ROAD AND TRACK VOL. 1 NO. 6 PART 1
I STILL HAVEN’T UNEARTHED my oldest rattle-taggle issues, but did uncover facsimiles of the magazine re-issued by Brooklands Books in celebrating its 40th anniversary in 1987. These are December 1949 … Continue reading
A MAN, HIS THINGS MECHANICAL—AND HIS SISTER VERA
GEORGE EDWARD MILLIGEN was born in 1910; he died in 2004, shortly after which his collection of things mechanical was auctioned by Bonhams at the Goodwood Revival Sale 2004. Here … Continue reading
JOHN W. BURGESS—MUSEUM CURATOR/ARTIST/DIRT TRACK RACER
JOHN BURGESS KNEW AUTOMOBILES extremely well and also admired the American West. I have proof positive of this through his artwork and through knowing him as director/curator of Briggs Cunningham’s … Continue reading
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
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