar.

The whole tale is here including the GRS estate cars, the Ford-based motorhomes and the full story behind Lawrence Tomlinson’s rescue and resurrection of the marque.