The Motoring Historian: Recent Episodes
Jonathan Summers
Wherein English automotive historian Jon Summers and school friend Mark Gammie talk about new cars, old cars, motorbikes, motor racing, driving and motoring travel. Both were company car thrashing technology sales reps in the 90s, and later fairly inept sports bike riders. Jon lives in California and collects cars and bikes with plenty of Cheap and Fast, and not much Reliable. Mark plays computer games and writes novels.
RPLA - City of Angels
Michael Mann’s Ferrari movie positioned; as with Ford vs Ferrari, this will define, immortalize the story
Big capacity ‘50s Ferrari V12 sports racing cars: the pinnacle automobile
Ferrari, Maserati, Lamborghini
At Maranello when Michael cliched 6th(?) F1 Championship
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Ferrari - My Terrible Joys / Brock Yates - Ferrari
Why Ferrari never went to the races
A bad marriage, an affair and a second family
J’s visit to Linda Lardi’s village; the road up the hill from Maranello; J’s passion, driving in Ferrari’s wheeltracks
Luigi Chinetti
Stratovarius, Picasso, Ferrari
Lifelovesexdeath: the 1957 Mille Miglia
“Designing Emotion For Reactive Car Interfaces”
A Park Bench in Turin
“I am one who has dreamed of what it is to be Ferrari”
Ugo Sivocci
The end of Ferrari’s race driving career
Ferrari’s Memoir’s as therapy
Collins, Hawthorn, Moss
Nashville Pussy - Struttin’ Cock
Formula 1, a sport which cannot exist without Ferrari
Ferrari 412; the best sounding Formula 1 car?
A flight with a Marketing manager
R Hudson-Smith on the Ferrari 330 GT. The kind of Ferrari owner J wants to be.
Ferrari’s three Ambitions
Francesco Baracca and the Ferrari badge
Fred Kern, Blackhawk Museum Docent
Sponsor Spot: Summers & Son Used Cars
Italian Futurist Motoring Art
“Cars bearing my own name”
“For me, the racing car is like a son”
From Modena to Maranello
“I fell in love with the V12, and have never got divorced”
“I have killed my mother”
Ferrari callous? The death of Alberto Ascari.
D”Agostini bio of Giuseppe Farina, "Il Primo Iridator"
Road car customers
Pebble Beach-winning Roberto Rosselini Ferrari 375+, “The Perfect Storm of Provenance”
The Mona Lisa car
Ferrari’s role in the creation of Detroit Muscle Cars
The North American Mille; Alain de Cadenet 4 wheel drifting Chassis #0625
“I am an Agitator of Men”
Spotting a Columbo V12 vs a Lampredi V12. It's the plug location doncha know?
1988 Italian Grand Prix
Identity vs Brand Values
Saxon - Rock With Tommy Vance
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Warlock - Signs of Satan (intro)
J’s exploration of the neolithic sites of southern England, by Gixxer
Warlock - Signs of Satan (break)
German power metal, Warlock, Doro Pesch, Scanner, Running Wild
Warlock - Hateful Guy (intro)
The Chronicles of Halvar and Clarence, another shameless plug for M and J’s Dungeons and Dragons novel
Warlock - Hateful Guy (break)
Musings on Rhetoric
Scorpions - Don’t Stop At The Top (intro)
Musings on Remote Conferences
Just Go Drive and Jeremy Clarkson rip offs
Clarkson/Wilman, Summers/Gammie, Beavis/Butthead
M is uncomfortable with Clarkson or 44teeth as ugly Brits abroad
44teeth’s Baron von Grumble and Mental Health
The Right Turn On Red Is Threatened
Warlock - Burning the Witches (intro)
RIP Cale Yarborough
1979 Daytona 500
Nascar Legends Youtube
Dale Jnr Podcast
J’s discourse on Hooters (with hindsight it seems Hardees was the sponsor - whoops;-)
JHS Racing, friends of 44teeth and Gixxer builder extrordinaire
Over wheelieing the press Gixxer thou
Monster Magnet - Dig That Hole (x2)
The Bitcoin Spot ETF Is Approved
D.A.D. Makin’ Fun of Money
M’s BMW M2 is a Lemon
Chops Garage, Car UK and the sub $5k used car market
The Revival of the 1000HP Sunbeam - please donate
Goodwood to Celebrate Can-Am in 2024
Scanner - Retaliation Positive
The lawless grey area of the electric mountain (motor)bike
Scanner - Grapes of Fear (break)
Bird and Revel go busy
Helmet laws
Quartic steering wheels, Mr Silly and the Nonsense Cup
M does not like the Volvo EX30, nor SUVs in general
M does not think supercar performance is applicable for most EV buyers
Lucid circling the plughole?
