I mentioned just after the New Year that Tim Dye‘s long-awaited Pontiac-Oakland Museum and Resource Center (POMARC) had been approved and was going ahead; last month he started packing up a small fleet of tractor-trailers with materials (and cars) for the long drive from Oklahoma to Pontiac, Illinois (on Route 66; Pontiac, Michigan, was not […]
In the world of rally racing, the East African Safary Rally has long been considered one of the most brutal events. Conceived in early 1953 to commemorate the coronation of Queen Elizabeth II (and thus its original name, the Coronation Rally), it took cars through three countries – Uganda, Kenya and Tanzania – in a […]
If you’ve attended a vintage hill climb event just once in your life, then you’ll know that, by and large, the registered starting field is dominated by machines from across the pond. Allard, Lotus, Porsche, Alfa, MG and Triumph are the meat and potatoes, as well as the dessert. But every now and then somebody […]