The Bean

The 11.9 hp Bean represented John Harper Bean's bid to manufacture Britain's most popular car of the 1920s. This Album, illustrated with many rare contemporary photographs, will appeal to old car enthusiasts and all those who respond to Britain's rich industrial past. About the author The first make of car that Jonathan Wood researched was the Bean from the Black Country in the English Midlands. As Historian of the Bean Car Club in the 1960s, he obtained a unique insight into the poignant story of the Bean marque when he interviewed many of the company's former employees. Other titles for Shire by this author are: The Volkswagen Beetle Austin Seven The Citroeuml;n The Bullnose Morris Classic Cars The Model T Ford The Rolls-Royce