Tesla Beta Testing on the Public Highway
J’s tribute to the Jaguar Mk2: a properly fast car for 30 years
Scanner - Grapes of Fear (outro)
J and scratch built slot cars
Scanner - Killing Fields (outro)
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Special Guest Dinsmore Greep
Slayer - Altar of Sacrifice
c.2010 Mercedes Sprinter 2.2 litre turbo diesel, 5 speed manual
In praise of Mercedes cruise control - stalk
C.2015 Mercedes Sprinter Supermarket refrigerated delivery van, automatic
M beats the governor with a neutral drop
Sprinter vs. VW Crafter
A fiery Sprinter and a ten mile tail back on the A38
A fiery Ford Orion
Slayer - The AntiChrist
A Fiat Ducato, a lost crabstick and a Cornish dry stone wall
Slayer - Die By The Sword
Dukes of Hazzard in a Citroen C35
Driving 7.5 ton trucks on a car license in England; U-haul rentals in the US
Mercedes 308
The white/work van “get out of the way” effect
2010 Fiat Ducato
2010 Renault Master
VW Crafter, “shat nav”, and narrow Devon lanes
“Floor it and get throught, that’ll be the answer”
“At Dagenham and Dartford”
A can of beer in a Ford Transit
J’s brown ‘93 Ford Econoline
An unintentional burnout on California Street, San Francisco
Judas Priest and Steel Panther in San Jose
J’s bespoke fitting of a velour driver seat from the Econoline Chateaux
A bachelor party LDV duallie taking up 8 parking places
A Ginster’s pasty
Early noughties Ford Transits - fast!
Gated communities of Cornwall
Slayer - Spirit In Black
Turning in Driveways
Memories of a Rental House in Reading; an Alfa 33 on the lawn; strimming the lawn
Greep’s Corsa VXR
125mph Mitsubishi
M’s BMW M2, Nissan 350Z and Honda CBR600RR: fettling required
Slayer - Behind the Crooked Cross
A sidebar on Slayer
Slayer - South of Heaven
Vauxhall Cavalier SRi
Peugeot 309
Gixxer and potholes
M’s Fiesta ST Broken Throttle body
Dio at the Hammersmith Odeon and Pee in the Radiator of a Ford Sierra
Fixing Overheating by running the Heater
Mad Max Falcon
Ronin Audi S8
Sux 6000 (Robocop)
Toyota Yaris and Corolla GR
Greep experiences a Tesla
BMW CE04 electric moped
Revel (who have since left San Francisco)
J needs 50mph, not 30mph from his e moped
Slayer - I Don’t Want To Hear It
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A Florida Roadtrip;
A Prius Digression;
J impressed by hybrid torque and 50mpg;
Prius not impressed by J’s driving;
Daytona Track Tour is worthwhile to see the banking’s steepness from the actual track; J drives where Dale Earnhardt met his end;
J’s recent Sprint Car research project - Midget racing in the bay area in the late 1940s/50s
Hall of Fame Museum at Daytona;
Campbell’s Bluebird;
Marshall Teague’s “Fabulous” Hudson Hornet;
Automotive sites in Daytona Beach - Smokey Yuinick’s shop, Marshall Teague’s shop
Early Nascar and the rise of the SuperSpeedway;
The North Turn Restaurant
VINWiki Curated Lamborghini in Miami
The Green Diablo Jota in the Kitchen
1981 Lamborghini Countach - the Monaco Grand Prix Pace Car
The Estrella Warbirds Museum
California History - Hunter-Gatherer societies and aeroplane graveyards
- the most awesome sprint car collection
Motorhead - Deadmen Tell No Tales;
Pebble Beach 2023 -
Structured a different way - first time in a decade didn’t watch the start of the tour;
Stayed in Soledad - good roads but the distance an issue;
The People Of Pebble Beach, and the McLaren Millenial crowd;
If last year was McLarens this year it was lots of Rolls Royces;
Familiarity makes them “less off-puttingly ostentatious”
J has made his peace with the Cullinan
The Yellow Crypto Lambo
J is cynical about Audighini’s baked in understeer
Iron Maiden - Sun and Steel
Big day at RM; Lancia LC2
Manowar - And The Gods Made Heavy Metal
8 litre Bentley
Siata
RMs Barn Find Exhibit and the 1954 Mondial
Exodus - Metal Command
JDM at Pebble; but who are Spoon?; The white 90’s tuner Civic as a classic car;
Are drift cars attaining collectibility?
