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The International Authority on Vintage and Historic Racecars OCTOBER 2012 octobeR 2012

octobeR 2012 octobeR Bear’s Junior We test drive ’s 1963 BT6-

FEATURE HEROES INTERVIEW the Racing Photographer Joakim bonnier mechanic, Rex Woodgate

VOLUME 15, ISSUE 10 USA $9.95, UK £6.50 www.vintageracecar.com Vintage RoadcaR Vintage

VINTAGE VOLUME 15, ISSUE 10 COLUMNS 26 OCTOBER 2012 26 Fast Lines: the age of the Specials www.vintageracecar.com Pete Lyons initiates a historical research project to identify the subjects of some mysterious photographs. the international authority on Vintage and Historic Racecars 30 Heroes: Joakim bonnier Robert Newman remembers the stylish Swede who enjoyed success in both and sports . 32 Legends Speak: the French Way Rene Arnoux discusses growing up in the French racing culture and how the sport has progressed. 34 Art History: “Striking out” John Ketchell portrays in the Cobra Coupe he and won with at in 1964. Ozzie Lyons / www.petelyons.com 68 Greatest Racecars: Doc Bundy reckons the he’s driving now in 32 vintage racing competition is his all-time favorite. 80 Last Lap: Superhen Mike Lawrence assesses the role of fitness in motor racing with F2 champ Brain Henton as one example.

DEPARTMENTS 6 First Turn: the World’s Most Slippery trophies 8 Fast Exposure 10 News Brief 20 Hidden Treasure: 1953 thompson “Red Ram” Special Maureen Magee 48 22 Mail Box Alix Lafontant 24 Time Capsule: october in Racing History 56 56 Market Guide: Prewar i FEATURES 58 Photo Galleries: Hershey, cholmondeley, 36 blackhawk Farms, , goodwood Festival 28 Interview: Rex Woodgate Mike Jiggle speaks with the noted race mechanic 64 Product Review about such diverse topics as his time with Stirling 66 Hard Drive: Web Sites of interest Moss, Aston Martin’s 1959 championship-winning 74 Market Place sportscar team and racing in the Bahamas. 36 Profile: bear’s Junior Patrick Quinn climbs behind the wheel of the 1963 Brabham BT6 that helped launch Denny Hulme and Frank Gardner’s racing careers. 48 Feature: the Racing Photographer

Carl Goodwin tells the story of Alix Lafontant, who Peter Collins chronicled our sport’s growth during the ’50s and ’60s.

ON THE COVER THIS MONTH: 1963 brabham bt6-cosworth Photo: Steve oom

Steve Oom

4 VinTaGe raCeCar VinTaGe raCeCar 5 FIRST tURn VINTAGE head-to-head race against the leading The World’s Most ™ Slippery Trophies American driver/constructor of the day, Alexander Winton. For all intents and PUBLISHER ⁄ ED I TOR Casey M. Annis by casey annis, editor purposes, Ford was out of his league. Yet, [email protected] ven after almost 40 driving the two-cylinder racer he called years of following “Sweepstakes,” Ford was able to outlast ASSOCIATE ED I TOR EFormula One, I’m Winton to win the race, as well as a $1,000 John Zimmermann amazed that there are prize and a gorgeous cut glass “Punch [email protected] still aspects of the sport Bowl” trophy. EUROPEAN EDITOR that surprise me. Case in Winning that race enabled Ford to get Ed McDonough point, a recent statement back into the manufacturing game which [email protected] by McLaren’s . ultimately led to the creation of the Ford SOUTH PACIFIC EDITOR Patrick Quinn Hamilton was being interviewed about Motor Company, so that punch bowl has a [email protected] his contract negotiations for 2013. Much deep significance to the Ford family. GRAPHIC DESIGNERS to my surprise, one of the areas he’s the Apparently, the bowl sat in the family home Joon Lim most concerned about is whether he can of Henry and Clara Ford until 1951, when [email protected] negotiate to keep the trophies that he Clara Ford passed away. Upon her death, the Brad Jansen wins! “Ron [Dennis] and the team have all family put up much of the furnishings from [email protected] the trophies in the cabinet and the drivers the Ford home for auction, including, you OFFICE ADMINISTRATOR Lynne Gehrman get replicas,” Hamilton commented to the guessed it, one cut glass punch bowl! Since [email protected] UK’s Daily Mail. “In a lot of other teams, then, the trophy has disappeared and as CONTRIBUTING WRITERS the drivers get their original trophies. As a Edsel Ford II sadly pointed out, is probably Sir , Harold Pace, Pete Lyons, Art Evans, racing driver, what you work for and what either sitting on a sideboard somewhere Michael Oliver, Robert Newman, Hal Crocker, Mike Lawrence, Michael Stucker, Peter Collins, John Murn, John you want to take home are two things; one with apples in it, or tucked away in an attic. Wright, Keith Booker, Mike Jiggle, Willem Ooesthoek, Carl is your crash helmet and the other is your While Hamilton is justified in wanting Goodwin, Mark R. Brinker trophy. For me, they are priceless.” to keep his arms around his trophies, the PHOTOGRAPHERS Apparently, despite the fact that the notion of the winner not getting to keep Allen Kuhn, Robert Harrington, Bob Krueger, Walt Pietrowicz, Peter Collins, Thierry Lesparre, Steve Oom, winning manufacturer receives a trophy at the original race trophy is certainly not a Hal Crocker, Pete Lyons, Ferret Fotographics, Dennis Gray, each race, McLaren also insists on keeping new one. Perhaps racing’s most famous Jamie Hankin, Pete Luongo, Jim Williams, Mark Scheuern, the driver’s trophy as well! Well, we have trophy, the Borg-Warner Trophy given to Roger Dixon, Fred Sickler, Keith Booker, Chuck Andersen, Klemantaski Collection, Pete Austin, Brian Green, Michael long lamented that Formula One has the winner of each year’s , Casey-DiPleco, Jim Hatfield, Paul Bonner shifted the emphasis from the driver to the is a perpetual trophy that remains in the ADVERTISING car…there’s your proof. constant care of the Indianapolis Motor (562) 493-0737 You would think that the hardest part Speedway. Crafted in 1935 by Gorham, to [email protected] about winning at the pinnacle of a design by Robert J. Hill, and at a cost of U.K./ ADVERTISING would be—err, actually winning the race— $10,000, the Borg-Warner Trophy bears Mike Jiggle not holding on to your winner’s trophy. the bas-relief face of every driver to have Phone: (0) 1604 479628 Yet, you’d be surprised how many trophies won the Memorial Day Classic. While [email protected] Vintage Racecar Journal & Market Report® are lost to time. I’ve seen a number of winning drivers are photographed hoisting is published monthly by Stirling Moss’ trophies go up for sale at the trophy, kissing the trophy, and Parabolica Publishing, LLC auction in recent years, but then again, generally groping the trophy, at the end of 5212 Katella Ave., Suite 206 Moss won so damned many trophies he the day they go home with an 18- Los Alamitos, CA 90720 (562) 493-0737, (562) 493-0715 Fax. probably can’t open the front door without replica known as a “Baby Borg.” With the U.K. Office: three or four falling out into the street. original Borg-Warner trophy insured for 9 Green Lane, Wootton But occasionally really significant well over a million dollars, it’s a pretty safe Northants NN4 6LH, trophies escape as well. A year or so ago, bet that the Hulman-George family won’t (0) 1604 766645, (0) 1604 761813 Fax. Office: Edsel Ford II made an impassioned plea for be letting that one slip away at an estate 116 Warks Hill Road any help in tracking down the famed sale any time soon. Kurrajong Heights, NSW 2758, Australia “Punch Bowl” trophy won by his great- I feel bad for Lewis Hamilton. Sure, he (61) 2 45 677 380, (61) 0 417 673 065 grandfather Henry Ford. has a fantasy life we’d all kill for—getting SUBSCRIPTIONS As the story goes, by the turn of the paid big bucks to jet-set around the globe 1 yr. (12 issues) $54.95 (US), 2 yrs. (24 issues) $89.95 century, Henry Ford had already flopped in racing with a top-notch Formula One Foreign Rates: Canada & Mexico add $20, for all others add $35. ISSN 1535-556X one business venture to build trucks and team. But in an era where the drivers input Copyright © 2012 by Vintage Racecar/Parabolica Publishing, was essentially broke. In an effort to raise and contribution has been ever more LLC., All rights reserved. money, and interest by investors in a new marginalized by computer-assisted this and Reproduction without per mis sion is prohibited. Every effort is made to ensure that the in for ma tion enclosed is true and car company, Ford entered the Oct. 10, two-way telemetry that, isn’t it kind of the ac cu rate. How ev er, we must disclaim any li a bil i ty for the timeliness, use, 1901 running of a sprint race being held by final kick in the crotch to win a Grand in ter pre ta tion, ac cu ra cy and completeness of the in for mation con tained within. Unsolicited contributions are welcome, but should be the Detroit Driving Club at Grosse Point, Prix and then have to hand your trophy prefaced by a query letter to the editor. In order to be returned, Michigan. The race evolved into a 10-lap, over to the “Guvnor?” all sub mis sions must be ac com pa nied by a SASE.

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Modena aerautodromo, May 1969; nello Ugolini, second from left, then overseeing ’s competition activities, watches Jonathan Williams about to go out to test the new de tomaso car. Photo courtesy of: tHe KLeMantaSKi coLLection PMB 219 – 65 High Ridge Road, Stamford, CT 06905-3814 USA., Tel: (203) 461-9804 • Fax: (203) 968-2970 E-mail: [email protected] • Web site: www.klemcoll.com

8 VinTaGe raCeCar VinTaGe raCeCar 9 NEWS bRieF ’s Found Arrows octobeR Bahamas Revival Update 5 VIR Heacock Classic Gold Cup Historic Races & Car Show Virginia international Raceway, alton, Va 434-822-7700 www.virclub.com 5-7 CSRG 9th Annnual CSRG Charity Challenge infineon Raceway, Sonoma, ca 888-268-7126 www.csrgracing.org 6-7 SOVREN Maryhill Loops Hill Climb Maryhill Loops Road, Wa 425-277-3177 www.sovren.org 12-13 VSCCA Lime Rock Finale J R Schabowski R J Location, city, ct As preparations proceed for the 2nd Spear dueled the leading D-24s 973-383-1570 www.vscca.org Annual Bahamas Speed Week Revival, in the early going before retiring. After scheduled for November 24 through aging quietly in a barn for 40 years, the 12-14 CVAR December 2 in Nassau, a number of was acquired two years ago by an Thunder on the Cimarron XI Hallet Motor Racing circuit, Hallet, oK Audi exceptional cars and drivers have Austrian collector who has refreshed it 903-892-9870 Audi has recently reacquired an reparation payments. All trace of them available components, the decision was committed to the event. BSWR Patron and believes it should be used as www.corinthianvintagerace.com extremely rare Silver Arrow quickly vanished. made to rebuild a Type D single-supercharger Sir Stirling Moss and Event Ambassador originally intended. 12-14 VRG racing car consisting largely of original They had been regarded as irretrievably racing car to 1938 specification, and a 1939 Derek Bell, MBE, have recently been Among cars making their returns to VRG at the Glen parts. It is the Auto Union twin- lost by the new Auto Union GmbH version of the Type D with twin joined by Grand Marshal the Revival will be Mike and Dawn Watkins glen international Raceway, supercharger Type D dating from 1939, one (today’s Audi AG) when it was established superchargers. Both cars needed complete on the celebrity front, while the list of Fisher’s Corvette-powered Bocar Watkins glen, nY 610-867-0288 of the two legendary “Karassik cars.” Audi in Ingolstadt in 1949. Only one Auto replica bodies to be constructed, since expected cars is also growing. (pictured above), and the pristine www.vrgonline.org AG now owns three of the five Auto Union Union Type C remained accessible, having nothing of the original bodies had survived. Topping the entry will be the only Mercedes-Benz 190SL of Kurt and racing cars that can claim to be original. been presented to the Deutsches Museum Rod Jolley Coachbuilding built the new remaining Ferrari 375MM Briggitte Oberhänsli, while David and 13-14 HSR-West 13th Fall Formula Festival The Silver Arrow legend was born in in Munich before the war, but subsequently bodies in England, completing the first one, Spyder (pictured below) that remains in Kate Cottingham will bring David’s Willow Springs international Raceway the 1930s when Auto Union and Mercedes- damaged by Allied bombs. to 1938 specification, in August of 1993. A original, unrestored condition. Then Ferrari 500TRC from the UK, and local 310-750-6933 Benz appeared on the international motor At the end of 1970, the first rumors year later the twin-supercharger 1939 car driven by Duncan Black, the Ferrari last residents Peter and Pippa Vaslov will www.hsrwestrace.com racing scene with German racing cars of began to be heard that one of the long lost was also finished and, with support from raced in the Bahamas in 1955, when compete in an Austin-Healey 3000 13-14 HGPCA totally new design, with a silver finish and Auto Union racers had been located Audi, both cars appeared on track for the Black contested both the Governor’s MkIII BJ8 and a 1275 Cooper S, Autodromo del l’Umbria futuristic appearance, and enjoyed immediate somewhere in the former Soviet Union. first time in 55 years at the Eifel Classic at Trophy race and the Ferrari Race. The respectively. Magione, www.hgpca.net success. The two manufacturers dominated American collector Paul Karassik came to the Nürburgring on October 1, 1994. car had begun its competitive life at For complete information, please Grand Prix racing until the outbreak of Europe and began searching for the car. It In recognition of its support for the Sebring in 1954 where and Bill visit www.bahamasspeedweekrevival.com 13-14 Masters Historic Racing World War II in 1939. took more than a decade and numerous rebuild, Audi was able to exhibit the 1938 Masters & Top Hat Festival , UK Drivers from that era such as Bernd visits to the USSR before he tracked down car, which was eventually purchased by [email protected] Rosemeyer, and the remains of two dismantled Auto Audi AG in July of 1998. The 1939 twin- www.themastersseries.com (Auto Union), and Rudolf Caracciola, Union cars in Russia and the Ukraine and compressor car, however, returned to 21-23 AADMM Manfred von Brauchitsch and Hermann managed to acquire them. Florida, and in the spring of 2000 Karassik The Mille Autunno - Fall Colors Lang (Mercedes-Benz) are still revered by Eventually he was able to liberate the sold it to a private collector. With its 415-479-9950 modern motor sport enthusiasts. parts and bring them out into Western purchase of the Type D twin-supercharger www.californiamille.com While Mercedes-Benz was able to Europe. The engines, , axles and car, Audi AG now owns all three Auto 25-28 HSR rescue almost all its Silver Arrow cars in gearboxes were then flown to Florida, and Union racing cars recovered from what Savannah Speed Classic the wake of Germany’s defeat, fate was less in 1990 Karassik made initial contact with was formerly the USSR. Hutchinson island, Savannah, ga 404-298-5616 kind to Auto Union. Its hometown of experts, including Audi’s Tradition As noted in our May issue, the revived www.hsrrace.com Zwickau was occupied by the Soviets, Auto department, which acted as advisors for the Auto Union Type Ds are to leave their Union was liquidated and the factories shut impending restoration. Karassik entrusted new home at the Audi museum mobile in down. The Russian occupying forces found the job to the respected British restoration Ingolstadt and make a guest appearance at the and spirited them away firm of Crosthwaite & Gardiner. the on the weekend of behind the Iron Curtain as part of Germany’s After a thorough examination of September 14-16. Full 2012 Calender Available at: www.vintageracecar.com

10 VinTaGe raCeCar VinTaGe raCeCar 11 NEWS bRieF Goodwood Festival

Inclement weather had battered and and gold 72 and 79 cars, a bruised England during the early summer yellow 99T and the current months, leaving people wondering how Lotus E20-05—all Goodwood’s Festival of Speed would be signifying the evolution of the affected. Although heavy dark clouds marque. Some 40 or more cars brought rain and gusting wind on Friday from the Lotus stable encircled morning, almost on cue for the Red the edifice on each of the three Arrows aerial display the grey sky days to record and mark the cleared—as if commanded by Lord March Lotus lineage. Together these himself—and the gleaming Hawk jets cars collected 13 F1 World sketched their smoke trails on a bright blue Championships—six drivers canvass. and seven constructors titles— While the theme of the event was and joined an impressive officially “Young Guns—Born to Win,” selection of Indycar, , Austin Pete the 60th Anniversaries of Lotus and the sports and road cars, all of them part of the designer more to create Mercedes SL mirrored that of Queen DNA of the marque. publicity and much needed funds in period Elizabeth’s Diamond Jubilee. Indeed, Her Among the top cars making rather than be a serious racing contender. Majesty had a number of vehicles entered demonstration runs up the hill was the Other six-wheeled cars, the (by in the Cartier “Style et Luxe” Royal most recent race winner, the Audi R18 far the most successful) and the later Vehicle Concours d’Elegance honoring E-tron Quattro fresh from victory in the Williams FW08 six-wheeler, completed the the royal celebration. 80th running of the , display. Other marques on show included The ice-white, triangular-sectioned Audi’s 11th victory in 13 years. Mercedes, which was celebrating 60 years sculpture outside Goodwood House was One of the most quirky of those of the SL (Super Leicht) with the W194s another creation by festival regular Gerry demonstrated was the March F1 2-4-0, a that won Le Mans and the Carrera Judah, entitled “Light Curves” and paying Grand Prix car of the that never Panamericana in 1952, and the #658 homage to Lotus. It represented a racetrack competed in a GP. The six-wheeler, with Fangio 300 SLR that was runner-up to the as a trefoil knot and was adorned with six four drive wheels at the rear as opposed to famous #722 Moss/ Jenkinson sister car at Lotus racecars—the green and yellow 32B the four steering front wheels of the Tyrrell the 1955 . Renault also Tasman car, the Gold Leaf 49, the black P34, was an engineering exercise by brought several cars from its racing heritage for drivers , Rene Arnoux and Michel Leclère to demonstrate. Intermingled with the machinery were the men who drove them, from today as well as former eras: , , Lewis Hamilton, Alain Prost, , , Sir Stirling Moss, Tony Brooks, John , and Sir . I thought I would leave it to newcomer Prost, to have the last words: “The Goodwood Festival of Speed is even better than I’d thought. What is impressive is that the complete history of motor racing and the is on display here. You can see the tradition and love of motor sport here in the UK. I believe this is the only event that could do that.” By Mike Jiggle Mike Jiggle Mike

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Milliken crashed on the last lap of that PACE NOTES William F. inaugural contest, however, flipping the during an errant overtaking Jerry Grant I HANS® Performance Products, the inventors of attempt and earning the dubious honor the head and neck restraint, has announced its next- Milliken of having the turn in question named generation product, the . This HANS Adjustable Milliken’s Corner. (1935–2012) new device meets the SFI spec. 38.1 so drivers can purchase a HANS with full confidence of a comfort- (1911–2012) As the streets of Watkins Glen were Jerry Grant was one of the able fit no matter what type of car or racing seat they abandoned and a permanent racing many American racing drivers who use. Previous HANS Devices featured a fixed angle Renowned engineer and author Bill circuit constructed nearby, Milliken could, and did, drive virtually based on the driver’s size and seating position. Milliken passed away in his sleep July assisted with its design, and is anything he could get his hands on Monsell Ruth For full details, please visit www.hansdevice.com 28 at the age of 101. Born in Old Town, responsible for the resulting track’s or his behind into. He may have Maine, on April 18, 1911, Milliken emphasis on high speed along its started his competitive career in Fitch Turns 95 I The dates of the third Donington Historic credited his interest in things mechanical lengthy straights and through its the visceral world of racing, Festival have now been confirmed as Saturday May to a cousin who exposed him to sweeping turns. but soon discovered the joys of road More than 100 friends of John Fitch 4 and Sunday May 5 2013, when the Festival will cel- wheeled competition in his youth. Using the knowledge acquired racing and began carving out a gathered at his home in Lime Rock, ebrate the career of . The event will mark Crocker Hal Upon graduation from MIT in 1934 during his various careers, Milliken reputation as someone who could stop that handed the win to Mark Connecticut, to honor him on the occasion two historic events from his life that took place at Don- th ington Park, the 30th anniversary of the first time he with a degree in Mathematics focused authored or collaborated on a series of make anything go fast anywhere. Donohue. Later that year, he of his 95 birthday. A number of interesting drove a , and the 20th anniversary on , he began a 20-year books explaining the science involved Jerry was a physically large man became the first man in history to cars were on display, including the one and of his phenomenal victory in the rain at the 1993 Eu- career in the aviation and aerospace in his passion. His Equations of Motion whose abilities matched his stature. lap a closed circuit at more than only Fitch Phoenix and a beautiful two- ropean Grand Prix. industries, concentrating his efforts in —Adventure, Risk and Innovation is all He raced in the USRRC, Can-Am, 200 mph when he took that same tone burgundy Cunningham C-3 Cabriolet the areas of stability and control. but required reading for anyone going Trans-Am, , World purple Eagle Indycar around the (#5233/5441) in which Lucie Cunningham I With its recent acquisition of Xanthos Sports Cars, During World War II he served as racing, and two subsequent books Championship, stock old Ontario Motor Speedway at an McKinney (Briggs’ older daughter) was manufacturer of cars and components, assistant head of Flight Test for Boeing written with his son, Douglas, Race Car cars and , and was always a average speed of 201.414 mph. driven up from the Cunningham family Kelvin Jones will now produce Aircraft, going aloft on the first flights Vehicle Dynamics, and Chassis Design, force to be reckoned with. He had Gurney offered his thoughts on estate in Greens Farms, Connecticut. all the parts necessary to keep 23s running on the of the B-29 prototype and several fall into that same category. an unshakable faith in his own the passing of his friend and One of the highlights of the event was a racetrack. The Liverpool company will also build exact versions of the B-17. He later provided Milliken is survived by his wife of 59 ability, and often wondered why collaborator: “Jerry Grant was a reading of a letter sent to John by Mercedes reproduction FIA HTP (Historic Technical Passports) Continuation-certified 23Bs, with Arch Motor & Man- consultancy to the auto industry, years, Barbara, son Douglas and daughter others didn’t seem to share his belief. natural; he was brave and playful Benz that included congratulations on his ufacturing Co. Limited, appointed to do the manufac- applying his aviation knowledge and Ann. A second son, Peter, died in 2001. He scored a class win at Sebring and always could rise to the fantastic class win and 5th overall finish in turing on behalf of KJM—as it did originally for Lotus experience to the automotive sector. The family has requested that any in 1964, sharing a Nickey Corvette challenge. Apart from being an the driving a stock 300 back in the . For full details, contact Kelvin via A founding member of the memorials benefit the International with Skip Hudson, and later that excellent racer, he was an SL fresh from the showroom floor. Other email at [email protected] organizing committee for the Watkins Motor Racing Research Center summer teamed with Dan Gurney accomplished storyteller and after highlights included John blowing out the Glen Road Races, he led the rules headquartered in Watkins Gen. To all to win the GT class at the Targa dinner speaker, an ability that 95 candles on his cake (with a little help I David Gathercole completed the restoration committee and, driving his Bugatti of Milliken’s family and his many Florio in one of ’s served him well in his business from his grandson) and a champagne toast. of his Lola T212 with a win in the Martini Race at Type 35A, took part in the very first friends in and out of the sport, Vintage Cobras. In 1966 he nearly won career after his retirement from John was kept busy signing autographs and June’s 2012 HSCC Superprix meet at . His races through the streets there in 1948. Racecar offers its sincerest condolences. Sebring overall, as the Ford GT40 active driving. In the middle ’60s seemed to enjoy every moment of it. wingless FVC-powered machine took on the later MkII he was sharing with Gurney we shared many adventures on and The party was organized by Terry winged cars, and after qualifying 6th overall, 1st in class, he came through to finish 2nd overall, 1st in led into the final lap only for its off the track here in the U.S. and in Dunne, whose efforts resulted in a class in the first 20-minute race. The second race engine to fail in sight of the Europe. We stayed friends ever wonderful party and a genuine tribute to started dry, but rain fell on lap two and Gathercole checker, leaving the car to be since, and many Sundays went John Fitch, racecar driver, war hero, took the overall win by mastering the drying track in disqualified when Dan tried to push riding our in the inventor and consummate gentleman. his little yellow Lola. it across the finish line. Three Southern countryside.” By Will Monsell months later at Le Mans, he and After retiring from driving Jerry Gurney started their MkII from headed the Champion Spark Plug I The Automotive Heritage and Preservation Foun- and led into the 21st Company’s motorsports program, dation’s plans for a world-class museum and restora- hour before a holed radiator ended becoming a valued ambassador for tion school in Monterey, California, took another step their bid for victory. the company for several decades. forward with the signing of a Letter of Intent with Monterey Peninsula College. The AHPF has been de- Much of his success was He also served as spokesman for veloping plans for the Monterey Museum of enjoyed while driving cars entered Prolong Lubricants. Automotive Arts and the Technical School of Au- by Gurney’s . Jerry Grant is survived by his tomotive Restoration since 2009, recognizing few bet- He won the USRRC race at wife of 50 years, Sandy, daughters ter places exist for such a joint venture than the home Bridgehampton in 1966 with Yvon and Tammy and grandson

of Monterey Classic Car Week, which annually fea- AAR’s -Ford, and nearly Grant, and to them as well as his Monsell Ruth tures the Rolex Monterey Motorsports Reunion and won the 1972 Indy 500 in Dan’s many friends in and out of the the Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance. drivers association of america (L to Mystery Eagle, derailed only by a sport, we at Vintage Racecar offer R) bob Sharp, oscar Koveleski, John Fitch, Judy For more information please visit www.mon- refueling error during his last pit our sincerest condolences. tereyautomuseum.com Stropus, Skip barber, Sam Posey, gordon

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When event patron Peter Ricketts was asked what he had done in a previous life to bring so much precipitation down upon the Cholmondeley Pageant of Power yet again, he replied that he was certain “it couldn’t have been that bad!” As squishy underfoot as it got on Friday and Saturday, the sun on Sunday attracted a large crowd, so some 50,000 visitors witnessed a weekend feast of activity on land, on the water and in the air. The spectators had much to choose from as both modern and historic cars and There was an interesting range of below) to a class win on Sunday in the bikes ventured onto the track, along with machines in the Post-war Grand Prix dry, followed by Andy Willis in the BRM 20 of the fastest “supercars” anywhere. class, from a Lotus 102- and P126, and Rick Hall in the BRM P153. There were a dozen classes for Williams FW06 to a and yours This year’s running was accompanied Supercars, Cobras (on their 50th truly in the recreation of the 1954 by a great evening concert and an anniversary), pre-war classics, sports and Mercedes W196 Streamliner (pictured amazing fireworks display, as well as sports racers pre- and post-1965, rally above). In fact Malcolm Ricketts in his many, many demonstration runs by and touring cars, post-war GP cars and Lotus 18 and the Streamliner led the special vehicles and lots of activity single-seaters, as well as motorbikes, class briefly in the wet stages when the overhead and on the water. Next year three-wheelers and sidecars and more potent cars took it easy or didn’t the date returns to July in hopes of SuperMoto bikes. venture out onto the track! Andrew avoiding the horrid English rain! In defiance of the conditions, Scott Morris blasted the Lotus 102 (pictured By Ed McDonough Mansell set a new course record for cars with his Caterham, 61.89 seconds on the 1.2-mile circuit on the magnificent Cheshire estate, a very narrow track with two fast straights and some daunting, tree-lined corners, as well as a chance to “get air” over two bridges. Justin Law took the Cobra class by a large margin after one of the Cobras suffered serious damage in a crash on Saturday. Chris Williams took a welcome win in the pre-war class in a Napier-Bentley, a class that included fabulous cars from the Sinsheim Museum in Germany, one of which was a VW Schwimmwagen that also performed in the lake! Andy Bradshaw displayed top form in his among the earlier Sports and Sports Racing cars, while Mansell’s Caterham beat Justin Law in a Martini-liveried Jaguar in the group for later sports racers. Janet Wright Janet

16 VinTaGe raCeCar VinTaGe raCeCar 17 NEWS bRieF Corvette for Monterey 2013

In honor of the 60th anniversary of ’s Corvette, the Rolex Monterey Motorsports Reunion has selected “America’s sports car” as the featured marque for next August’s edition of the annual vintage racecar festival at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca. A large turnout of Corvette racers is expected to be on hand as representative examples of each of the car’s six generations in competition will be joining in the anniversary festivities. Corvette previously enjoyed featured marque status in 2002.

