TOMMY HANN’S 1911 LANCHESTER “HOIEH-WAYEREH-GOINTOO”
A PHOTO AND CAPTION IN ANTHONY BIRD’S “LANCHESTER 38 & 40” in Classic Car Profiles: Vol. 1, Profile Publications Limited, 1965, encouraged me into this merry search: Here are tidbits … Continue reading
FERRARI GTSi—BEAUTY IS ITS OWN EXCUSE
APPEALING TO THE CLASSICS, R&T CITED IN 1981, “EMERSON WROTE THAT ‘Beauty is its own excuse for being.’ Some automotive enthusiasts feel that the same can be said for exoticars—such … Continue reading
CELEBRATING ARTIST EXTRAORDINAIRE PETER HELCK
BACK IN R&T 1981, SAM POSEY CELEBRATED ARTIST PETER HELCK: “Peter Helck was born in 1893, just in time for the invention of the automobile The first car race, the … Continue reading
F1 DRIVERS’ BRAINS—YOU HEARD IT HERE FIRST (IN 2012 SORTA)
ERIC VANCE DESCRIBES “THE STRANGE BRAIN OF AN F1 DRIVER,” The New York Times, September 4, 2026: “They move too fast for the normal mind to keep up,” Vance reports, … Continue reading
THRICE-WED GWENDA, THRICE-CITED PASHA, AND MARGARET THATCHER’S SECTION 28 PART 2
YESTERDAY, AN R&T TALE FROM 1961 GOT ME RESEARCHING GWENDA JANSON STEWART HAWKES NÉE GLUBB. We continue in Part 2 today with, among other adventures, Gwenda marrying Hawkes and, years … Continue reading
A THRICE-WED GWENDA, A THRICE-CITED PASHA, AND MARGARET THATCHER’S LGBTQ ATTACK PART 1
GEEZ, IS EVERYTHING CONNECTED? Even a 1961 colloquium at Worcester Poly? So there I was, recently leafing through the 1981 R&T bound volume and encountering “First Ladies: Trend Setters of … Continue reading
CLASSICAL BRITS WITH REMOVABLE “HOODS” PART 2
YESTERDAY, WE BEGAN CHERRY-PICKING from Classic & Sports Car‘s “35 Brilliant British Classic Convertible Cars.” Today in Part 2, we continue—and even add a car inexplicably missing from the C&SC … Continue reading
CLASSIC BRITS WITH REMOVABLE “HOODS” PART 1
THE TITLE “35 BRILLIANT BRITISH CLASSIC CONVERTIBLE CARS” in Classic & Sports Car online caught my eye, what with my having owned several of the breed. Here, in Parts 1 … Continue reading
A STANDARD BY WHICH OTHERS ARE MEASURED—60 YEARS AGO
“IN THIS LATTER-DAY ERA OF SPORTS CARS, getting into an MG again never fails to remind us of the Good Old Days when the MG, the TC in those days, … Continue reading
AUTOMOTIVE INNOVATORS FROM C&SC
THE BRIT CLASSIC & SPORTS CAR CONTINUES TO BE MY FAVORITE AUTO MAGAZINE. As an example, it recently discussed “25 Automotive Innovators” online. Among the 25 listed chronologically were familiar … Continue reading
