Inaugural Issue! HISTORY • HAPPENINGS • HUMOUR • HELP SPRING 2020 Racing on the Cheap ROTARY REVELATION: The great rewards of racing a How an unlikely engine vintage Formula Vee became the darling Multiple Choice: of early aviators There’s lots of options on Legendary the auto club scene Power: Floating Alloy: John Wright’s An interesting early postwar take on aluminum boat Rolls-Royce Vintage Racing record-makers From Brooklands to VARAC: Inside information on how to get “on track” AUTO • AERO • AQUA SPRING 2020 1 OWERFU COECT WITH ICO COECTIO 0 P P L P www.picocanada.com ICO OF CAAA T A A A Construction E HA I M 2 HAPPENINGS • HISTORY • HUMOUR • HELP SPRING 2020 3 CONTENTS Note from the Publisher HAPPENINGS • HISTORY • HUMOUR • HELP SPRING 2020 From the Publisher..................................................Page 5 Our first issue: we’re off! OUR INAUGURAL ISSUE Volume 1 Number 1 Another venture... The Editorial Advisor’s Point of View......................Page 6 MOTO|OLOGY is published quarterly online by Advercom Consulting as an alternative Starting up: not just another car magazine transporation/motoring/motorsport resource for the technical enthusiast and collector. PUBLISHER’S The contents of this publication are the opinions and views of the authors of each article Happenings..........................................................Page 8 and the respective advertisers and may not represent the views or standpoint of the publishers, their management, staff or associates. What’s going on in the world of autos, boats and aviation Doug Switzer, While we undertake careful editorial and judicious review of all material submitted, the Publisher Photo by Radu Repanovici, Racing in Focus publishers can not in any way be held responsible for any errors or omissions which may occur. We reserve the right to print a correction or retraction as the sole means of AUTO|OLOGY correcting such oversights. Motor Racing Saved My Life.............................Page 12 All contents Copyright © 2020 Advercom Consulting. No part of this publication may My brush with lung cancer – article by Doug Switzer MESSAGE be reproduced in whole or in part without the express written consent of the publisher. Multiple Choice.................................................Page 16 Contributions are always welcome. Material is required no later than the 1st of There’s lots of options on the automobile club scene ell, here we go! After numerous undertakings of beautiful machines and events from both amateur and the month preceding the publication date. Send all submissions to: producing, writing and editing publications professional photographers. [email protected] Getting Into Vintage Racing..........................Page 22 Tips and tricks to navigate your way to motorsports nirvana for others I’ve finally decided to take the We’ll be putting the spotlight on some of the most PUBLISHER Wbull by the horns and put out my very own gear-head interesting people in diverse motor-driven vehicles and Racing on the Cheap........................................Page 26 Doug Switzer, Advercom Consulting When you’re poor, nothing beats a vintage formula vee magazine. I’ve recruited some very talented individuals the collector-vehicle markets. We’ll get their opinions and EDITORIAL ADVISOR and convinced them to join me in this experiment. Most impressions on where the various factions of the hobby is Emily Atkins AERO|OLOGY people tell me we’re all crazy and the market won’t support and where it’s going. CONTRIBUTING PHOTOGRAPHERS it and we don’t have a chance at survival, but guess what? We’ll start out focusing on local events in and around the Wolfgang “Sonny” Lott, Neil Young, Doug Switzer, Randy Gananathan, John Wright, Rotary Revelation:..............................................Page36 Peter Viccary How an unlikely engine configuration won acceptance and rose to fame We don’t care. We’re going to do it anyway for as long as we GTA (because that’s the easiest for us to get to) but we’ll CONTRIBUTING WRITERS can and provide a fresh look at things through the thoughts do our best to make our articles timely, informative and Don Miller, Doug Switzer, Emily Atkins, Ken VanWyck, Peter Viccary, John Wright, of not only established writers but through anyone who satisfying to you, our readers. Please enjoy this issue and Wolfgang “Sonny” Lott ALL|OLOGY cares to submit material to us. We’ll be bringing some pass the word to everyone you know that’s a dedicated gear- ADVERTISING SALES & INFORMATION Speed Addicts....................................................Page42 timely information about as many events and happenings head: There’s a new read in town...Moto|ology! Joan McLeod John Wright gives us a run-down on Rolls-Royce record breakers [email protected] as we can along with in-depth exposés on all things motor- DESIGN AND LAYOUT driven, be it automotive, aeronautical, marine or otherwise. Oh! ...and