“Corvettes and racing have been inextricably linked since the Williams Jim very moment Zora Arkus-Duntov slipped behind the wheel for and by 1960 was taking a trio of Corvette the first time,” said Chris Perry, Chevrolet’s global vice president racecars to Le Mans where John Fitch and Bob Grossman gave of marketing. “His spirit is felt in today’s winning Corvette Racing the marque a grand debut by winning the GT class and running program, which continues a proud legacy and one we’re looking 8th overall. Corvette Racing has since won its class at the French forward to celebrating next summer.” classic seven times, most recently in 2011. Corvette’s lengthy racing heritage began at the 12 Hours of For complete information on the Rolex Monterey Sebring in 1956 with three Corvettes under Duntov’s direction, Motorsports Reunion please visit www.MazdaRaceway.com CSRG Charity Challenge

The 9th Annual Charity Challenge will be hosted by the Classic Sports Racing Group at Sears Point Raceway in Sonoma, California, on October 6-7. In

its first eight years, the CSRG Williams Jim Charity Challenge has raised more than half a million dollars IMSA GTU and SCCA U2 Trans-Am / 2.5 Challenge sedans for local charities. up to 1972. The event will include all the usual CSRG race groups The fund-raising activities will be highlighted by a raffle of with cars dating from pre-WWII, while featuring the Formula both racing-related and non-racing items, as well as the Car Invitational for Historic Grand Prix F1 (1966-’83), always-popular track rides in cars competing during the Formula Two, and Super Vees up to 1979, weekend. For more information, please contact Tom Franges, and the V8 Thunder Challenge for Historic Trans-Am cars Race Director at (415) 342-1229 or visit the CSRG website, (1966-’72), Historic NASCAR, V8-powered sports cars, CSRGRACING.org

18 VinTaGe raCeCar VinTaGe raCeCar 19 HIDDEN tReaSUReS chose a peppy 241 cubic-inch Red 1953 Thompson Ram Hemi V8 and race prepped it with no “Red Ram” Special less than eight Stromberg 97s on a unique by Mark R. brinker intake manifold. Front suspension was by he photo caption Puget Sound Sports Car Club, the Air Fageol was running near the front in his crossed leaf springs and rear suspension was on page 31 of the Force and the Seafair Celebration, the race madcap (and lightening fast) twin-engined by leaf springs. Drum brakes did the TNovember 1953 was not only approved, but was scheduled but dropped out on lap 10 with halting at all four corners and gearshifts issue of Road & Track read: in conjunction with the following day’s clutch problems. Ray Hansen, driving his were executed via a Ford box. Thompson “A strange assortment of unlimited hydroplane “Gold Cup” race on earliest Hansen Special, had completed 18 hand-crafted the body of steel with cars lined up for the Lake Washington. It turned out that the laps when his oil pressure dropped to zero forward-sliding pocket doors and a feature of the day.” The sports car guys were right as spectators ending his day. G. Kolar’s Special and Al removable roll . author was Bill Brant and the feature race arrived in droves…25,000 of them! Torres’ mount DNF as well. According to The Thompson Special is an example noted was the Seafair Trophy at the The 48-lap, 100-mile feature race was Dick Saunders’ race report in the of what was happening all over the Pacific inaugural Seafair Sports Car Races held on contested by an assortment of 11 strange November-December 1953 issue of Sports Northwest as amateurs and enthusiasts Saturday August 8, 1953 at Paine Air and wonderful automobiles driven by Car, “Oddly enough the only Special to dreamed up and built cars in their home Force Base in Everett, Washington. soon-to-be racing legends and some last the race (finishing 7th) was the Dodge garages. If one is particularly interested in Not only was the assortment of cars forever-unknowns. Bill Stroppe and his V8-powered car of Anders Thompson.” the early postwar history of sports car “strange,” this was a race weekend that mighty -milled Kurtis was the According to the car’s current owner, racing in this region, Martin Rudow’s almost didn’t happen. Apparently the overall race winner that day. Bill Pollack Curtis Gray of Ocean City, Washington, “Long Straights and Hairpin Turns” is the Seafair Committee did not initially finished 2nd in a C-Type Jaguar, followed by Thompson was a skilled fabricator who go-to book. Chronicling the racing understand the level of interest in sports Frank Hern in a modified Jag and Pete built bodies and did work on the cars of activities between 1950 and 1961, Rudow car racing at this time. However, with Lovely in a Porsche Super. Eric Tiedemann many local racers. For his own Special, takes the reader on a journey through considerable prodding from the ran 5th (Jaguar) and Fred Falkins finished Thompson started with a one-off steel forgotten race courses like Abbotsford Northwestern Region of the SCCA, the 6th behind the wheel of an MG-TC. Lou ladder frame of his design. For power he (British Columbia), Bellingham (Washington), and Tillamook (Oregon), THEN just to name a few. And, of course, Anders’ Thompson Special is discussed. NOW MartinArchives Rudow According to Rudow, the Thompson 4501 Airport Way, Seattle 8, Wash.” was the first-ever national points sports car Special was entered in the 1954 Seafair Like so many homebuilts of the era, the race in the Pacific Northwest, and the fact event. Bill Cantrell was scheduled to drive Thompson Special went missing shortly that the car competed in that event makes the car, but it failed to turn a wheel due to after it stopped racing. Not much is known it all that more special to me.” mechanical problems; a picture of the team about where the car was hiding until Mike Gray’s roots in Pacific Northwest working on the car is shown on page 35 of Mersman stumbled upon it in the early racing can be traced back to his childhood. Rudow’s book. Lew ’s first-ever 1970s. According to Mersman, “The car had Gray said, “My dad became interested in sports car race was at the controls of the been floating from body shop to body shop racing because he had a friend driving Thompson Special; he drove the car to a in Burien, Washington. When I first saw it I midgets in the ’50s. After buying a brand- DNF at the Shelton Race Circuit (Shelton thought it was a very cool old car and I new Corvette in 1957, dad got involved Airport, Shelton, Washington) in 1955. instantly fell in love with it. The guy who with SCCA as a tech inspector. Before In addition, Gray has a photograph of had it actually gave it to me in exchange for long he was chief tech inspector for the the starting grid of the 1955 Seafair event hauling it off as junk. At that time it still had Northwest Region. After that he started that was held at Bremerton that year. The its original engine and and I building and racing his own cars and I was photograph shows three on the got it running and driving.” part of his crew.” front row, and Enzo’s cars finished 1-2-3 Mersman sold the car a few years later The early sports car events of the Pacific driven by Carroll Shelby, Phil Hill and and it passed through several owners. Northwest were important and lots of , respectively. And, just like Oddly enough, Mersman ran across the car people like Gray’s dad and Anders Forrest Gump, there peeking through in a second time in 2007. By then it was Thompson were building their own racing the photo on the second row of the rotting away next door to a junkyard in cars. These races also attracted the best starting grid was the zany and wondrous Lynnwood, Washington. Mersman wanted drivers of the day like Shelby, Hill, Miles Thompson Special. to save it so he bought it and dragged it and von Neumann. What’s particularly There is more history on this car yet to home again. At this time the engine and interesting about 1950s Pacific Northwest be uncovered, as a classified advertisement transmission were gone. racing is that while there was as much for the car in the March 1955 issue of Road Gray wound up buying the car from activity in the region as anywhere else in & Track suggests. The ad reads: Mersman in 2011. Gray said, “I bought the the country, it was a bit of a well kept secret “THOMPSON SPECIAL. Competition car because I couldn’t stand the idea of it back then, and now most people are and touring , Red Ram V8 modified just decomposing to nothing. Now I want unaware that any of it ever happened. engine, Ford transmission, front suspension to restore it and race it if I can afford to. Mercedes type, wire wheels, shown My goal is to have it running for the 2013 Do you know of a Hidden Treasure? If so, send MOTO-RAMA 1953. Placed 2nd five historic racing season, which will be the your photos and stories to Mark at events this year. $3450. Anders Thompson, car’s 60th birthday. The ’53 race at Seafair [email protected] MartinArchives Rudow

20 VinTaGe raCeCar VinTaGe raCeCar 212121 MAILboX the 1962 drivers championship. In 1963, it is most important are the friendships we Tiger Tales was driven by Dennis Coad to that year’s Strange Passing of Shelby But no more… make along the way. One of my most championship. meaningful friendships was with Mike Stott. In both 1962 and 1963, the drivers Just after making the announcement, Mike championship was hotly contested by was the first person to step up, stick out his Heimrath, still in the RS60, and Bradley hand and say, “Congratulations! I’m and Coad, so I doubt that Heimrath ever excited about what you are doing, and if I drove the car. Maybe in practice, but not can help, please ask.” Over the next 15 likely ever in a race. years, SVRA asked, asked and asked again. In 1964, the 19 was sold to another Mike never said “No.” Canadian driver and Heimrath went on to Later, in the fall of 1997, when SVRA Dear Editor, drive the Comstock King Cobra chassis made a commitment to help with the I have to point out a rather large error 6/63. He won the ’64 championship. Dear Editor, fundraising for the International in your article about the . If you have Mr. Kater's email and/or A correction to Mike Lawrence’s Motorsports Racing Research Center, To be specific, Ken Miles did NOT score "a street address, feel free to give him my Dear Editor, correction of Tom Schultz: The finish line Mike was the first person to step forward commanding victory" in the Badger 200. email address and he and I can discuss I’ve been meaning to send you a note at Le Mans very much does signify the with a generous contribution. Beyond his The race was won by Dan Gerber in a further if he wishes. about the Carroll Shelby “remains” finish of the race. The rules were always significant financial support, Mike brought Cobra 289. Miles was 2nd in the Tiger, but Current issues of Vintage Racecar are brouhaha. Actually, I thought it quite such that the cars must cross the finish line great enthusiasm and passion to vintage he in fact never really challenged for the now even better with the addition of appropriate that the main man of after 24 hours have elapsed. In the past the racing. As a member of the IMRRC Board, lead, and if there was any commanding Vintage Roadcar. automotive litigation, in our lifetimes, total distance was measured as that Mike continued his generosity. Preserving victory, it was by Gerber. Keep up the good work. would end up having his body be the number of laps plus the distance back to the history of motor racing in the U.S. was Regards, Regards, subject of court actions and deeds done in the starting point on the grid. Nowadays important to him, and I know that he took Tom Schultz Bill Derbyshire the dark of night—hell, he might even get the rules call for the distance to be pride in helping leave this legacy. Brantford On Canada a kick out of it!! You know, somewhere measured as the total number of complete But way beyond all of this positive Dear Tom, down in a Houston Mortuary, I think I laps once 24 hours have expired. energy was something much more Thanks. Actually that was in reference to hear a tall Texan having the last laugh... János L. Wimpffen important. Although he was a very private the rest of the B Production field, not overall. Shelby on Gregory Best, Langley, WA person, Mike and I developed a deep Considering, that he was second overall and Steve Cleere friendship. I admired the intense first in class, it was a pretty amazing win. commitment and love he had for his family All the best, My friend Mike Stott and for his success, as a business executive. Casey Annis, Editor Right Pic Wrong Date Mike was a man of great integrity and he was my loyal friend. We seem to have come full circle. I Comstock mentioned before my first memory of Mike was 15 years ago when I bought SVRA. My last memory was seeing him a few days before he died. We talked about me selling SVRA and about him selling his Cobra which seemed like the end of an era. In Dear Editor, vintage racing tradition, Mike’s family Your send-off to Carroll Shelby in the Dear Editor, buried him wearing his red Cobra tie. August issue was a nice farewell to a great I enjoy Robert Newman’s column, but Dear Editor, I will miss my old friend Mike Hi Casey: man, but I noted his remark that he wished would point out that your photo and caption On July 31, 2012 at St Gabriel’s driving his big red Cobra on the track, and I, too, enjoyed the photo of the above somebody would tell the story of his friend of is incorrect. The photo you Church in Saddle River, N.J., we said we will all miss his racing passion and car in the June issue. . He must have been show is correctly identified as a BT24 in goodbye to our good friend Mike enthusiasm in our paddocks! I first saw this car race back in 1961 at thinking of periodicals at the time because, 1967, but Brabham's first win was a year Stott. Our love and thoughts go out to his Peter McLaughlin Mosport, and have tried to follow its if it’s books, there is already a very good earlier in a BT19 at the 1966 French GP. wife Alison, who Mike always called the Chairman SVRA whereabouts since. I spoke to Carl Moore one out there. It’s titled Masten Gregory Best wishes, “love of my life.” We also extend our when he brought the car to Mosport in Totally Fearless, and it's written by Michael Locke de Bretteville condolences to his sons David, Gregory, June 2007, and when I saw it for sale J. Cox, who grew up in Kansas City, Tim, TJ and his daughter Amy recently wondered who might buy it. It’s Gregory's hometown. Perhaps it is time to Tominovich and their families. Sadly, nice to see it still on the track. run this book, or parts of it, in serial form. in 1997 Mike and Alison lost their oldest Anyway, I’m pretty sure that Ludwig It tells the story well. son, Michael Jr. Disclaimer: The viewpoints expressed here do not Heimrath never drove this car. Heimrath Sincerely, My first memory of Mike Stott was necessarily reflect those of Vintage Racecar, Parabolica won the Canadian drivers championship Carl Goodwin back in 1997 just after I purchased SVRA. Publishing, LLC or its employees. in 1961 driving a Porsche RS60. In 1962, Colorado Springs, CO Vintage racing is about collecting, Write to: Vintage Racecar Journal, 5212 Katella Ave, Suite the 19 was sold to R.M. Hollingshead car preserving and driving the racecars we 206, Los Alamitos, CA 90720 care products and was raced as the Whiz have all grown to love. Vintage racing can Email: [email protected] (please include mailing Special driven by Francis Bradley who won be both frustrating and fun; however what address) The editor reserves the right to edit all letters.

22 VinTaGe raCeCar VinTaGe raCeCar 23 TIME caPSULe October in Racing History 1 Helene Delange, who raced between the world wars under the name of Hele Nice, dies in Nice, , at age 83 (1984).

2 Bernd Rosemeyer, driving an Auto Union, wins the at Donington, the last race of the 750kg racing formula (1937).

5 Pierre Goutte drives a Salmson to victory in the 124-mile race for 1100-cc cars at Montlhery, France (1924). Eddie Rickenbacker François Cevert 6 François Cevert dies in a crash during practice for the Grand Prix at Watkins Glen, New York (1973).

8 Edward Vernon “Eddie” Rickenbacker, early 20th century racer, WWI fighter ace, owner of the Indianapolis Motor Speedway between the world wars, and founder of the Rickenbacker Motor Company and Eastern Airlines, is born in Columbus, Ohio (1890).

9 DNFs in his last CART Indy Car race. wins the race at Hele Nice Laguna Seca, California (1994).

12 Jean-Pierre Beltoise and drive a M650 to victory in the 1000K sports car race at Montlhéry, France (1969).

13 Sauber team founder Peter Sauber born (1943).

14 drives a Penske /30 to victory in the Can-Am race at Laguna Seca, California (1973).

16 Phil Hill and , driving Chaparral 2Es, finish 1-2 in the Laguna Seca Can- Am race, the only Can-Am victory for Chaparral (1966).

Phil Hill and Jin Hall, driving chaparral 2es, 17 drives a -Chevy to victory in the SCCA F5000 race at Riverside finish 1-2 in the Laguna Seca can-am race, the only can-am victory for chaparral. International Raceway in Riverside, California (1976).

19 Count Louis Vorow Zborowski dies in wreck during the Italian GP at . Antonio Ascari, driving an P2, wins the race (1924).

20 leads a Williams- 1-2 finish in the . finishes second (1985).

21 Alfonso de Portago drives a GT to victory in the sports car race in , Italy (1956). Ian Welsh Ian Sauber team founder Peter Sauber born, october 13, 1943. 24 Nino Farina gives Ferrari their first F1 victory when he wins a minor event at Lake Garda in a Type 125 (1948).

25 wins the at the Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez driving a (1970).

27 , at the wheel of a Watson-, wins the USAC Championship race on the dirt oval in Sacramento, California (1963).

28 Bernie Ecclestone, one-time owner of Brabham and president and CEO of Formula One Management and Formula One Administration, born in Suffolk, England (1930). Jim Hatfield Jim Jean-Pierre beltoise and Henri Pescarolo drive , driving a Kurtis-Offenhauser, wins the AAA Championship race a Matra M650 to victory in the Paris 1000K 30 sports car race at Montlhéry, France. on the dirt oval at Sacramento, California (1949). Compiled by MicHaeL StUcKeR 24 VinTaGe raCeCar VinTaGe raCeCar 25 FAST LineS The Age of the Specials by Pete Lyons ny idea what we’re looking Aat here? Don’t wait for me to tell you, I only have the faintest of notions. These are scans of 4x5 negatives that I’ve just found in my Ozzie Lyons / www.petelyons.com / Lyons Ozzie father’s archive while prowling for www.petelyons.com / Lyons Ozzie something else. He left these images unlabeled as to place, date and subject, passing down a pretty mystery, and I immediately wanted to bring you in on it. All I can offer is that the negs are hand-numbered in a range consistent with www.petelyons.com / Lyons Ozzie other work Ozzie was doing in 1953, a few hundred exposures after he used the same camera at that year’s Sebring, but before it was time to set it up for our annual Christmas family photo. Where do you suppose this little olde- timey metalsmithing shop was? I can only suggest southern New York state, where we lived then, or within a Saturday morning’s Ozzie Lyons / www.petelyons.com / Lyons Ozzie drive of there, somewhere in Connecticut, www.petelyons.com / Lyons Ozzie New Jersey or possibly Pennsylvania. It’s futile to wish I’d gone with Pop Even without knowing much about that day. I was too young to be thinking them, aren’t they keen pictures! Don’t you about taking notes, and I wouldn’t have love the pot-bellied stove, the darker been interested anyway. corners of the shop hiding from the frosty When racing enthusiasm finally did window light, the ambience of woodshed ignite within my adolescent breast, however, simplicity? Don’t you sense the pride in the cars like these were spark plugs. I needed dapper craftsman hand-making these no notebook to remember for all time the aluminum racecar bodies? first ride I ever had in such a device. You can see his background is in Think of a Lotus 7. It wasn’t one, but it Midgets, but he’s developing a nice www.petelyons.com / Lyons Ozzie was of that style, a petite brick of a thing clientele among the sports car road racing that caught my eye with a saucy sparkle of set, a new breed in America, who are sunlight from her bare metallic body. She coming to him to clothe their specials. I was parked in a gas station lot near home can make out four very different ones in and as I walked around and around her, my progress: admiration was so overt that the owner • An oddity that seems to be trying to came out, showed me her finer points and reconcile the cycle-fender style with then—incredibly—offered to demonstrate streamlining, the new rage of the age; its her performance. V8 might be a Studebaker; The engine was an MG, and I • That relatively sleek job clearly remember a small skeptical thought: How inspired by Jaguar’s C-Type has a impressive could this be? 4-cylinder Lea Francis engine; We wheeled out onto the Bronx River

• Parked next to the stubby little Parkway, the driver stroked the gas pedal, www.petelyons.com / Lyons Ozzie building racecar bodywork; location, date and people unknown.this car has i4 Lea Francis engine. envelope-bodied car—I have nothing and my head snapped back—all the way more to say about that one—is an “English back. Literally, all I could see was blue sky. stories and pictures and cutaway drawings about them, about their builders, about Upright” MG wearing a peculiar tail It’s the kind of vision that sticks with a of homebuilts or one-offs like these. They that time. featuring twin head fairings. guy. The term “power-to-weight” always populated races I went to. Some of the best Homebuilts are still an important part Can anyone in the vintage community brings back that flash of blue. specials led to the establishment of proper of private aviation, but most of today’s add to this story? Do you recognize any of During those, my motorsports- marques, like Cunningham, and racing world has left that ethos behind. these cars? The bodymaker? formative years, the magazines were full of Chaparral. Long after, books were written A pity. Ozzie Lyons / www.petelyons.com / Lyons Ozzie

26 VinTaGe raCeCar VinTaGe raCeCar 27 INTERVieW in the 1930s and ’40s. After talking with them, they agreed to VR: When researching, I found some editorial in a magazine course, I think I was a little too young and naive for the post. I got Rex Woodgate employ me. I was put to work on big diesel generators, but I used that described your mechanical abilities as being “as meticulous on the wrong side of Basil Putt one day at Snetterton, we’d had a to try and chat as much as I could to Nobby Clark and Benny as a nanny.” Could that be a reasonable description? bit of trouble there and I gave him some “stick.” What I didn’t Benstead who worked on the record and racing cars. I was very realize, Basil was a good friend of Rodney Clarke, founder of interested in their racing experiences. I’m not too sure what Woodgate: Yes, it could. Whatever job or profession you’re in, if happened to Nobby, but later I met Benny Benstead. He was you do a job it has to be correct and look right. What is the point working for Connaught as one of their main engineers. of doing a job if you’re not going to do it correctly, or if it doesn’t “Whatever job or profession you’re in, if I guess it was in 1948, when Stirling Moss was running the look right when you’ve finished? Yes, I’m a bit bloody fastidious green “anodized” Cooper, we were running the 500-cc JAP and and finicky. you do a job it has to be correct and look the 1000-cc JAP engines at that time, as the 1100-cc hadn’t yet right. What is the point of doing a job if come in. My job was to look after the car, which included VR: After parting company with Stirling where did you go? changing the engines back and forth at some races. At the first you’re not going to do it correctly?” Goodwood meet of the year, we practiced with the 500-cc engine, Woodgate: Ironically, I went to work with John Heath and Stirling came in and I replaced the 500-cc with the 1000-cc George Abecassis. That would be in 1949, it’s where the HWMs engine for the next practice. The following day it was the same were built and Stirling became one of our drivers. This was the Connaught. After they’d had words my days were numbered. job for the races. We were always very busy at meetings where we first British racing team in Europe after the war, and they were After my problems at Connaught I had to rebuild my career, needed to change the engines; it kept us on our toes. I think we really quite successful. In winter of 1950-’51, we built the first which I did at the TT Garage, with Leslie Hawthorn— won or did very well in those Goodwood races. However, there is single-seaters, but I left them after the first race at Goodwood and I’m not too sure who suggested I go there, but that’s where I ended one thing I do remember about that weekend. The 1000-cc joined Gordon Watson, who owned a F2 Alta. I drove the car on up. That would be in 1954, the year I married Joyce. The engine was a recirculating engine with a tank and a dry sump, occasions when he wasn’t available. workshop of the TT Garage was behind the cottage offices and whereas the 500-cc engine used to take oil in and dump it out After that I messed around a little, building cars here and the long showroom. Leslie worked on his own cars for Mike to from the bottom of the car. Well, I had a friend helping me there. I worked for a while for John Lyons working on his race, and also on Sir Jeremy Boles’ cars, which were for Don change these engines, and I asked him to check the oil in the Connaught. When he disposed of that I ended up at Connaught Beauman to race. Don was a local lad, born in Farnham, and a tank—which was a bit low. I was busy doing other things and he Engineering, eventually landing the job of team manager. Of friend of Mike. Sir Jeremy, already racing sportscars, wanted to filled the oil tank quite full. What I’d omitted to tell him was when the engine was tested the oil in the sump would flow out continued on page 78 and back into the tank—of course with all this added oil it was overfilled. I managed to suck the excess oil from the tank, and on noticing an empty lemonade bottle on the grass nearby I squirted it in that. I continued working on the car when Papa Moss,

Mike Jiggle Mike Stirling’s Dad, came by. He picked up the lemonade bottle and With the recent passings of Carroll Shelby, and Ted took a long swig before I could stop him. He swallowed the oil, Cutting, all key players for Aston Martin’s World Sportscar Stirling’s mother, Aileen, shouted to me, “You’ve poisoned my Championship-winning team of 1959, it seemed reasonable to speak husband!” I said, “There’s no need to worry, it’s just straight castor with another racer who worked in that fabled -run team, Rex oil, it’s just been around the engine a couple of times.” The next Woodgate. Woodgate is a notoriously detail-oriented mechanic who morning I saw Papa Moss and asked how he was doing. He said, became an early collaborator of Stirling Moss and also drove on “I’m clean, clear through!” I was with Stirling for a while working occasion. He then had a brief tour of duty as team manager for the at White Cloud Farm in Bray, and living in a caravan on the Connaught Grand Prix team before hooking up with ’s estate. I enjoyed my time with him. He was a good lad, but yet to father Leslie and taking a job with the family’s TT Garage. This led make his name in motor sport. him to his tenure with Aston Martin, which in turn sent him to the I left because it got to the point where JAP wanted to do its USA where he eventually became the company’s North American own engine servicing, maintenance and development. So, there representative. VR’s Mike Jiggle recently sat down with Woodgate to was very little for me to do. One thing I was pleased of, while discuss some of the more memorable experiences of his life and career. working for Stirling, was the idea I had to modify the airflow through the engine of the car. I designed a cowling with an under- chassis scoop to overcome the engine overheating problems. I VR: I’ll start with a question I ask many of those I interview, showed Papa Moss my idea and asked who we should get to build how did you get involved in motor racing? it. Unfortunately, he insisted Coopers would make it; much against my wishes as I felt we should have kept the idea quiet. I Woodgate: It was when I found I couldn’t afford to go flying, was really pissed off when Papa Moss had the work done at which from a kid I always wanted to do. But really, I was always Coopers, and my reservations were proved right at the next interested in bike racing, car racing and bike trials and so on and meeting at Manx. We turned up with our cars modified, and so forth. My father knew Alan Hess quite well, he was the Stirling had done a couple of laps in practice. rushed competitions manager at BMC (British Motor Company), and over and when the bonnet was opened he spat on the rear apparently he asked Alan, “How’s my son going to get into motor . In amazement, he said, “It didn’t spit back!” We racing?” Alan told him to try Thomson and Taylor at Brooklands. were then aware that three additional cowlings, already in their I went and had a word with Thomson and Taylors, their transporter, were fitted to his works cars. Unfortunately, in the workshops were based inside the circuit at the Brooklands and race Stirling had magneto problems, which caused him to retire george constantine savors his victory for aston Martin in the nassau trophy race in the bahamas in 1959. His non-championship win capped a season of were famous for record breaking cars such as the Napier-Railtons, and John Heath eventually won in the HW Alta. grand success for the aston, which also won the nürburgring 1000K, the 24 Hours of Le Mans, goodwood’s tt and the World Sportscar championship.

