WOLSELEY HORNET SPECIAL
JUST AS RODNEY Dangerfield was famous for getting no respect, so it was with the Wolseley Hornet Special Decent Early Years. Wolseley Motors Limited had a respectable origin in 1901 … Continue reading
WHAT ARE BREAKER POINTS, GRANDPA?
“ARE BREAKER POINTS in tennis matches?” No, my little one, they have to do with pre-transistorized automotive ignition systems. “What’s a transistor, Grandpa?” Internal combustion requires something to ignite an … Continue reading
POETRY AND PROSE OF BENTLEY MOTORING
AUTOMOTIVE JOURNALISM of 100 years ago offered freshness, nay, romance. “A Test of a Three Litre Bentley” in The Autocar, January 24, 1920, is a wonderful example of this. The … Continue reading
CHAOTIC NON-SALE OF DR.-ING. PORSCHE’S TYPE 64
AUCTIONS OF HIGH-BUCK exotic cars are filled with excitement. How high will the bidding go? Who are the wealthy participants? Who’s on the other end of that incoming telephone bid? … Continue reading
JOHN COBB AND HIS NAPIER-RAILTON
IT’S NOT EASY to work a high point of one’s career into everyday conversation, but it can be done. There I was leafing through the 1969 volume of R&T, prompted … Continue reading
A TRANSPORTER OF OPERATIC GRANDNESS
THE ITINERANT PLAYERS in Ruggero Leoncavalo’s I Pagliacci are four in number: Canio, his wife Nedda, Tonio the hunchback, and Beppe. The only other role of note is Silvio, Nedda’s … Continue reading
IACOCCA’S FIRST MUSTANG
THE RECENT PASSING OF Lee Iacocca, age 94, reminded me of his Ford Fairlane Group’s first Mustang. I’m not thinking of the Falcon-based four-seater introduced in ’64 1/2 and destined … Continue reading
