RM AUCTION: THE PONDER COLLECTION 2007 PART 2
THE CATALOG OF the Ponder Collection 2007 RM auction hit responsive chords of several of my automotive enthusiasms. Today’s Part 2 continues with more of these, some auction results, and … Continue reading
RM AUCTION: THE PONDER COLLECTION 2007 PART 1
I ENJOY PERUSING automotive auction catalogs. The best of them are mini histories of cars and auto memorabilia; they also evoke great reminiscences. As examples, here in Parts 1 and … Continue reading
Auto Speed and Sport, Vol. 1 No. 2
MY FIRST CAR MAG was the August 1954 issue of R&T, bought for me by my dad in a valiant effort to keep me out of local street gangs. His … Continue reading
BUGATTI MUSINGS
UNCOVERING BUGATTI MEMORABILIA got me thinking how fortunate I’ve been in experiencing these legendary machines. I never tire of telling people (even when they tire of it…) the first sports … Continue reading
JENKS ON GRAND PRIX CARS
DENIS JENKINSON, Jenks, was a premiere motor sports journalists from the 1950s until his death at age 75 in 1996. A bearded gnome of a guy, he was larger than … Continue reading
A CHAT WITH STIRLING MOSS
IT WAS THE 1993 Copperstate 1000. The event, the third running of this classic car rally through Arizona, was a particularly special one with famed race driver Stirling Moss and … Continue reading
ALFA ROMEO VERSUS FERRARI—THE 1951 GRAND PRIX SEASON PART 2
YESTERDAY, CORRADO MILLANTA introduced us to Alfa Romeo and Ferrari Formula One cars of the 1951 season. Today in Part 2, we see results of their contrasting technologies. Monza 1951. … Continue reading
ALFA ROMEO VERSUS FERRARI—THE 1951 GRAND PRIX SEASON PART 1
NINETEEN-FIFTY-ONE WAS only the second year of F.I.A.’s sanctioned World Drivers’ Championship. Grand Prix regulations were essentially the same as those in 1938: Supercharged engines were limited to 1 1/2 … Continue reading
FRENCH STREAMLINING OF THE EARLY 1920S PART 2
STREAMLINING TOOK AWHILE to beat automotive perpendicularity, though its innovations were certainly entertaining, if not entirely successful. Today in Part 2 we admire the Voisin Type 6 Laboratoire and Chenard-Walcker … Continue reading
FRENCH STREAMLINING OF THE EARLY 1920S PART 1
IN THE EARLY 1920s, the French were well into racecar streamlining when perpendicularity still ruled on the British side of La Manche. Here, in Parts 1 and 2 today and … Continue reading
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