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PHDS 30166/14 CONTENTS August/September 2014 HIGH OCTANE GONE TO SOON 04 Robert Coucher takes on the 62 The tragic yet successful story of Mille Miglia Mini racer and mechanic extraordinaire Brian Ferreira POPULAR MECHANIC 12 Remembering Al Gibson TOP TEN 66 John Ten Doeschate and his NEWS & EVENTS VPW Sports racer 14 Latest from the classic scene ON THE HILL BUT NOT OVER IT THE UGLY DUCKLING 70 A wrap of the Jaguar Simola Hillclimb 22 BMW 2000C, forerunner to the iconic 2800CS SLOW POISON 76 Part 7 our BMW fi rst car project SWEET MISCHIEF 28 A tastefully hotted ALL THE ELEMENTS Chevrolet Apache truck 78 Gavin Foster rides the game-changing Yamaha RD350 BEFORE QUATTRO 32 The little known DKW Munga 4x4 THE NUMBERS GAME 84 How many cylinders should an A NEVER-ENDING STORY engine have? 36 Tracking the Landy from Series 2 to Defender GEARBOX 92 Classifi ed adverts ’59 WAYS THROUGH AFRICA 42 A tale of friendship, hardship and a LETTERS VW called Mabel 93 Have your say STUTTGART STANDOUT 48 Walking through the Mercedes-Benz Museum SA’S FIRST MOTOR RACE 50 Mike Monk looks at the confusion surrounding the fi rst local car competition MAKING MEMORIES 52 A blast from the past with a personal view on the 1962 Kyalami Rand Grand Prix THE ULTIMATE RACE PREP 56 South Africans at Le Mans – Part 4 48 www.cpca.co.za | August/September 2014 | 1 THE JAGUAR XF PLEASES BOTH SIDES OF YOUR BRAIN NOW WITH GUARANTEED BUYBACK. 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NCRCP20 86001853_XF_TC_210x276_C&P_CAR_v1.indd 1 30.06.14 15:31 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 Greg Mills, Robert Coucher, Mike Monk, Dave Hastie, Gavin Foster, Oliver Hirtenfelder, Roger McCleery, Graeme Hurst, Roger Houghton, Ryno Verster, Barry Ashmole, Roger Gaisford, Dylan Laubscher, Wernher Hartzenberg Advertising Sales Derek Hulse [email protected] 082 451 3899 Marketing/Subscriptions & WINTER WARMERS Accounts [email protected] t has been a little fresh Gaisford talks about the iconic Land 082 921 4583 countrywide lately but while Rover, Barry Ashmole introduces us Northern Regions Sales it means many of us aren’t to the world of custom car building Dave Hastie venturing into the garage every with a subtly-done Chevrolet Apache [email protected] 083 418 0372 night to tinker, it is good to see truck, and Mike Monk tracks down a that we are making use of the slightly 4x4 DKW of all things. Subscriptions, Advertising & I warmer daytime temps to use our cars. People and the characters behind the Editorial [email protected] In the last month the events calendar scenes are a large part in the reasoning Stuart: 082 921 4583 has been bursting at the seams with behind playing old cars and the Fax: 086 568 0193 often more than a handful of classic characters continue to raise their heads. P.O. Box 987 runs taking place on a single weekend. Dave Hastie catches up with historic Jukskeipark We try to get to most of them but race car builder John Ten Doeschate, 2153 logistically this is not possible. If you Ryno Verster tells of Brian Ferreira and have organised an event or even just Roger McCleery talks Jaguar with the visited it then please feel free to send a firm’s local boss, Kevin Flynn. few pics and some words through to us. Local historic motorsport gets a All contributions are welcome. look in and we cover the best of old This issue Graeme Hurst visited and new competition with a blast up Cars in the Park Pietermaritzburg the hill at the Jaguar Simola Hillclimb, The publishers makes every effort to ensure this magazine’s contents are correct. All material to gives us a brief insight there, as which took place in Knysna recently. published in Classic and Performance Car Africa well as looking at the Mercedes-Benz Our favourite section – your letters - is copyright and unauthorised reproduction is forbidden. The opinion of contributors, as Museum on a recent trip to Germany. is full to the brim towards the back of published, are not necessarily the opinions held by the publishers or editors of Classic and I got to drive one of my bucket list the magazine. Performance Car Africa. The publishers and editors make no representations, nor do they give cars in the form of a BMW 2800CS but any warranties, guarantees or assurances, for any goods or services advertised herein. had an eye opener as to how good its Please enjoy Ugly Duckling sibling 2000C is. Roger Stuart www.cpca.co.za | August/September 2014 | 3 HIGH OCTANE THE MOST BEAU TIFUL RACE IN THE WORLD... …Except it isn’t a race, officially. Or so they say… The original Mille Miglia road-race was banned in 1957 when Count de Portago crashed his Ferrari 335S into the crowd killing himself, his navigator and nine spectators, just 70 klicks from the finish. By Robert Coucher Photography by Wolfango Fotografo n 1955 Stirling Moss famously won the 1000 mile Mille Miglia in just 10 hours, seven minutes and 48 seconds averaging 98.53mph. He was driving the Mercedes-Benz 300 SLR, with Denis Jenkinson navigating who used pace notes for the first time in competition. They clearly worked. IThe original Mille Miglia first ran in 1927 up until that fateful date in 1957. It was re-introduced in 1977 as a retrospective regularity rally for vintage and classic cars that competed in the original races, i.e. cars manufactured from ’27-’57, keeping a tight lid on eligible machinery. Since then the drama, excitement and legend of blasting 1000 miles 4 | August/September 2014 | www.cpca.co.za Robert Coucher was born in Cape Town but has lived in London since 1988. Previously the editor of Classic Cars and the Bentley magazine, Robert started Octane magazine ten years ago and it now sells around the world to discerning motoring enthusiasts and racers. www.octane-magazine.com www.cpca.co.za | August/September 2014 | 5 HIGH OCTANE through Italy from the northern town Dauphines, Volkswagen Beetles, etc., personalities to drive its historic cars of Brescia to Rome and back has made but trust me, you want a bit of grunt on on the MM and this year we had the Mille the event every car enthusiast the mountainous Mille. actor Jeremy Irons, sleb Jodi Kidd, F1 in the world has to do.