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STUDEBAKER AVANTI METROPOLITAN HUMBERETTE R47.00 incl VAT • February/March 2015 UNDERRATED STYLE LANCIA FULVIA & FULVIA ZAGATO GAMKASKLOOF VEE FOR MORRIS EIGHT VICTORY The fi rst car in Hell Fifty years of Formula Vee FRANK COPE | HAYNES MUSEUM | PETER ALDRIDGE FOR BOOKINGS 0861 11 9000 proteahotels.com IF PETROL RUNS IN YOUR VEINS, THIS IS A SIREN CALL TO THE OPEN ROAD... TO BOOK THIS & MANY MORE GREAT MOTORING SPECIALS VISIT proteahotels.com MOTORING EVENTS PROTEA HOTEL KNYSNA QUAYS KNYSNA MOTOR SHOW Renowned as the perfect holiday destination and nestled in the 9 MAY 2015 heart of the Garden Route, Protea Hotel Knysna Quays is set on the Knysna Quays Waterfront with the lagoon at your doorstep. JAGUAR SIMOLA HILL CLIMB 15 – 17 MAY 2015 BOOK EARLY AND SAVE UP TO 20% Terms and conditions apply. PHDS 31360/15 CONTENTS February/March 2015 EVENTS CALENDAR PACKAGE DEAL 04 Classic motoring dates for the year 56 Exploring Route 62 and the Klein Karoo BAKGAT! 09 A tribute to Dave Hastie THE GAMBLE 62 When is a car a classic? NEWS & EVENTS 10 Latest from the classic scene TRIALS & TRIBULATIONS 66 Part 2 of the Frank Cope story FORWARD THINKING 18 Studebaker Avanti PANDORA’S BOX 70 Round 10 of our BMW THE FIRST CAR IN HELL fi rst car project 24 Gamkaskloof Morris Eight BY THE BOOK UNDERRATED STYLE 74 Haynes International Motor Museum 30 Lancia Fulvia & Zagato Fulvia TOP TUNER MINIMALIST CHARM 80 World class bike and car man, 36 Humber Humberette Peter Aldridge AGAINST THE ODDS LETTERS 42 Metropolitan 90 Have your say KEEP IT SIMPLE GEARBOX 48 Celebrating 50 years of Formula Vee 94 Classifi ed adverts SOUND ALTERNATIVE HEAD TURNER 52 Alfa Romeo 75 Milano 96 CMC Ferrari Testa Rossa model 52 74 www.cpca.co.za | February/March 2015 | 1 KEEP YOUR JAGUAR 100% JAGUAR. IT’S A PEDIGREE CAR. KEEP IT THAT WAY. Only allow a Jaguar Approved Service Centre to fit Jaguar Genuine Parts and keep your Jaguar as alive as the day you got it. In the hands of our highly trained and qualified technicians, Jaguar Genuine Parts will always meet our uncompromising standards for quality, fit and durability. In addition, every Jaguar Genuine Part fitted by an approved Jaguar dealer comes with the peace of mind of a 12 month unlimited km warranty. For details, visit your Jaguar Approved Service Centre. JAGUAR.CO.ZA HOW ALIVE ARE YOU? 86002004_Genuine_210x276_CLASSIC-PERFORMANCE-CAR_v1.indd 1 03.09.14 10:13 EDITOR’S POINT OF VIEW Publisher Zig Zag Publishing Editor Stuart Grant [email protected] Sub-Editor Thora Paver Art Director Ronel van Heerden www.nineninetynine.co.za Contributors Graeme Hurst, Mike Monk, Gavin Foster, Adrian Burford, Ryno Verster, www.motorpics.co.za, Chris Van. Advertising Sales Derek Hulse [email protected] 082 451 3899 Subscriptions, Advertising & CLASSIC PLAN Editorial [email protected] Stuart: 082 921 4583 he New Year is well fix. He also talks to Peter Aldridge, an Fax: 086 568 0193 underway. I started the ex-Maritzburger who has worked P.O. Box 987 year by filling in a yearly on bikes and cars at the top of the Jukskeipark planner of classic car motorsport ladder. 2153 events to take in and by the Dodging the holidaying masses saw me Tlooks of it, 2015 is going to be a bumper soaking up the roads around Calitzdorp year. You’ll find a selection of events on so the article by Ryno Verster on the page 4. Of course this got me wondering Morris Eight that was carried, towed what the ideal car to use on these would and driven into the Gamkaskloof rang a be. After much deliberation about what special bell. Verster’s second article is one is a useable classic I decided on the Lancia for the ladies – the American/Canadian/ Fulvia Coupé – hence the feature on this English Metropolitan. and the beautiful Zagato version. The BMW 2002 Youth Project Contributor Chris Van must have continues, proving once again that there had similar thoughts running through is no such thing as a classic car project his mind as he discusses what makes a that goes according to plan or stays classic, why we choose certain models anywhere close to