Ratt - Dance
Seeing the Quail show at the end of the day, while the cars are being loaded
How Daimler and Benz came to merge in 1926 and the Mercedes-Benz S-Class, designed by Porsche
Type o Negative - We Hate Everyone;
Monterey Historic Races from Laguna Seca; Group C cars enjoyable from the Corkscrew; The build-up of Turns 3,4,5,and 6 - a rhythm and style which British club circuits lack. All like Copse Corner at Silverstone - simple fast, challenging; J loves Historic Formula 1; RIP Phil Reilly, Ford/Cosworth DFV Guru
The Ragtime Racers,Classic car auctions as Performative Theatre
Kreator - Grinder
J’s new logistics for Pebble ‘23; the show itself remains the Best Car Show. But only until all the people arrive.
A Beautifully Curated Balance of Cars. J particularly enjoyed Senna’s 1988 McLaren Formula 1 car. A fresh appreciation for Daimler Benz as the featured marque.
Prong - Who’s Fist?
J’s tribute to Don Williams, the man who wanted to “touch every car”, seller of the first $1m car, and the first $10m car; the origins of the Blackhawk Museum; Don said “I don’t like crap”, but J does!
Blackhawk Museum, jewelry store display case vs. J’s desire to tell rich stories around artifacts
J appreciates Don for elevating cars to antiques
Dope - You Spin Me
3 Awesome Black Mercedes - #1 - The Trossi Mercedes SSK owned by Ralph Lauren, J’s Best in Show, image car for this episode
J’s tour for some Mercedes Benz visitors leading on how the concours works; pleasingly ended the tour on the winning car, #2 a black Mercedes 540k; 800 miles in two weeks in #3 my black ‘02 Mercedes E55 - great old car despite a cracked windshield;
Cadaverous Collectors and the cars of Pebble as Avatar
J’s favourite YouTuber of the moment - Car UK
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M’s Goodwood Festival of Speed report
The Allure of the Metro 6R4
M on The Value of Being a Goodwood Member
McLaren P1, Marlboro livery
Hyundai Ioniq 5 N, a EV with gears, and the comedy touch in performance EVs
Not racing, but burnouts and crashes on the hillclimb up Lord March’s drive
J’s interest in Leyton House
Cathedral - Hopkins, Witchfinder General
A Nissan Altima rental
J forgives the CVT, if indeed it has one
The aggressive nose of the innocuous Altima
J wants to Fight The System in New England, don’t judge me by my flip-flops!!!
An E-plate Aston Martin V8 Vantage at home in New England
A cheap MG EV - is this a milestone affordable-and-practical EV, as J thinks?
J worries about the longevity of today’s EV cars
Le Mans: the TV experience - J is impressed
M moans about UK Formula 1 coverage, and the new Murray Walker, David Croft
James Hunt and Martin Brundle Commentators Above Reproach
J’s five minutes of Formula 1 in the last five years - Max Verstappen and Lewis Hamilton crash at Copse
J doesn’t like Max
M doesn’t like Red Bull
M respects Adrian Newey
Spa deaths at Eau Rouge / Radillon
Door hits are always bad - Keith Odor, Mike Hawthorn
The Halo on F1 Cars
NASCAR Chicago street race; Shane van Gisbergen wins his first NASCAR race
Type o Negative - These Three Things
Automotive Storytelling - Fast Five. Panteras jumping off trains, Hokosuka Skylines in a Rio favella
Celtic Frost - Dance Sleazy
Mission Impossible bike stunt and movie review, including plot spoilers
M recommends John Wick 4 for its Epic Imagery
3d botmaker 1:64 scale Hot Wheels diecast car racing updater
The A-Team roll
Fastest Hot Wheels castings; Sierra Cosworths, Nissan Maxima Wagons
Practical Sportsbikes, the son of Performance Bikes magazine is dead. The End of Days for print media.