28 VinTaGe raCeCar VinTaGe raCeCar 29 HEROES Joakim Bonnier he became an officer in the Swedish navy Monaco, so they went off to Zandvoort and saw service on destroyers. with Moss to do some extensive testing a by Robert newman After that, Jo graduated to sports cars week before the 1959 Grand Prix of luent in six and first competed in an Alfa Romeo Holland on May 31. Gradually, the great languages, tall, Disco Volante before his first Formula One Englishman honed the brakes and car into Fwith regular race in the 1956 at a contender on the Dutch circuit, then features set off by an Monza. He shared a rather tired went back to his usual Rob Walker immaculately clipped 250F with 47-year-old Gigi Villoresi, but Cooper-Climax, while Bonnier and Harry goatee beard and the car expired after seven laps. Bonnier Schell took their BRMs back. Blustery moustache, continued in 1957 with a Scuderia Centro weather conditions on the Dutch coast crammed a lot into his Sud 250F and came a reasonable 7th in the meant lap times were down, but come 42 years. He was an accomplished Formula Argentinean GP, followed by a handful of Saturday evening who should be sitting on One and sports car racer, president of the retirements. He ran his own 250F for most pole but Joakim Bonnier! He led from the Grand Prix Drivers Association and of 1958 and drove that into 2nd places at outset, but was overtaken by a hard- proprietor of his own art gallery. But he both Syracuse and Caen. Those charging Masten Gregory in a Cooper- never quite hit the big time, although performances caught the eye of BRM, Climax and that began a nose-to-tail winning the twice and a which were struggling to make its engines pursuit by the Swede until the American’s Grand Prix was not far off the mark. competitive on the newly stipulated car began to jump out of gear, so Jo Born into a wealthy family with its aviation fuel, and he was given a two-year overtook him on lap 12 and led the race own publishing business called Bonnier contract. Jo showed the team was on the comfortably for a while. But Stirling and (Above) bonnier claimed victory in the Road Racing championship contest at Watkins glen in September of 1958, driving this under the series’ regulations. (Below) Prior to the 1962 at Watkins glen, bonnier consults Aktiebolag in Stockholm, , on right road when he took 4th in the last GP Jack Brabham were making up ground in January 31, 1930, Jo was educated in the of the season at the Ain Diab circuit near their Cooper-Climaxes and alternated in with Porsche teammate dan gurney, who would that day be driving his finale race for the Porsche factory team. Swedish capital, Paris and Oxford, but Casablanca, Morocco, which was no the lead. Then Jack Brabham’s gearbox Stirling came crawling into the pits three There was more of the same in 1961, rejected the business life. He yearned to walkover as he was up against the GP started giving the same erratic performance laps later with an equally uncooperative when Jo and Dan Gurney came 2nd in the break loose and race. So he started with an cream, including winner Stirling Moss and Bonnier overtook him. Moss caught gearbox, and stayed there. Bonnier led for Targa driving a RS61, and old Harley-Davidson when he and, thanks to Stirling’s sense of fair play, Brabham on lap 46 and by the 60th Stirling the remaining 12 laps to cross the finish Bonnier got 1962 off to a good start with was 17, then went and ice racing. new World Champion Mike Hawthorn. was right on Jo’s tail, He slipped past the line the winner of his one and only Grand victory in the driving Before settling for a motor racing career, The BRM P52s had brake problems at Swede and it seemed it was all over—until Prix at an average speed of 93.48 mph. a Ferrari 250TR with Lucien , then Jo did best in sports racers, though. He a convincing 3rd in the 1962 Sicilian event signed for Porsche for 1959 and immediately with local star driving a started to bring in the results. Like 3rd in 718 GTR. Better was to come in 1963, the 12 Hours of Sebring, the year’s first round when Jo won his second Targa Florio with of the World Sports Car Championship, Carlo Maria Abate in a Porsche 718 GTR, and 2nd in the last counter, RAC Tourist the car’s agility a major advantage in the Trophy at Goodwood in a 718 RSK— wet, slippery conditions that did almost as shared in both races with Wolfgang von much to defeat the challenging Ferraris as

Trips. A year later, he scored the first of his the German cars. Porsche Targa Florio wins with in Jo also came close to winning the 1964 also a major driving force behind the a 718 RS60: he was the fastest in practice 24 Hours of Le Mans with his old pal GPDA, which was formed in 1961; he and put in the quickest lap of the race with in a Ferrari 330P, where they became its first vice-president and then a mighty 42 minutes and 46 seconds over took a fine 2nd place. The two did win the president, fighting for greater safety in the 44.739-mile circuit. He took another year’s 12 Hours of Reims together in a Ferrari motor racing. second in the ADAC 1000 Kilometers at 250 LM, and in early October they scored Meanwhile, Bonnier came 2nd with the Nürburgring a couple of weeks later, again with a win in the 1000 Km of Paris at Herbert Müller of Switzerland in the this time with Belgian the Montlhéry circuit in a Ferrari 330P. Austrian GP for sports cars driving a Lola in an RS60, and helped Porsche into 2nd After a dismal 1965 driving Brabham- T70-Chevrolet, and won the 1970 European place behind Ferrari in the championship. Climaxes, Jo ran his own Cooper-Maserati 2-Liter Sports Car Championship in a Lola The Porsche 718 RSK was also for a couple of seasons from 1966, then T210-Ford. The following year he won the converted into Formula 2 single-seaters competed in a string of other cars including 1000 Km of Barcelona with fellow Swede and re-designated 787, which pulled off an a McLaren-BRM, Honda, Lotus 63 and a in a Lola T212, and took astonishing 1-2-3 at Britain’s Aintree McLaren M5A-Cosworth without much to 3rd once more in the Targa Florio in the car, circuit driven by Moss, Bonnier and show for his efforts. The M5A literally co-driven by Dickie Attwood. Graham Hill, respectively. Amid the ended up hanging on a wall in Bonnier’s It all ended, however, at about 8 a.m. squalls and glowering black clouds of the house as a little home decoration. one foggy Sunday morning during the Eifel mountains, Jo pulled off a courageous Jo became more interested in other 1972 24 Hours of Le Mans. Bonnier was win for Porsche in the German Grand activities, like his art gallery in Lausanne, overtaking a slower Ferrari, but clipped the Prix, which had been downgraded by the and was the first GP driver to take up Italian car. The Lola flew off the track, locals to a Formula 2 event and run on the residence in Switzerland for fiscal reasons. threw Jo to his death and exploded on Porsche Porsche teammates dan gurney and Joakim bonnier enjoy the chance to stand on the top two steps of the podium after running 1-2 at Solitude in 1962. south loop of the Nürburgring. Together with Jackie Stewart, Bonnier was impact with the ground.

30 VinTaGe raCeCar VinTaGe raCeCar 31 LEGENDS SPeaK and race in other championships outside the would want to make the change to The French Way school. My progress got me all the way to turbocharged engines. They both had a by Rene arnoux the top. I was able to win in , conviction that the power would be very then in Formula Two and Formula One, too. high, and with development would exceed n the whole, As for Formula One, it was very difficult the power of normally aspirated engines. French racing for French drivers to enter until French was a good example of what drivers are teams such as Renault and started. In Grand Prix managers thought about

O Magee Maureen quite friendly toward my time, it was easier for English drivers to Renault. He laughed when it was first at a smiling trio of French drivers—Prost, alliot each other and get into F2 and Grand Prix racing than Silverstone and called the car a “yellow tea- and arnoux—together at Monza in 1987. generally there is a French, because most of the teams of my era pot” because there were overheating still regularly compete for podium places at good rapport and camaraderie between us. I were from England. I think the mother of problems. Not too long after, he too was each Grand Prix. Sometimes, in my period think this stems from the roots of our motor the Formula One championship is in using Renault turbo engines. In France we of racing it would be possible to win a race racing careers in France. Most, if not all, of England; Ferrari have been in the have a saying, “il ne faut jamais dire, fontaine, if you didn’t have the best car, but the us came through the motor racing school championship from it being very young, too. je ne boirai pas de ton eau” (We should never driver had to make all the decisions on the system where we learned our racing skill and The English teams soon joined, but when say, fountain, I shall not drink of thy water). track—we didn’t have strategists. Usually, craft. I was at the Winfield Motor Racing the French teams entered the championship I think this applied very well to Ken Tyrrell the best driver in the best car won. I think School, which was a great training ground train was in the middle of its journey. It was at Silverstone in 1977. Yes, there was a lot of the modern drivers must have to have full for drivers. Elf petroleum worked hand in very complex to get into an English team trouble at the start, but hard work and confidence in their teams of engineers and hand with the school to promote and because first you had to compete with many dedication helped Renault succeed. I first strategists because drivers are told when to support the rising stars of French motor talented drivers, not just in Grand Prix raced the Renault turbo in 1979, and despite brake, when to speed up, when to make pit sport. If we were very strong or very fast racing, but most of the major formulas too, all the testing, and racing the car was still a stops, all these things. Again, in my period drivers, we were helped up to the next level, then you needed a lot of money. little unproven and troubled. It took a little we were given some advice by our pit and the best of us went on to race in My period with Renault was just pressure off of the ability and performance of boards and by the limited radio messages, Formula One. The Winfield school was a fantastic, because when Renault arrived in the driver—not that I didn’t give 100 but not to the level it is today. When I had very good training ground, it was not very Formula One it didn’t find the best way to percent all the time. However, by midseason that memorable dice with Villeneuve at expensive, but it was very selective; there start. Renault was a new team and was we’d had our first win and the car looked Dijon in 1979, it was pure racing between was always room to progress for the bringing a new technology to the sport, all good and the reliability problems improved. two experienced drivers. We made all the successful drivers, and I think these things other cars were 3-liter aspirated engines, but Today, and for the last 8-10 years or so, decisions, we had complete confidence in made Winfield very strong. The drivers I’m Renault had developed a new 1.5-liter the Grand Prix drivers championship has each other, we didn’t crash and it

talking about are Alain Prost, Patrick turbocharged engine. The rules said that become one where the driver has become entertained the crowd then and is still BRDC Tambay, and . 3-liter aspirated and 1.5-liter turbocharged less important and the engineers and talked about today. We were good friends Jean-Pierre Jabouille debuted Renault’s “yellow tea pot” turbocar at the1977 british grand Prix. There were strong Winfield drivers before were on a level and produced the same strategists have come to the front. I’ll give away from the circuit and the best of rivals were racing for 2nd and 3rd place. Jabouille Today’s racing drivers are different, I this time like Pescarolo, Beltoise and Jarier. power. I don’t think too many people in the you an example of what I mean from this on it. For me, Gilles was an acrobat, that’s won the race, the first for Renault and the find it such a pity that there aren’t too We would start at the beginning of the year pit lane believed that when Renault first year (2012): the Red Bull is not so how I saw him—an acrobat of the racing turbo engine, but many forget that. Dijon many drivers who say what they think. with, say, 300 drivers all competing against came along, but I remember speaking with competitive as it was last year when Vettel circuits. I’m not too sure what a strategist 1979 will always be remembered for Nowadays, I think journalists have to each other. Some would fall away, the rest and Jean-Pierre Boudy, who won the championship. However, the or engineer would be saying to us today. I Villeneuve and the red Ferrari against request an interview at least a month would compete until the end of the season were responsible for the engine design, and strategists have told both Vettel and think we’d both be banned from racing for Arnoux and the yellow Renault. ahead. If you’re lucky you only get to speak and there was just one winner, one they told me that within one year of Renault Webber what to do and how to race and a long time by the officials for dangerous Today’s racing cars are very different to to a driver for a few minutes. Drivers are champion, who would be supported to go on starting in F1 many of the existing teams despite having a relatively poor car they driving!! In that period racing was simply those I raced, too. Recently, I was given the not allowed to say what they think these starting as high as you can on the grid and opportunity of driving the last of Michael days. There is always a team media person racing to win. If our race in 1979 was Schumacher’s championship Ferraris. I can at their side telling them what to say and under the regulations of today, spectators tell you it is a very easy car to drive and it’s what not to say, it’s corporate-driven. I wouldn’t have seen Villeneuve and me very comfortable. It is always a fantastic think they should be allowed to show their banging wheels, they would see a opportunity for me to drive more modern F1 emotions a lot more, motor racing is very or two. There would be an engineer telling cars. Of course, it’s very different than it emotional. The audience should see more us to come in and change , a strategist used to be, but the feeling of driving fast passion in Formula One to make it more would tell us to run very fast for five or six remains the same. The testing of the cars has interesting. I can remember racing in my laps before the stop to make up time, been banned now, so everything has to be days it didn’t matter if it was a practice, another engineer would decide what done at the race. I’m sorry this has to be, I pre-qualifying, qualifying or racing, as soon rubber compound to use and the team always enjoyed the development of the car. as the car stopped a French TV crew manager would tell the driver he must do Racing is racing, but to improve the car and always came to me to ask me a few what he was being told. to make some real progress between races questions—I would tell them exactly what It’s completely different now, but 33 was something special. I especially got I was thinking at that time too! I would years afterward I still am asked about Dijon satisfaction from the development of the like to think people will remember Rene nearly every day, especially when I’m asked turbocharged engine at Renault, it was a Arnoux as an exciting, emotional, to sign photos or books. I don’t think Vettel very exciting time—everyone in Formula passionate driver, and his character and will be asked in 33 years time why he made One was looking at us, especially in the spirit truly revealed in those final laps of a certain pit stop—pit stops are forgotten. beginning. It was very difficult at first, but the French GP at Dijon, in 1979. Maureen Magee Maureen arnoux had his first season in the Renault turbo in 1979, as teammate to Jean-Pierra Jabouille. He’s seen here at Monaco. And don’t forget, in 1979 Villeneuve and I we almost ended up as World Champions! As told to Mike Jiggle

32 VinTaGe raCeCar VinTaGe raCeCar 33 ART HiStoRY

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34 VinTaGe raCeCar VinTaGe raCeCar 35 RACECAR PRoFiLe

Bear’s Junior 1963 Brabham BT6-Cosworth

by Patrick Quinn Oom Steve

36 VinTaGe raCeCar VinTaGe raCeCar 37 and its 6th place finish in its first race at was certainly not auspicious. However, in August 1961, Youl lined up for a race at a major meeting at Goodwood and this time the car was powered by a Holbay-modified 1,100-cc engine resulting in pole position with a new lap record! MRD was on the map and after a few more events Youl took the car back to Australia with him. Formula Junior Interestingly, the car that eventually became BT1 was the first water-cooled racing car designed by . Formula Junior was settled on as a logical choice because while it was economical it was also the closest thing to Formula One, making the car the first Junior designed by Tauranac as well. The success of the Youl win also meant that the word was out on who was behind the car. Brabham then put out the news in the

motoring press and while John Cooper had previously learned of Oom Steve what was happening, not so Charles Cooper. He, of course, was not impressed, and from all reports was offended. Not so John, as he understood Brabham’s ambitions. It was at this time when an up and coming French driver by the name of showed an interest in two new MRDs as he thought the was so clean and straightforward. He had reservations, however, about the name MRD, as it’s pronounced Steve Oom Steve merde in French which is their word for shit. Thus, the name of

(Opposite) the author found brabham bt6 FJ-9-63 to be a very rankly, I was surprised at how easily it drove after some Charlie Cooper took the line that there was no need to change comfortable fit and didn’t want to get out of it. (Above Right) cockpit previous experiences I had with other open-wheelers. anything while they were winning. is essentially Spartan, with only minimal gauges on the flat-panel dash. Owner Ed Holly and I are about the same size and shape, Brabham and Tauranac had worked together in Australia with (Right) Fed by twin Weber dcoe 45s, the 1.5-liter cosworth-tuned and once my bum was in the seat of his Brabham BT6 I both doing work for the other. So Brabham scribbled out what he four-cylinder produces 185 healthy horses at 7500rpm. (Below) Ffelt perfectly at home. No names of course, but some had in mind on a piece of paper and posted it off to Tauranac back Wakefield Park is a safe circuit with ample runoff areas so that our man open-wheelers I have had the pleasure of experiencing have been in Australia. In response, Tauranac not only designed a set of step- Quinn could stretch the car’s legs and get a good feel for its capabilities. Steve Oom Steve really quite the opposite, and I have been only too pleased to down gears, but also had them made in Australia for Brabham to hand them back to their owners. take back to England for the 1958 season. Later it was Tauranac Wakefield Park is about two hours south of Sydney, and is the whose input was received for the new Lowline Cooper. perfect circuit to test an unfamiliar car. Not too long, so it’s easy In addition to driving for Cooper, Brabham also had a garage in to remember what the next corner is like and plenty of runoff called Jack Brabham Motors, selling Rootes Group and room should you wish to test the cornering capabilities of a car. Standard-Triumph cars, as well as his own branded tuning kit for Not to worry with the Brabham of Ed Holly, as it is as agreeable the Sunbeam Rapier. Having the ’59 and ’60 World Championships as its good looks. It is also a car with impeccable provenance, being to his name meant the garage was doing well, and as a result the launching pad of a future F1 World Champion in the form of Brabham was able to offer Tauranac a job in England. New Zealander Denny Hulme. Any Brabham car story starts during 1961 when it was becoming Motor Racing Developments clear to Jack Brabham that despite World Championships in 1959 Of course Ron Tauranac wasn’t brought out from Australia and 1960, his success with the was destined just to hop up English road cars, as Brabham had ideas of making not to continue. his own racing cars. However, there was a hitch to this as Brabham was still contracted to Coopers for 1960-’61, and he couldn’t be Ron Tauranac seen as being involved in the manufacture of a new racing car. Looking back, the name of Ron Tauranac is synonymous with Brabham’s ideas soon turned to plans that Tauranac was the world’s most prolific manufacturer of racing cars. Tauranac working out on his drawing board. Motor Racing Developments started out with his brother Austin in the 1950s, building their was formed with Brabham and Tauranac being partners and the own racing specials, before being the T in the BT model first car, MRD-1 was ready in mid-1961. prefix number of later built, and later returning to the Money wasn’t all that available to the fledgling company and name Ralt, producing a total of 1,051 from 1975 to 1993. once completed MRD-1 was sold to a visiting Australian driver However, the name of Tauranac is also connected with named Gavin Youl. Carrying the chassis number FJ1 there was Brabham during the Cooper days. During the late 1950s Brabham nothing unconventional with the MRD. Spaceframe chassis, formed an opinion that the handling of F1 cars from Cooper could alloy body, Ford 1-liter engine, modified gearbox be improved by lowering the Climax engine. However, father with drum brakes all round. Retrospectively it became the BT1, Steve Oom Steve

38 VinTaGe raCeCar VinTaGe raCeCar 39 wet, I thought fellow New Zealander Denny Hulme’s win in the Cusack’s car was extensively damaged and as a result local driver works Brabham FJ was very good. went on to win in his -Ford. “He is now being trained in the Brabham tradition by The consisted of eight separate races over building, working on and developing his own car. He looks after almost the same number of weekends, in both and the car and tunes it in the Brabham racing shop.” Australia. For the 1964 Series FJ-9-63 was entered only for the Hulme’s last race in FJ-9-63 was at Snetterton on September 28, Australian rounds. 1963, where after setting pole position he went on to be first across At the first race, the held at Sandown the line while also setting a new lap record. It was also destined to Park in Melbourne, Gardner was the first on pole of the non-2.5- be the car’s last outing as a Formula Junior and in England. liter brigade. However, while leading the smaller capacity cars to nine laps from the finish he retired with gearbox problems. His Tasman Series best result that year was a highly credible 4th place at the Tasman From the late 1950s through to the early 1960s the southern round at Lakeside on February 23, 1964. summer in Australia and New Zealand was the scene of Following the Tasman, the overseas drivers returned from competitive and enjoyable racing that attracted a number of the whence they came and FJ-9-63 stayed in Australia as part of the top drivers from the Northern Hemisphere. While earlier, the Alec stable. races were a loose arrangement in both countries it was the introduction of the formalized Tasman Series from 1964 that Bathurst provided significant inducement for manufactures not only to While the at Bathurst these days is Racebears Racebears produce cars, but also to send race teams and drivers. usually the reserve of sedans and the like, not so in 1964 when it (Left) Sitting in FJ-9-63 in the pits prior to a race at Snetterton in 1963, polewinner dennny Hulme discusses his race strategy with Jack brabham While the Australian National Formula at that time was 1.5 was used for national race meetings, including open-wheelers. as Ron tauranac lurks behind the car in his blue coveralls. (Right) admires Hulme’s trophy in the aftermath of the bear’s victory that day. liters, the Tasman Series itself allowed engine capacities of up to Enter a driver by the name of Charlie Smith who traded in an the cars into the future were called Brabham, an arrangement that course, left a gap in the Brabham team that was filled by young 2.5 liters. In doing so it was catering to the aging Coventry older Elfin on a Lotus 23 and was offered a drive in FJ-9-63 at the didn’t sit 100 percent well with Ron Tauranac. New Zealander Denny Hulme. Climax four-cylinder FPF engine. Mount Panorama “1500.” Here the car was timed at 152.54 mph As an aside, it is perhaps important to reflect on the names of Brabham offered Hulme a mechanic’s job and, perhaps, an In a letter from Frank Gardner to the previous owner, Ian where it was wise to hug the left-hand side of the track going the companies involved. Motor Racing Developments Limited occasional drive. He accepted of course, and soon proved to be a McDonald, Frank said that FJ-9-63 was the first Brabham to be across the infamous hump on Conrod Straight. In Smith’s case he had originally been a 50/50 partnership between Brabham and driver of some caliber. Hulme had a drive in a Brabham at fitted with a twin-cam Ford engine in place of the Ford 105E quickly found that FJ-9-63 would virtually swap from the left to Tauranac, but later it became a 60/40 partnership due to London’s Crystal Palace and after setting pole, came in 4th. Not Junior 1100-cc engine. Frank goes on to say that it was freighted the right side while crossing the hump. Brabham’s insistence, as he put up £2,000 in capital. Brabham’s long after, he won his first race at Brands Hatch, during which he to Australia in late 1963, and he drove it for the Alex Mildren Throughout the race it was a neck-and-neck tussle between wholly owned company, Brabham Racing Organisation was the set a new lap record. Racing Team in local races and later the 1964 Tasman Series. the Lotus 27 of Arnold Glass and Smith’s Brabham. Then, with company that went motor racing and was actually a customer of Gardner’s first race in FJ-9-63 was at the Catalina Circuit in just two laps remaining and Smith in the lead, a burst on the Motor Racing Developments. The New BT6 Katoomba west of Sydney. The feature race of the meeting, the Brabham while at the top of the mountain, causing him to spin off Always keen on releasing revised models, rather than each Blue Mountains City Council Trophy Race was for racing cars of up into the fence, slightly bending the chassis. Goodwood being a completely new design, Motor Racing Developments to 1500-cc and carried the not insignificant prize money of £400. Throughout the rest of the year FJ-9-63 was run at diverse Spring 1962 heralded the release of the Brabham BT2, with released the new BT6 in early 1963. Its design was a development Unfortunately it was not destined to be an auspicious start for circuits such as the country circuit at Towac, Catalina Park and Brabham having left Cooper some time beforehand. It was also on the BT2 Formula Junior car, and like its predecessor it proved the car in Australia. Throughout the race Gardner had been Warwick Farm. In the hands of fellow Mildren driver Ralph Sach, the time for testing of the new car at Goodwood. Brabham to be popular, with a total of 20 built—some of which were duelling with the older Brabham of Greg Cusack, but there was a it was even run in the 1964 Australian Hillclimb Championship himself set about the task of testing and slashed the Formula adapted to Formula Two and Three the following year. coming together of the two with both going into the safety fence. at the Silverdale hill west of Sydney. Junior time of 1m 33.6s, with a 1m 26.8s, which was also under The success of Hulme in his brief showings impressed both the 1.5-liter Formula One time. Tauranac and Brabham. So impressed infact, that during the The BT2 was more a progression on the earlier car than a northern summer of 1964, Hulme was loaned a Brabham BT6 completely different construction. The bodywork was then made that he and wife Greta trailered all over England and Europe of fiberglass and were now supplying a five-speed taking part in the Express and Star British Championship Series gearbox using the Volkswagen casing. Australian Frank Gardner and the European L’Equipe Series. had been retained to drive the works cars. Denny and Greta Hulme travelled without a mechanic and The Brabham BT3 was to be the first Formula One car, but it raced for over five months, in 14 events, managing six outrights was very much a poor cousin against the money-making customer wins, four 2nds, one 3rd and three DNFs. At the Reims circuit in cars and production was constantly delayed. In total eleven BT2s France, where Hulme won, he set the of were built, against the single BT3. While waiting, the Brabham 2m 41.4s for an amazing lap average of 115.06 mph. Racing Organisation ordered a new . The chassis number of that particular BT6 was FJ-9-63 and it is this car that features in this issue and is currently owned by Ed Promising Holly of Sydney, Australia. Hulme finished in 2nd place in both the The best word to describe the first trading year for Brabham European Formula Junior and the “Express & Star” Formula Junior cars was “promising.” The cars certainly didn’t win every race Championship, behind who was driving a Lotus- entered, but each car had left its mark and—crucial for future Ford 27 and ahead of Frank Gardner, also in a Brabham. success—the customers liked their cars. Hulme’s success in the Brabham certainly generated For the southern summer of 1962, Frank Gardner travelled to significant wordage in the contemporary motoring press. In his Australia to run his BT2 and wiped the board in almost every column in Autosport of May 10, 1963, Bruce McLaren said after race. This opened the eyes of a number of team owners and Frank Hulme’s win at Aintree: Autopics.com.au soon found himself driving a Brabham for Ian Walker. This, of “For a driver who professes to be not particularly good in the after the car was acquired by the alex Mildren Racing team, Frank gardner raced it in the tasman Series, as shown here at Warwick Farm in 1964.

40 VinTaGe raCeCar VinTaGe raCeCar 41 as to where the money would come from. They decided that they I just smile and remind them that it really ran as a Junior for just could make a reasonable offer for FJ-9-63 if a much loved Lotus six-months and has spent most of its life as a 1.5-liter car. It’s just Elite could be sold, along with a . a wonderful and enjoyable car. Oh yes, I am really looking forward Both were sold and with an addition of some further funds the to the next Tasman Revival.” offer was made. To Ed’s excitement, it was accepted. That was around July 2006, which was enough time to prepare the car for A Word with Ron the 2006 Tasman Revival at Sydney’s Eastern Creek Raceway. Recently I was at Eastern Creek, which has had a name Needless to say, Ed was not only delighted to have his original change to , and I was standing next to Tasman Series car on the grid, but that the whole meeting had been FJ-9-63 when along came Ron Tauranac. Ron attends most historic organized by a team headed by himself was very much a bonus. race meetings in this part of the world, and it’s always enjoyable to pass a little part of the day with him. So, with FJ-9-63 looking just Magnificent wonderful next to us I had to ask what he thought of it. When Vintage Racecar tested Ed Holly’s Brabham BT6 at the “The BT6 cars were made in 1963, and in total 20 were Wakefield Park circuit, Ed answered a few questions as to how it made.” Ron said. “It was a development of the BT2 and went on was when he brought it home. to be developed into the 7, the 7a and so forth. “It was absolutely magnificent.” he answered. “I was so enthralled “As there was many hundreds of cars, I don’t remember any with the car, and still am. Plus, it has to be the easiest to maintain single one in particular, however the BT6 was the first Brabham in

Brier Thomas Brier racing car that I have ever been involved with. For instance the which we introduced the rubber doughnuts and also added a ball Frank gardner leans FJ-9-63 into a turn at Lakeside Speedway in 1964. engine was rebuilt 11 years ago, and since then it’s done three to centralize the shaft. Some haven’t got that fitted, so that the NZ Bound While the car certainly was looking very second hand, Stone Tasman Revival meetings, three other major race meetings and I’ve shaft flails around, breaking the coupling and damaging the car. was lucky to escape with just a broken collar bone. lost count of the number of minor meetings. Plus, it holds the class “One of the aspects I do recall was when in Australia those In late 1964 FJ-9-63 was sold to New Zealander Roly Levis Despite the accident FJ-9-63 was rebuilt and was used during lap record at both Phillip Island and Eastern Creek. who bought a Brabham would buy a complete car as import duties who first saw action in the car, not in NZ but at Warwick Farm, the remainder of the 1967 season. Stone also backed up for the “It’s a great car that really talks to you,” Ed added. “It sort of taps were very high at the time. When they wanted spares the tax was where the car was entered by Mildrens. However, it was the 1965 New Zealand rounds of the 1968 Tasman Series, but at the Levin you on the shoulder when you’re trying to be a little too enthusiastic very high so that I would send drawings for the part to be made Tasman Series that Levis had in his sights. round on March 25 he had a narrow escape when the car spun and getting on the power too early. I know when to be careful. locally and therefore avoid any tax.” The 1965 Tasman Series must have been quite a commitment and rolled, trapping him underneath. He walked away with a “What is really interesting is that it’s just wonderful on In response to my comment as how easy to drive Ed’s car was, for Levis as he entered every single event, of which there were black eye and a few abrasions. circuits that are more of a driver’s track than those that demand Ron said. “I think all our cars were easy to drive. The regulations seven that year. While the final points score for the series shows Amazingly, FJ-9-63 was rebuilt and after one further run by power. Sydney’s Eastern Creek, for instance, is quite like Warwick changed frequently and people with enough money would buy a that Levis finished with two points and Jim Clark had 35, it Stone it was sold that September to Gerald “Jiggs” Alexander. Then, Farm and there have been quite a few times when it has been new car each year and sell the old one on. So what I used to do was doesn’t tell the true story. Of the seven races, Levis in FJ-9-63 was like so many older racing cars, while it still performed, the rest of the more than competitive against larger-capacity cars. It certainly is to design the ultimate car I thought and back off in the design so the leading non 2.5-liter car five times and 2nd once. In the field had caught up with it and in most cases left it far behind. a great leveller on such circuits. that it would be just good enough to beat the opposition. Then we seventh race, Levis was involved in an accident in the NZGP at “I want to own FJ-9-63 for a long, long time as it’s such an could update individual cars year by year. Other manufacturers Pukekohe where the car lost its nose cone and cockpit surround. Restoration enjoyable car. It’s funny as lately the Formula Junior boys have employed designers who had to come up with a new car every year. Levis’ results provided him with 1st place in the Australian Alexander continued to compete in the car to around 1970, been having a go at me saying I should convert it back to a Junior. This meant that their second-hand cars weren’t worth so much National Formula Championship. by which stage it was sorely in need of a restoration. This was The following year Levis again drove FJ-9-63 finishing the started with great enthusiasm, and FJ-9-63 was completely Tasman Series in 9th place overall, 1st in the Australian National stripped. However, that’s how it stayed until 1999 when it was Formula Championship and 2nd in the New Zealand Gold Star. bought as a basket case by Australian Ian McDonald, who Unfortunately, later in the year while testing at Levin, Levis undertook its complete restoration. flipped the Brabham and sustained minor back injuries. Following the restoration, McDonald, to his credit, didn’t believe in maintaining FJ-9-63 in cottonwool, and would Guy Fawkes compete in the car whenever the occasion arose. Entering the It was Guy Fawkes Day, November 5, 1966, and FJ-9-63 was scene was Sydneyite Ed Holly, who first saw the car at Phillip entered by Bill Stone, its new owner. (Stone later went on to be Island in 2005 and just fell in love with it. a co-founder of Reynard Cars.) Levis was also in the event, but Ed has been a leading light in the Historic Sports and Racing driving another BT6 that had been previously owned by Andy Car Association in Australia, and has owned and competed in a Buchanan/Bill Caldwell. Later Stone lined up for the Tasman wide range of cars from an MGA to a Brabham BT21C. Ed was Series, but restricted his entries to the New Zealand events only. also the instigator of the inaugural Tasman Revival race meeting The results show that he wasn’t at the sharp end of the field, held in 2006. This year marks the fourth Tasman Revival, to especially against the likes of Jackie Stewart’s BRM P261 and the which enthusiasts from all areas of Australia are looking forward Lotus 33 of Jim Clark. However, he was certainly not among the to on November 23-25. also-rans of the 1.5-liter cars. Ed was at Phillip Island to run his Brabham BT15 F3, and his It was destined not to be a good year for Stone, as while he didn’t first sight of FJ-9-63 was in the garages. Later Ed shared a race with cross the Tasman Sea he did stay at home to run in the Timaru Road FJ-9-63, which was being driven by Ian McDonald’s son Nick, and Race on February 4, 1967 through the streets of the had to be content with watching from the infield due to a spin. city of Timaru. Unfortunately, oil had been spilled on the very rough Not long after, Ed became aware that FJ-9-63 had come up for surface of the circuit and FJ-9-63 quickly spun end for end, turned sale, but when he looked further down the ad he had to take a over and cannoned off the circuit upside down, coming to rest after deep breath upon seeing the price asked. This did not deter him, Kiwi Roly Levis purchased the car for the 1965 tasman Series, during which he was the top non-2.5-liter finisher on five occasions, a showing good scraping along the concrete walls of a school ground. however, and both he and wife Lorraine put their heads together enough to secure the australian national Formula championship. He’s shown here leading graham Hill’s newer brabham bt11a-climax at Sandown.

