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The Exeter Road Race
On November 5, 1951 at Phillips Exeter Academy in Exeter, New Hampshire I presented my English teacher with the following text. I've added some…
Feb 10
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January 2024
Turning Over a New Wheel -- 70 Years Ago
The February 1954 issue of MIT's Tech Engineering News featured one of my columns about new cars. This was the very beginning of my published writing …
Jan 15
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December 2023
Motor Sport’s Mister Inside
Behind the gregarious character of Bernard Cahier was a generosity that found him productively involved in the careers of teams and drivers. Bernard…
Dec 14, 2023
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October 2023
The Electric-Car State of the Art— 55 Years Ago
Your faithful Substacker was on hand in Cambridge, Massachusetts on 6 August 1968 when two cars were flagged off to race from one coast to the other on…
Oct 19, 2023
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July 2023
My Triumphal Days
I blamed my behind on the decision to move up from an MG TC to a Triumph TR2. It was an early long-door model if you know what that implies. I enjoyed…
Jul 27, 2023
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June 2023
BMW’s Blitzmobile
Twenty years ago I experienced an extraordinary marriage of quick-response electrical storage with gasoline power that created a prototype that shows…
Jun 30, 2023
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Can the English David "Slay" the Argentine Goliath?
At the beginning of 1956 I had an unique change to handicap the coming Grand Prix season. Here's how I rated the two top drivers.
Jun 9, 2023
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Can the English David "Slay" the Argentine Goliath?
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May 2023
Those Not-So-Lazy TC Days
The author reminisces about the way it was with M.G.s in general and a black TC in particular in East Coast America when these rugged cars were new — or…
May 10, 2023
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April 2023
Ten "Facts" to Forget
Fresh from MIT in 1955 and studying Industrial Design at Pratt Institute, I had this article accepted for publication by Auto Age. These were my…
Apr 13, 2023
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March 2023
Racing Secrets of the Pros
This was the enticing headline of an article I wrote in 1959 about the road-racing world of that time. Rereading it, I find little change! I hope you…
Mar 20, 2023
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February 2023
Wrestling a Mighty Mercedes From New York to Boston
Around 1953 Tom Mix of Foreign Motors in Boston, Mass. asked me to collect a car at the Manhattan docs and drive it to Boston. It was a trip I vividly…
Feb 15, 2023
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Wrestling a Mighty Mercedes From New York to Boston
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January 2023
The Wankel: How Big and How Heavy?
According to its publicity, the Wankel rotary engine is much smaller and lighter than conventional reciprocating engines. How did it measure up? I took…
Jan 26, 2023
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