Monday, 29 August 2011

1% Efficiency Gain - Porsche 935 K3 #00017

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The dominating sports car of the mid 70's to early 1980's was the Porsche 935, built for a set of regulations known as Group 5. The ...
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Sunday, 28 August 2011

'It should be a convertible !' - Bristol 407 Viotti Convertible

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Among the many tales in Bristol Cars folklore several are connected with the actor Peter Sellers who one day after filming at Shepperton Stu...
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Saturday, 27 August 2011

Suspension by Chris Lawrence - Morgan Aero 8

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Up until 2000 the last time Morgan had introduced a new body style was 1964, only 26 glass fibre bodied +4+ cars were built over 4 years and...
Friday, 26 August 2011

Ferrari's First F1 Design - Ferrari 125 F2 Spec #0114

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In 1948 Ferrari built his first dedicated 125 F1 Grand Prix cars known to conform with the set of rules known as formula one and entered thr...
Thursday, 25 August 2011

Halfway House - Volvo 144

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The Volvo 140 launched in 1966, which superseded the Volvo 120 Amazon series, was the seed design that stayed in production across two di...
Wednesday, 24 August 2011

Simple Joys - Morgan 3 Wheeler

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Last November when I visited the Morgan factory there was much debate about a rumoured revival by Morgan of their fabled 3 wheel concept, w...
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Tuesday, 23 August 2011

Powered Under Licence - Rover P5B 3.5 litre Coupe

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In September 1960 the author of a technical review on the then new all aluminium 185 hp Buick 215 V8 engine could have had little idea of ho...