42 VinTaGe raCeCar VinTaGe raCeCar 43 money at the end of the year, while ours maintained their value. felt. The gluteus maximi are an amazingly sensitive set of muscles “This attracted people back to us as those who were buying a that allows the perceptive to know how a car is performing. new car from us always got a good price for their old car. I I will admit that Ed’s BT6 handles like a dream, especially as continued doing that right through my career.” most corners at Wakefield Park are right-handers. When I get to the left-handed twin-apex dogleg, which is about halfway round, FJ-9-63 at Wakefield I felt my gluteus maximus tense up as I have less than pleasant Those who recall my earlier missives would also recall that many memories of this corner. It was back to second for the tricky cars have been tested at Wakefield Park. Designed as a club circuit, corner and around without any fuss. I am pleased to say that each Wakefield Park has gone from strength to strength and is booked up time I tried the dogleg I tried a little harder, and while my laps all year round. It is important to realize that its success has also weren’t timed I knew I was getting faster. I also knew that in Ed’s brought considerable trade into the local Goulburn area, much to BT6, I was the boss of the corner. the agreement of the local stores and accommodation providers. After ten or so laps I was getting really comfortable. Okay, I Sadly, one of the enthusiasts behind the establishment of confess to taking it to 6,000 rpm plus a bit, (sorry Ed) but it was Wakefield Park, Paul Samuels, recently died after a long battle just so much fun. Plus, it wasn’t my fault that I felt so with cancer. Paul was also a previous president of the HSRCA comfortable. and a very enthusiastic competitor in his that he ran not only in Australia, but also the U.S. and England. Looking back, the predominant memory of Ed Holly’s Brabham BT6 is how comfortable I felt while driving it. As mentioned, Ed is about my size or perhaps a little taller, and as I lowered my bum into the seat I was simply surprised at how easy it all was. The right-hand gearchange was exactly where I wanted it to be, the instruments were in easy sight, my helmet didn’t clang on the roll bar (believe me, this happen so much, and it’s very disconcerting) and most importantly there was enough room for my size 8s with sufficient left over to rest my clutch foot. Plus, even the clutch was progressive and easy to feel so that I knew exactly where I was. Additionally, it was a real bonus that the car looked and felt immaculate. Wakefield Park is perfect for testing as there are plenty of runoff areas for those silly moments, but luckily with such a forgiving car as FJ-9-63 this never happened. Thomas Brier (Above) as gardner sits in FJ-9-63 (#16) behind him, ill-fated young Of course, I was mindful of not searching for the 7,500 to american racer timmy Mayer gathers his pre-race thoughts in the cockpit 8,000 rpm that Ed commonly reaches. In fact I keep it to a timid of his cooper. (Below) Roly Levis sets up for a left-hander at Sandown 5,500 rpm, which is more than enough for me to sense how it all international Raceway during his successful 1965 tasman Series campaign. Autopics.com.au

44 VinTaGe raCeCar VinTaGe raCeCar 45 SPECIFICATIONS ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS / RESOURCES Chassis/Body: Tubular steel chassis and fiberglass body Many thanks to Ed Holly for the opportunity of getting : 7ft 5.56ins (2,275mm) up close and very comfortable with his Brabham BT6. Track: 4ft 2.78in (1,290mm) front – 4ft 3.96in (1,320mm) rear Thanks also to Wakefield Park for the tracktime and also Weight: 903.90 lbs (410kgs) to the Golden Era (GEAR) for allowing me to pinch some time from their mid-week meeting. Suspension: Front & Rear: Independent with coilover shock absorbers and anti-roll bar Graham Howard & Stewart Wilson, The Official Steering Gear: Brabham MRD rack and pinion. 50-race History of the Australian Grand Prix. R & T Engine: Cosworth twin-cam 1,500cc Publishing. ISBN 0 9588464 0 5 Power: 185hp at 7,500 rpm. Twin Weber DCOE 45mm John Blanden, Historic Racing Cars in Australia. Clutch: Single-plate. Turton & Armstrong. ISBN 0-908031-83-1 Gearbox: Hewland Mk5 Mike Lawrence, Brabham Ralt Honda – The Ron Gears: 5 forward, 1 reverse. Tauranac Story. Motor Racing Publications. ISBN Foot Brake: discs all round 1899870 35 0 Wheels: Brabham MRD 6 inch front & 8 inch rear Tires: Front 4.50M x 13 Rear 550M x 13 Dunlop Tires. Sir Jack Brabham with Doug Nye, The Jack Brabham Story. MINIDI Pty Ltd. ISBN 0-9577060-30 Steve Oom Steve Steve Oom Steve Steve Oom Steve

46 VinTaGe raCeCar VinTaGe raCeCar 47 the racing photographer: Alix Lafontant by Carl Goodwin n essential part of the early sports car scene was the race photographer. He was the guy with three cameras strapped around his neck – probably Leicas, Hasselblads or Nikons. He knelt by the side of the track as the cars awhizzed by at 140 miles an hour only a couple of feet away. He chronicled the races at venues from Watkins Glen to Bridgehampton to Elkhart Lake, Put-in-Bay and Brynfan Tyddyn. His work went into magazines like Speed Age, Road & Track and Sports Car….not to mention the various SCCA regional newsletters. Of course, anyone can buy a camera, but not everyone can use one. Professional photographers in motorsports were confronted with things their counterparts in regular news photography could never imagine: extreme high speeds, access to vantage points (re: safety), spectators, officials and distances (e.g., getting yourself and your gear around a three-mile road course). The better ones overcame all of this and captured some great images…images that will last for all time…images of the Golden Age of . Some of their names: Alix Lafontant, Hemp Oliver, Pierre Perrin, Arthur Richards, Ray Boldt, Pete and Ozzie Lyons, Jim Sitz, Joe Brown, Dan Rubin, Irv Dolin, Taz Rufty, Jack Campbell, Bob Canaan, Bob Tronolone, Allen Kuhn, Pete Biro, Fred Vytal, Dave Freidman, Tom Burnside and Warren Ballard, with apologies to those omitted. Alix Lafontant took pictures of the sports car racing scene from Brynfan Tyddyn to Road America and from 1953 to 1963. He was the Regional Executive of the Finger Lakes Region of the Sports Car Club of America from 1957 to 1960. As ex-racing driver Dave Wild (MG-TD and Elva Courier) recalls, Alix did a lot of photography for Finger Lakes Region and Watkins Glen. Beginning in 1956, there was a Sportsmanship Award, otherwise known as the Alix Lafontant Trophy. It is still awarded today. He was a rally driver and owned a number of interesting cars from a red MG-TD, to a Jaguar XK-120 called “The Tomato” (due to a repaint in an unusual color), an Alfa Giulietta and two Porsche coupes (a red one and a silver one). “When he first got the Jag,” says racing driver Dave Elder, “he thought that spark plugs should be in very tight. They had trouble getting one of them out and had to repair it with a Helicoil.” Alix and his wife Nicole had come from Haiti and both were French; they spoke fluent English with a pleasant French accent. Walt Marshall sponsored their entry into the U.S. His daughter Elizabeth remembers Alix and Nicole. “They were sophisticated, elegant people,” she says. “Nicole was charming and sweet. Alix wore an ascot. He came from a wealthy family. When he played tennis, a servant ran to get the ball. He taught me how to dive in the pool at our home. It was a neat time in my life.”

the Paddock at Watkins glen in 1954 is filled with a representative sampling of the caars being raced, including Jaguar XK120 coupes and roadsters, a couple of roadsters and a coupe, an austin-Healey 100 and lots of t-series Mgs, all getting their numbers on and preparing to go racing.

48 VinTaGe raCeCar Elizabeth’s brother Mike recalls: “My father went on rallies with Alix in the early ’50s. Alix had an MG-TD, a red one, and he brought it over to the house. I’ll never forget the smell of the leather seats. We had seven kids in my family and they all swarmed over the car. I thought, ‘boy, this is something.’ On these rallies, Alix would be the driver and my father was the navigator. One time they came back from a night rally and my father was practically frozen! Then Alix had a Jag 120. The lines on the car were beautiful. Later he had a silver Porsche 356. Alix and his wife Nikki were great people. She was an elegant woman. They came over to our house quite often. Either his or her parents were involved in government in Haiti; they were pretty high up. He had a good job at Kodak. We all went to Watkins Glen when they raced in the streets. It was a dangerous course and a wonder more people weren’t hurt. The racing cars were parked in garages in town. One of them was the Cunningham—it was spectacular. They had two of them: a coupe and convertible.” Another one of the Kodak people who was a friend of Alix was three figures who made a name for themselves in the sport, (left David Cunningham, who knew him between 1955 and 1959. “Alix to right) three-time World champion Jack brabham, famed Watkins glen starter tex Hopkins and photographer alix and Nikki were in the Rochester Yacht Club,” Cunningham recalls, Lanfonant. alix is carrying a 35mm Leica iiif with a 90mm lens and “and I used to socialize with them there. We both lived in the same variable rangefinder, as well as a 2¼ format viewfinder camera. apartment house in Rochester, and the people who owned it had a sailboat of about 23 feet in length that they used to take out on Lake Ontario. They did not race it, just day-sailing.” A man named Ned Junker also worked with Alix. His son Chris recalls, “Dad was a cinematographer for Watkins Glen. His specialty on the grid prior to the ’62 USgP at Watkins glen. that’s in the #15 Udt Lotus 24 and count in his Porsche 718. was film transport systems. Alix did the mechanical systems for the photo reconnaissance cameras. a characteristically airborne tex Hopkins brandishes the green flag to unleash a full field of Formula Junior competitors at Watkins glen in 1960. “After a while, they moved out of the Rochester area into a suburb called Pennfield. Alix was very good with children, though he and Nikki had no children of their own. He taught the children French. It was ‘bonjour Alix; bonjour Nicole.’ When they were in the garden they spoke French. For cars I remember they had a tomato red Jag, an Alfa Giulietta and a 1600 Super.” Alix and Nicole were such a nice couple that Jim Kimberly autographed a picture: “To my very good friends Nicole and Alix— always the best.” And Porsche meister Bob Holbert noted, “Best wishes to a fine couple.” As Alfa racer Dave Elder recalls, “his wife Nikki was brabham in his -climax at the 1963 U.S. grand Prix. good looking and I remember at the Holland Hill Climb, wherever she went, all the engines were quiet.” graham Hill leads away from the start of the ’63 USgP at Watkins Nicole was pretty and popular, and both of them had many friends glen. He and bRM teammate ultimately finished 1-2. among the U.S. and European drivers. These friends were figures in the sport both American and European, including Briggs Cunningham, Jim Kimberly, , Paul O’Shea, Phil Hill, Chuck and Suzy Dietrich, Doc and Peg Wylie, John and Evelyn Mull, Frank Dominianni, Otto Linton and Lester Smalley of Smalley’s Garage—as well as Jim Clark, Jack Brabham, Roy Salvadori and Graham Hill. Among Alix’s friends at Kodak was Fred German. In World War II, Fred was an aide de camp to General MacArthur and stood on the deck of the USS as the Japanese signed the papers of surrender. “Fred had a very responsible job at Kodak,” notes Louis Willsea, a distributor of sports car accessories. “He was responsible for relations with . He had an office in the Eastman Theater, built by George Eastman.” In the sports car world, Fred German first organized race workers into an effective safety team with a group called Race Communications

50 VinTaGe raCeCar VinTaGe raCeCar 51 Association. It was the prototype for all the racing organizations to follow, including Bill Benham’s Lake Erie Communications in SCCA’s NEOhio Region. When they went to the races, Alix would shoot the cars and Nicole would head the Timing and Scoring section. On the way home after the races, Nicole would read off the finishing positions and they would talk about how the race report would be written. Taking pictures at races began as a hobby but then Alix became a professional by virtue of selling his pictures to Road & Track and Sports Car, and writing the stories to go with the race results. This was the era before digital cameras. He generally used a Leica IIIF 35mm rangefinder camera. Some photographers prefer the larger 2-1/4-inch format, but Alix liked the light weight and portability of the little Leica, and the results speak for themselves. Later on, he added a Hasselblad and a Nikon to his repertoire. In addition to shooting races, he occasionally did some commercial work. “Alix took pictures of some German fender mirrors that my company imported. They were mirrors,” says Louis Willsea, longtime member of the Finger Lakes Region, Above in 1962, Lafontant captured reigning SCCA. “I was also a distributor for Bell Helmets.” Louis worked World champion Phil Hill displaying the on race communications with his wife, and drove an Alfa Duetto. determined look that often graced his visage. On request by certain racers like Alfa driver Dave Elder, he would even do weddings as Dee Elder notes, “He did all the pictures for Below Jim clark won the 1962 USgP and our wedding—it was 50 years ago!” In addition, he accepted afterward enjoyed a kiss from Pat gannon and a orders, on occasion, for copies of the photos he took, from the little champagne, as a mildly amused Lotus team drivers he took them of. SCCA president Jim Kimberly ordered owner looks on. 63 photos of himself, including two enlargements of one taken Above carroll Shelby’s relentless intensity is readily evident in this classic Lafontant portrait. Paul o’Shea drove his #30 Mercedes 300 SL roadster to the 1957 d with Phil Hill. Alix was in demand as a speaker on the subject of Sports national championship, his third straight Scca title. this is at the sports car scene, addressing corporate audiences including Lime Rock. General Dynamics and Eastman Kodak top management. He also judged the photo contest at the 1958 , per a Stirling Moss enjoys the spoils of victory after the Fia Formula Libre race request by Watkins Glen race announcer John Duvall. at Watkins glen in 1960. it was the second consecutive win for Moss. As a graduate of the University of Rochester, Alix Lafontant was employed by Kodak in Rochester, and most people thought he worked as a photographer for them. He was actually a product engineer. One of his projects was a high-resolution, high-altitude aerial spy camera for the U.S. government that took the pictures of the Soviet rockets on Cuba. Walt Marshall also worked on that project, but that’s another story for another time. No, wait a minute, let’s hear it now! The U.S. government needed a camera that would take high-resolution photos from high-altitude surveillance planes. Naturally they came to Kodak, the leader in photography. Alix was assigned to design and construct the camera. He was a very methodical man and he Above Friends and co-drivers briggs cunningham and John Fitch wait on the starting grid before the 1956 Road america 500 with cunningham’s #58 d-Jaguar. located a lens supplier in Germany. When he learned how critical the cooling schedule was and, if too much or too little the lens Below isabelle Haskell of Redbank, new Jersey, could crack, he ordered an extra one of the expensive lenses. Right Fred Walters, takes her Spyder under the checkered flag Midway through the construction process, a meeting with the father of driver Phil at the 1954 Lockbourne aFb races near CIA was scheduled. Alix’s boss was nervous about it. “Just columbus, ohio. Walters, took this remember,” he said, “no small talk. Just start the meeting, answer photo of photographer all their questions, finish the meeting and say goodbye.” Lafontant sitting in The conference room was reserved, the door opened, and Phil’s cunningham c- 4R, a car so new it there they were. “The men from the CIA looked exactly like the hasn’t even had its Blues Brothers,” Alix recalled. “They had dark suits, pork-pie racing numbers applied hats, the same briefcases and they were wearing sunglasses. I yet. “i just pre-focused answered each of their questions, for two hours. Then the meeting the Leica and gave it to was over. Just as they were going out the door, one of them him,” recalled alix. “i stopped, looked back at me and said, ‘Will we see you at Beverly got in the car and he this weekend?’” That, of course, was the national sports car race pushed the button.”

52 VinTaGe raCeCar VinTaGe raCeCar 53 at the Beverly, Mass., airport. The man’s face did not ring a bell. drive down a one-way street the wrong way and a policeman stops Alix knew all the drivers and officials. The CIA man must have you. You do not just hand him a ten-dollar bill. You tell him, ‘Oh been a crewman for one of the teams. After the spy camera was I have been so careless. I was rushing to go to a business meeting. complete, there came the test. Alix told the pilot to fly over his I am already late. I do not have the time to see the judge. I wonder house. He could recognize everything there. When the films came if you would do a great favor for me. Please tell him I plead guilty back, Alix reviewed them. “Yes, yes,” he said, “those are the and hand him the fine.’ At that time, the money is transferred pebbles on my driveway.” quickly, smoothly, and legally.” Over the years, Alix took pictures at Watkins Glen, Brynfan In California, Alix also took up motorcycle riding. He was Tyddyn, Road America, Bridgehampton, Thompson, Lime Rock, practicing for the Baja 1000 race and went over a hill with an Road America, Beverly Mass., Westover AFB, Lockbourne AFB unexpected backside. He flew through the air and when he landed and Brynfan Tyddyn. The events included SCCA regional and broke his tailbone, a painful injury. With no ambulance to call, he nationals, NASCAR and Formula One races. His reports of these rode back to a Mexican hospital for medical help on his own. races appeared in Sports Car, the magazine of the Sports Car Club During treatment, he received tainted blood, and this was to of America, and in Road & Track. With the best of words and cause health problems for him later in life. pictures, Alix and the beautiful Nicole covered American sports He did keep in touch with some of the people in racing and car racing from ’53 to ’63. did some work with magazine and book writers doing work that In 1964, Alix was offered a chance to open up some new involved his photographs. The subjects included Jim Kimberly, marketing opportunities for Kodak on the West Coast. He set up the Cunningham Team, Brynfan Tyddyn, Watkins Glen and this Lafontant image was Jim Kimberly’s favorite picture of himself, and an office in Whittier, California, and began the expansion of racing at the Lockbourne SAC Base. Eventually, those health the one that he would regularly distribute to all of his many friends. Kodak’s market dominance. Work, however, kept him out of the problems took his life, and Pat passed away shortly afterward. The car scene. He lived in Whittier, but he also had a cabin up at Big Lafontant photos live on in numerous published accounts of USaF general curtis LeMay, Bear Lake. Then Nicole died. After a while, he remarried—to his racing history and books that include 50 Years of Watkins Glen by seen here at the Lockbourne secretary, Pat Iannotti. Alix and Pat went to Baja together. “It was Bill Green and J.J. O’Malley, They Started in MGs by Carl aFb sports car races, organized a beautiful time,” Pat recalled. They bought a vacation home on Goodwin and Formula One at Watkins Glen by Michael the Strategic air command base races as a way to improve the water, at Big Bear Lake, California. It was there that they Argetsinger. Alix also contributed photography to a very morale and raise funds for became interested in the shooting sports. “Pat would sometimes interesting book written by Gene Kira about his friend Ray airman and officer recreational be at the lake by herself,” Alix said, “so I bought her a .45 Carroll. It was titled The Unforgettable Sea of Cortez: Baja facilities. He owned a 170 mph automatic for protection.” California’s Golden Age, 1947-1977. Railbirds Jim clark, Richie ginther and Pedro Rodriguez (left to right) share allard, a former Le Mans car, Pat recalled, “I had grown up in the city, in , and a laugh prior to the start of the 1963 U.S. grand Prix at Watkins glen. and was mechanically adept, we didn’t have guns.” So they went to a shooting range to working on the car himself. His practice. The pistol they had was a Colt that had been targetized. Acknowledgements: Thanks to these people, without whom this article this all-star group assembled at the drivers meeting before the Road friends were ace fighter pilots Pat became so good with it that she entered some target matches could not have been written: the late Cameron Argetsinger and his america 500 at elkhart Lake in 1957, (left to right) Phil Hill, denise who also had allards. and frequently won. One of these was a match entered by a lot of friends at the International Motor Racing Research Center at Watkins Mccluggage, Jack Mcafee, Jim Kimberly, and carroll Shelby. young policemen. Glen, Elizabeth Lee Mulcock, Mike Marshall, Chris Junker, Louis Willsea, Dave and Dee Elder, David Cunningham, Louis Willsea, Dave One of them wasn’t very nice and he said, “What’s the little Wild, George Morris, John Castle, Chris McAllister and Carl Dresie of lady doing here?” At the end of the tournament, Pat outscored the Finger Lakes Region, Sports Car Club of America, Harry Hufford everyone else, including the one with bad manners. Shortly and of course Alix and Pat Lafontant afterward, both Pat and Alix gravitated this is Maserati Row in the grassy paddock at beverly, Massachussetts, in 1955. all are 300S models, into trap shooting. They took it quite for briggs cunningham, bill Spear and bill Lloyd. seriously, with $6000 shotguns and a three- turret shot shell reloading machine in the garage. They competed in California, and Colorado. Meets are scored on the basis of clay pigeons hit. Both were high-scoring clay pigeon shooters, but Pat was a little better, and a few times shot 200 out of 200. As Harry Hufford, past president of the Prescott Trap and Skeet Club, has said “Pat was one of the top women shooters in the west.” We used to call her Annie Oakley. Alix had a shooting cap covered with “100” score badges from Federal Ammunition. After he moved to California, he spent a lot of time down in Baja and went into from time to time. He got to know the culture there. One of the traditions is the Mordido or bribe. Alix explained the way it worked. “Let’s say you

54 VinTaGe raCeCar VinTaGe raCeCar 55 MARKET gUide Prewar 1 Overview VEHICLE CATEGORY MAKE MODEL LEVEL III LEVEL II LEVEL I Alfa Romeo RLTF AC 12/24 $125,000 $150,000 $175,000 From the very beginning of the Targa Florio was a successful automobile, man built cars to compete competition car having won the 12/40 $125,000 $150,000 $175,000 with a passion for speed and technology. famed 1923 Targa Florio race Prewar 1 These early innovators are in an elite club outright. It was lighter than the Ace 16/56 $150,000 $200,000 $225,000 with their place in automotive history other RL versions, had a seven guaranteed as the creators of a true classic main bearing engine and double Ace 16/66 $175,000 $200,000 $250,000 sports car, a genuine thoroughbred. carburetion. In its final form it Criteria Used For Assess- The development of the racing sports had a 3.6-liter engine producing ing Valuations for this Ace 16/80 - 16/90 $200,000 $250,000 $300,000 car can be traced to specific manufacturers, 125 bhp. Drivers were Ugo Guide: who at one time in history dominated Sivocci, Antonio Ascari and a Alfa Romeo RL Targa Florio $900,000 $1,100,000 $1,250,000 • Degree of Originality motor racing, in particular, the world’s young . It was • Overall Condition, Restoration 6C 1500 SS/SC $900,000 $1,100,000 $1,250,000 most challenging road races, such as the After the end of World War I, where Sivocci who won the 1923 Targa Florio • Technology, Design, Mille Miglia, Targa Florio and endurance Alfa Romeo had manufactured for the in a red car with the green cloverleaf. • Production Numbers/Rarity 6C 1750 GS/SC $1,500,000 $1,750,000 $2,000,000 contests such as the Le Mans 24 Hours. war effort, owner Nicolo Romeo set That symbol would stay with Alfa Romeo • Competition History The creation of an automobile that about building a new touring car. Prior to to this day. The RLTF deserves credit for • Ownership History, Documentation Tipo B Monoposto P3 $6,000,000 $7,000,000 $8,000,000 could win in international competition the era, designer Giuseppe the start of a new era of racing success for • Modern Event Eligibility was usually the inspiration of one Merosi penned the RL. It was built on a Alfa Romeo. It was followed by the 6C Tipo C Monoposto 8C35 $5,000,000 $6,000,000 $6,500,000 passionate man, an engineer, a genius, who ladder frame with a solid rear axle, drum and 8C series of Jano-designed cars. Regional Variances put all of his design and engineering skills brakes and front-mounted, in-line 6- Today it is a rare sight to see an RLTF and Tipo 8C 2300 $5,000,000 $6,500,000 $7,000,000 toward his goals. cylinder 3.0 liter engine. The coachwork one to enjoy. An example of the design The prices stated in this guide are based on Part One of this pre-war market guide was varied including Castagna and and engineering excellence that Alfa Tipo 8C 2300 Lungo (Le Mans) $5,000,000 $7,000,000 $7,500,000 U.S. values. The values of historic racing cars will feature some of these exciting cars, their Zagato and it was available in touring Romeo was to become well known for can vary as much as 25%–35% in other founders and designers: Bentley Motors with and competition form. The RLTF or and a solid automotive investment. Tipo 8C 2300 Corto (Mille Miglia) $6,000,000 $8,000,000 $8,500,000 countries, depending on local market W.O. Bentley, and Alfa Romeo with Nicolo Romeo and Vittorio Jano. appeal, currency rates, import duties, and Tipo 8C 2300 Spider Corsa (Monza) $6,000,000 $8,000,000 $9,000,000 Bentley Speed Six VAT. Most of the time, we are able to Today, these pre-war masterpieces are document known sales or closed escrows, as Tipo 8C 2900B Lungo $7,000,000 $8,000,000 $9,000,000 highly sought after by the sophisticated from 1926-1928, had a car in they say in real estate. When this is not collector. They and their current owners the Speed Six capable of possible, a logical estimate of the car’s value Tipo 8C 2900B Corto $8,000,000 $9,000,000 $10,000,000 are often invited to partake in the most winning again in 1929-1930—a is given, based on its sales history and prestigious historic racing venues stunning achievement. This relationship to cars of its type. Alvis 4-Cyl., FWD $250,000 $300,000 $350,000 worldwide—the Le Mans 24 Hour Classic, added up to a total of 5 Le Mans Mille Miglia Storica, Monaco Historique 24 Hours wins for Bentley in VALUATION CATEGORIES Amilcar 6C $200,000 $250,000 $300,000 Grand Prix and the Targa Florio, to name the 1920’s and inspired Ettore The best combination of but a few. Bugatti to remark that W.O. Aston Martin Ulster Mk II $400,000 $500,000 $600,000 I all criteria. Due to the age of these cars and their Bentley built the most reliable racing heritage, their value is determined and fastest trucks in the world. Satisfies mid-range Lemans $500,000 $600,000 $700,000 Gray Dennis of criteria. by their originality and provenance. Old W. O. Bentley, founder of Bentley , the Bentley Chairman, II cars built up from parts are not the same as Motors Ltd. near London, was an successful businessman and diamond LEVEL 2-Liter Speed Model $300,000 $350,000 $400,000 In need of restoration. Meets true complete survivors. In many cases, automotive designer with tremendous mining heir, headed the team of Bentley III only a few points of criteria this attrition can bring the remaining total technical knowledge and high standards. Boys in their adventures. One creative Bentley 3-Liter Speed Model $850,000 $1,000,000 $1,200,000 down to less than ten good surviving His cars were extremely well-built, challenge was Woolf Barnato saying that The valuations tabulated here Big Six $1,800,000 $2,000,000 $2,200,000 examples of a particular model. reliable and fast. W.O. had a clear vision the Speed Six could get him from the are suggested guidelines; they are for his cars and his company and his French Riviera to London before the in no way absolute. The valuation 4.5-Liter $1,800,000 $2,000,000 $2,200,000 standards were seen in the cars’ deluxe “Le Train Bleu” Mediterranean of an individual example may be construction and competition success. Express train (with blue railroad cars) significantly higher or lower Speed Six $4,500,000 $5,000,000 $5,500,000 With the introduction of the new 6- could get from the Riviera to Calais. depending on a number of the cylinder engine, a new model was to Racing through the night, Barnato factors listed above. 4.5-Liter Blower $5,000,000 $5,500,000 $6,000,000 follow, the Speed Six. The Speed Six had arrived first in London before the train a sturdy ladder frame, was powered by an arrived in Calais and the “Blue Train MARKET GUIDE EDITOR: BMW 328 $700,000 $800,000 $900,000 inline, 6.5-liter engine, mated to a 4- Special” legend was born. This is a Mark Leonard speed gearbox, a solid rear axle, running further example of Bentley’s stunning Grand Prix Classics Bugatti Type 35 $3,000,000 $3,500,000 $4,000,000 on large wire wheels with drum brakes. performance and reliability. A point 7456 La Jolla Blvd., They were available with different Barnato wished to make. Bentley is a Type 37A Supercharged $3,000,000 $3,500,000 $4,000,000 La Jolla, CA 92037, coachwork and were magnificent in both special marque, and the Speed Six is an (858) 459-3500 www.grandprixclassics.com Type 51 $4,000,000 $4,500,000 $5,000,000 touring and race trim. They were built icon from a golden age of motorsports, from 1926-1930. Bentley, having won making it a must-own car for the Type 57SC Atalante $6,000,000 $6,500,000 $7,000,000 the Le Mans 24 Hour endurance race collector of prewar cars.