M considers the tablet as a shareable alternative to magazines
Quick Fire
US road trip - $ no object what do you drive? Broadly T70
The rental F250XL used for the Route 66 road trip discussed in Ep11
“High Four” is J’s new happy place
An Epic Drift
Best driving music?
Metallica: short hair or long?
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Cricket and the Englishman
The Loved One - Evelyn Waugh
Poker
A Porsche Digression -
The rise of the 993 4S
J’s 964 experiences
J’s 968 CS test drive
In praise of the Cayenne GTS’ interior
Porsche choose their customers like Ferrari. Anecdotally.
The appeal of a base model Boxster
J rebels against car models always bloating
'15 and '16 Fiesta ST running reports
A revolution in car cleaning products, by YouTube
'17 BMW M2 running report - A/C and brake juddering, and a not great dealer
J’s app for surfing beater cars in Europe - AutoScout24
Renault Clio 182
1914 Grand Prix Peugeot
Peugeot 205 GTi
Sierra Cosworth (Sapphire)
Citroen Saxo VTS
Citroen C6 and Up N Down
Renault Fuego GTX
2002 Mercedes E55 AMG running report @ 158k, “cut roof off”, a broken hood ornament but mechanically sound; central locking pump and battery change
Battery strategy when letting cars sit
Hubnut
Vain - Whisper
Plans to Pick up the Free Motorcycle
Vice Grip Garage
Western road trip - Coloma, where they found gold in California
X-15 Major Michael Adams Memorial
Seligman AZ: the real Radiator Springs from the Cars movie
Death Valley at 124 degrees with no A/C
Thanks to United Rentals, and their Ford F250
J retells the story of the discovery of gold in California
Highway 395
Route 66 - all kinds of awesome, Seligman to Victorville especially
Gentrification and Shelby - an LA story (as seen in Ford vs Ferrari)
Newton’s bad behaviour on a Honda XR650 Supermotard
Paradise Cove reprised
Bruce Junor and his book
PCH and memories of the CBR
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Tommy Vance, Radio Caroline and Early rock radio in Britain
WASP
Four bands in one: the evolution of Judas Priest
The science fiction theatre of Iron Maiden
Aerosmith or Kiss ?
Slayer - Die By The Sword
Production and thrash metal - to remaster or not to remaster
Motley Crue, Backing tracks and the digitization of live music
Mixtapes, and M’s impression of For Whom the Bell Tolls
Listening culture 1980s vs 2020s
WASP - Shoot from the Hip
News - Ford/Tesla (and GM/Rivian) charging infrastructure partnerships
M remains EV sceptical
J loves the hybrid Chevy Volt design
J is flabbergasted by the Faraday Future launch
Tesla, Lucid and Faraday: redefining the car
EV ranges: the utility of 200 miles vs 400 miles
M theorizes that lightweight is better than EV behemoths
The unsafety of cabover vans
44teeth Boothy's return to the TT
A shameless plug for our book, The Chronicles of Halvar and Clarence
Isle of Man TT: Hickey’s 133 mph lap
Twenty years since the passing of Dave Jeffries
Bullett - Stay Wild
Pau Historic Grand Prix - A balcony overlooking the track: M’s Five Star experience at the Parc Beaumont Hotel
Legends Racers
M and the attainable dream of Historic Racing
A critique of Belgium
Three Men in a Ka
The defeat of the Silver Arrows - and the Nazis - at Pau - by Rene Dreyfus
A digression on Mellaha, the site of the Tripoli Grand Prix
The Million Franc Prize
J’s digression justifying his factual incorrectness
A thumbnail on Hermann Lang
Accept - Too High to Get it Right
The Ethics of Banger Racing
Quick fire -
F40 or 959?
F40 or F50?
R32 or Focus RS?
GT2 or 488 Pista?
Manual transmission or rear wheel drive?
You can historic race any car anywhere. What and where?
