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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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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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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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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