56 VinTaGe raCeCar VinTaGe raCeCar 57 PHOTO gaLLeRY CHOLMONDELEY VSCCA PAGENT OF POWER HERSHEY GRAND ASCENT Cholmondeley Castle, Malpas, Cheshire, UK Hotel Hershey Back Road, Hershey, PA June 15–17, 2012 June 8–9, 2012 Photos: Janet Wright, Simon Wright Photos: J. Michael Hemsley 1 this beast is Mark Luney’s 47-liter 1917 1 this ex-duntov ardun-powered allard J2 was driven brutus bMW aero. by gerald Lettieri. 2 there was action aplenty in the Historic 2 david north took his 1936 bugatti t57 Sc up the hill. Sidecar Scramble. 3 Racing this austin-Healey 100 was Michael bartell. 3 this is arnold Mings in the novel edison- 4 don Rose guided his 1937 aston Martin 15/98 Puton Monocycle. carefully to the top. 4 duncan Round raced his 42-liter Packard bentley from 1930. 1 5. braving the mists were david Ham and his 1958 Lister Jaguar.

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58 VinTaGe raCeCar See more photos from this event at www.vintageracecar.com VinTaGe raCeCar 59 VSCDA VSCC BLACKHAWK VINTAGE BROOKLANDS CLASSIC DOUBLE TWELVE Blackhawk Farms, South Beloit, IL Brooklands, Weybridge, , UK June 15–17, 2012 June 16–17, 2012 Photos: Jim Hatfield, J R Schabowski Photos: Peter Collins

1 charles Rydberg's Jaguar XK 120 leads dave 1 the distinctive austin 7 Ulster bralich’s 1969 Mgb through turn 4 during Sunday’s of Joe tisdall at speed. Feature race. 2 Sounding wonderful Walter 2 Locking a front wheel while braking his 1966 alfa Heale’s gP d6-60 Romeo gtV into turn 6 during Sunday’s dad’s day circulates the track. Scramble Handicap race is erik Wood. 3 Hard cornering from Martin 3 during Saturday qualifying, bob Wismer’s toronado tinsley in his aston Martin talisman leads Jeff Freers’ Sprite out of turn 3. Lagonda 2-liter. 4 Mike Rankin raced his raucous 1965 . 4 Robert glover cuts the curbs in 1 1

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60 VinTaGe raCeCar See more photos from this event at www.vintageracecar.com VinTaGe raCeCar 61 GOODWOOD FESTIVAL OF SPEED Goodwood, Chichester, UK June 29–July 1, 2012 Photos: Pete Austin, Mike Jiggle

1 Rene arnoux demonstrated the original F1 turbocar, Renault’s RS01. 2 Four-time World champion alain Prost made his first visit to goodwood, driving his former Renault Re30. 3 george Wingard takes his S74 grand Prix car through Molecomb. 4 emerson Fittipaldi, in a gold Leaf Lotus 49c, leads Johannes Willenpart, driving a . 5 brian Redman made a run in dan gurney’s 1

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Conspiracy of Secrets Grand Prix Who’s Who Gulf-Mirage 1967 to 1982 by bobby neate 4th edition by Steve Small by ed Mcdonough hen considering , t’s more than a decade since I o stranger to VR readers, our there are those who love him, purchased the first edition of this European Editor Ed McDonough Wand those who hate him. Just like Ipublication, and I’ve bought every Nnot only test drives and writes about the well-known UK food product Marmite, edition since. Each time author Small has unique racecars, but also has a growing there seems to be no shade of grey. Likewise, tweaked and improved the layout and bibliography of books devoted to various in motor racing terms, he could either be increased the content. Every year too, the significant machines. As part of Veloce described as BRM’s savior or slayer. Author books have grown in size, the first two Publishing’s series on the “WSC Giants” Ed Neate, Stanley’s stepdaughter, makes it clear editions were handy soft-back editions, the has previously written about the history of where she stands, always describing Stanley 3rd a more formal hard-backed edition. The the Matra prototypes, and in this latest work as “stepfather” and never “father.” new 4th edition has grown in similar style, explores the fascinating history of the John The first part of the book sets the scene weighing in at more than nine pounds. Wyer-built Gulf Mirages. and gives background observations of This mighty tome now sports its own In 1966, John Wyer, John Horsman Stanley’s murky past, where many claims are slipcase replicating the artwork of the and John Willment set up JW Automotive substantiated in a calm and orderly fashion. book’s front cover. As for content, it is an Engineering Ltd., to take over production However, next comes a tirade of revelations 832-page, alphabetical directory of names of the Ford GT40. In 1967 JW produced concerning Stanley’s parentage, behavior of all those who took part in Grand Prix its own update of the racing GT40, the and alleged sexual abuse of Neate herself. events from 1950 to the end of 2011. Each Mirage. With financing from Gulf Oil, the Taken literally, the book shows Stanley as an driver record gives a color or black and Mirage would evolve and succeed in illegitimate ogre who was wild, pompous, white portrait of the subject driver, a brief prototype racing well into the 1980s. overbearing and, from the accusations made, resume of their career (more detailed than In this book McDonough chronicles should have spent much time detained at before), followed by a comprehensive list both the Mirage’s development and its Her Majesty’s pleasure rather than in his including surname, forenames, date and racing career, including the full lavish apartment at the Dorchester Hotel, or place of birth and, where appropriate, date competition record of each individual at his Cambridge Manor House. and place of death, championship years chassis and a season-by-season account of Unfortunately, this part develops into and races entered, result, race title, venue, the team’s racing exploits, as well as outrageous ramblings where it becomes car number, entrant, tire manufacturer, profiles of all the drivers and personalities difficult to ascertain if Neate is asking the engine capacity, car, engine name, race that made Mirage a fascinating and reader to assist in her mission to prove her outcome comment, qualifying result and successful organization. And, of course, it many theories, including that Stanley was number of competing cars on the grid. wouldn’t be a book by McDonough if he the illegitimate son of Prime Minister Each entry ends with a summary of the didn’t manage to get himself behind the Herbert Asquith, or is she simply venting driver’s total Grand Prix achievements. wheel for his own take on what made the frustration that her stepfather dodged Available from www..com Mirage so great! prosecution for offences against her and, in for £55.00 for UK orders; £75.00 for With a 128 pages of rare color and b/w later life, her dear mother, Jean Owen— European orders; and £85.00 for Rest of photos, there is a tremendous amount of daughter of Sir and the link the World orders; all including postage and information packed into this excellent to BRM—when she was in poor health. packing. Buyers at autocourse.com will also little book. Available for US$29.95 The book only makes mention of motor get free access to the online Autocourse (£15.99) at www.veloce.co.uk sport as supporting evidence of background, archive, currently worth £25.00 per year. but if you’re curious it may be for you. Available in the U.S. and Canada from Available for US$29.95 (£17.99) from www.qbookshop.com while in Australia Reviewed by Casey Annis publisher John Blake Publishing at New Zealand it’s available from Rennicks. www.johnblakepublishing.co.uk Not Recom mend ed Moderately Use ful Reviewed by Mike Jiggle Recommended Excellent Reviewed by Mike Jiggle

64 VinTaGe raCeCar VinTaGe raCeCar 65 HARD dRiVe We investigate some of the more interesting sites for vintage racing enthusiasts. Man Behind the Throne

Jack Brabham met Ron Tauranac when Ron showed up as a customer for Jack’s machine shop in Australia in 1950. Within a year they had more or less joined forces to tackle the local Hawkesbury Hillclimb with a midget track racer. They won, but their victory was disallowed by officials who ruled it wasn’t a “proper” car, forging the first link in their long-running bond. Eventually Jack went to England, drove for Cooper and won two World Championships. Then he and Ron reunited and formed Motor Racing Developments to build Brabham-badged racecars. That turned out well, and in 1966 Jack became the first and only man to win the F1 World Championship in a car with his name on the nose. The next year they won again with Denny Hulme driving. Tauranac continued designing Brabhams until Jack sold MRD to Bernie Ecclestone, then went off on his own to build Ralt racing cars, opening another successful chapter of his life as Ralts dominated secondary categories around the world for a number of years. The story of Ron Tauranac’s accomplishments in motor racing is told here, along with details on all the Brabham and Ralt cars he designed. Have a look and learn more about one of racing’s backstage stars.

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66 VinTaGe raCeCar VinTaGe raCeCar 67 GREATEST RacecaRS Lotus 79 by doc bundy

or me, my greatest racecar is my Many remember me for the accident whatever it was that was wrong with it, fix current car—the Lotus 79. I love that with Lyn St. James and it and do whatever to it to improve it. The Fcar. When I first started out I thought during the 1986 IMSA Camel GT race at car had a fundamental weakness with the I’m gonna drive Formula One, Indycars, Riverside. Boy, that was a big one! The car third gear. We had a problem racing during and do endurance racing just for fun. Well, I was driving was just phenomenal. I’d say the night at the 1984 Le Mans. They it didn’t quite work out that way, financials that Chevy Corvette GTP was the fastest changed the ’box, but on replacing it they and whatever got in the way. If I’d made it thing I ever drove. I never knew how much pinched an oil line. I’m not too sure if to Formula One, the Lotus 79 would have power it really had because the engine anyone will remember, but I sat in that car been the current car for me to drive. It’s builder wouldn’t tell me, it wasn’t until as I wanted to finish at Le Mans, I wanted the time when I would have surfaced in much later that I found out the true power to drive the last lap. I was constantly asked Grand Prix racing. The reality is that I of that car. I was at Laguna Seca sometime to get out of the car, but I sat firm—I wasn’t ended up in “tin-tops” for most of my in the ’90s, sitting on the pit wall waiting a quitter! At the time we were swapping 2nd racing life. However, I’ve been lucky for my next practice session, when the guy and 3rd with the Porsche. We hadn’t at that enough to have driven some amazing cars, who built that engine sat next to me. I time pushed the car, when it developed each one has its own personal niche in my asked if he would tell me the true power of problems and was fixed, then developed mind. It wasn’t until I found Lotus and the that car. He said, “For the most part it was more, I still thought we had enough to do Esprit program that I really knew I’d found tuned to just over 900 hp, but occasionally that last lap to take the flag—we’d earned home. I’d worked with many factory-based I’d turn up the wick to give in excess of the right. I still sat tight until Mr John entrants prior to that, and some wonderful 1250 hp.” I was amazed and thanked him Eagan told me the car wasn’t going to move, race names, but I’d never worked with a for not telling me at the time. It was the it was too dangerous even to drive that last group that understood just what a racer only car I’d driven that would never quit lap. He said, “We’ll fix it for next year, don’t needs to win with. I learned more from gaining down a straightaway. I sometimes give up—but you’ve got to get out of that Lotus than I had with any of the teams I felt if I’d pulled back on the steering wheel car!” They did convince me of the dangers had before, including prototypes. Lotus it would simply take off! of doing that last lap. Le Mans is amazing, really helped me to become a better driver. Another car I liked was the Jaguar in my day it was a “pace race,” but now for Now I get to drive the Lotus 79, the car of XJR-5, but I had philosophical differences both car and driver it’s a 24-hour sprint— my dreams, at historic events such as the with its owner, Bob Tullius. I just wanted to amazing. Goodwood Festival of Speed. test, test, test, test, test, break it, find out As told to Mike Jiggle Maureen Magee Maureen

68 VinTaGe raCeCar VinTaGe raCeCar 69 continued from page 29 It had now got to the point where the 3S was no longer a VR: You mention the Ladies’ race, Ruth rolled the car? winner and there were no private cars being raced. So, I returned to the works racing department to work with Fred Shattock on Woodgate: In the Ladies’ race Denise McCluggage drove a the DBR1, DBR2 and also the DBR3. Porsche 550RS and Ruth Levy drove the Aston Stirling had driven. Denise and Ruth were the top U.S. lady racing drivers at VR: You mention Wyer, who was a big name at Aston at that that time; they were very feisty. There were two heats, and Denise time. Many people have opinions about him. What was he like won the first of the heats by a narrow margin. The accident to work with, how did you get on with him? happened, as you say, in the second heat. The two ladies were out in front swapping the lead. On the fourth lap they entered the Woodgate: You have to understand, things in those days were British Colonial Loop. Ruth was in 2nd place and tried to out- different, he was “Sir” to me because I was a mechanic and he was brake Denise, but got caught out by the tight corner. When the team manager. You just knew your place, more importantly Denise braked it was too late for Ruth, she’d lost control of the you understood he was the boss! Aston and rolled it. Luckily she was thrown out of the car without In the same building as the racing department was the R&D any serious injury—other than dented pride. However, the car department and the machine shop. Seemingly, I had upset the was too badly damaged to race again. foreman of those departments. He suggested to John Wyer that I should be fired. However, John simply told him not to be so VR: I’ve read that Stirling wasn’t too displeased, his car was

Woodgate Archive 57 Archive Woodgate bloody silly, as it wasn’t right to get rid of an experienced race damaged as he was finding it hard to keep up with the Ferraris, so (Above) Woodgate (cap) and Moss (helmet) look on as mechanic such as me. By this time, Reg Parnell had taken over as he was offered a Ferrari to drive in the Nassau Trophy and won? tweaks the aston engine during the 1957 season. His stint working with team manager and sometime later decided to combine all three Parnell led to Rex joining the aston Martin works team. (Right) after departments. My “friend,” the foreman, decided that Tug Wilson, conferring with Woodgate (left), Moss went on to win the nassau trophy in 1957 behind the wheel of a borrowed Ferrari 290MM. Peter Ling, Paddy who swept up and me were surplus to requirements and we all had to go. Fortunately, Reg asked me to enter Grand Prix racing and purchased a Connaught A type; he VR: Did you stay at the TT Garage long after that? see him after working hours that day and offered me a job looking saw potential in Don. They were reasonably successful together after George Constantine’s car in the U.S. It was the time when until Don was killed when he crashed the Connaught during the Woodgate: No, just shortly after that Mike had talked with Tony the DBR2 went to the U.S. Jimmy Potton had been given the job 1955 Leinster Trophy race in Ireland. Vandervell. Tony was running the team and suggested I of looking after things, but apparently he wanted to return to the My workshop at the garage was in an end part of the contact them—which I did. They offered me £1,000 per year to UK. So, Reg offered me the opportunity of replacing him. I went showroom, which I’d sectioned off. I worked on Reg Parnell’s work for them, a ridiculous amount of money in those days, so I to the Nassau Speed Week in the Bahamas, in 1957, racing with Ferrari 500. We had a lot of fun with that. Strictly speaking, Roy took the job as manager. I didn’t stay there too long, as I wasn’t too Stirling Moss in the Aston—things had come full circle. I was Salvadori, driving a Maserati 250F, should have beaten Reg every impressed with the attitude of some of the hierarchy. Later, Reg working with Moss again, who by now was a world class driver. It time, but we managed to beat him on most occasions. Reg was a Parnell asked me to help him with a Ferrari he’d borrowed and run was through this that I met Elisha Walker Jr., and after meeting great racer. After a particular race, we’d found a crack in the at Silverstone. Reg had a word with John Wyer at Aston Martin him I agreed to stay in the U.S. block, so I took the engine out and was preparing to take it back and suggested I should speak to him. After that, I agreed a deal to Ferrari for repair. A couple of days before a Crystal Palace with Aston Martin and worked on the production DB3S cars. Part VR: Can we talk about Nassau, what happened in 1957? meeting Reg rang to say he’d been offered an enormous amount of of this job was to look after the cars raced privately by a U.S. Naval money to race, so I had to put the car back together, change the Commander, Arthur Bryant, who unfortunately lost his life at Woodgate: Yes, I went to Nassau in ’57, ’58 and ’59. I went over axle ratios and generally prepare the car for racing. I worked all . I think it was the one and only race I hadn’t attended with Reg and Stirling. John Wyer joined us later. Stirling had told Skilleter Paul night and remember driving the car up and down Farnham High with him as I was on the way down to Italy with three Lagondas. Reg Parnell that he didn’t think he had a chance of winning the Mike and Leslie Hawthorn. Street at three o’clock in the morning to see if it ran properly. I These were to be used in the making of the film Checkpoint. big race, but he thought there was a chance of the car winning put it in the truck and set off for Crystal Palace. When I got to the I worked with another private driver, Hans Davids, who used something. Ruth Levy had a good chance of winning the Ladies’ circuit I unloaded the car, it was still warm from my testing it. to race D-Type Jaguars and had some success racing the DB3S. He race; he thought she could beat Denise McCluggage. Both Reg Anyway, we won the race. approached John Wyer, who agreed to fit his car with a works Parnell and John Wyer thought it was a good idea too, until Ruth After another race victory at Goodwood, we stopped at a pub twin-plug head, this considerably improved performance. Having rolled the car in the second heat. at Midhurst, the Spread Eagle, Les Hawthorn popped in and said done this we raced the car in Yugoslavia, at a circuit in Opatija. to my wife Joyce, “Tell him not to drink too much, he’s got was racing at the same meeting. It was a shocking VR: What was Wyer’s attitude to racing in the Bahamas? I’ve valuable cargo in the back of the truck!” On the way home we circuit, just a road up a steep hill out of the village and a return read that he suggested racing there was an “end of season spotted Les’ B20 Lancia off the road, I can still see the car bearing back on a parallel road. I said to Hans, “Don’t worry about jamboree, noted more for the parties than the racing.” the TT Garage “trade plates.” I said, “My God! That’s Les’ car.” Cortese, you’ve got him. Just sit behind him and take him on the We later realized that Les had been killed. When we got back to closing laps.” Despite this Hans overtook Cortese and led the Woodgate: I’m not sure what his attitude was. He came to the 1957 the TT Garage Brit Pearce drove onto the forecourt, he’d just race. Hans clipped the kerb, bent the de Dion axle and retired event and seemed all for it. Yes, it was a jolly. While we’d go to a returned from Italy with Sir Jeremy Boles’ Connaught, he was from the race. Cortese went on to win. different hotel every night for a cocktail party, the racing was deadly able to contact and inform the family. In the aftermath of all this I repaired the car ready to race at Zandvoort. We were up serious. However, I did hear some say that Nassau was “a bloody I ended up working for Mike. Unfortunately, Reg’s Ferrari left against Carel Godin de Beaufort and his Porsche. It was a good fun event, but what a shame we had to bring the cars!” Hawthorn’s to be prepared by someone in Derby. foregone conclusion that de Beaufort with his works-supported car Seriously, most comments about the event were good. Teams would would win the race. It was to be Hans’ last race. He wanted to do turn up after a good season of racing with whatever car had made it VR: Mike Hawthorn was really affected by the death of his father? well, which he did. Not only did he win, but he set fastest lap and through, it was a time when drivers could “let their hair down” a bit Bahamas News Bureau News Bahamas a new record for the circuit. It was bloody wonderful! There was and enjoy a more social side of the sport, rather than focused denise Mccluggage (left) and Ruth Levy chat before the Ladies race at Woodgate: Yes, yes. nothing wrong with de Beaufort’s car, Hans won on merit. competition—although in the races no one wanted to lose. nassau in 1957. Ruth would roll the car Woodgate had prepared for her.

70 VinTaGe raCeCar VinTaGe raCeCar 71 Woodgate: I’m not so sure about the first part of your question, the New York Times; George for best U.S. Racing Driver and me but yes Stirling drove a Ferrari 290MM that had been loaned to for best mechanic. him by Jan de Vroom. I think prepared the car— both he and de Vroom were friends and, of course, part of NART, VR: 1959 had been a good year for the works Astons as they’d which was very much in its infancy then. Moss won the race, won at Le Mans and won the sportscar championship. I notice Shelby was 2nd and Phil Hill 3rd. Roy Salvadori missing from the list of drivers?

VR: A certain Ricardo Rodriguez finished 8th. He was so young Woodgate: I don’t know too much about Roy, I can’t recall. I one author described him as “only being able to produce a don’t recall Tony Brooks coming to Nassau either, but Carroll shavable beard once a week?” Shelby had already competed there.

Woodgate: I wouldn’t know about his shaving habits, but I do VR: Was 1959 your last year at Nassau? recall there being a tremendous amount of discussion as to BRDC whether he was old enough to race—he was just 15 years old. I Woodgate: No, I really wanted to run DBR3 in 1960, a real pet Reg Parnell won at crystal Palace with this Ferrari 500 after Woodgate didn’t really have a view about his age, he was just a bloody good car of mine. It was a DBR1 with a bigger 3.9-liter engine, which worked through the night in order to reassemble and reinstall the engine, driver—just phenomenal. Looking back, personally, I thought became 4.2-liter, but had oil scavenge problems. Stirling ran the which had initially been scheduled for major maintenance. Ricardo was better than Pedro—sadly, neither lived long enough car once, set fastest lap, but had to retire as the scavenge pump “scurrilous rogue,” all he wanted me to do was cobble up vintage to show their full potential. failed and the bearings seized up. R3 was one of my babies that I cars—I didn’t last long with him! wanted to develop, but by then new regulations came in and Soon after, John Wyer approached me with a proposition. He VR: In 1958, Nassau became embroiled in the politics of SCCA limited the engine size. Aston Martin became involved with their wanted me to become the Aston Martin representative to cover and USAC. Only amateur drivers were allowed to race, did that Grand Prix car and competing in Formula One. Everything else the U.S. and Canada. I worked out of J.S. Inskip Inc. in New York affect you? took a back seat. City. Subsequently, convincing the factory that we should do our I went back in 1961 and worked with Bob Grossman, who own importation and distribution, we set up Aston Martin Woodgate: Not at all, Stirling didn’t drive that year as he drove a Ferrari 250GT SWB. The first three in the big race were Lagonda Inc in The King of Prussia, Pennsylvania. I did that for wouldn’t be paid starting money. He was in Nassau and joined our Gurney, Penske and Pedro Rodriguez, Bob finished just outside some years. When I eventually returned to England, I set up my team. He helped me in the pits when the long exhaust system the top ten. Not too bad given the opposition, Graham Hill own engine business in Blisworth, Northamptonshire. Later I broke on the DBR2 and had to be secured with strong cable. I was finished in the top five, too. relocated to a unit at Silverstone Racing Circuit. I continued to assisting George Constantine, whose car was entered and I worked with Bob for a couple of years. Then I worked for prepare engines and my son joined me to prepare chassis. He still Woodgate Archive Woodgate enjoying the relaxed ambience of nassau in 1959 are Rex (left) and Joyce financed by Elisha Walker Jr. In fact, George had campaigned a another Brit, who I’ll just describe as a “loveable crook,” or runs the business today. Woodgate with eventual race winner, american driver george constantine. full season of racing with that car in ’58. I think George was able to win one of the minor Nassau races in 1958, but it came good for him in 1959 when the professional drivers came back. He won the Nassau Trophy and the $13,000 prize money. In America, at that time, there weren’t any “sportscars” as we called them in Europe. Americans called their cars “sporty cars,” and they were all amateur drivers. Their racing was something quite different to Europe, they had midget racing, dirt track, short track on dirt and boards, and Indy cars. All their racing was geared to a ladder of competence that would ultimately lead them to the pinnacle of their sport, which was Indycar racing and their blue ribbon event—the Indy 500. So, I think, 1958-’59 was the dawn of proper professional sportscar racing on a par with Europe. As professionalism grew in the U.S., so did their cars. They quickly caught up with the European sportscar scene, too.

VR: As you have already said George won the Nassau Trophy in 1959, wasn’t that the coveted trophy of the races there?

Woodgate: Yes, 1959 was very good. George was a very accomplished racer and won many races that season. Aston Martin had sent their highly developed “works” car over with Stirling as driver. I had worked all season with George and Elisha, preparing and developing the car myself. The Nassau Trophy race didn’t turn out too well for Stirling, I think there was a problem with the battery and Stirling got sprayed with acid. Eventually he retired, or at least finished in a very minor place, whereas the car I’d prepared came 1st with George at the wheel. It was so pleasing Bahamas News Bureau News Bahamas those muscular legs belong to one Stirling Moss, who helped out in the for me to think I’d prepared the car that had beaten the works car. aston Martin pits during george constantine’s winning drive at nassau ’59. That was the year both George and I were awarded trophies by

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He turned out to be for a couple of steaks and plenty of chips, pressure on the upper body strength of one of the most pleasant guys I have met in and they would be with their trainers drivers. There was a time when English any context. selecting the perfect lettuce leaf.” archers using war bows (aka long bows) Robin Herd has always put Henton as Brian finished bog last in the were formidable. It was law to practice first equal with Niki Lauda as the best test competition, but that was 32 years ago. archery, and it took at least ten years to driver he worked with. Brian was raised in a council house by his widowed mother. He left school at 15, but soon found his metier in business. He made a start in motor racing and a “I am well built, but they had muscles in places journalist whom he had impressed said that he should shout about himself, as where I do not have places.” Muhammad Ali had done. It was dumb advice, ten years too late, but Brian was new to the game and was easily influenced. It backfired. In 1979, Henton seemed to have the Now racing drivers have personal trainers, develop the upper body strength to draw a European F2 Championship in the bag and they need them because the forces on war bow, the pull was around 240 lbs. when he spun on the last lap at their bodies are so much greater. Upper body strength is why no woman Donington. I heard him in the pits blame Recently, a national newspaper will succeed in Formula One, unless the the fact that he had a green helmet and interviewed Stirling Moss on keeping fit— Ruskies breed one, as they used to breed green was unlucky. Thereafter his helmet it is now 50 years since his career in the shot putters in frocks. was blue with the same demented chicken top flight ended. He said that, even when In 1983, I saw Stirling drive a Brabham as a logo, and “Superhen” writ beneath. racing, he did not work out in a gym. He BT52 during a test at Brands Hatch. Heaven Years later, I discovered the real story. was, however, very active, he swam and forfend that I should be negative about the Brian had been driving for and a went water skiing. His great contemporary, Greatest Living Englishman, but he was not member of the small team had been killed Tony Brooks, played tennis and squash and quick. He was still quick in Historic racing, in a road accident. The funeral had still plays tennis. They pursued regular but an Aston Martin DBR1/300 drives like interrupted preparation for the final race leisure activities, they did not undertake a regular modern sports car, though without in the series, and brake pad wear had not fitness regimes. the crisp gear change. been calculated. Brian had spun because It is true that some drivers took Times change. A while back I found the he had no brakes. stimulants, benzedrine was popular, and Olivetti portable typewriter that had been It says a lot for the man that the story some would have failed a breathalyzer on cherished for years. I could not use it, I had emerged only after he had retired from racing. the starting grid. For many, however, forgotten the pressure on the keyboard. Brian won the European Formula 2 driving to a race meeting gave them Sport medicine has come on, both the Championship the following year and so exercise enough. physical and psychological, and as drivers was invited to compete in the BBC TV I saw an article recently about a guy can now employ science to gain an edge, if series, “Sporting Superstars,” an idea bought who took part in the 10,000-meter race at it’s available. You’d be silly to ignore it when from America’s ABC network. Competitors the 1948 London Olympics. He was lucky lap times are calculated to 0.001 of a second. were all top sportsmen who competed in that the event took place on a Saturday One of my heroes remains Alberto events that were not their own. afternoon because his boss was not going Ascari, whose nickname was “Ciccio,” Brian was a racing driver, with the to give him time off from the building site which translates as “meat,” because he cut cunning of a racing driver. He turned up where he worked. He reached the stadium a mature, manly, figure. In 1954, he was for the event but—oops!—he “sprained” by bus and Tube. the first solo driver to win the Mille an ankle. He had not, but he had to sit out Sports medicine was then unknown, Miglia, so there was nothing wrong with the round he was scheduled for. though stimulants had been used in his stamina, by the standards of 1954, but Brian told me, “I saw what all the cycling since around 1905. A PE teacher that is no longer the date.