Eulogy to Spa
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Uncle Mark’s Life South of the Border
Ford F250 diesel 4x4 manual
Ford F450 Shortbus
Baja Street Dogs
Buzzed By a Trophy Truck
Yamaha WR 450 and riding in Baja
“Mustangs to Todos”
Argentina bike road trip; heavy vs. light off-road bikes
A Eulogy to Heated Seats and Grips
“Personalities” in modern Nascar
Indy vs. Grosjean
Modern Motorsport and Money
Mark’s 1966 Mustang GT
The Gasser Vision
“The Thing I Most Want Is My Own Stuff To Work”
J’s Pontiac Grand Prix
Mark and J can’t “thin the herd” of their non-functional cars
Toyota Chinook
Mark’s Mustang SN95 Track car
J’s hypoglycemia
"Quad into an electric fence"
ZF and Fly By Wire Steering - “you can’t get the staff”
Sim Racing Games, pedals and steering setups, VR motion sickness
J’s Mustang SN95 Track car
"A Historian, Not A Mechanic"
Harley-Davidson Fast Johnnie
The Death of the Sportsbike
Alpine A290
Freightliners
Taycan Turbo S vs. Bullitt Mustang
Eulogy to Steve B, the consummate Ford Guy
Pebble Beach class-winning Bob McGee '32 Model A Roadster
The Cobra Bigblock mule
Crocetti Speciale
Tundras I Have Known
New Cars I Have Bought
Seat Leon Cupra R
Mercedes E63 wagons
M6 Gran Coupe
Daimler-Benz M156 engine Eulogy
Mark’s Dad’s ‘40 Ford Coupe - “a blown Cad with a La Salle rear end”
The “Business Coupe” explained
Mark’s ex-Police Harley
'80’s Thunderbirds as an Investment
A moment’s silence for J’s Mondeo ST24
Tony Angelo’s Lincoln MkVIII
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Goodwood “Revival” vs. “Members Meeting” vs “Festival”
Aston Martin Kia Sportage, Lamborghini Anus, The Man Whole Had Three Cayenne Turbos
Selwyn Francis Edge
“Ten Years of Motors and Motor Racing”
The 200hp Darracq
J’s Gasser vision - the Hound Dog
J’s confessional
A dented Triumph Dolomite
BTCC vs DTM
M’s Best Car Park spot
J en France -
Traffic calming in French villages
Paris’ 19mph speed limit
An Awesome Parisian Cabbie
24 hour bike racing at Le Mans, Ozzfest Meets Sportsbikes
A Typical Le Mans Traffic Jam
“Wow, that was FAST”
Historic race - more than a couple of bikes like ones in J’s collection in the field
A digression on Peage Rest Stops
A Small Boy Determined to see The Race At Night
J frustrated by a “green” multi-storey carpark with small spots
Le Mans in the small hours - Europop Disco and France’s answer to Linkin Park
“I think I’ve had enough, we can go home and sleep now”
J’s explores French Garages, dreams of resucing - Renault Safrane Biturbo, 19 16v, Clio 16v, two Mazda Mk2 RX7s
Old Renault dealer on the main road to Le Mans - pranged Peugeot 206 sw, Megane cabrio, Mk2 Laguna 1.8 16v petrol
J’s Mk1 Laguna V6
M’s Mk1 Laguna pool car
BTCC Renault Laguna, built by Williams
Salvage Rebuilds UK question if a Renault Laguna Mk1 is a bona fide classic car; we believe so, as endorsed by TOCA Touring cars
Britain’s unique and awesome club circuits, e.g. Thruxton, Cadwell Park
Ross Chastain and “Wall-running” in NASCAR; J wants to shake Chastain’s hand
J’s Fiat 500X rental; an unfair comparison with the Fiesta ST
J pines for Chop’s Garages Jaguar despite living 6000 miles from it
App for buying European beaters - Autoscout24
Renault 19 16v collectibility
We “can’t bear some sh1tty rental”
Eulogies on: Fiesta ST, Renault 21 Turbo, Sierra Sapphire Cosworth, Renault 18 Turbo
The Noble Sacrifice of a Volvo 740 Turbo, in service of Outstanding Bacon Sandwiches
J’s favourite SUVs: 100k Tahoe PPVs and Mercedes ML63s
“Dukes of Hazzard” in a Westfield
Nearly being run over by Bruno Saby’s World Rally Escort Cosworth
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The Cursed ‘78 Yamaha XS650
- Fleet week 2005 (?)
