THE BUGATTI TYPE 35 ENGINE—POM’S VIEWS
LAURENCE EVELYN WOOD POMEROY, “Pom,” for short, was an English motoring journalist who wrote one of the great books of automotive technicalities, The Grand Prix Car, published in two volumes, … Continue reading
A DIMINUTIVE V-8 KNOWN AS OTTO VU
WE TEND TO think of V-8s as big engines: Even the “small-block” Chevy had displacements ranging from 262 cu. in. (4.3 liters) to 400 cu. in. (6.6 liters). The 427 … Continue reading
BENTLEY’S WINGED BRETHREN
GIVEN BENTLEY’S EMBLEM, it’s no surprise that this classic marque was photographed with other winged companions. On the Road was Bentley Motors’ magazine in the 1930s, and in 2003 Dalton … Continue reading
ROLLS-ROYCE SILVER GHOST
THE FIRST SILVER GHOST, Rolls-Royce chassis no. 60551, wasn’t initially an official model name. The moniker “Silver Ghost” was given to a particular 1907 Rolls-Royce, back when “motors,” as automobiles … Continue reading
THE ARGYLL—AN EDWARDIAN MOTOR CAR WITH A TRICK UP ITS SLEEVE(S) PART 2
YESTERDAY, THE CONCEPTS of single- and double-sleeve-valve automotive engines were discussed. Today in Part 2 we’ll focus on the Scottish Argyll marque, the high point of which came between 1910 … Continue reading
THE ARGYLL—AN EDWARDIAN MOTOR CAR WITH A TRICK UP ITS SLEEVE(S) PART 1
THE ARGYLL CAR traced its discontinuous Scottish heritage from 1899 to 1908, 1910 to 1914, 1914 to 1932, and a more recent usurpation of the nameplate from 1978 to around … Continue reading
SINGER LE MANS REPLICA—ANOTHER STUDY HALL PROJECT PART 2
YESTERDAY IN Singer Le Mans Replica, Part 1, we learned how George Singer’s bicycle works evolved into sporting motor cars that eventually got swallowed by the Rootes Group and the … Continue reading
SINGER LE MANS REPLICA—ANOTHER STUDY HALL PROJECT PART 1
NO WONDER I never got any studying done in study hall: There were always cars like the Le Mans Singer to read about, dream about, and sketch. It helped to … Continue reading
THE MG TD — “AS FRIENDLY AS A TAIL-WAGGING DOG”
MY LOVE AFFAIR with the MG sports car continues here with details of the MG TD, which followed the TC in 1950. By February 1953, Road and Track promised “Four … Continue reading
RACE TO THE CLOUDS, R&T’S 1956 REPORT
NEW HAMPSHIRE’S Mt. Washington is among the most prominent peaks in the U.S. And, as reported in R&T, it’s renowned as a hillclimb venue and notorious for erratic weather as … Continue reading
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