CELEBRATING RUSSELL BROCKBANK
I WAS recently recalling the old days of Formula 1 in reading the R&T August 1967 report of the 25eme Grand Prix Automobile de Monaco. Henry N. Manney provided the … Continue reading
A MOVEABLE FEAST OF ELEGANCE—THE BUGATTI TYPE 50T
HAVE THERE ever been automobiles more elegant than Bugattis? I doubt it, and I offer this 1932 Type 50T as an example. The Type 50 and its variants are the … Continue reading
R&T 20TH + 51ST ANNIVERSARY ANSWERS
READERS OF R&T back in the 1960s had to wait a year before its June 1968 issue was published with Henry N. Manney’s answers to his June 1967 R&T 20th … Continue reading
R&T 20TH + 51ST ANNIVERSARY QUIZ
IN ITS JUNE 1967 issue, R&T celebrated its 20th anniversary by having Henry N. Manney compose a 39-question quiz. Here, SimanaitisSays selects six portions of these questions for you to … Continue reading
“NEATNESS DON’T COUNT”—HENRY N. MANNEY III
WHAT WITH various views of different forms of motor racing (F1 is dull; NASCAR is for sale), there’s historical perspective to be gained through the writing of no less an … Continue reading
AUTO RENDEZVOUS ADVENTURE
PERHAPS THIS title “Auto Rendezvous Adventure” reminds you of the 1976 cinéma-vérité cult flick by Claude Lelouch, C’était un Rendez-Vous, English: It Was a Date. But actually the movie I … Continue reading
MONACO GRANDS PRIX, 1929–1933
A GRAND PRIX on the streets of the half-vertical principality of Monaco is magic, despite occasional comments to the contrary. Here are tidbits from the first five Monaco Grands Prix, … Continue reading
THE 1 1/2-LITRE SQUIRE
I DIDN’T realize it at the time, but back in junior-high study hall I was sketching the Squire. And, indeed, in England back in 1926, 16-year-old Adrian Morgan Squire was … Continue reading
AUTOMOTIVE MUSCLE—PUT IN PERSPCTIVE
A BRIEF recollection of automotive muscle confirms the current idiocy of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s Scott Pruitt wanting to dial back the auto industries’ hard-earned, if occasionally grudging, advances … Continue reading
MY BENTLEY GARAGE FIND
THIS GARAGE find of mine isn’t a car—It’s a book. And what a find! Here are a few tidbits gleaned from this book. W.O. Bentley and the Red Baron had … Continue reading
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