don’t forget to please write us about your Doug Switzer, Advercom Consulting AQUA|OLOGY Furthermore, we’ll be looking at all types of power from thoughts and send in pics and stories of your vehicles and ONLINE SERVICES Meeting Racing Royalty...................................Page 51 steam, internal combustion (both vintage and current) to experiences, we need all the help we can get. Lori McCabe, LCM Web Services Don Miller’s encounter with the legendary builder of Miss Supertest the latest in electrical and exotic hydrogen conveyances. CONTACT US Floating Alloy......................................................Page52 In addition, we’ll try to bring our readers into the fold. Thank you. Obviously, if you’re reading this, you’ve found us online! To become an advertiser, please A look at a very early post-war aluminum runabout contact Joan McLeod at [email protected] We’ll be presenting material that takes you right up close Doug Switzer, Publisher To submit articles and photography as a contributor, please email us at: The Flying Boatmen..........................................Page55 to our topics. We’ll try to show you breathtaking images [email protected] A quick review of the fascinating fifties marine demonstration team Mailing address: 47 Mary Street, Georgetown, ON L7G 4V7 Canada Moto/ology is published online quarterly by Advercom Consulting. Copying for other than OTHER|OLOGY personal use, or of contents not owned by Advercom Consulting, without the express per- mission of the publisher or any other copyright owner, is expressly prohibited. The ideas, Up & Coming ....................................................Page 56 opinions and suggestions expressed are those of the authors and not necessarily those What’s up for our next issue of the publisher. Photography and illustrations are used by permission of the artist(s) and are protected by copyright. The acceptance and display of advertising in this publica- tion does not constitute any endorsement by Advercom Consulting or the publishing staff. ABOUT OUR COVER MORE MOTO|OLOGY ONLINE In this, our first issue we’re www.motoology.com looking at what’s involved in Classified Ads: http://motoology.com/classifieds/ Classified ads can be submitted through the motoology.com website or sent directly to: going vintage racing. Many [email protected] things have been said about those grand old days when the Please send material to att’n. Moto/ology classifieds. drivers were fat and the tires were skinny, so we thought what better way to capture the mood than a proper vintage “skid-lid”, some aero-goggles and proper leather driving gloves? Oh and Photo by Doug Switzer, Moto/ology Photo by Doug Switzer, don’t forget that wonderful pungent aroma of Castrol “bean oil” wafting out of unmuffled, rasping exhausts! Ahh... those were the days! Check out the complete article on page 22. Photo Courtesy of VARAC 4 HAPPENINGS • HISTORY • HUMOUR • HELP SPRING 2020 5 THE EDITORIAL ADVISOR’S Point of view EPOVThe machines that move us Emily Atkins, Editorial Advisor hen Doug Switzer told me he was creating a brand We’re aiming for larger readership and a wider range of topics new magazine about all things gas-powered, I by covering machines on land, sea and in the air, past present and admit I thought he was slightly loopy. After all, we future. We’ll be covering and reporting on historical topics and Ware entering the age of electricity and the decline of the internal vintage racing events at home and abroad. We’ll have technical combustion engine. Not to mention the demise of traditional discussions on restorations and concours events. We’ll have lots magazines and long-form journalism. of beautiful photos and illustrations interspersed with powerful But that got me thinking. Maybe it is exactly the right time to personal stories of the memorable rides that make life worth living. launch a counter-culture anachronism that will appeal not only If you’d like to join our team of talented contributors who write, to those who grew up driving stick, or with the wind in their hair, shoot and illustrate aviation, marine, automotive, bikes or future cheating death while piloting some wildly improbable craft, but mobility concepts don’t hesitate to get in touch. also to a new generation of gearheads who look back on the days Please read premiere issue with an open mind. We value your of raw power, manual transmissions and noise with envy that they feedback and if there’s a story we really need to cover do let us missed the era. know. If there’s a pressing question about maintenance or a So nutty or not, I’m on board with Moto|ology. I hope that in my historical tidbit we can help unearth, we’re all ears. role as editorial advisor I’ll be able help Doug to find and capture You’re the reason we do this, so on behalf of all of us here at the best stories about the machines that move us. Moto|ology, welcome aboard. Thank you for being here.