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Comedy Collectors What can we infer from the fact that some of the most prominent members of our community are comedians?

Drivingintotheofficetheothermorning,I thesepagesbackinMay.Agoodfriendofthe “Mr.Bean”,RowanAtkinson,isalsoakeencol- waslisteningtoacomedianontheradio.His magazine and the consummate enthusiast, lectorwhoownsnumeroussupercarsincluding nameisAdamCorollaandmuchtomypleasant Leno’scollectionissodiverseandexpansive anAstonMartinV-8Zagato.Healsoregularly surprisehewasriffingonhavingjustcomeback thatifwefeaturedtwoofhiscars,everymonth, participates in historic racing events—often fromcompetingattheRolexMontereyMotor- wewouldn’tbeabletocoverhisentirecollec- withsmashingresults! sportReunion.Whenaskedabouttheracehe tionbeforeIdieofoldage! Whilethelistofcollectingcomediansiseven describedhowallthesefabulouslyrareandex- WhereLeno’sautomotivefocusisbroad,co- largerthandescribedhere,I’mdrawnbackto pensivecollectorcarswerebattlingitouton median Jerry Seinfeld’s is laser-like focused. theunderlyingquestionofwheredoesthecon- track.WhentheDJsaskedindisbeliefhowany- Seinfeld’spassionisforanythingPorsche.With nectionlie?Arecomedians,asagroup,some- onecouldputamulti-milliondollarcaratsuch nearly50inhiscollection,Seinfeld hownaturallydrawntocollectingcars?Oris risk,Corollaquippedthatnotunlikewearinga ownssignificantracecarssuchastheiconic917 collectingcars,somehowinherentlyfunny?I wristwatchfashionedfromagoldnugget,itwas and550Spyder,aswellasnumerousimportant guesswhenlookedatobjectively,manyofus theultimateexpressionof“havingarrived.”For roadcars including the first production 911. devoteinordinateamountsoftimetofinding thisandanumberofmorepoignantbarbs,he Seinfeldhasevenmanagedtofindaninterest- andpayingasmuchas1,000timestheoriginal hadmelaughing,butperhapsevenmorethan ingwaytoblendhiscomedyandcollectingin salespriceforavehiclethatmayrunaroundon usual,duetothenoveltyofhavingthejokes thelaunchofanewwebseriescalled“Come- skinnybicycletires,mayormaynothavewind- turnedonsomethingsocloseandfamiliar,i.e., diansinCarsGettingCoffee.”Inthesewebi- upwindowsandmightgonofasterthan70 the collector car hobby. Of course, another sodes, Seinfeld picks up another comedian, mph.Whenviewedinthatlight…itispretty reasonthatCorolla’sjokescutsosharplyisthe oftentimesinauniqueclassiccar,andthey funny! factthat,asacollectorandhistoricracerhim- drivetogetcoffee.InarecentepisodeSeinfeld self,heknowsrightwhereourexposed,tender picks up comedian Ricky Gervais in a 1967 underbellylies. Austin-Healey 3000, with the duo driving Listeningtoessentiallyastand-uproutine aroundNewYorkCitywithSeinfeldbehindthe builtaroundthecollectorcarhobbygotme wheelscaringthecrapoutofGervais.You’ve CaseyAnnis thinkingofthesurprisinglystrongconnection heardofcomedyintheround?Thisiscomedy Publisher/Editor betweencarcollectingandcomedians.Isita ontheconfiningstageofaMkIII3000. coincidencethatsomanycomediansarepromi- SharingSeinfeld’spenchantforPorschesis nent collectors? Certainly one of the most Leno’slate-nightrivalDavidLetterman,whoin prominentcollectorsisJayLeno.Lenocanbe addition to being a co-owner of an Indycar regularlyseenonthelawnatPebbleBeach, teamwithBobbyRahal,alsohashisownim- roamingthepaddockatLagunaSecaordriving pressivecollection,whichincludesnumerous aroundthestreetsofBurbank,California,in classicPorschesandFerraris,aswellasanum- oneofhismanyvintagevehicles.Leno’sauto- ber of British sports cars. And speaking of motivetastesspanthefullspectrumofauto- Britain,thisconnectionbetweencarcollecting motive history; from the unusual like the andcomediansisnotanintrinsicallyAmerican EasternBlocTatratothesublimesuchasthe phenomenon,astheBritishcomedianperhaps Walker-bodiedDuesenbergthatwefeaturedon bestknownforhisworkas“Blackadder”and

4 VinTaGe roaDCar VinTaGe roaDCar 5 NEWS • what’s going on?

Santa Fe Concorso CLASSIC NOTES I The highly acclaimed Desert Classic Concours d’Elegance, which has been held the last week of Feb- ruary for the past five years, has announced February 24, 2013 will be the day for the sixth renewal of the classic concours. As in prior years, the week of events will include three days of historic Racing at the Chuck- walla Raceway, The "Tour Classique," The Desert Con- cours Classic Car Auction and a flyover of military planes. For more details visit www.desertconcours.com

I The fourth annual, Renaissance Euro Fest, ex- pected to attract over 15,000 spectators, will be held on Saturday, October 6, from 10:00 a. m. until 6 p.m. at the all-new, World Class Renaissance at Colony Voisin Crowned Best of Show at Park, just North of Jackson, Mississippi. This will be an open show for European autos and motorcycles, all Dana Point Concours d’Elegance of which must be 25 years or older. For more details "Rolling Works of Art" Take visit www.Euro-Fest.net TheDanaPointConcoursd’Elegancewas The“BestofShow”awardinthemotor- I On Sunday October 21, the UK’s Stoneleigh Park Center Stage in New Mexico a spectacular success, attracting huge cycleclasswasbestowedupona1926Brough in Warwickshire will play host to the National crowdsandastunningfieldofvehiclesin- Superior (pictured below), while the 1934 Restoration Show & Great British Autojumble. Fea- The 2012 Santa Fe Concorso, a gathering of motorcycles will be displayed on the 9th ’59 Cadillac, round out the group. A 1988 For- cludinga1934VoisinC-25Aerodynethat VoisinC-25Aerodynefromthenotablecollec- tures will include marque club displays, seminars and more than 100 rare and exotic cars and mo- fairway at The Club at Las Campanas mula One Ferrari driven to victory by Gerhard wontheprestigiousBestofShowtitleduring tionofPeterandMerleMullinwascrowned advice from respected restorers, classic cars for sale, as well as what is being billed as the UK’s largest in- torcycles, will take place September 28-30 at Sunrise Golf Course and in close proximity to Berger is part of the open-wheel racecar class, th the30 anniversaryeventonSunday,June theautomotive“BestofShow”foritsexcep- door “autojumble” or parts swap meet. For more de- The Club at Las Campanas, a stunning devel- the Clubhouse, where attendees will be sur- as well as the 1917 Peerless Green Dragon. 24,attheSt.RegisMonarchBeachresortin tionallinesandremarkabledetails.Originally tails visit www.restoration-show.co.uk opment located just 15 minutes from the his- rounded by panoramic mountain views. In addition, automotive luminaries such as DanaPoint,California.Thetwo-daycelebra- anairplanemanufacturer,FrenchmanGabriel I The 36th Antwerp Classic Salon will be held March toric Plaza in downtown Santa Fe. There will be many stars in the field of Sir Stirling and Lady Susie Moss will be on tionofSouthernCalifornia’sautomotiveher- Voisinturnedhisattentiontobuildingexpen- 1–3, 2013, at Antwerp EXPO, in Antwerp, Belgium. The event, now in its third year, features vehicles but some standouts include three hand, as well as Santa Fe’s own Denise Mc- itage honored Bruce Meyer for his sive,luxuryautomobilesintheearly20th cen- three days of viewing a spectacular assem- “cowboy cars,” one belonging to Tom Mix (a Cluggage, a legendary writer and racer, and contributionstothehobbyandfeatureda tury that became known throughout the I On July 7, Artcurial hosted its second Le Mans blage of "rolling works of art," including clas- supercharged Cord 812 roadster pictured Albuquerque’s Al Unser, a four-time winner PrivateCollectionTour,automotivefineart worldfortheirinnovation.Additionally,this Classic sale with an impressive 80 percent sell- through rate and total sales of over $11 million. Top sic cars, racing champions and speed-record below), another to Roy Rogers and Dale Evans of the Indianapolis 500. exhibition,aflyoverofsixvintageairplanes year’s “Featured Marque Award” was pre- sales included a 1966 Ferrari 275 GTC for seekers, as well as legendary motorcycles and (a ’63 Bonneville embellished by Nudie For more information please visit organizedbyCapt.JasonDwingerandthe sentedtoa1956JaguarD-Typefromthe“Leg- $1,925,000, a 1991 905 EV 13 for $818,300 vintage aircraft. Cohen) and Cowboy Shane, Alan Ladd’s white www.santafeconcorso.com inauguralBeachCruisersShow. endsofLeMans”Racecarsclass.Ownedby and a 1961 Mercedes-Benz 300 SL roadster for $696,814. The opening Friday Night Gathering is an Aspartofthecelebration,theDanaPoint GregandDebbieJohnsonofIrvine,California, informal event for entrants and guests at Concours also honored 50 years of Shelby theJaguarcapturedthetrophybecausethe I The dates for the 25th Techno-Classic Essen have Hangar K, at the Santa Fe Air Center, that American.NotableSouthernCaliforniaCollec- Englishsportscarbestembodiedthespiritof been announced as April 10–14, 2013, at Essen Ger- will showcase a special speed display of torBruceMeyerwasrecognizedforhis1962 theLeMansracers. many’s Messe Essen Exhibition Center. Additionally, the 2013 iteration of the Essen Motor Show will be vintage aircraft, racing cars and speed-record ShelbyCobra,whichisthefirstpro- held November 30-December 8, 2013. seekers. ductionCobraeverbuilt;itplaced On Saturday the focus turns to driving with firstintheShelbyCarsclass.Meyer I Mecum Auctions has announced their latest addi- tion to the 2012 auction schedule with a 3-day event the third annual High Mountain Tour. En- wasalsohonoredduringtheweek- in Anaheim, Calif., Nov. 15-17, 2012 at the Anaheim trants will drive their classic vehicles and be endwiththe2012DanaPointCon- Convention Center. Three full days have been sched- treated to challenging roads and spectacular cours d’Elegance Automotive Icon uled, with more than 750 collector cars expected to New Mexico scenery before arriving at the Awardforhistirelessworkintheau- cross the block. Discovery’s Velocity Network will broadcast live during all days. To consign a vehicle or Valles Caldera National Preserve. tomotive industry and passion for to become a registered bidder, go to mecum.com or The Concorso main event takes place on growingthehobby. call 262.275.5050. Sunday, Sept. 30, when the classic cars and

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OnJune20–24,theMGClubofBrazilstagedahighlysuccessful1000-mile Brazilian FIVA-sanctionedhistoricrallyacrossBrazil.With52cars(manufacturedbetween 1919and1980)therally’sobviousBrazilianentrieswerejoinedbyenthusiasts from,Uruguay,PortugalandevenGermany.Starqualitywasaddedto 1000 Miles theeventbytheparticipationofformerF1driverssuchasNelsonPiquet(Jaguar E-TypeV12),Roberto“Pupo”Moreno(AlfaRomeoGTV2000)andWilsonFitti- paldi(Porsche911Targa).Theregularityrally(undertherulesoftheFIA-Historic) beganandendedinthecityofSãoPaulo,andcoveredthestatesofRiodeJaneiro andMinasGerais.Theoverallwinnerofthisyear’seventwastheJaguarMKIIof GilbertandRaquelLandsbergfromBrazil.

TheFerrariClubofAmericaInternational andhostheadquarters,withthetrackactivi- Ferrari MeetwillreturntoSouthernCaliforniaforthe tiesheldattheChuckwallaValleyRaceway. Hilton Head Island Coupe,whichwillbeondis- firsttimesince2002,tobeheldfromOctober Thisyear’sprogramwillhonorthe50th playattheMotoringFestival international 10–14intheCaliforniadesertplaygroundof anniversaryoftheFerrari250GTOandthe Motoring Festival & bothSaturdayandSunday, PalmSprings.WithSouthernCaliforniabeing PalmSpringsRoadRaces,witha5-dayevent Concours d’Elegance November3and4. Meet to Be hometothelargestconcentrationofFerrari thatincludesaConcoursd’Elegance;track Thisyear’sconcourswill ownersinthecountry,the2012FCAInterna- andrallydriving;andaneveningawardsban- The2012HiltonHeadIslandMotoringFesti- also include participation held in Palm tional Meet promises to be a spectacular quet.OpentomembersofallFerrariClubs val&Concoursd’Elegancewillincludemajor fromBobLutz,formerVice event.TheluxuriousHyattRegencyIndian worldwide,registrationandeventinforma- internationalnamesinautomotivecollecting Chairman of General Mo- Springs WellsResort&Spawillbetheeventvenue tioncanbefoundathttp://www.fca-sw.org andracingwhentheeventreturnsforits11th torsasthisyear’sHonorary annualcelebrationOctober26-November4. Chairman.Lutzjoinsalistof AmongthosenamesareFrankandMilliRiccia- past Honorary Chairmen rdelliofMonmouthBeach,NewJersey,who HonoredCollectortitle.Thisdesignationre- thatincludesnamessuchasNicolaBulgari,J.W. 2012 Intermountain Concours d’Elegance Honors Carroll Shelby havebeenselectedtoreceivethefirst-ever flectsappreciationfortheloyaltytheRiccia- (Bill)Marriott,BobbyRahalandDennisGage, EighthistoricallysignificantcarsfromtheLarryH.MillerTotal rdellis have had to the Hilton Head Island last year’s Chairman. Lutz will be on hand PerformanceMuseumatMillerMotorsportsParkwillbeondisplay Concours,theconsistentlyhighqualityofau- duringtheHiltonHeadIslandportionsofthe atthe2012IntermountainConcoursd’EleganceSeptember22, tomobilestheyhavepresented,includingtheir 2012FestivalattheCoastalDiscoveryMuseum 2012,heldonthegroundsofthebeautifulGardensofThanksgiving 1933Rolls-RoyceCoupethattookhomethe atHoneyHorn.Inadditiontoanopen-to-the- PointinLehi,Utah.Thesespecialcarscomprisethecenterpiecefor ‘BestinShow’honoratthe2009event,and publicQ&Asessionon-siteduringtheevent’s adisplayhonoringlegendaryautomotivedesignerandracecar theiroverallsupportofthecarcollectorhobby. mainattractions,theschedulealsoincludesa driverCarrollShelby.“We’reoverwhelmedbytheincrediblecars Tocelebratethistitle,theRicciardellishave special“EveningwithBobLutz”atanexclusive beingbroughttooureventbytheMillerfamily,andseethisasan chosenfourautomobilesthatrepresenttheir dinneronthatSaturdayevening,November3. outstandingwaytonotonlypaytributetoCarrollShelby,butto collectionandpassionforthehobby.Thesein- LutzwillalsoparticipateintheConcoursd’Ele- alsocarryforwardLarryMiller’spassionforthecarsShelbybuilt, cludea1926HispanoSuizaCabrioletH6B,a ganceasaGuestJudgeonSunday,November racedandinfluenced,”saidChrisPurdhum,ConcoursChairman. 1930CadillacV16Convertible,a1935Duesen- 4.Formoreinformationvisitwww.HHIMotor- Formoreinformationvisitwww.intermountainconcours.com bergJ-DualCowlPhaetonanda1938JaguarSS ingFestival.com

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Stutz Wins Keeneland Terry L. Karges New Director of Best of Show Petersen Automotive Museum

management experience to the Petersen motorsports marketing and ran his own Automotive Museum. He is known as an team. Karges also previously held mar- innovative leader with a keen ability to keting management positions at Disney- merge cutting-edge marketing tactics. land, SeaWorld and Marine World. “Terry is a very well qualified busi- “As a lifelong nessman with a strong management enthusiast and someone who spent his background that the Board of Directors formative years at tracks like Riverside feels will do a terrific job as the Petersen and Laguna Seca, the opportunity to Automotive Museum Executive Direc- take the reins at The Petersen – arguably tor,” said Young. “In addition to being a one of the premier automotive museums Southern California native familiar with in the world – is a humbling and our unique car culture, Terry also has thrilling prospect,” Karges said. “I look valuable experience leading sales and forward to working with the museum’s The9th annualKeenelandConcoursd'Elegancefeatured marketing operations for major Califor- incredibly talented staff of curators, his- manyofthefinestclassicautomobilesandmotorcycleson The Petersen Automotive Museum nia theme parks, which makes him the torians and restoration experts, as well displaySaturday,July21,attheKeenelandRaceCourse, Chairman of the Board Steven E. Young best candidate to lead the museum in as with the knowledgeable and enthusi- withafabulous1929StutzModelMLancefieldCoupe takinghomeBestofShowhonors. has announced that Terry L. Karges has unique and exciting ways.” astic board, to come up with innovative The1929StutzModelMLancefieldCoupethatwon been appointed Executive Director of the Karges will be leaving his role as Vice and interactive ways to share Robert E. BestofShowisownedbytheMitchellCollectionofMont- Museum. Karges has succeeded Buddy President of Sales and Marketing for Petersen’s legacy and the world’s love gomery,.TheBestofShowAwardispresentedbythe Pepp effective August 15, who is retiring Venchurs Inc., a Michigan based OEM affair with the automobile.” IndianapolisMotorSpeedwayandKeenelandConcoursin following a successful two-year run as supplier. As the former Vice President of honorofMariHulmanGeorge. Executive Director where he made sig- Sales and Marketing for Roush Perform- The 1929 Stutz Model M Lancefield Coupe was nificant contributions to the long-term ance, Karges helped grow the company purchasednewbytheWoolworthBrothersin1929and stability and prosperity of the museum. into the largest specialty high perform- bodiedbyLancefieldCoachworksofLondon,England.Itis Karges brings four decades of automo- ance car brand in the world. As owner theonlyLancefieldcoupetobesupercharged,andtheonly tive, entertainment and motorsports of Karges Sport, he was involved in onesurvivingoutoffivebuilt.ItwasrestoredbyOldIron WorksofMontgomery,Texas.TheStutzalsowonitsclass, CoachbuiltClassics. "Wewereallamazedbythissinisterlookingcar,"said KeenelandConcoursco-chairTomJones."Itfacedsome verytoughchoices,butconsideringtherarityandexquisite detailoftherestoration,ourjudgesmadetherightchoice forBestofShow." The10th annualKeenelandConcoursd'Eleganceisscheduled forJuly18-21,2013,whenthefeaturedmarquewillbeMus- tang,inanticipationofthe40th anniversaryofitsintroduction.

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A Supermodel’s Supercar Lamborghini Miura

Twiggy’s ’69 Miura S

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hehistoryofAutomobiliLamborghiniisonethatalmost mentwithSig.Ferrari.ApparentlythemeetingdidnotgowellwithEnzo IfhewasgoingtotakeonFerrari,hisengineofcourse,wouldhavetobe 400GTenginetransverselymountedbehindthedriver.Thechassisneeded parallelsthesuccessofpost-WorldWarIIItalyitself,andis reputedlysayingthatFerruccioknewhowtodriveatractor,butnotproper aV12.GiottohaddesignedFerrari’slatestV12sintheFerrari250 tobestrongbutlight,andtodothistheymadeitoutofbentweldedsheet synonymouswiththeword“Supercar.” cars,towhichFerrucciorespondedthathecouldandwouldbuildabetter GT,buthavingsubsequentlysetuphisowncompany,itwashewhomFer- metalthathadbeendrilledwithholes.Ferruccioapprovedtheprojectwith- Thefounderofthecompany,FerruccioLamborghini,was carthanFerrari. rucciochosetodesigntheengineintheLamborghini350GTVprototype. outamoment’shesitationandthechassiswashurriedlycompletedtobeex- T bornin1916inNorthernItaly,andasayoungmanstudied Thestoryhasbeenheardmanytimes,butsotheysay,aswithanygood Thisenduringenginewasthenusedinthe120unitsoftheLamborghini350 hibitedattheOctober1965TurinMotorShow.Allitneedednowwasabody. engineering.FollowingWorldWarIILamborghinisetupa storyitisworthhearingagain.Whateverthevalidityofthefactsbehindthe GTthatwerebuiltandthelater400GT,withitssizeincreasedtofourliters, miura Birth successfultractor-makingbusinessthatprovidedhimaconsiderablefor- meeting,theoutcomeofitwasthatLamborghinididdecidetousehis andinmanysubsequentLamborghinicars.The400GT,ofwhich(including NuccioBertone,headoftheradicalthinkingCarrozzeriaBertone,sawthe tune.Whilefromarelativelypoorruralchildhood,Lamborghini’sachieve- considerablewealthtocreateamotorcarcompanyandthehistoryof the2+2)273unitswerebuilt,featuredLamborghini’sownbespokein-house conceptandvolunteeredtobuildthebodytositontherevolutionarychas- mentscoincidedwiththeindustrialdevelopmentofthenorthofItalyin AutomobiliLamborghiniofficiallystartedin1963. designedgearbox,theproblematicareathathadfirstledtothatfateful sis.Bertoneturnedto26yearoldMarcelloGandini,aninteriordesigner, the1950s.HistractorsprovedtobesuccessfulasdidLamborghinihimself. Sant’agata meetingbetweenEnzoandFerruccio.Thecarswereaninstantsuccess,but andhisfirstprojectfortheCarrozzeriawastointerpretandfulfilhisnew Whilestillayoungcountry,duringthepostwarperiodtheItalianRepub- Lamborghini bought a large plot of land, about 25 kilometres from thebestwasyettocome. boss’vision.Itwastheclarityofthinking,unfetteredbytraditionthatled licquicklycaughtupwithandsurpassedmanyofitsEuropeanneighbors, ,inSant’Agata,Bolognese,whereheestablishedalargeandmodern FromtheoutsetFerrucciohadhiredtwoyoungandverytalentedengi- GandiniandBertonetocreatenotonlytheMiuraforLamborghini,butalso especiallyintheareaofdesignandsophisticatedmachineryfromcoffee factorytostartbuildinghisdreamcars.Duetohispreviousexperiencein neerstocreatehiscarstocomplementBizzarrini’smarvelousengine.With theFiatX1/9,theLanciaStratosandtopioneertheWedgelinethatperhaps machinestocars,whereitgainedanenviablereputation.InItalyacaris industryheknewhowtoestablishthebestformandfunctionfacility,and theearlysuccessofthe350GTand400GThethenunleashedthepromising reacheditsculminationinanotherlaterLamborghini,theCountach. knownsynonymouslyasmacchina,ormachine.AswithmanyItalianself- theinfrastructureandenvironmentatthefactorywasstateoftheartforits skillsofGiampaoloandGiampaoloStanzani.Takingtheirinspiration LamborghinineverdisclosedtheoriginsofthenameMiura,butashewas mademenofthetime,themachineFerrucciodrove,ofcourse,wasa time.Manypeople,however,wereskepticalofhisplansastheyfelthe fromtwo-seatersportsracingcarsratherthanfromGrandTourers,thetwo aTaurusitisthoughtitcamefromthatofaSpanishfightingbull.However, Ferrari.EnzoFerrarihadcreatedhiscompanyonthebackofaracingpedi- wouldsquanderhisfortuneontheextravagantpursuitofbuildingsports youngmen,Dallaraatthetimewasjust28(hesubsequentlywentonto Gandini’sdesignwasbeautiful,far-reachingandnovel.Atthe1966Geneva greeandsoldfastandstylishcarstothosewhocouldaffordthem. cars.Ferruccioknewwhathewantedandhowhewantedtodothings,and formhisowncompanydevelopingFormulaOnecars)andthesimilarlyaged MotorShow,justfourmonthsafteritslaunchatTurin,itwasinstantlyhailed FerruccioLamborghinisothe,apocryphalornot,storygoeswasunhappy hismoneygavehimtheopportunitytoachieveit.Heplannedtolaunchhis Stanzanicreatedinessencearoad-goingracecar. asamasterpieceandcreatedanenormousinternationalprofileforAuto- withhisFerrariandwenttodiscusshisrequirements,concernsandimprove- firstcarattheNovember1963TurinMotorShow. Theytooktheinitialinnovativestepinsittingthefour-literV12Lamborghini mobiliLamborghini.Todesignandmanufactureacompletelyfreshbodystyle

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withinsuchashorttimeframewasamazing. weseeinthisissueofVintage Roadcar. Duringthelast34yearsjust8,880mileshavebeenaddedtotheodome- ThesuccessfullaunchinGenevawascompoundedwhenanorangeMiura ThereisagooddealofconfusionwhenresearchingindividualMiuras,and ter,astheTwiggyMiuraShasspentmuchofthetimeintheAustralian appearedattheMonacoGrandPrix,attractingincredibleattentionandadu- Twiggy’scarhasattimesbeenmixedupwiththeMiuraoriginallyownedby NationalMotorMuseuminBirdwood,SouthAustralia,some35milesfrom lationwhenparkedintheCasinosquareofMonteCarlo.AsCar and Driver NigelDavies,akaJustindeVilleneuvewhowasTwiggy’smanager.Thatcar thatstate’scapital,. magazinesaidinitsAugust1967issue,“Bold,Individualistandunconven- (chassisnumber3676)whichisintheUK,wasoriginallyaleft-hand-drive Thereithasbeeningoodcompanyalongsidesomeoftheowner’sother tional,theMiuraisLamborghini’slatestbidtoout-FerrariFerrari.” P400andrebuiltbythefactoryin1970asagreenright-hand-driveS,and vehicles,includingaMaseratiMerakSSandawonderfulearlyFerrariDay- ThesuccessoftheMiuraaspartofthe“SwingingSixties”andas,perhaps, subsequentlyrebuiltagainin1990afterbeingdamagedinafire. tonathathehasownedforasimilarnumberofyearsastheMiuraS.Hero- asymbolofItaly’snewfoundconfidenceandgrowingwealthwasnothing Ourtestcar,aMiuraS,ischassisnumber3961withenginenumber30399. tateswhichofhiscarsareondisplay,andonthedaywemetatBirdwood shortofastonishing,andinturnbroughtconsiderablerevenuetoitsmanu- IthasbeeninAustraliaforthepast34years,andfromitscurrentowner hearrivedinhisFrenchracingblueBugatti35Bcompletewithtowbar!The facturer.TheopportunitytodeveloptheMiurawasonethatwasnottobe comesdefinitivefactorydocumentationsignedbyUbaldoSgarzionAuto- BugattiissometimesusedtopullasmalltrailerinwhichsitshisAustralian missed,thoughattheBrusselsCarShowin1968customerresponsetoa mobiliLamborghiniletterheaddatedJuly4,1988,stating.“Yourcar,produc- cattledog,suchasthelastoccasionheattendedthehistoricracingatPhillip MiuraRoadsterwastestedtoamutedreception.Thecontinuingsuccessof tionno.436,wassoldindeedbyustoTwiggythroughourU.K.Importersin IslandinVictoria,sometenhoursdriveaway. theMiura,however,didmeanthatothermodels,theIsleroGTandthe 1969.Itwaspaintedlimegreenwithorange-whitestripes,probablyatour WhiletheMiura’sodometernowshowsagenuine29,884miles,itis Espada,couldbedeveloped. factory,whilstalsoaccordingtoourrecordsitwaswhiteoriginally.”Sgarzi regularlymaintained,includingaclutchandbrakeoverhaulin2010.The miura S Withtheengineup-ratedfrom350hpto370hp,Lamborghinilaunched theMiuraSattheNovember1968TurinMotorShow.Whileexternallythe Slookedalmostidenticaltothecaritreplaced,itwasinsidethecockpit whereitofferedsuchsoughtafterfeaturesaselectricwindows,aswellas optionalair-conditioningandleatherseats.Meanwhile,workcontinued onthedevelopmentofothermodels,includingthelessthansuccessful Jaramaand,asthe1970sarrived,theUrraco. AtthisstageLamborghinialsodevelopedacompetitionderivedMiura, theJota,theprojectleaderforwhichwasprimarilythecompany’stest driver,NewZealanderBobWallace.AlthoughLamborghinididnotcontinue withitsracingaspirations,theJotaexperiencedidleadtothefinaliteration oftheMiura,theSVwhichfirstappearedatthe1971GenevaMotorShow. Bythistimehowever,theMiurahadperhapslostitsabilitytostunits“shock ofthenew”asRobertHughescallsitforLamborghini’sothercarattheshow wastheCountach,anotherGandinidesign,whichcreatednearlyasbigan impactastheMiurahaddonesevenyearspreviously. FerruccioLamborghinihadalreadyachievedhisobjectiveandwiththe Miuracreatedacarthatwastheequal,ifnotinmanywaysthesuperiorto theFerrari250andFerrariDaytona.Somuchsothatasthecompanyand servedwithLamborghinithroughthickandthinfor30years.Thecurrent ownerrecountshowthevehiclewasafavoriteofhislatewifeandhowthey indeedthecountrymovedintothemoreturbulentandpoliticalwatersof ownerhasalsohadverbalconfirmationfromanotherlong-timeLamborghini bothusedtoenjoyexhilaratingrunsinthebeautifulAdelaideHills,through unrestinthe1970s,Ferrucciohad,by1972,divestedhimselfofallinterest employee,ValentinoBalboni,whoservedaschieftestdriverwiththecom- fastwindingroadsthatarereminiscentofminiAlpinepasses—thinkRossano inthebusinessanddepartedAutomobiliLamborghiniS.p.A. panyfor40yearsbeforeretiringin2008,thatthecolorschemewasto BrazziintheopeningsequenceoftheoriginalfilmThe Italian Job,madein Supermodel Twiggy’sspecification. 1969,thesameyearasthiscar. Beforetheissuesofthe1970sanditsattendantproblems—theArab- Inthewayofthetimes,thingsmovedquicklyandthecarwassoldin1973 impressions IsraeliWaranditspetrolpriceangst,industrialstrikesandattimescivildis- toEricBeazleyofOxshottinSurrey,UK,beforecomingundertheownership Itwasacoldsunnywinter’sdayandjusttheperfectsettingtoviewand order—therewasamoreinnocentandunknowingworld.Itwasintothis oftheHippersonfamilyofEastAnglia.From1974to1976themileagehad enjoytheMiuraS.Firstimpressions?Well,simplystaggering.Thecolor worldthatthewaif-likefigureofayoungNorthLondongirlnamedLesley increasedfrom17,000to21,004(verifiedbytheUKDepartmentofEnviron- schemeisgorgeous,andwhileitmayechoKingsRoadorCarnabyStreetin Hornby,butwhobecamebetterknownasTwiggywasthrust.Atthetender mentTestCertificateissuedonMay2,1975inThamesDitton,Surrey, SwingingLondon,itisatthesametimeharmoniouswiththelimegreen,or- ageofsixteenshewasdubbedbythenewspaperThe Daily Express as“The England).PhilipMcMasterofSydney,Australia,thenboughtthecar,paying angeandwhitecomplementingthesublimelinesofGandini’sbodywork. Faceof‘66,”thesameyearasthefirstMiuraappeared.Theimagesofher £8,000,andhaditshippedtotheSouthernHemisphere.Subsequently,in Immediatelymyeyeistakenbythe“eyelashes”(trulyreminiscentofawide- modellingepitomizetheageinmuchthesamewayastheMiura,andshe November1978,Twiggy’sMiuraSwassoldtoitscurrentownerbyLolita eyedsupermodel)surroundingthepop-upheadlights.Thisfeature,missing becameinternationallyfamous.Itwasfittingthen,thattheworld’sfirstsu- AutomobileDevelopments,theofficialAustralianAutomobiliLamborghini onthelaterandmoremasculineandpotentSVmakestheS,tomymind, permodelshouldin1969purchasethefirstsupercar.ItisTwiggy’scarthat distributorslocatedintheSydneysuburbofCrowsNest. theprettiestofthethreeMiuraiterations.

