Book of the month
The 8C Story Continues
SIMON MOORE, Parkside Publications, £300, ISBN 978 0 9820774 3 6
As the title implies, this isn’t a standalone work; it’s an addendum to the author’s previous works on the classic eight-cylinder Alfa Romeos of the 1930s. Simon Moore published his first volume, The Immortal 2.9, way back in 1986 and, even though it was then considered a milestone in automotive research, he’s been continuing to study them ever since.
So, in 2000, we were presented with The Legendary 2.3, followed by a new edition of The Immortal 2.9 in 2008, and then The Magnificent Monopostos in 2014. You’d have thought he’d have mined every possible source by now, but no: new information and photos are always coming to light, and this 518-page doorstep of a volume proves it. Some addendum.
The previous works were chassis-by-chassis histories of each individual car, and this new book
