VOLKSWAGEN DELUXE SEDAN—A 1952 PERSPECTIVE
“HOW WOULD YOU IMPROVE on a car which will cruise effortlessly all day long at top speed? What changes would you suggest in a vehicle which will seat a driver … Continue reading
NEW YORK AUTO SHOW 1962
THE SIXTH ANNUAL INTERNATIONAL Automobile Show, April 21–29, 1962, at the New York Coliseum was less than four hours from the Worcester Poly campus, so why not top off the … Continue reading
1952 PLYMOUTH CAMBRIDGE—A TYPICAL AMERICAN CAR
ROAD AND TRACK, MARCH 1952, wrote, “If you’re looking for a functional car, built along American lines, and in the American concept of great roominess and simplicity of operation—there’s no … Continue reading
L’EBÉ’S VIEWS PART 2
ETTORE BUGATTI’S LIFE and cars have been oft documented, but seldom in as charming a fashion as in his daughter L’Ebé’s account in The Bugatti Story. Here in Part 2 … Continue reading
L’EBÉ’S VIEWS PART 1
DAUGHTERS ARE GOOD as biographers, especially if you’re the biographee. (Suz and Beth, take note.) Assuming they leave the hagiography to others, daughters certainly have first-hand knowledge of their subject’s … Continue reading
DECODING THE HIGHWAY CODE (FROM THE WRONG SIDE OF THE ROAD)
FOR US ’MERICANS, AFTER ALL, it is the wrong side of the road. In any event, the British book You Have Been Warned treats its Highway Code with an anatomically … Continue reading
THE TALE OF GENEVIEVE
YOU KNOW IT’S GOING TO BE a charming movie with this opening credit: “For their patient co-operation the makers of this film express their thanks to the officers and members … Continue reading
L’IDEA FERRARI—FLORENCE
WHAT BETTER ART VENUE than Florence. And what a fine topic in “The Idea Ferrari.” This exhibition, June 8-September 30, 1990, was set with the help of Ferrari North America … Continue reading
TWO-WHEELED STYLE—1902 to 1960
I AM FASCINATED by the two-wheelers displayed by Sotheby’s in its Motorcycles and Bicycles Auction on September 16, 2000, in Chicago. Here are tidbits on several of my favorites. Dursley … Continue reading
ROAD AND TRACK VOL. 1 NO.6 PART 2
VOL. 1 NO. 6 OF Road and Track first appeared in December 1949 and later in a Brooklands Books facsimile in 1987. Yesterday in Part 1, we learned about motor … Continue reading
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