{"product_id":"manila-racers-a-pictorial-archive-1978-1983-paperback","title":"Manila Racers: A Pictorial Archive, 1978-1983 - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eVirnard Magpantay\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eManila Racers: A Pictorial Archive, 1978-1983\u003c\/strong\u003e presents a visual record of a brief and largely undocumented car culture that emerged in Metro Manila during the late 1970s and early 1980s.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAcross backstreets, industrial zones, and improvised circuits, young drivers and seasoned mechanics built machines from whatever they could find-salvaged engines, discarded chassis, mismatched parts. With limited tools, little formal training, and no expectation of permanence, they learned through repetition, failure, and necessity. What mattered was movement. What mattered was speed.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe result was a generation of hand-built vehicles and self-taught drivers, supported by a small network of photographers, illustrators, and historians who attempted to document it as it happened.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book assembles those fragments into a single volume.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNo official record of this scene exists. \u003cem\u003eManila Racers\u003c\/em\u003e is a work of fiction, constructed as a historical archive of a culture that could have emerged from the conditions, people, and ingenuity of the time.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 108\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.29 x 10 x 8 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 01, 2026\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45332118470791,"sku":"9781969944185","price":23.74,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/oH0rkcUfMe9781969944185.webp?v=1784890215","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/manila-racers-a-pictorial-archive-1978-1983-paperback","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}