OLD ’ZINE FUN PART 1
MY FIRST R&T WAS MAY 1954, BUT OVER THE YEARS I’ve accumulated earlier ones, including a specially published set of five from December 1949-April 1950, reissued by pal John Dowdeswell’s … Continue reading
HMS TRIALS REPLICA
“ROVING CORRESPONDENT ROGER T. PATTERSON tests one of Britain’s rarest cars” reads the subtitle of this R&T September 1959 road test. I cannot speak to the whereabouts (or whoabouts) of … Continue reading
PAUL FRÈRE ON FERRARI PROTOTYPES 1961–1967 PART 2
YESTERDAY, WE BEGAN SHARING PAUL FRÈRE’S INSIGHTS gleaned from Cars in Profile Collection 1. Here in Part 2, Paul recounted Ferrari’s achievements as well as foibles. Ferrari’s Initial Views … Continue reading
PAUL FRÈRE ON FERRARI PROTOTYPES 1961–1967 PART 1
PAUL FRÈRE WAS A BELGIAN RACING DRIVER, ENGINEER, AND JOURNALIST. Indeed, as the European Editor for R&T he was also a pal (and mentor). Paul Frère, 1917–2008, French-born Belgian race … Continue reading
CELEBRATING AYRTON SENNA, LEGO, AND GRANDSON CARTER
CARTER RECENTLY SHARED NEAT PICS, the topic of which suggest the efficacy of DNA. He along with his mom, Daughter Beth, are hooked on Formula 1 (along with Daughter Suz … Continue reading
COUNTACH!!
THE WORD ABOVE IS DISPLAYED IN ITALICS to emphasize contacc, its Piedmontese meaning roughly “WOW!!” As noted by the car’s designer Marcello Gandini, the word literally means ‘plague,’ ‘contagion,’ and … Continue reading
A TRIP BACK TO NASCAR—1982
“BEFORE OUR TRIP TO CHARLOTTE, I probably couldn’t have challenged one of that city’s average 10-year-olds with my NASCAR knowledge.” Indeed, it’s even less so for me today 43 years … Continue reading
“WINDOW; WINDOW IN THE TEST; WHO’S AMONG THE VERY BEST?” PART 2
YESTERDAY, THE 1982 R&T BOUND VOLUME brought back memories of tire testing. We continue here with details of our hard-working tire-changing crew, confidence windows, blind testing, and an R&T visit … Continue reading
“WINDOW; WINDOW IN THE TEST; WHO’S AMONG THE VERY BEST?” PART 1
I WAS RECENTLY RESEARCHING SOMETHING OR OTHER in the 1982 bound volume of R&T and came upon this subhead cited above. It brought memories of a significant achievement during my … Continue reading
WHAT A LITTLE SWEETHEART! PART 2
YESTERDAY IN PART 1, WE BEGAN DESCRIBING the Fiat 508S Balilla Corsa, its Balilla moniker honoring an 18th-century Italian patriot. Today, Classic & Sports Car’s Richard Heseltine focuses on the … Continue reading
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