THE DUESENBERG W-24—GO COMPLEX OR STAY HOME
I LIKE COMPLEX POWERPLANTS. The W-12 Napier Lion, for instance, is a trio of four cylinders arranged broad-arrow fashion and powering the Napier-Railton. Another is even more elaborate: the Duesenberg … Continue reading
MY TOYOTA 2000GT SALON; JAMES BOND’S TOPLESS VERSION
THE FINE BRITISH Classic & Sports Cas magazine, October 2021, features the “Greatest Bond Cars,” and its. mention of the customized Toyota 2000GT from You Only Live Twice jogs my … Continue reading
THE HARLEY GUYS AND THE RAMJET PART 1
PHOTOS OF A 1953 Studebaker Starliner/Starlight coupe jogged my memory about the Harley guys and the ramjet. All this happened 67 years ago, and please excuse my rambling tale appearing … Continue reading
POM ON THE 4 1/2-LITRE SUPERCHARGED BENTLEY PART 2
THOUGH DESIGNED AS a Le Mans sports car, the 4 1/2-litre Bentley in supercharged form took to Grand Prix racing. Today, we continue Laurence Pomeroy’s analysis of this car in … Continue reading
POM ON THE 4 1/2-LITRE SUPERCHARGED BENTLEY PART 1
LAURENCE POMEROY, F.R.S.A., M.S.A.E., is author of The Grand Prix Car.Though not explicitly designed for Grands Prix, a 4 1/2-Litre Bentley finished second in the 1930 French Grand Prix and, … Continue reading
MAZDA RX-7—ENGINEERING WIZARD YAMAMOTO PERFECTS THE WANKEL
THE WANKEL ENGINE got off to a tough start. An early R&T citation quipped “Winkle winkle, little Wankel,/How I wonder if your crank’ll/Wind up all around itself/And you’ll end up … Continue reading
HENRY N. MANNEY III AND THE BROOKLANDS RILEY
SALON FEATURES IN R&T were generally of three types: the purely historical (“…and then on the morning of August 17, 1927, …”), the first-person tentative (“I might have driven this … Continue reading
ONE SWIFT AND AGILE FORMULA FORD—A GREAT QUARTER POUNDER TOO
TRACK TESTING WAS good fun at R&T. And testing the national champion Swift DB-1 Formula Ford in March 1984 was particularly satisfying. Here are tidbits on our time with the … Continue reading
1981 LOTUS 88—BERTRAND RUSSELL WOULD HAVE LOVED IT!
IT’S IMMODEST TO quote oneself. But what the hey, my 1981 commentary on the Lotus 88 Formula 1 car is still spot-on for today’s topic here at SimanaitisSays. Background: Racing … Continue reading
TREVITHICK’S MERRY ADVENTURES (MULLED DRINKS AND STUFFED GOOSE INCLUDED)
ENGLISH INVENTOR RICHARD TREVITHICK had a novel idea: Why not use steam power to transport people? Here are tidbits on his 1801 steam carriage, a 21st-century recreation of its 1802 … Continue reading
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