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Tag Archives: Austin Mini Moke

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

October 14, 2024 · 1 Comment

LOTUS SEVEN AMERICA

THE Lotus Seven America is the John Adams of automobiles: Like this composer of Short Ride in a Fast Machine, the Seven is minimalist. It has nothing more than it … Continue reading

March 24, 2017 · 4 Comments

IT’S GOOD TO BE HOME

“SHOW ME a person’s home,” someone or other must have said, “and I’ll tell you who that person is.” Homes can be modest or grand, elegantly traditional or jarringly post-modern. … Continue reading

April 18, 2015 · Leave a comment

HIGH ON SPEED

I HASTEN to say that this item has nothing to do with drugs. Rather, it’s on the perception of movement and its feeling of exhilaration. It’s also about bees and … Continue reading

December 6, 2012 · 2 Comments

FROM SEA TO SHINING SEA

AS I observed back in Road & Track, June 1991, “Partway across the vastness of Delaware, I realized I had made a dreadful mistake.” The idea was simple, if not … Continue reading

September 9, 2012 · 10 Comments