Monthly Archives: December 2015

My Year Blogging In Review And Looking Forward To 2016

Posted on December 30, 2015 by

Interest in my website continued to grow in 2015.  During 2015 there were about 180,000 views on my website from 184 countries.  While interest continues to grow, I am interested in having even more people take a look at this … Continue reading →

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2016 Triumph Bonneville T120 Unveiling At Larz Andersen

Posted on December 22, 2015 by

Last Saturday night I attended a New England regional unveiling of the new 2016 Triumph Bonneville models.  Triumph Motorcycles rented the Laz Andersen Museum of Transportation in Brookline, Massachusetts and invited the regional Triumph dealers and some local motorcycle enthusiasts … Continue reading →

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Indra: An Interesting American/European Combination

Posted on December 20, 2015 by

In the past couple of weeks I have been showing some uncommon cars that I saw in 2015 when I went to Germany to take part in the Baden Classic car rally.  This post returns to that theme with a … Continue reading →

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Some Photos Of “Lawrence of Arabia” Getting His New Motorcycle

Posted on December 18, 2015 by

I got an interesting message this week from Andrew Hallsworth of Nottingham, England.  Andrew came across this website and saw a post that I made several years ago, June 7, 2011, about T. E. Lawrence, better known as “Lawrence of … Continue reading →

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Jens Gandrup Jorgensen Prepares For 2016 Rally Monte Carlo Historique

Posted on December 17, 2015 by

Over the past few months I have been in regular contact with Jens Gandrup Jorgensen who is preparing commercially available road books for the 2016 Rally Monte Carlo Historique.  In addition to preparing the road books, Jens is also a … Continue reading →

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BMW Z-1: A Car That Never Made It To The USA

Posted on December 14, 2015 by

Another interesting car that I saw at the 2015 Baden Classic rally in Germany was a BMW Z1, which I have never seen before. These cars were built by BMW, primarily for the European market, between 1987 and 1991.  This … Continue reading →

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A Nice Jaguar XK E-Type At The Baden Classic Rally

Posted on December 13, 2015 by

At last year’s Baden Classic Rally based in Baden-Baden Germany , I saw a number of interesting cars also taking part in the rally.  One of the cars in the rally that was impressive was the 1967 Jaguar XK E-Type … Continue reading →

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OSCA MT4: A Sebring Winner

Posted on December 10, 2015 by

O.S.C.A. (Officine Specializzate Costruzione Automobili—Fratelli Maserati S.p.A.) was founded in 1947 by Ernesto Maserati (who was the engineering manager) and his brothers Ettore, and Bindo (who functioned as operations managers) who had all left Maserati after their ten-year contract with Adolfo Orsi terminated.  In 1937 three of the four remaining … Continue reading →

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A “Pikes Peak” Type Road Is Presented

Posted on December 8, 2015 by

Yesterday I posted a story about the demise of the gravel road that led up Pikes Peak and is the venue of a famous hill climb.  Overnight I got an email from Fred Gallagher from the Endurance Rally Association with … Continue reading →

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For Your Christmas Wish List: A New Pikes Peak

Posted on December 7, 2015 by

Over the weekend I was looking at another new-to-me book, “Proving Ground” which is a history of Dodge, Chrysler, and Plymouth racing written in 2009 by Jim Schild.  A picture in that book that jumped out at me, was that … Continue reading →

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