History
History
Automotive and aviation forced induction
Derek Bell - 0
Forcing the Issue. An historical look back at automotive and aviation forced induction. Forced induction has always been a way to increase an engine’s...
The great tradition of front-engined V12 Ferraris from yesterday and today
The oxen go in front and pull the cart, they don’t push it. Ferrari’s top GT road models remained defiantly front-engined until the mid-1970s,...
J.S. Rasmussen – genius who founded DKW
Derek Bell - 0
The Danish engineering genius who founded DKW J.S. Rasmussen - Classic Life visionaries. Today, we call it Audi. But the luxury German automaker was...
Eric ‘Winkle’ Brown
A life on the wing - interview: Eric ‘Winkle’ Brown. The RAF pilot who has flown 487 different planes. Eric ‘Winkle’ Brown survived being...
David Hives on TVR’s ups, downs, downs and ups
David Hives. Nobody worked for TVR or its offshoots for longer than this man. Nearly four decades of involvement means he tells a tale...
Auto Union racer Bernd Rosemeyer
Auto Union racer Bernd Rosemeyer and aviatrix wife Elly were Germany’s glamour couple in the 1930s, but he paid the ultimate price for his...
Vern Schuppan a Le Mans winner
james smyth - 0
Vern Schuppan a Le Mans winner’s extraordinary life. From Booleroo to Le Mans. Vern Schuppan overcame the odds to carve out a successful racing...
Derek Bell went on to become one of the finest sports-car drivers
De Cad’s heroes - after a Formula One baptism of fire – driving for Ferrari at Monza – Derek Bell went on to become...
Porsche 909 Bergspyder
909 Bergspyder In the 1960s hillclimbing was big business with manufacturers going to extreme lengths to be the quickest up the hill. For Porsche...
The Histories of Porsche and Volkswagen
All In the Family Porsche archive. The histories of Porsche and Volkswagen are inexorably linked, with the first 356s relying heavily on mechanical components...
Jaguar SS entries on the 1934 Alpine Rally
Finishing lines – Jaguar SS entries on the Alpine Rally, 1934. Ian Appleyard’s successes on the Alpine Rally between 1950 and 1953 forever linked Jaguar’s...
Paul Michaels tale
Igor Bozhko - 0
Brabham, Bernie, and a garage owners Great Formula One Adventure. Not content with simply running Hexagon of Highgate, Paul Michaels decided to go motor...
