BENTLEY YW 5758—THE RIGHT STUFF PART 1
THE ONLINE CLASSIC & SPORTS CAR HAS A FASCINATING (and extensive) piece about a particular 1927 Bentley 4 1.2-Litre. “History Repeating” describes Bentley plated YW 5758 having a rich competition … Continue reading
FRENCH FANCIES
MY FAVORITE CLASSIC & SPORTS CAR magazine recently had an online item that caught my eye: “10 Eccentric French Classic Cars.” “There’s no particular reason to believe that the French … Continue reading
MASERATI 3500 GT—TIMES CHANGE IN 65 YEARS, SORTA
DRIVING AROUND YESTERDAY, I encountered a Maserati GranTurimo Trofeo, a striking looking blue one making the appropriate snarly sounds as it passed by. Well now, this is Orange County, California, … Continue reading
PORSCHE TYPE 360 CISITALIA GP CAR—ANALYZED BY POM AND OTHERS PART 2
YESTERDAY, LAURENCE POMEROY MADE a tantalizing comment about the Porsche Type 360 Cisitalia GP car—an apparent necessity of its four-wheel drive. This, recall, in 1947. Today in Part 2 we … Continue reading
PORSCHE TYPE 360 CISITALIA GP CAR—ANALYZED BY POM AND OTHERS PART 1
WIKIPEDIA IS THE MOST CONCISE: “The Cisitalia Grand Prix is a single-seater car for the postwar 1.5-litre supercharged Grand Prix class, built by Italian sports car manufacturer Cisitalia and introduced … Continue reading
FIAT-ABARTH TWIN CAM—SNARLING BRIO
R&T SUMMED UP THE FIAT-ABARTH BIALBERO perfectly: “expressly for the discriminating enthusiast.” The magazie continued in December 1959, “This extremely small Italian car, which has the rather top-heavy title, Fiat-Abarth … Continue reading
ALVIS SPEED 20—A GENTLEMAN’S SPORTING MACHINE PART 2
YESTERDAY, R&T JANUARY 1959 INTRODUCED US to the 1932 Alvis Speed 20. Today in Part 2 we review this luxurious Brit four-seat tourer with tidbits gleaned from R&T’s Classic Road … Continue reading
ALVIS SPEED 20—A GENTLEMAN’S SPORTING MACHINE PART 1
IMAGINE YOU’RE AN (EVIDENTLY WELL-HEELED) auto enthusiast in 1932. You have enjoyed the likes of Amicar and Bugatti two-seaters, but now there’s the wife and little Artemis calling for suitable … Continue reading
MY FAVORITE MODEL(S)—AND THE REAL ONE
THE JULY 2024 ISSUE OF Classic & Sports Car and subsequent sleuthing confirm that I am not the only person absolutely whacko about the 1933 Napier-Railton. The fact that I … Continue reading
EVOLUTION OF THE R+T ROAD TEST PART 2
YESTERDAY WE BEGAN DISCUSSING R+T’s INAUGURAL road tests in 1951. Various formats were assayed, though by midyear a standard format began to evolve. Here in Part 2, road test A-1-51 … Continue reading
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