Pegaso & Ricart, Volume 2

Pegaso & Ricart, Volume 2 by Book

Weight 700g by David Beare
This self-published, soft-bound volume looks at the career of Wilfredo Ricart as the young engineer first of all attempted to strike out on his own as a manufacturer in his native Spain during the 1920s, a period with Alfa Romeo in the 30s and then his return home in 1945 at which point he was persuaded by the powers that be that his future lay in Barcelona and not in America where he had a job lined up with Studebaker. Taking over the old Hispano Suiza factory, the Pegaso brand was born, initially producing commercial vehicles and then later, the magnificent limited production sports cars. The book is very basic in its design but what it lacks in style it more than makes up for in content with plenty of carefully selected period images accompanying a very well written and informative text.