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thethreespokes,eachwithtwodrilledholes,ofthesteeringwheel.The “Immediately my eye is taken by the ‘eyelashes’ steeringcolumnfeaturesjustonestalk,peculiarlyangled,tooperatethe indicators.Thefootpedalsarequiteclosetogetherasiscommoninmany (indeed reminiscent of a wide-eyed supermodel) Italiansportsandracingcars,andalthoughthisMiuraSisararefactory surrounding the pop-up headlights.” right-hand-driver(numbereightofjustthirtymade),thereisnosignificant offsetdeviationmakingitinanywayuncomfortableinabalanceddriving position.Itisaperfectplacetobesitting,thoughasagainbefitsafastItalian carthehandbrakepositioningappearstohavebeenanafterthought,and ittakesmeawhiletolocate.Thegearknobisaworkofartinitself, mouldedformyhand,toppedoffwiththemarque’slogo,andsittingatop spendadaythandrivingquitepossiblyoneofthefinestexamplesany- theleveramidabigaluminumgateforthefiveforwardgears,withitslock- whereintheworldofperhapsthemosticonicofallcars,theveryfirstSu- ingmechanismtopreventinadvertentselectionofreversegear. percar?Andyetmysatisfactionistemperedbythefactthatthismarvellous Theenginehasnotbeenstartedforthreemonthsandtakesawhileto machinehassomuchmoretogiveanydriverandcertainlysomuchmore pullthefuelthroughtothefourWeber401DL3C.Itstartson thanmydrivingtalentallows.ThisMiuraS,andespeciallythisTwiggy thethirdturnofthekeyandisimmediatelyrunningonsong.Somesayit Miura,isanoutstandingvehicleinhighlyoriginalconditionwiththeonly isdifficulttogetWebersrunningcorrectly,butwhenyougetthemright, modificationsbeingathickeranti-rollbaraddedalongwithtwoextrarear theyarethebest.ThisMiuraSwouldseemtocorroboratethat—these suspensionarmstolaterMiuraSVspecifications.Thesparewheellocated Webersareastheyshouldbe.MyonlyotherpracticalexperienceofMi- underthebeautifullongbonnetstillretainsitsoriginalCinturatotire. urasiswithacoupleofSVsthatseemedtopopandbangmuchmorethan Likeallsupermodels,giveitanewpairofshoesanditwillkeepon thissweetauralsensation—perhapsitwasthesetuporjustanidiosyn- struttingitsstuff.Asitsownersays,theItaliansareverycourageouswhen crasyofthemorepowerfulSV.Whicheveritis,mypreferencefortheS, itcomestostyle. dueinparttoitscheeky,cute“eyelashes,”isreinforcedbythewaythis carsoundsandruns. SPECIFICATIONS Asexpectedtheclutchisquiteheavyandthegearchangestiff,especially onthiscoldJunemorning(donotbelievethosewhotellyouitisalways chassis Steel spaceframe, drilled, monocoque center Otheraspectscryingoutforviewingaretheairintakesonthesillsde- hotinAustralia,thoughofcourseAdelaidecanregularlybeover40degrees section alloy/steel body. signedtocoolthe307mmreardiscbrakes,theblackslattingabovetheen- Centigradeinthesummermonths).Idoafew“laps”forourphotographer, Suspension Fully independent, front by double wishbones, coil springs, coaxial shock absorbers, anti-roll gineandtheroughsandcastwheelsharkingbackalmosttoFerrucccio’s andasthecarbeginstowarmupandthelubricantsstarttodotheirjob, bar, rear by upper wishbone, lower link, coil agriculturaltractorbackground,butoffsetwithenormousspinnersseem- changinggearbecomessmoothandprecise.Theimpressionoflatent springs, coaxial shock absorbers, anti-roll bar. inglyborrowedfromBenHur’schariot.Thecloseronelooks,themore torqueandavailablespeedbeingpresentisalwaysthere,andalthoughwe Steering manual, rack & pinion intriguingitbecomes;thebeautifulMiurabadgingwithitslittlebull’shorns werelimitedbybeingonapublicroadtheownerinformsmethatevenat Brakes Girling ventilated disc, front 300mm rear 307mm ontheM,thelouveredhandlesoftheperfect-shutdoorsechoingtherear over200kphitwillstillacceleratetowarditstopendof277kph,andthat Wheels & Tyres pirelli cinturato 225/70 VR15 windowcovering,thedetachedtailpipesfromthemainexhaustpipes heoncehadallfourwheelsoffthegroundasheandhiswifecresteda Dimensions Wheelbase 2504mm. Track f/r 1412/1412mm. designedtodrawawaytheexhaustatspeed.Thecarhasbeenrepainted humpbackbridge. Width 1780mm. length 4390mm. correctlyduringitslifetotheoriginalspecifications. Idonotdoubtit,andonlywishIhadagreateropportunitytoexplore height 1100mm. Weight 1292kg. Meanwhile,theinteriorofthevehicleisfinishedinblackleatherthatis theprecisesteeringandbalancedhandlingofthismid-enginedmarvel— alloriginal,evendowntotheeight-tracktapedeck.Thehorizontallyribbed asMattMunrowarbled,“Questi giorni quando vieni il belle sole,Ondays engine 60-degree V12 transverse layout, all alloy, water-cooled. capacity: 3929cc. bucketseatsareclosefittingbutaccommodating,andonslippingbehind likethesewhenskiesareblueandfieldsaregreen,”itisacarthatonecould Bore/: 82mm/62mm thewheelthereisasenseofcomfortandluxurywithoutopulence.While wishtodriveforeverandandonewhichbringsaboutthatelusivefeeling compression: 10.7: 1 thecockpit—letuscallitthatforallItaliandriversarepiloti—isairyand ofmanandmachineintertwinedthatissorarelyexperienced. Valve gear: Two per cylinder, twin overhead camshafts, wide,itisnotgenerouswithheadroom. Wetakeafewbendsandaccelerateoutofthecorners,pushingalittle chain-driven. Thereisabigcenterconsolerepletewithangularpassengergrabhandle onthestraightsandbrieflytestingtheGirlingventilateddiscbrakesaswe carburettors: Four Weber 40 1Dl3c max power: 280 kW at 7700 rpm (toworkinconjunctionwiththepassengerfootrestnodoubt)andswitches comeacrossafamilyofduckscrossingtheroadonamorningwaddle.Our max Torque: 388Nm at 5100rpm fortheelectricwindowsandpop-upheadlights.Switchestoactuallymake testdriveconcluded,wedoafewmoresetupsforthephotographer.The Transmission: integral clutch/gearbox/final drive mounted thelightscomeonarepositionedabovemyhead,againreinforcingthe caristurnedonandoffseveraltimesandwetootleaboutinlowgear.No behind engine. fighterplanecockpitanalogy.Thisiscontinuedfurtherinthe“binnacles”of dramas,nofuss,itiscompletelytractable(ifSignorLamborghiniwillexcuse clutch: Single dry plate, diaphragm spring, theprecisionJaegerinstruments,themostprominentofwhich,therev thepun),anddoeswhateverisrequestedofitwitheaseandpoise.AmI hydraulic operation. Gearbox: Five-speed manual all-synchromesh. counterandthespeedometershowing190mph,areeasilyviewedthrough satisfiedwiththedrive?Ontheonehand,ofcourse,whatbetterwayto

18 VinTaGe roaDCar VinTaGe roaDCar 19 vintage roadcar interview a conversation with randy ema Randy Ema Restorer/Collector/Vintage Car Historian Shares His Insights

vr: i would imagine, like every ferent aspects of the hobby, if you consummate car guy, cars must have will, really from day one. been a very early influence for you? rE: Sure, I was always interested since I rE: As a little kid, I played with Match- was a little kid. I still have those toys that I box and AMT models. I only liked those be- played with even way back when. cause they were exact to scale. They were standard scale and they were exactly like vr: it’s interesting to me that a lot Noted Duesenberg expert Randy ema the real car. I didn’t play with some Auburn of your early work was with Maserati, runs a successful restoration business in rubber toy or any of the other makes be- lamborghini and a number of other Orange, california. cause they weren’t exactly, and they varied marques. you’ve become so well in scale. So, I was kind of anal even back known and associated with Duesen- then when I was a little kid. It all came from berg, how did that part of your life Pebble Beach, and I use my interest as a kid and then… evolve? rE: I actually worked through college One of the many significant Duesenbergs that ema has restored over the years is the 1934 Walker-bodied coupe owned by Jay leno. this term a lot, is what I vr: This is growing up where? working for a new car dealership, doing the rE: Tustin, California. And it just contin- restoration on their Duesenberg. So, that pressive automobile and not only is it an unique in that respect. Whereas a Duesen- ness perspective, never really having done call steroids for classics, ued on. Anything with wheels and I’m in was my after-school job all the way through impressive automobile as far as its road berg was the fastest thing in its day and all…I mean I worked in a shop doing because for you to win trouble. I love it all. It’s all fun to me. I love college—well, the last two years of my col- ability in its day, but it’s an impressive every one was definitely unique. And then restoration work, but so much of it I had history, I have my Bachelors Degree in his- lege, let’s put it that way. And then I came automobile as far as its individual histories. you add the ownership to it, it makes the never done before, so I started off learning over the last guy who tory. So it just followed through, it was a back later and ran a Maserati agency for Every one of them has a very interesting story that much more fascinating. as I went. First car we ever did I painted natural progression. When I got out of col- them also. But, I had been, since high provenance to them, so it makes for a fasci- myself and we ended up winning several won that show, you’ve lege, it was like, “Oh, gee, now what do I school, an Auburn owner and very active in nating package, which you really don’t get vr: yeah, i think the bespoke ex- Best-of-Shows with it. do?” So I worked for a new car dealer selling the Auburn-Cord-Duesenberg Club. I had in most cars today. Yes, you can buy a clusivity of it makes each one an in- got to be better than him. . I worked as a district rep for ridden in Duesenbergs back in ’65. in blue or red or orange or teresting historical piece in and of its vr: what time period was that? J.I.Case, I ran a dealership selling Lam- yellow, but you can’t get a Bugatti Veyron own right. Unlike a lot of other cars. rE: 1976–1977. We had a second at Peb- borghinis, worked at Road & Track and did vr: was your interest situational? with a totally different body on it that will rE: So, as a historian, that was a natural ble Beach with it. The only reason we lost is some other things. And, really, wanted to what i mean by that is did you ac- still do 280 miles an hour. They’re not draw for me. I went into this from a busi- that we were up against a Lincoln Phaeton, stay kind of car focused. I had had an quire a car just because it was a neat Auburn since I was 15 —I bought an Auburn car and that’s how you became pas- in high school—so I just started working on sionate about the marque? or were Auburns. People wanted me to do this for you always specifically passionate them, do that for them and it just grew into about Auburn and that’s why you a business. bought that first car? rE: I was always fascinated by Auburn, vr: So the “hands-on” part of initially as a kid, because I had a neighbor working on the cars started at an who had an Auburn. So I was always fasci- early age as well? nated by Auburn. But, once I went to an One of ema’s personal favorites is his rE: Right. Auburn-Cord-Duesenberg meet, and got Jaguar e Type that received subtle exposed to Duesenbergs, then yes, I was an enthusiast of coachbuilder Walter murphy, ema has restored a among many of ema’s award-winning restorations is this 1931 Duesen- body modifications by Bill Decarr. vr: So, you’ve been involved in dif- fascinated by Duesenbergs. It’s a very im- number of murphy-bodied cars including this one-of-a-kind Bugatti. berg J Weymann “Taper Tail” Speedster owned by Gen. William lyon.

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which was a lot more exciting car. It wasn’t vr: is that more the passion for thing from them to Messerschmitts. We’ve ’66, the original designer of the Cord, lent me his car for my vr: you want a Tatra or a Zilch or something! a better restoration. I look back, and I mean you personally? i mean do you get done the whole variety. I can’t think of any- grad night in high school…and like most kids, it was an “I al- rE: Yeah, you want something real obscure. That’s why it’s our total bill on that car was $18,000, so I more satisfaction out of the hunting thing that we really haven’t been able to do. most got lucky in it” type of thing…so that is a fond memory. I mostly European stuff that wins at Pebble Beach. They don’t know, look back on those times and they’re not and the history or the restoration? We’ve worked on Hispanos, but not a lot of have a ’62 Jag XKE Roadster because I was just stunned by that they really don’t know. And that’s why a lot of those guys bring comparative to today’s standards at all, but rE: We haven’t found anything new them. We’ve worked on , but not a car and its design when it was new. And I have a ’63 Ferrari European stuff to Pebble Beach. Something zippy, something wild, it’s amazing what we could do for the since 1961 or 1962, so there isn’t really any- lot of them, but we’ve worked on almost all 250 GTE because I had several neighbors who had them when sporty looking with what would normally be a 90-point restoration, money in those days. Can’t do that any- thing new out there that hasn’t already been models. Not all the models, but all the I was a kid. I thought, “Oh man, I can afford that. I can buy one but they don’t know so they can get away with murder. more. I can’t even do my own cars for that exposed. Yeah, occasionally we find a piece major models. We’ve been very fortunate. of those. I can pay 200 bucks a month for the rest of my life!” anymore! or a bit or a part or a photograph. The other I got into this as a hobby. When I was 17, I was the Auburn his- vr: So, i imagine you’d be a very big proponent of day I guy sent me a photograph of Clark vr: So there’s no holy grail still out torian for the Auburn-Cord-Duesenberg Club a number of preservation class. vr: So you’ve been doing, i guess, Gable in his very first Duesenberg, which there in terms of a car that you’d love years, 15 years or something like that. So, I go way back with it. rE: Oh, I love that. I definitely love that. the formal restoration work under was just lent to him. Never saw that before. to find or work on? It’s just something I keep doing. I love it. this guise since about 1976. That’s a Brand new piece. Been out there all this rE: I follow what your question is. I’ve vr: we like to ask everyone the same final question—a long time and a lot of cars. But you’re time and thank God for the Internet, you seen all but three of the existing Duesen- vr: how many restorations do you work at one time? genie pops out of a lantern and grants you one automotive also involved in the acquisition and know, that material now is coming out of bergs and those three that are remaining rE: Two or three. I don’t want more than that. The average wish. what’s the one car—money is no object—you’d like the location of cars as well? the woodwork. Never had seen it. I’ve been are two Murphy Convertible Coupés and a run, if it’s a total restoration, can be as much as a year and a half. to have if you could? rE: Well, it depends on the client and active in this for, since 1965 so it’s going on Murphy Convertible Sedan. I have thick It just depends on what we have to do, how far we have to go. rE: I guess I’m pretty fortunate to have what I want. Would I what they’re looking for. I mean, I don’t 50 years. files and photographs on those three cars. There’s cars that have been through here in six months, but we own a model J Duesenberg? It’s just not my thing. So I’m pretty have it here, but I have a huge library that’s If I don’t see them, it’s not the end of the haven’t had to do the whole car. Just all mechanicals. What I much fortunate I have pretty much everything I ever wanted or that Auburn, Cord, Duesenberg and in it, I keep vr: Are there specific cars, that world. I know exactly where they are. like, my real thing is we can do Pebble Beach, that’s not a prob- I dreamed of owning at one point in time. I mean there are a few track of every single car built by the factory you’ve done work on, that stick out in They’re all here in the States. I’ve seen lem, my preference, what I like, is I like it to be authentic little lesser cars, but I don’t really have a big goal. and I have 16 legal sized filing cabinet your mind as high-water marks for everything that’s in Europe. There’s one because I’m a historian. And, I like it to run and drive and do drawers on 481 different cars. You know, you or that you are particularly Model A in Australia I haven’t seen. It’s not what it did when it was new. Those are my real bugaboos. Cos- people come to us every day looking for in- proud of? the end of the world if I don’t see that. And metics, that’s up to the customer. I’m not big on cosmetics my- formation or background information or rE: Sure. I’m a Coachbuilder nut. I’m a one racecar in Wisconsin I haven’t seen, but self for my own stuff. I like it presentable, that’s all. history or whatever on every single car Walter Murphy nut. We’ve worked on about it’s just a bunch of pieces. So there really built, Duesenberg-wise and Auburn and every body style that Murphy built, includ- isn’t a whole lot yet to be exposed to, on my vr: The customer’s always right, but do you find Cord, too. So we do a lot of that every single ing the Bugatti Roadster. We did a total part but like I said, thank heaven for the In- yourself trying to guide them not to go that direction or day, but the business side of it is, you know, restoration on the Bugatti Roadster that ternet because we do still get material every not be as obsessed with over-restoring? I do consult, I do research. I do things like was bodied by Walter Murphy. We did the day coming through. So, no, there’s really rE: I will go whatever direction they want. We’ve been very that, but most of what we do is the restora- Walker Coupe, which is a really wild aero- nothing out there that I’m really dying to successful going to shows and winning shows. That’s not a prob- tion jobs. dynamic Duesenberg coupé that your mag- work on or dying to play with. Like I said, lem. The problem with all that is the cost. So if you want to come azine covered. So, we’ve worked on just a I’ve played with it all, fortunately, through to me and you want a budget and you want to go to Pebble whole variety. We’ve had over 60 Duesen- the years. I’ve worked 37 years in the busi- Beach, that doesn’t work. That just isn’t going to work. Unfor- bergs through the shop. We have eight first ness. tunately, Pebble Beach, and I use this term a lot, is what I call places at Pebble Beach and one reserve Best steroids for classics, because for you to win over the last guy who of Show. And then I don’t even know all the vr: Setting Duesenberg aside for a won that show, you’ve got to be better than him. So it’s just a other awards. A whole bunch of elegance minute, what are your other car in- vicious cycle. The real trick to winning at Pebble Beach these awards through the years so we’ve been terests outside of that area? days is you bring an obscure marque and you do it cosmetically doing it a long time. We’ve been very fortu- rE: Personally, I have a variety…gosh, perfect and they really don’t know what’s authentic. They can’t nate at it and it’s been a good living for a a whole variety of different stuff. I have judge it that way, so if you want to win at Pebble Beach, don’t long time. Lincolns, I have Auburns. I have 10 bring a Duesenberg, because they know. Don’t bring a Model A Auburns, 4 Cords, 2 Duesenbergs, 2 Lin- Ford type of thing because they know. One of the big problems vr: is there a car that you haven’t colns, something like 10 horseless car- in a lot of car shows is you’ve got a class that’s Packard, Lincoln been able to put your hands on? An riages one-and two-cylinder, early and Stutz and three of the four judges are inevitably Lincoln another of ema’s favorite murphy-bodied automotive “white whale” for you? four-cylinder cars. I have a couple of elec- guys. Lincoln always loses because those judges know what is restorations is this pebble class-winning rE: No, we’ve played with Bugatti tric cars. I have 37 cars total. The only right on a Lincoln. But they don’t know that Stutz and that 1931 Duebsenberg model J Beverly Berline. Royales and driven and worked on every- newer stuff, I have a ’66 Cord because in Packard.

22 VinTaGe roaDCar VinTaGe roaDCar 23 feature art deco third in a series

The opulent ornamentation embodied in the taillight design of this 1937 Talbot lago T-150-c(SS) illustrates the level of commitment to capturing the elegance of the art deco style, right down to the smallest details. Art Deco and the Automobile

BY J. michael hemSleY Ooh Lá Lá The French: Mild to Wild

heFrenchinitiatedtheArtDecomovementin 1924withtheParisexpositionoftheindustrial anddecorativearts,soitisnosurprisethat someoftheautomobilessubsequentlypro- ducedbytheFrencharethemostsoughtafter T oftheDecocars.ButnotallFrenchautomo- biles of the era were characterized by wild bodies;somewerequitemild,especiallythoseproduced bythemajorFrenchautomakers.Thismonthourstorywill focus on several of those major automakers—Renault, Delauney-Belleville, , and -Levasor—and oneofthe,FigonietFalasch,possiblythe mostsuccessfulofthecoachbuildersinFranceandcertainly thedesignerofsomeofthewildershapesoftheera.

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APeugeotofthe1920swouldberecognizedasbeingfromthesame changed,fromappreciatingthegrandcars eraasaPackardoraPope.AstheworldreactedtotheDepression, producedbyDelaunay-Bellevilletoprefer- automanufacturerssawtheneedtodistinguishtheirproductsfrom ringsmallerandlessformalautomobiles. thoseoftheircompetitors,soPeugeot,Renaultandothersbeganto Theroundcowlwasdroppedinthe1920s, includestreamlinedstyleintheirdesigns.Someofthosecompanies and eventually the company produced a survivetoday,whileothersfailedtoadapttotheeconomicchanges morestreamlinedmodelin1939.Itlooked that followed WWII. Two that have survived as automakers are muchlikeaPanhardDynamicofthesame RenaultandCitroën.Panhardstillexists,butit’snotmadeautomo- era,acarthatwillbediscussedlaterinthis bilessince1968andnowproducesonlymilitaryvehicles.Delauney- article. Bellevillenevermadeasuccessfultransitiontomassproductionafter WWIIstoppedproductionatDelaunay- WWII.Eachofthesecompaniesbuiltsomecarswhosedesignwasin- Belleville.Afterthewar,thecompanyat- fluencedbytheArtDecostyle.Allweresomewhatlimitedinthe French styling can also be wild, as shown by this Delage concept temptedtoreturntothemarketplace,even The most Deco features of the Traction applicationofstreamliningandDecodetails,exceptforthePanhard drawing. Detroit public library National automotive history developinganattractivesedanwhosefront avant is its sloping, chevron adorned grille Dynamic,whichisawonderfulexampleofhowadesignercancarry collection. end(grille,headlights,hoodandfenders) and its dashboard. The car itself is mildly significantdetailsthroughouttheentirecar. appear to have been taken from streamlined. LouisRenaultbuilthisfirst“babyRenault”inagardenshedinaParis designsofthelate1930s.Sixcarswerebuilt suburbin1898.Thenextyear,hefoundedRenaultFrèrewithhis in1947,butonlyfourinearly1948,andthecompanywentoutofbusi- WhentheDepressiontookholdinFrance,Voisinwasintrouble.Lefeb- brothers Marcel and Fernand. Through racing successes with his nesslaterthatyear. vrehadanideaforanewkindofcarandtookhisideatoRenault, voiturettes,withtheir1.5-hpengines,hefoundthesolutiontothe Themostsignificantdesignofthepre-WWIIperiodinFrance—acar wherehewasrejected,andCitroën,wherehewasgivenwork.In balanceofweighttopower.Hislightweight,lowpowercarsfinished thatwouldbecontinuedfromitsinceptionin1934to1957—wasthe orderforhisideatobecommerciallysuccessful,thecarneededtobe firstandsecondinthe1899ParistoTrouvilleraceatanaveragespeed CitroënTractionAvant.TheTractionAvant—Frenchfor“front-wheel massproduced,sohevisitedFordandtheBuddCompanytostudy of28mph.Hefoundhimselfwithordersfortwelvecars—Renaultwas drive”—isn’tasDecoasitscontemporaries,butitdisplayedDeco theirprocessand,eventually,tobuyBuddpresses. abouttobecomea“manufacturer.” featuresthroughoutits760,000-carrun.Thefirstthingnoticedare Lefebvre’seffortsproducedthreemilestonevehiclesforCitroën— NotmanyofhiscarswerestreamlinedorshowedmuchDecostyling thechevronsonthenicelyslopinggrille anditsdash—probablythe theTractionAvant,the2CVandtheHYtruck.Themodernshapeof untilthe1930s.ProbablythebestexampleofastreamlinedRenault mostArtDecofeaturesofthecar.LiketheRenaultNervastella,ithad theTAwasdesignedbyFlaminioBertoni.Anautosculptor,Bertoni is the Nervastella 28CV. It had an eight-cylinder engine in a Le bulletheadlightsandsweepingfenders.Itsoverallshapewasabit modeled the car in Plasticine in one night with no sketches. He Tourneaubody.ThecarhadalltheelementsthatmakeforaDeco bulbous,butitappearedtobeaerodynamic,andtheappearanceof designedthebodydirectlyinthreedimensions. design:sweepingfenders,bulletheadlights,aslopedgrilleandspeed- left: 1936 magazine advertisement for the Renault le Nerva, a very aerodynamicswasmoreimportanttobuyersthanactualaerodynam- ManufacturerPanhardetLavassorhasgonethroughseveraltran- lines.Renaultproducedasmallaerodynamicallystyledcoupein1938 pretty, mildly streamlined car from the largest of the French man- ics.ItsoriginsarewithAndréLefebvre. sitions,frombeingamakerofwoodworkingmachinerytobuilding thatcontinuedsomeofthelinesoftheearlierlargercar. ufacturers. Right: magazine advertisement for the 1938 Renault 4- LefebvrewasanaeronauticalengineerworkingforGabrielVoisin someincrediblecarstobeingamanufacturerofmilitaryvehiclesasa DuringWWII,RenaultcooperatedwiththeNazioccupiersinorder place sedan, another aesthetically aerodynamic auto. onplanes.In1923,hewastaskedwithdesigningaracecartocompete subsidiaryofAuverland.IthaspassedthroughthehandsofCitroën intheGrandPrixdeVitesseinTours,France.TheresultwastheVoisin andPSA(thecompanynameafterthemergerofCitroënandPeugeot). tokeepthefactoryopenandrunning.Afterthewar,hewasconvicted C6Course,alsoknownastheLaboratoire.Anditwasalaboratory, Throughoutitshistory,however,ithassimplybeenknownasPanhard, ofbeingacollaborator;hisestatewasconfiscatedandthefactorywas withitsmonocoquechassisandverystreamlinedshapeforthetime. eventhoughitwasÉmileLavassor,andnotRenéPanhard,whowas nationalized.RenaultbecameRegieNationaledesUsinesRenault theautomobileenthusiast. (whichlooselytranslatesasstate-ownedfactoriesofRenault).Thefu- LavassormetPanhardatschoolatEcoleCentral,wheretheybe- tureoftheRegiebecamesmallcars,muchasitwasinitsearlydays. camefriends.Upongraduation,theywenttheirseparateways.Lavas- TheDelaunay-BellevilleautosweretheoppositeoftheearlyRe- sor moved to Belgium, where he met Eduord Sarazin, a patent naults—theywerethesupercarsofthetime.FounderLouisDelau- attorneyworkingforautomanufacturerDeutz,whereGottliebDaim- nay-BellevillebuiltboilersforwarshipsandsteamersinSaint-Denison lerwaschiefengineer.In1867,Lavassorwasapproachedbyschool- theoutskirtsofParis.Heandhisson-in-law,MariusBarbarou,diver- matePanhardtorunhisnewlyexpandedfactory.Panhardhadbecome sifiedthecompany’sproductsin1903toincludeautomobiles.Char- apartnerinPérinetPanhardmakingwoodworkingmachinery,and acterizedbytheirroundenginehoodandradiatorshell,thesewere businesswasbooming.Aboutthatsametime,DaimlerleftDeutzand bigcars;infact,thelargestcarintheworldin1912wastheDelau- wentonhisown,andSarazinbecamehisrepresentativeinFrance. nay-Belleville.In1912,however,Louisdied,andhissons,Robertand in addition to the Traction avant, andré lefebvre designed two Withhisnewposition,SarazinwasgiventherightstoDaimlerengines Two citroën Traction avants at the Tampa Bay automobile Pierre,tookoverthecompany,causingBarbaroutoleave.Without other milestone vehicles for Renault, the hY truck and the 2cV inFrance,soheapproachedLavassoraboutproducingthem.After museum, examples of fairly mild French styling of the Deco era. Barbarou’stalent,thecompanychanged.AfterWWI,themarketalso (Deux chevaux, or Two horses), shown here. consideringtheoffer,Lavassordecidedtobuildhisowncarsusingthe

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a 1934 magazine ad (left) for the newly designed panhard, and the real thing (above), a 1933 X74 at the lane motor museum.

