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Category Archives: Classic Bits

C&SC’S LUST-WORTHY CLASSICS PART 2

YESTERDAY WE BEGAN SELECTING FAVS from Classic & Sports Car’s “29 Sexy Cars for the Masses.” We continue here in Part 2 with others from its list, also accompanied by … Continue reading

August 31, 2025 · 2 Comments

C&SC’S LUST-WORTHY CLASSICS PART 1

MY FAVORITE CAR MAGAZINE, THE BRIT CLASSIC & SPORTS CARS, has assembled “29 Sexy Cars for the Masses,” a selection of “lust-worthy classic cars that didn’t cost the Earth when … Continue reading

August 30, 2025 · 3 Comments

CELEBRATING THE FIRST MG A—ITS MISSING LINK HERE AT SIMANAITISSAYS PART 2

YESTERDAY, WE PRESENTED ABINGDON WORKS DETAILS of the MG A. Today are tidbits gleaned from R&T’s December 1955 road test of this new Abingdon product.  A Changing U.S. Scene. R&T … Continue reading

August 21, 2025 · Leave a comment

CELEBRATING THE FIRST MG A—ITS MISSING LINK HERE AT SIMANAITISSAYS PART 1

IN RECOUNTING THE TALE OF THE MG A, SimanaitisSays talked about its progenitor in “George Phillips and His MG Race Cars,” October 26, 2015; and, summarizing the end of MG … Continue reading

August 20, 2025 · 1 Comment

DREAM SHOPPING IN 1955

SO THERE I WAS, WITH MONEY BURNING A HOLE in my teenage pocket and leafing through the R&T Market Place, January 1955. And before you get all slobbery about prices, … Continue reading

August 17, 2025 · 6 Comments

THE 1927 TARGA FLORIO—AT THE CHECKER BUGATTIS ARE 5 FOR 8, ANOTHER BUG IN A GARDEN   PART 2

PART 1 YESTERDAY BEGAN our review of the Targa Florio with details of two women competing in the event, the Baronessa Maria Avanzo in 1920 and Elizabeth Junek in 1927. … Continue reading

August 9, 2025 · Leave a comment

THE 1927 TARGA FLORIO—AT THE CHECKER BUGATTIS ARE 5 FOR 8, ANOTHER BUG IN A GARDEN PART 1

THE TARGA FLORIO WAS THE OLDEST sports car racing event in the world. Established in 1906 by wealthy pioneer race driver and automobile enthusiast Vincenzo Florio, it was part of … Continue reading

August 8, 2025 · 1 Comment

“A SILENT AND ABSOLUTELY TRACTABLE” BUGATTI

PERHAPS THIS TITLE BRINGS TO MIND THE ROYALE, the 12,760-cc  straight-eight Golden Bug only six of which left Molsheim. No, actually these tidbits are gleaned from the British Autocar Road … Continue reading

July 19, 2025 · 2 Comments

ALFA ROMEO CORSA SPERIMENTALE “BALENA” PART 2

YESTERDAY IN PART 1, CLASSIC & SPORTS CAR’S MICK WALSH introduced us to a one-off Alfa Romeo, his article reminding me why Classic & Sports Car is a favorite motoring … Continue reading

July 3, 2025 · Leave a comment

ALFA ROMEO CORSA SPERIMENTALE “BALENA” PART 1  

HERE’S YET ANOTHER REASON WHY CLASSIC & SPORTS CAR is a favorite automotive magazine: Mick Walsh’s online article about the Alfa Romeo 8C-2900B Corsa Sperimentale. Argentine enthusiasts nicknamed the car … Continue reading

July 2, 2025 · 3 Comments