JAGUAR C-TYPE
By 1953, JAGUAR had a real success story in its C-Type. This British racing sports car was introduced in 1951 and won that year’s Le Mans 24-hour race in its … Continue reading
A TURBINE CAR FROM ROVER!
THESE DAYS, we associate the word Rover with the word Land, as in the British SUV. But back in the early 1950s, the term Jet 1 would have also been … Continue reading
JOHN FITCH’S 1952 MEXICAN ROAD RACE—PART 2
THE R&T subhead reads, “Mercedes Continue Drive for Sports Car Domination.” Indeed, in the 1952 Mexican Road Race, Karl Kling’s 300 SL coupe finished first and Hermann Lang’s 300 SL … Continue reading
JOHN FITCH’S 1952 MEXICAN ROAD RACE—PART 1
JOHN FITCH’S credentials were impressive indeed: American sportsman, yachtsman, fighter pilot, champion sports car driver, and safety advocate. A race report of the Third Mexican Road Race in R&T, February … Continue reading
RALLY HEROICS
ON-BOARD TRIP computers have taken the fun out of cars. And maybe saved a few relationships. I’m thinking of the competitive motorsport activity of time-speed-distance rallying, still practiced here and … Continue reading
BUCKLING UP WITH ROVER
SEAT BELTS came late to the automobile, as we will see here from a series of 1967 R&Ts. In the earliest days of powered mobility, no one thought of securing … Continue reading
CLEVER ENGINE MOUNTS, PART 2
MAGNETO-RHEOLOGICAL technology, as featured in BWI’s clever engine mounts was yesterday’s topic, with a promise today of Part 2’s related memories of one sort or another. I start with a … Continue reading
MOVIN’ THE METAL, SIXTY YEARS AGO
PART OF the charm of leafing through old R&Ts is car advertising. Here’s a sample from the 1950s, with a caveat that addresses and phone numbers are likely no longer … Continue reading
SALUTING THE BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA
IS THIS karma or what?? Just when the Boy Scouts of America are entangled, honorably I’m sure, in alternative facts, I go and uncover a Boy Scout of America neckerchief … Continue reading
WHAT WOULD IT TAKE TO PUT YOU IN THIS CAR?
SALES PITCHES for early automobiles evolved quickly indeed, with lines of persuasion that have come down through the years. My source for this is Floyd Clymer’s Historical Motor Scrapbook, 1944. … Continue reading
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