- MotoGP Laguna Seca 2006 (?)
Guest John rides a homemade electric bike
Buying a custom Yamaha DR125 (yes, dirt bike to race bike)
Memories of Nicky Hayden
Joey Dunlop
Is this the end of real road racing in Ireland? Does this have implications for the Isle of Man TT?
The TT in the future
The “End of Roadracing” article J refers to
Riding in England vs California vs Philippines
Skaggs Springs Road
De Havilland Beaver
Some LA stories -
Snake Shopping in the San Fernando Valley
Riding: Topanga Canyon (Highway 27), Angeles Crest, Mulholland,
J’s CBR race bike on the Pacific Coast Highway
A ZX10 in a Canyon
The Upside Down Harley
The Fireblade in the Tree
John - Honda CB or BMW?
Quick Fire -
First bike
Last one you bought
The “one that got away”
Best bike
Worst bike
If l could ride like anyone, it would be…
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J pretentiously compares himself to Tristram Shandy
44 teeth’s Boothy fined
Fun with Mopeds
Runaway vehicle anecdotes
“Gate Building” in Mendocino and a 428 Thunderbird
J’s Gasser vision - The Hound Dog
Other Mark’s E350 and Thunderbird
Thunderbird gets frisky on the Grapevine
Moving Other John’s bikes
The Avant Garde and a Freightliner Highway Hauler
The Avant Garde and smog regulations
Where Miami Vice meets motor racing: the “Blue Thunder” March 83G
Old Man Ferrari and the end of Crocket’s Daytona Spider replica
The Whittington brothers and the Porsche 935 Kremer K3
Mario Rossi and Gary Balough and cigarette boats
Hagerty buying every classic car show - is that a Good Thing?
Quickfire
Favourite car movie. Or best. Or both (Taxi, Ronin, Bad Boys 2, Le Mans, Senna, Two Lane Blacktop)
Best car chase (Roma Violenta)
Two-car Monaco garage, money no object
Most impressive rental car
I didn’t answer the worst car I ever owned: between the blue Cortina, the Capri and the E150 van
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How Goes the EV Revolution?
Kids dirt bikes
Citroen’s Ami and Oli: lightweight with a sensible price
Ora Funky Cat
The Chinese Skyline
Paying a Premium For a Lower Range
Ferrari Purosangue
Land racing in the Mojave Desert
The Land racing potential of J’s ‘95 Mustang GTS
Tesla Model X Long Range, Design inspiration from Duster’s Video Gaming Arcade, in Plymouth during the nineties; the games of Dusters
Porsche Cayenne GTS
J’s recent work on the Silver Arrows: Better Research Needed.
Manfred von Brauchitsch, Rudolf Caracciola, Hermann Lang and Hans Stuck
The von Brauchitsch movie
The image that started it all for J
The Mercedes T80
Quick fire
Most regret parting with ? E773NKV / ‘78 Capri 3.0 S
Worst car you ever owned ?
Most Loyal Dog ? R392CNE, R733OMO
Best Road - Europe (SS25 / D1006)
Best Track - Britain (Donington, Oulton, Thruxton)
$100k, what do you buy?
Reading ? The Chronicles of Halvar and Clarence
21 Forever, a biography of David Pearson
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J attends the International Motor Racing Research Center Conference on Motor Sport History
- J breaks down the Third Wall
- Watkins Glen road course, and Big Bend
- Just Go Drive revisited
- Bringing hobbyists and academics together; Conference attendees; Don Capps, the case of confusing Maserati serial numbers; Lord Brockett
- IMRRC Conference Live Stream
- Fireball Roberts and Smokey Yunick’s Catalina; did it have a supercharger? Is there an upside to investigating cheating in NASCAR?