The designer of the Dynamic carried its art Deco styling throughout the car, including on the , headlights, side marker lights, door handles, oil filler cap and spare tire hold down. even the taillight was stylized, proudly proclaiming it was French.

Daimlerengine.ThefirstcarwasproducedonFebruary17,1890. AfterthedeathsofLavassorandPanhard,Panhard’ssonHippolyte andnephewPaultookoverthecompany.Paulbecamethepresident ofthecompanyin1916andserveduntilCitroëntookoverinthe 1960s.UnderPaulPanhard,thecompanyfocusedoncars,competed inracingandspeedtrials,thenleftcompetitionandmadesignificant changestotheircarsthankstothearrivalofanewtechnicaldirector namedPasquelin.TogetherwithdesignerLouisBionier,Pasquelinand Bionierstarteddesigningcarsthatemphasizedqualityandpower. Therewasalsoamovetowardstreamlining.ThePanhardX74 shows morestreamlinedstylethanpreviousexamplesoftheirproducts.The lowdrag.IttookwhatwasstartedwiththestylingoftheX74toits carhasseveralDecodetails,includingthedoorhandle,sidelightand logicalconclusion:everydetailcarriedtheDecothemehoodornament. hoodornament—thedesignthemesimilarforeach. TheDynamicwasoneofthemostsignificantproductioncarsofthe ThemostsignificantachievementofthePasquelin-Bioniercollabo- 1930s,bothbecauseofitsengineeringanditsstyling,asNorbye rationwastheDynamic.Designedin1936with2582carsproduced noted.IntheDepression,unfortunately,large,luxuriouscarswereno from1936to1939,theDynamicwas,accordingtoJanP.Norbye, longerindemand.TheDynamicdidnotsavethecompanyfromits “…oneofthemostoutstandingcombinationsofengineeringand eventualdemise. stylingthatcameoutoftheThirties”(Automobile Quarterly Volume TheseFrenchmanufacturers—Renault,Delauney-Belleville,Citroën, VI,Number2).Thiscarwasasmuchdreamcarasproductioncar.One andPanhard-Levassor—allincludedsomeDecostylingastheymoved ofthemostunusualfeatureswasitscentraldrivingposition,allowing Wonderful art Deco details (above) on the 1933 panhard X74 at the fromtheuprighteraofthe1920stothestreamlinederaofthe1930s. threepeopletositacrossthefrontseat,aswellasthreeintherear. lane motor museum, including the door handle, side light and hood Othermanufacturerswhoproducedinterestingautomobilesduring Itwasunibodyconstruction,hadalowcenterofgravityandhadvery ornament. thisperiod,suchasSalmson,HotchkissandPeugeot,willbecovered

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24-and48-hourspeedrecordsattheMontlhérytrack,recordsthat weresetinordertohelptherebirthofbybringingattention tothemarqueonceagain. Itwasbuildingstreamlinedbodiesforroadcars,however,that madeFigonifamous.GriffithBorgesonsaidthatFigoni“conferred uponmerecoldsheetmetalanorganicformtheflowing,luxurious

“Sweepspears” were the curved chrome features that Figoni used to emphasize the shape of the fenders. They often started at the nose of the car and continued to its tail.

Two (above & below). These are designs Joseph Figoni created before Delage merged with Delahaye. inafuturearticle,butnowattentionwillbeturnedtopossiblythe streamlinedera.A1932DelagedropheadcoupéonaD8Schassis mostsuccessfulofthecoachbuilders—FigonietFalaschi.Itwasthe seemedtoheraldatransition,withamixoftheolderstylevertical independentcoachbuilders,suchasFigonietFalaschi,whotookthis grillewithfendersthatshowedthebeginningsofthesweepinglines— trendtowardmildstreamliningandmadesomewonderfullywild nottosaywild—forwhichhewouldbecomefamous.Soon,hiscars streamlinedcars. wouldbeshowingwhathecalledenveloppantes,orcurvedenvelopes. BorninPicenze,Italy,in1894,GiuseppeFigonimovedwithhisfam- Theywerethesensuous,teardropandcompound-curvedfendersthat ilytoParisin1897.At14,“Joseph”wasapprenticedtobeawagon appearedinmuchofhiswork.Thecurvingchromeaccentoftenseen builder.AfterbecomingaFrenchcitizenandservinginWWI,hebe- inhisdesignsbecameknownas“sweepspear,”sincetheyoftenswirled camemoreinterestedinself-propelledvehiclesthanwagons,andby andcurvedfromfronttoreartoaccentthecurvesofthecar. 1923,hewasoperatingabodyrepairbusinessnearLongchamp.He Inadditiontobeingadesigner,Figoniwasalsoanengineerwith soonexpandedhisbusinessintobuildingbespokebodiesonchassis patentsforaconvertibletop,andathatcranked broughttohimbyhisclients.Anartist,heusedmodelingclaytosculpt downintothecowl,whichwasshownonaDelahaye165V12atthe thedesiredshape,thendetaildrawingswerecreated,andwoodforms 1939NewYorkAutoShow.Hewasinvolvedinracecardesign,produc- werebuiltonwhichthebodypanelswouldbeformed. ingtheshapeoftheAlfaRomeo8C2300thatwonatLeMansin1932, By1925,hewasbuildingbodiesforsignificantcarsinthepre- 1933and1934,aswellasthe1934Delahaye18CVSuperluxethatset

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graceandharmonyofwhichhadneverbeenseenbefore”(Automo- ofpreviousmodels.ThismodelestablishedDelahayeinthegrand bile Quarterly VolumeXX,Number1).Withthearrivalofanew sportcategoryandmadeFigonietFalaschifamous.Whenshownat partner,businessmanOvidioFalaschi,anewfinancialstabilitycame theParisautoshowin1935,itwasreportedlyboughtbyeitherAga too.Businessboomed;bodieswerebuiltforAlfaRomeo,Bugatti,De- KahnorAliKhanfor150,000FF.Aswithotherstreamlinedcarsofthe lage, Delahaye, Duesenberg, Hotchkiss, Panhard, Renault, Talbot, era,itwasfullofDecodetails,suchasthedoortrimanddash. The andothers. entirecarwasdesignedaroundthefenders,whichwereitsdominant WhileallFigonietFalaschidesignsarecollectible,itistheFrench feature.Thepassengercompartmentflowedintothosefenders,with chassisthatseemedtoreceivethemostbeautifulbodies,especially theresultingautomobilehavinganaestheticallyaerodynamic,even DelahayeandTalbotLago.Figonidevelopedaverycloserelationship organic,look.Therewereproblemswiththesesensualfenders—they withCharlesWeiffenbach,theheadofDelahaye,andTonyLago,who hamperedbrakecooling,madetirechangingdifficult,andrestricted hadtakenoverTalbotinFrance. thecar’sturningradius,butitisunlikelythatbotheredtheKahnsor WeiffenbachsawracingasameanstogetDelahaye,whichwasbest anyoneelsewealthyenoughtopurchaseoneofthecars. knownforitscommercialvehicles,backintotheautomobilebusiness. In1933,Sunbeam-Talbot-Darracqwasintroublebecauseitscars TherecordssetatMontlhérywereinanopen-wheel,single-seat, weredullandunpopular.TonyLago,anAssistantDirector,wassentto enclosedcockpitcarbodiedbyFigonietFalaschi.TheimpetusDela- ParistoenergizeAutomobilesTalbot.Lagodecidedtospicethemup hayereceivedfromthosesuccessesandotherscausedpeopletolook with more performance and to take the car racing to renew its morecloselyattheroadcarsthatwerebeingproduced.Figoniet image—muchasWeiffenbachhaddonewithDelahaye.WhenRootes Falaschi,whowerethereatthebeginning,becameoneoftheprinci- boughtSTDin1935,LagogotcontrolofAutomobilesTalbot.Ittook palcoachbuildersforDelahaye.Manycarswerebodiedbothbefore themarqueintoaverybright,albeitshort,futurewithmanyracing andafterWWII,butprobablythemostincrediblewastheType135 successesandthedevelopmentofpossiblythemostsignificantArt carsbodiedinthemiddle‘30s.Thecarisstreamlinedfromevery Decoautomobiledesigninhistory.Interestingly,itwastherepeatof angle.Itissmoothandflowing,eliminatingthehighradiatorandhood apatternforDarracq,whichhadonceproduceddull,unpopularcars

Figoni called his sensually curved fenders “enveloppantes” or curved envelopes. This Delahaye 135m Roadster, seen at the first elegance at hershey in 2011, is one of the designs that is characteristic of Figoni’s work. The owner of this Talbot lago T-150-c(SS) shown at the amelia island concours in 2012 described his car as the “ultimate” art Deco design. it is certainly one of the most beautiful French automotive shapes. The Talbot lago screams art Deco from every angle and in every detail.

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There are beautiful Deco details in this Delahaye, especially the design in the wood door trim and the incredible dashboard.

FigonietFalaschireturnedtoParisafterthewarandcontinuedto buildspecialbodiesforavarietyofmanufacturers,includingDela- haye,butFrenchtaxesonlargeandexpensiveautomobilestook theirtollonthegrandmarques.TalbotLagotriedtosurvivemaking smallercars,butwaseventuallytakenoverbySimca.Similarly,De- lahayewasboughtandingestedbyHotchkiss.FalaschileftFigoniet Falaschiin1949;FigoniandhissonClaudecontinuedtostaybusy bybuildingcustombodiesforSimcaandCitroën,butwhenDelahaye ceasedproduction,Figoniwentbacktothebodyshopbusiness. AdmirersoftheDecodesignsofJosephFigoniprobablydon’tsee muchthatexcitesthemthesedays,withtheexceptionofafewone- offshowcars.ButthereishopeforthosewholustfortheArtDeco linesofthe1930s—DELAHAYEUSA(www.delahayeusa.com)haspro- ducedanumberofveryDecocarsbasedonthestylingofthepremier coachbuildersoftheDecoera,includingtwothatarereminiscentof Figoni’sbest.Maybesomeoneinastylingdepartmentat oneofthemajorautomakerswilldecidethatit’sworthtakinga chancethatthereisamarketforacarlikethoseofJosephFigoni.We canhopefordéjàvuofOohLáLá.

inItaly.There,in1910,agroupofItalianenthusiastsboughtthecom- panyandcreatedA.L.F.A.,knowntodayasAlfaRomeo. ThispastMarchattheAmeliaIslandConcours,J.WillardMarriott, Jr.calledhisTalbotLagothe“ultimate”ArtDecocar.Marriott’scarwas theprototypefortheGoutte D’eau (“Teardrop”)styleTalbotLagos, anditisanincredibleautomobile—oneofthewildones.Onlyeleven oftheT-150CoupéswereproducedontheshortenedSSchassisand anothersixonthelongerT-150-Schassis.Marriott’sisdesignateda T-150-C(SS).ThisisacarthatscreamsArtDecofromeveryangleand ineverydetail. WhenWWIIbrokeout,Figoniswitchedtomakingaircraftequip- mentinsupportoftheFrenchwareffort.HeleftParisafterthefallof Franceandestablishedacompanymakinghouseholdelectricalappli- ances.Lago,becausehewasItalian,avoidedaNazitakeoverofhis company.

after WWii, Figoni’s designs weren’t quite as “wild” as they once were (right) , but his work was still beautiful, as shown by this De- lahaye 135m cabriolet.

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Cavaglieri cavaglieri Restorations Restorations 7032 Sophia ave. Van Nuys, ca 91406 One Car Leads to Another and (818) 994-2764 a New Facility in Van Nuys e-mail address: [email protected]

Smallindependentshopsarekeystonesof the automobile restoration industry, and among the more notable of these is CavaglieriRestorations,recentlyrelocatedto a new 4,000-square-foot facility near Van NuysairportinL.A.’sSanFernandoValley. ProprietorJoeyCavaglieri’searlyautomo- tiveexperiencecameasaracingmechanic,beginningwithPeteBrock’s BREoperation,thenworkingwithBruceBurnessfieldingaFormula5000 LotusforGeorgeFollmer.HebuiltengineswithRyanFalconer,didF5000 withJohnMorton,IMSAwithBradFrisselle,Can-AmandIndycarswith RickGallesforAlUnserJr.andthenIndycarswithFrankArciero’steam. By1986hewastiredof“livingoutofasuitcase,”andtoldArcierohe Porsche550prototypeSpyders,includingtheveryfirst,550-01,forthe wasquitting,butFranksaid,“Whydon’tyoutakemyoldLotus19and CollierCollection,comedianJerrySeinfeld’s550-03andtheCarrera restoreitforme?” Panamericana-winning550-04that’sdisplayedinthePorscheMuseum. ThusdidCavaglieriRestorationsgetitsfirstproject.“Itwasn’tlikeI’d “I’vebeenveryluckywithhavingprojectscomemywaythathavehad intendedtodorestorations,”Joeyexplains,“butwhileIwasdoing greathistoricalsignificance,”Cavaglieriexplains,“startingwithArciero’s researchonthatcarIwentuptoFresnotoseeDonOroscowhohada Lotus.Ihaven’tcomeacrossanothercarthathashadthelistofsignifi- 19Iwantedtolookat,andheaskedmewhatIwasgoingtodowhenI cantdriversthatthatcardoes.Doing550-01,Porsche’sfirstpurpose- finished.ThenhesaidhehadaBrabhamBT8forme,andthat’skindof builtracecar,thefirstSpyder,wasthemostdifficultprojectforme;that’s howitwent,onecarledtoanother.” whenIrealizeditwasmytimetostepuptotheplate.” Foremostamongthecarshe’ssincerestoredarethreeoftheeight TheproofofthatparticularpuddingcameatAmeliaIslandin2005, when550-01tookhomeBestofShowinthe ConcoursdeSport. “Myemphasisistobecorrectwithhis- tory,”hecontinues,“becauseIkindofget worst-casescenarioprojects—like550-01 neededalmosttheentirebodyrebuilt—so I’mprettyheavyonresearchbeforeIstart onacar.Thehardestpartiswhenyoudon’t haveanotherexampletogolookatandsee howthingsweredone.” While Cavaglieri’s admitted area of expertiseisracecars,he’snostrangerto roadcars,andwouldgladlytacklemoresuch projectsashestrivestobroadenthereach ofhisindependentoperation.

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road test spaciousforwhatis,inessence,afairlycompactcar.Thedriver’ssideof driven classics at a glance thecockpitisdominatedbyalargewood-rimmed,threespokesteering tarting in 1954, Italian manufacturer Alfa Romeo wheelthatissurprisinglydeepdished.Nestledbehindthewheelaretwo SPECIFICATIONS launchedaseriesofsmall,affordablesportscarsbased largeblackbinnaclesthathousethespeedoandtachometer,withpres- arounditsall-alloy,1300-cc,inline,4-cylinderengine. sureandtemperaturegaugesnestledinmini-binnaclesinbetween.While ThisnewmodelcametobeknownastheGiulietta(750 thebeltlineofthecarseemsalittlehigh,relativetothedriver’sposition, 1974 alfa Romeo GTV 2000 S Series)andforthenext10yearswouldprovetobea visibilityisoutstandingwithalargegreenhouseofglassandrelativelyun- Body Steel unibody, 2+2 fabulouslysuccessfulofferingforAlfa. obtrusivepillarstosupporttheroof. Wheelbase 92.5” By1962,theGiuliettawasbadlyinneedofmoreandsoa The2000GTV’sseatingpositionisverycomfortable,thoughsomedriv- larger,1600-ccvariationofthealloytwin-camGiuliettaenginewaspro- ersmayneedtoadjusttothesomewhatoddpedalarrangementsthatin- Track 51.6” (front), 50.0” (rear) duced.ThisnewenginewasfirstmatedwiththeolderGiuliettacoupé cludeapendulum-styleacceleratorpedalmatedwithfloormounted Weight 2178-lb andspiderbodystyles,butwasrenamedtheGiulia(101Series),todis- clutchandbrakepedalsa la theVolkswagenBeetle.However,whenprop- Suspension (Front) independent with lower wish tinguishitfromthesmallerdisplacementGiulietta. erlyadjustedthespacingandactionisconducivetoheel-and-toedriving. bone and upper links, coil springs, However,thistransitionalperiodofnewengineinanolderbodywas Turningthekeyelicitsathroatypurrfromtheengineakintoabigcat telescopic shocks, anti-roll bar. onlytemporaryasAlfaRomeoworkedonacompletelynewcoupéand withachestcold.WhilealltheAlfatwin-cam,4-cylinderenginesare (Rear) live axle with trailing arms, spider(105Series).ThenewGrandTouringcoupéwasknownastheGiulia delightful,the2000-ccversionisthehighestiterationofthefamily,with T-shaped central locating arm, SprintGTandmadeitsdebutattheFrankfurtAutoShowin1963.Penned approximately150-hpontap.Again,thekeytothisengine’sperformance coil springs, telescopic shocks, byGiugiaroforBertone,thenewSprintGTboreastrongfamilyresem- andbehavior(inU.S.versions)isthestateoftuneofitsSPICAfuelinjection anti-roll bar. blancetotheearlierGiuliettaSprintGTs,butinamoremodern,updated system.Whenproperlytunedandmaintaineditiswonderfultodriveand engine 1962-cc, twin overhead cam, lookingpackage.DespitesharingtheGiulietta’swheelbaseandtrackdi- own.Allowedtofalloutoftuneormaintenance,itwillserveasanendless inline 4-cylinder mensions,thenew2-doorGiuliafeaturedamorespaciouscabinthat sourceoffrustration. compression 9:1 couldaccommodatefourpassengers,inapinch. OutontheroadtheGTV2000isatruedelighttodrive.Light,nimble induction Spica (USa) Twin Weber By1965,AlfaRomeocameoutwitha“Veloce”version,knownasthe andutterlyresponsive,theGTVcommunicateswhatallthewheelsare 40 DcOe or Dellorto Dhla 40 GTV.Uptothispoint,Alfa’sVeloceversionsofanygivenmodelhadsigni- doingwithoutthatinformationbecomingharshorintrusive.Withitsshort (europe) fiedadistinctiveupgradeinperformance.However,withtheGiuliaGTV overhangsandgoodweightbalance,theGTVisagileandpreciseonturn- horsepower 150-hp @ 5500 rpm the“Veloce”morereflectedanupgradedtrimdesignation,signifiedby inandsure-footedundernearlyallbutthemostextremecircumstances. Transmission 5-speed bucketseats,awoodgraindashandcloisonné“quadrifoglio”emblemson Butagain,thejoytothisoranyGiulia/Giuliettaistheengine,whichfreely Rear end mechanical limited-slip theC-pillars.DespiteaslightdifferenceincarburetiontheGTVwasosten- revsandhustlesthelittleGiuliaalongwithsurprisingrapidity. Brakes 4-wheel disc, dual circuit siblynofasterthantheSprintGT“normale.” Amere10-15yearsago,onecouldfindGiuliaGTsandGTVsinplenty. 1974 Alfa Romeo Overthefollowingdecade,theGiulia105SeriesGTandGTVwould Nearlyeverytownhadcarsforsaleonthestreetanddonorsinthelocal evolve,mostnotablyreceivingalarger1750-ccenginein1967.By1971, junkyards.ButlikesomanyItaliansportscarsofthe1960sandearly’70s, performance the105SeriesGTVwouldreceiveanevenlarger1962-ccenginethat thelast10yearshasseenboththe“beaters”andtheniceexamplesall GTV 2000 breathedthroughtwinWeber40DCOEcarburetorsinEuropeorthrough butdisappearoffthelandscape.Whereroughdriversusedtobeavailable Top Speed 115 mph Alfa’sSPICAfuelinjectionsystemintheU.S.versions.Thoughfirstintro- for,insomecases,hundredsofdollars,nowit’snotuncommontofind 0-60 mph 8.9-sec ducedinEuropein1971,theGTV2000wouldnotappearonAmerican niceexamplesliketheonepicturedheresellingfor$30,000–$40,000.Yet, average fuel consumption: shoresuntil1973andeventhenwouldonlybeofferedfortwoyears,end- evenattheseprices,theGiuliaGTVisstillatremendouslyenjoyableand 24-mpg ingin1974.Stillbuiltaroundessentiallythesame105SeriesBertone easyclassiccarforthemoney.Withthepricesbeingachievedinthelast body,theGTV2000,withitslargerenginealsobenefittedfromotherim- yearforGiuliettasandGiulias,who’stosaywheretheseclassicswillgo provementsincludinganitride-hardenedcrankshaft,limited-slipdifferen- overthecourseofthenext10years? VALUATION tialandslightlylargerdiscbrakes. Whileconsideredbysometobetheultimateiterationofthevenerable price at launch $4,950 GiuliaGTline,thelaterGTVdidsufferfromoccasionalheadgasket problems,issueswiththeSPICAinjectionwhennotproperlymaintained excellent $42,000 Good $28,500 and,ofcourse—likenearlyeverysingleItaliancarfromtheearly1970s— average $24,900 bodycorrosionproblemswhensubjectedtoextensivemoisture. poor $17,000 Behind the Wheel LiftupontheGTV’schrome-plateddoorhandleandit’seasyworkto slideintotheAlfa’scomfortablebucketseats.Theinteriorisremarkably

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Dana Point Palo Alto Concours d’Elegance Concours d’Elegance June 24, 2012 June 24, 2012 Dana Point, California Stanford University, California

1) 1920 mercer Raceabout of Rick and lucy Rawlins took home 2nd 1) This 1950 alfa Romeo 6c2500SS Touring coupe owned by larry 1 1 in “antique & Vintage horseless carriage (to 1925)” and also won the Klein took 1st place in the class “Fiat corp 1945-1966”; 2) 1937 Roard Briggs cunningham award; 2) 1953 Glasspar G2 with 331 hemi owned Roadster concept car, with body designed by Jay eitel and crafted by Jerry Wood claimed 2nd in “custom coachwork with american Dri- by Steve moal. 3) peter landsbergen’s 1954 chrysler Ghia Special won vetrains (to 1980)”; 3) michael malamut’s 1959 Berkley Roadster; 4) The the award for “most elegant closed”; 4) This 1957 Ferrari Gatto, owned Nethercutt collection’s 1930 Ruxton was the winner in “american clas- by Bill Grimsley, was part of the class; 5) Steve moore’s sics ccca (1925-1948) Open”; 5) peter and merle mullin’s Best of Show- 1937 cord 812 Supercharged phaeton claimed 3rd place in class S winning 1934 Voison c25 aerodyne also claimed 1st in “european auburn/cord/Duesenberg; 6) This 1957 Ford Fairlane Skyliner, owned classics ccca (1925-1948) closed”, as well as the “honorary Judge’s by Robert 'Bob' Tiffin won the class for “convertibles manufacture choice”; 6) The 1948 chrysler Town and country of Russ Neher. 1956-1965”, as well as “Best in Show.” Photography by David Gooley Photography by David Gooley 2 2

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Bonhams Artcurial Goodwood Sale Sport & GTS June 29, 2012 Au Mans Classic Chichester, England 1) Well deserved £371,700 for 1929 1750 SS Super- July 7, 2012 charged Spyder; 2) £404,700 for 1970 aston martin DB6 mk2 Volante to 1 1 Le Mans, France 'Vantage' Specification was well over top estimate, while £225,500 was raised for a 1973 Ferrari 365GTB/4 Daytona Spider conversion by au- 1) all three italian classics sold for over their top estimates: maserati tokraft; 3) The ex-Works le mans, Birkin/howe 1932 - Ghibli for €95,300, for €297,800 and maserati 3500GT 2300 Spider fetched £2.69 million; 4) 50 percent over top estimate, for €66,700; 2) sold well including a 1970 Renault 8 Bentley was huge at £628,700; 5) £561,500 staggering £140k over top Gordini 1135 for €34,549; 3) heuliez citroen Sm espace went for for Ferrari 275 GTS; 6) Barn find Ferrari 250 GTe went for £79,900. €109,600; 4) lancia 037 Stradale found a new owner for €109,600; 5) Photography by Mike Jiggle Top sale of the auction was this 1976 Ferrari 275 GTBc 4, which sold for €1,540,164. Photography by Peter Collins

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Cartier RM Auctions “Style et Luxe” St. John's June 29-July 1, 2012 July 28, 2012 Goodwood, Chichester, UK Plymouth, Michigan

HerMajestyhadanumberofvehiclesenteredintheCartier“Styleet RM’sSt.John’ssale,heldinconjunctionwiththeConcoursd’Elegance 1 1 Luxe”RoyalVehicleConcoursd’Eleganceatthisyear’sGoodwoodFestival Xxxxxxx ofAmerica,generated$6.8millionintotalsales,withan82% sellthrough ofSpeed.CelebrityJudgesawardedbestcartotheAstonMartinDB6 rate. Volanteconvertible,ownedbyPrinceCharles—his21stbirthdaypresent 1) 1937 Dodge Westchester Suburban Woodie Wagon sold for fromhismother,43yearsago—andusedjustlastyearbytheDukeand $88,000; 2) Bullet-proof 1928 cadillac V-8 Town Sedan, formerly owned DuchessofCambridgetodrivealongtheMallaftertheirwedding. by gangster al capone, sold for $341,000; 3) 1912 chalmers model 9 Tor- pedo sold for $57,750; 4) 1933 packard Twelve, believed to be the last 1) Daimler De36 limousine landaulette; 2) lincoln cosmopolitan lim- one produced, sold for $385,000; 5) 1930 Duesenberg model SJ convert- ousine “Bubbletop”; 3) Rolls-Royce Silver Ghost; 4) Rolls-Royce 20hp; 5) ible Victoria was the top lot of the sale, going for $957,000. Daimler V32 Shooting Brake; 6) Ford V8 pilot Shooting Brake. Photography by Pete Austin 2 2

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