HENRY J—A COMPACT CAR WITH HUGE HERITAGE PART 2
YESTERDAY WE LEFT OUR ROAD AND TRACK STAFFERS trippin’ to Reno in one of industrialist Henry J. Kaiser’s tidy little products. Today we pick up in Part 2 with their … Continue reading
HENRY J—A COMPACT CAR WITH HUGE HERITAGE PART 1
“FOR SOME MONTHS,” THE MAGAZINE ENTHUSED in January 1952, “Road and Track [the “&” came along in mid-1954] has been off-handedly touting the virtues of a much under-rated and (we … Continue reading
BENTLEY YW 5758—THE RIGHT STUFF PART 2
YESTERDAY WE BEGAN DISCUSSING Classic & Sports Car’s article by Simon Hucknall about Bentley YW 5758, one of the legendary cars participating in the marque’s 1-4 dominance of the 1929 … Continue reading
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
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