HOME AND GARAGE
DAVID BOND’S BOOK The Guinness Guide to 20th Century Homes was published in England in 1984. Thus, the book has a certain quaintness by virtue of its 36-year perspective as … Continue reading
LE SEX FAIBLE
A CENTURY BEFORE Danica Patrick and long before international rally driver Michèle Mouton and NASCAR/Indy driver Janet Guthrie, women were excelling in motorsports. In July 1975, R&T published a summary … Continue reading
1914 G.P. VAUXHALL—ANALYZING A FATHER’S WORK PART 2
YESTERDAY WE BEGAN discussing Laurence “Pom” Pomeroy’s analyses of his father L.H.P.’s design for the 1914 G.P. Vauxhall, a car replete with innovative features. Today in Part 2 we offer … Continue reading
1914 G.P. VAUXHALL—ANALYZING A FATHER’S WORK PART 1
IN 1913, ENGLISH engineer L.H. Pomeroy designed an innovative racing car for the 1914 Tourist Trophy race as well as the internationally important, and highly popular, French Grand Prix. In … Continue reading
POM ON MOTOR RACING AND NATIONALISM
LAURENCE “POM” POMEROY, 1908–1966, wrote about more than automotive technicalities in his classic book The Grand Prix Car. There is a tale that Pom’s father, English automotive engineer Laurence Henry … Continue reading
FERRARI 166MM—ASK THE MAN WHO BOUGHT ONE (OR TWO)
LOTS OF FERRARIS have appeared here at SimanaitisSays: the cars of Enzo, Casablanca‘s Blue Parrot owner Signor Ferrari, and the charming “Amati, Io Viso Dire” of composer Benedetto Ferrari. But … Continue reading
TRYING TRIUMPH’S TR-3
“AS YOU PROBABLY know,” R&T wrote in June 1956, “the TR-3 is not actually a new car…. The fact that the basic car remains the same is a credit to … Continue reading
TWO SONS’ LEGACIES—ONE OF THEM, THE FERRARI 196 S DINO
ENZO FERRARI’S ELDER son Alfredo was born in 1932. Named after his paternal grandfather, he soon acquired the nickname Dino, short for Alfredino. Were he to have a son, Enzo … Continue reading
A PAIR OF PORSCHE CONTINENTALS—1956
“BY PURE COINCIDENCE,” R&T said in January 1956, “all of our previous tests on Porsches have been made on the Super model, which is, of course, the best performing and … Continue reading
THE 1921 RUMPLER TROPFENWAGEN—AERO WONDER AND MOVIE STAR PART 2
THE RUMPLER W-6 Tropfenwagen appeared yesterday at SimanaitisSays as a 1921 look into the automotive future. Today in Part 2, we examine the car’s technicalities, why I can link it … Continue reading
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