CELEBRATING THE FIRST MG A—ITS MISSING LINK HERE AT SIMANAITISSAYS PART 1
IN RECOUNTING THE TALE OF THE MG A, SimanaitisSays talked about its progenitor in “George Phillips and His MG Race Cars,” October 26, 2015; and, summarizing the end of MG … Continue reading
DREAM SHOPPING IN 1955
SO THERE I WAS, WITH MONEY BURNING A HOLE in my teenage pocket and leafing through the R&T Market Place, January 1955. And before you get all slobbery about prices, … Continue reading
THE 1927 TARGA FLORIO—AT THE CHECKER BUGATTIS ARE 5 FOR 8, ANOTHER BUG IN A GARDEN PART 2
PART 1 YESTERDAY BEGAN our review of the Targa Florio with details of two women competing in the event, the Baronessa Maria Avanzo in 1920 and Elizabeth Junek in 1927. … Continue reading
THE 1927 TARGA FLORIO—AT THE CHECKER BUGATTIS ARE 5 FOR 8, ANOTHER BUG IN A GARDEN PART 1
THE TARGA FLORIO WAS THE OLDEST sports car racing event in the world. Established in 1906 by wealthy pioneer race driver and automobile enthusiast Vincenzo Florio, it was part of … Continue reading
“A SILENT AND ABSOLUTELY TRACTABLE” BUGATTI
PERHAPS THIS TITLE BRINGS TO MIND THE ROYALE, the 12,760-cc straight-eight Golden Bug only six of which left Molsheim. No, actually these tidbits are gleaned from the British Autocar Road … Continue reading
ALFA ROMEO CORSA SPERIMENTALE “BALENA” PART 2
YESTERDAY IN PART 1, CLASSIC & SPORTS CAR’S MICK WALSH introduced us to a one-off Alfa Romeo, his article reminding me why Classic & Sports Car is a favorite motoring … Continue reading
ALFA ROMEO CORSA SPERIMENTALE “BALENA” PART 1
HERE’S YET ANOTHER REASON WHY CLASSIC & SPORTS CAR is a favorite automotive magazine: Mick Walsh’s online article about the Alfa Romeo 8C-2900B Corsa Sperimentale. Argentine enthusiasts nicknamed the car … Continue reading
CARS OF THE STARS REDUX AGAIN
THE 1934 FLICK THE GAY DIVORCEE DESERVES an award among car enthusiasts: Not only does it feature three of the era’s classic automobiles, but one of them was actually owned … Continue reading
TRIUMPH SPORTS SIX—A MATTER OF BALANCE
R&T DECEMBER 1962 BROUGHT TECHNICALITIES TO THE FORE in its test of the Triumph Sports Six: “Many years ago,” it wrote back then, “when it was the custom to put … Continue reading
PORSCHE 963 RSP PART 2
YESTERDAY, PORSCHE INTRODUCED US to the 963 RSP (as in “Roger Searle Penske”). A cool part of the intro, described in a Porsche press release, was the drive of this … Continue reading
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