- J’s preso - the power of YouTube for motorsport history; anyone can do history, the sources are there for everyone to research; Allan Grice in Europe; the rise and rise of YouTube car guys like Hoovie
- Midget and sprint car dirt oval racing in the San Francisco Bay Area; Joe Leonard, of Racemaker Press
- The crossover between Motor Racing and Rock and Roll
The Drive Home, along Route 66:
- M and J’s Roadtrip Experience in the mid nineties in our ‘79 Lincoln Town Car
- Route 66 exploration and found it in spades - hundreds of bypassed town, thousands of abandoned cars, derelict buildings; a sense of the continual evolution of the road; 1926, and the designation of Route 66, was just one iteration of the continually evolving road west; more like The Ridgeway than the M1
- Cadillac Ranch vs. Stone Henge
- Cannonballing vs. low speed
- M’s vacation explorations of the American West, by Mustang V8 rental
Quick Fire:
- Favourite YouTube channel at the moment?
- Favourite car or bike at the moment?
- Most scared you've ever been in a car or on a bike?
Miles Collier’s The Archaeological Automobile.Cars as art. If you care even slightly about cars, buy it.
Sherlock Holmes and the Cthulhu Casebooks
Plug of our satirical Dungeons and Dragons novels, The Chronicles of Halvar and Clarence, and hence our sponsorship of 44teeth’s Mike Booth
San Francisco City College’s Motorcycle courses reinstated
M’s discursive analysis of Ewok society
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Pebble Beach ‘22
- J sees the start of the Tour d’elegance
- Phil Hill, Formula 1 World Champion
- J meets Derek Hill, his son
- A late night dice
- Exotics at Pebble and a convoy of McLarens
- The ex-Shelby Ferrari 410
Gooding at Pebble Beach ‘22
Lamborghini 400 GT, Ruf Porsches, Collecting Indy cars vs. Gullwing Mercedes
J’s Collecting Philosophy
Suzuki GSX-Rs and the Democratization of Performance
Musings on car design
Audi in Formula 1?
Lucid design revisited from #1
Electric car headlights as brand identity
Maserati 3200 and boomerang lights
M reviews his BMW M2 after 2000 miles in the Pyranees
In praise of the Fiesta ST
2002 AMG E55 vs. 2022 AMG GT53
Kawasaki H2; Bimotore Tesi
Countach attains classic status
With Interuptions from Mrs Motoring Historian
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The Goodwood Festival of Speed:
- Witnessing Wayne Rainey Ride Again
- The paddock and sports racing Ferraris
- Tom Kristensen “likes” J
- Nigel Mansell, Piquet, Patrese
- Patrese and wife in Honda Civic Type-R
- Singer 911s, Mulholland Racer book
Guns and Roses and Kenneth Williams
M’s new M2 - initial thoughts
M’s spins
Used car suggestions for a long commute
Chops Garage’s diesel Jaguar
More of M’s thoughts on the M2
Karting with a 7 year old
Mike Booth of 44teeth update
1300 miles in a rental Transit van in the footsteps of King Arthur
Bexhill and the site of the first motorsport event in Britain
Diecast racing and 3dBotmaker
Alain de Cadenet - J’s personal recollections
Upcoming:
M’s Alps in the M2 trip
J does Pebble Beach
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J drove some new cars on the Western Automotive Journalists annual test day, #waj, #wajmedia days, #wajmediadays22. Thanks to everyone at the manufacturers, #waj and Page One Automotive for sorting that out. Discussed are:
BMW M4 Competition Convertible
The new BMW grill with giant kidneys (altho J calls it a Mercedes grill…)
BMW I50 M4; range anxiety, and the city car According To J
Electra Meccanica Solo
Lucid; the drive; meeting the design team
Toyota Tundra Capstone; looks like a Lexus drives like a Hellcat; Americans and their trucks
Ford Maverick; 21st Century Model T?
Not driven, but also discussed is the new Nissan Z car - M has driven his 350Z 170k and crashed a 370Z; comparison with Mustangs.
Fleet news: M is considering buying a BMW M2 to replace his Renault Megane RS265; the importance of independent specialist mechanics if you’re running second-hand premium cars.
J compares V twin sportsbikes, a BMW 1150R, and his most recent acquisition, a Ducati 900 SS/CR and the value of an “Italian Tune Up”.
The Isle of Man TT, the deaths, the ethics, and the guy we sponsored, Mike Booth, being seriously injured.
Nurburgring and Spa track days remembered.
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