FLAT RAD—AN R&T FIRST!
OTHER THAN MY AFFINITY for the marque, what’s so special about R&T’s September 1952 road test of the Morgan Plus Four? Well, yes, it is a flat rad, the demise … Continue reading
REAL BUGATTIS—AND THE FAMILY TOO
LAST YEAR’S 40TH ANNUAL PILGRIMAGE organized by Enthousiastes Bugatti Alsace was described in the December 2023 issue of my favorite car magazine, the British Classic & Sports Car. It looked … Continue reading
GEOFF’S MILLE MIGLIA PART 2
YESTERDAY IN OUR (AND HIS) TALE, Geoff Healey started the 1949 Mille Miglia in a year-old Healey 2400 Westland (that had placed first in class there the year before). Today, … Continue reading
GEOFF’S MILLE MIGLIA PART 1
TALK ABOUT FIRST-HAND COVERAGE! The R&T author wrote in January 1950, “Six weeks before the race my father, Donald Healey, decided that two Healey cars should run in the Mille … Continue reading
THE AUSTIN A90, SPEED, AND OLD R&TS
WHAT WITH SIMANAITISSAYS EVOLVING from 33+ years at R&T, it’s no surprise that automobiles are occasional topics at this website. Here at the beginning of 2024 let’s return to R&T’s … Continue reading
VSCCA LE MANS ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION
VINTAGE SPORTS CAR, THE MEMBER PUBLICATION of the Vintage Sports Car Club of America, celebrates Le Mans in its Number 2 2023 issue and also with its 2024 calendar. Editor … Continue reading
ALLARD PALM BEACH—GRENDEL’S KID SISTER
IT WAS LIKE BEOWULF’S GRENDEL having a sweet kid sister. (The Allard J2X has already appeared here at SimanaitisSays.) Above, the Allard J2X, 1951–1954. Image by cutaway artist extraordinaire Yoshihiro … Continue reading
BOXIES I HAVE KNOWN
WHETHER RANCH WAGONS, MPVS, ESTATES, SHOOTING BRAKES or whatever, I’ve been on good terms with boxy automotive shapes. Classic & Sports Cars Online jogged my memory about this with “20 … Continue reading
NSU SPIDER—A MATTER OF WANKEL SHELF LIFE
IN 1965, R&T’S RON WAKEFIELD (hi, Ron!) wrote, “Eleven years ago Felix Wankel devised his first rotary-combustion engine, which incorporated the normal gasoline engine (Otto) cycle in an epitrochoidal combustion … Continue reading
MANNEY DRIVES A LAMBO
INDEED, UNLESS TRACTORS ARE COUNTED, Henry N. Manney III’s drive was of a first Lamborghini, the 350 GT. As Henry wrote in the car’s July 1965 R&T road test, “Engineers … Continue reading
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