budget. But the end is and what will be a future safe bet. in sight – we think. Chris talks of a 1990s Mercedes-Benz SL On the racing front it has been rather becoming a star, while I hedge my bets on quiet, with the Passion for Speed only a 1980s Alfa 75 on page 52. kicking off at the end of January, but we The publishers makes every effort to ensure this magazine’s contents are correct. All material Mike Monk looks at the oddball fill the gap with a look back at fifty years published in Classic and Performance Car Africa Studebaker Avanti and then goes back of Formula Vee. is copyright and unauthorised reproduction is forbidden. The opinion of contributors, as in time, testing a 100-year-old Humber Please enjoy, thank you for the continued published, are not necessarily the opinions held by the publishers or editors of Classic and Humberette. Gavin Foster brings us support and all the best classic motoring Performance Car Africa. The publishers and editors make no representations, nor do they give the second instalment in the tale of for 2015. any warranties, guarantees or assurances, for any goods or services advertised herein. Frank Cope, this time using a 3-wheeler rather than a bike to get his motorsport Stuart www.cpca.co.za | February/March 2015 | 3 EVENTS CALENDAR CLASSIC EVENTS FEBRUARY 7 Passion for Speed Killarney, Cape Town 8 CMC Autumn Rally and Pre-DJ Classic Motorcycle Club, Johannesburg 14-15 George Old Car Show PW Botha College, George 21-22 Kaapse Kombi Kult Lindequesdrif, North-West 28 African Six Hour Phakisa Freeway, Welkom MARCH 5-7 D-J Commemorative Run Vintage and Veteran Club, Durban – Johannesburg 8 Any Dam Wheels Tarlton, Krugersdorp 14 Maluti Midas Show Bethlehem, Free State 15 Piston Ring Autojumble Piston Ring Club, Modderfontein 21-22 OD Inggs Memorial Run Port Alfred 29 Blairgowrie Toy Fair Blairgowrie Scout Hall, Blairgowrie APRIL 2-12 Stars of Sandstone Steam Festival Sandstone Estate, Ficksburg 5 Angela’s Picnic Delta Park, Johannesburg 12 Natal Century Run Classic Motorcycle Club, KwaZulu-Natal 24-27 MacGregor Maluti Meander Fouriesburg Country Inn, Fouriesburg 26 Street Rod Nationals Wonderboom Airport, Pretoria MAY 1-3 Harvest Festival Vaal Old Wheeler Club, Vaal River 3 African 3 Hour Killarney, Cape Town 9 Knysna Motorshow Knysna 15-17 Jaguar Simola Hillclimb Simola, Knysna 17 Cars in the Park Alexander Park, Pietermaritzburg 23-24 SAVVA Motorcycle National Drakensville, KwaZulu-Natal 30 Mampoer Rally POMC, Pretoria 4 | February/March 2015 | www.cpca.co.za JUNE 13 Vryheid Vintage Car Show Vryheid, KwaZulu-Natal 14 Cars at the Mall Rustenburg 28 Blairgowrie Toy Fair Blairgowrie Scout Hall, Blairgowrie JULY 4-5 1000 Bike Show Germiston High School, Germiston 8-12 SAVVA Edwardian-Veteran Rally Jozini, KwaZulu-Natal 12 Goodwill Run Old Motor Show President Hyper, Krugersdorp AUGUST 2 POMC Cars in the Park Zwartkops, Pretoria 9 Cars in the Park Bloemfontein Free State Veteran Car Club, Bloemfontein 30 Ferdis Swap Meet Midrand 30 Lowveld Classic Ford Day I’Langa Mall Nelspruit SEPTEMBER 5-6 Wheels at the Vaal North West University, Vanderbijlpark 5 Round Table Bedrace Zwartkops Raceway, Pretoria 11-13 Rendezvous Tour Free State Veteran Car Club, Bloemfontein 20 Piston Ring Autojumble Piston Ring Club, Modderfontein 24 National Drive It Day SAVVA, wherever you are OCTOBER 3 Whales ‘n Wheels Show Hermanus Primary School, Hermanus 5-8 2015 SAVVA National Queenstown Automobile Club, Queenstown 17-18 Volvo National Saamtrek Forever Resort, Gariep 25 Studebaker Smuts House Show Smuts House, Irene NOVEMBER 8-10 Fairest Cape Tour Cape Vintage Motorcycle Club, Cape 29 Blairgowrie Toy Fair Blairgowrie Scout Hall, Blairgowrie www.cpca.co.za | February/March 2015 | 5 PRINT_CW-CPCA_DPS_15Jan2015_420X276mm.ai 1 15/01/2015 14:09 PRINT_CW-CPCA_DPS_15Jan2015_420X276mm.ai 1 15/01/2015 14:09 Classic and Performance Car Africa is the only bring back the memories of motoring times gone by. dedicated historic motoring magazine in the Whether your heart fl utters for pre-war engineering, country. 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