The Motoring Historian

#10 Tommy Vance, Heavy Metal, “Mini Monaco” at the Pau Grand Prix, the Ethics of Banger Racing & Faraday Future, the Chinese Skyline?


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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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The Motoring HistorianBy Jonathan Summers