Sunday, April 15, 2018

Memories of Zot

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Road America 500, 1964.  The GTZ was a beautiful car, with an aluminum Zagato body over a tubular space frame.  Thus Giulia Tubolare Zaga...
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Wednesday, April 11, 2018

Book Report: "Alfa Romeo TZ-TZ2: Born To Win," by Vito Witting de Prato

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"GTZ" has nothing to do with Gran Turismo.  It stands for "Giulia Tubolare [tubular] Zagato.  Doesn't that trip nic...
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Monday, March 5, 2018

Book Report: Daring Drivers, Deadly Tracks, By Brian Redman

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To answer the basic question, yes, this is a page-turner.  At least if you are interested in road racing in the 1960's and 1970...
Monday, October 2, 2017

Book Report: The Bridgebusters; the True Story Of The Catch-22 Bomb Wing

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This is a well-researched and written book: Thomas KcKelvey Cleaver is a screenwriter and World War Two air war historian.  It was ...
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Saturday, September 16, 2017

Off-Topic: Catch-22, Joe Heller, And Me

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Joe Heller, circa 1983 (from the back cover of his novel God Knows ). Catch-22 has influenced me more than any other book I've ...
Wednesday, September 6, 2017

A Photo-documentation Of The History Of Porsche 917-025

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There's no particular point to this post.  I just think an original car that's not iconic is interesting and fun.  Miles Collier Jr....
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Tuesday, July 25, 2017

Another Porsche 917 "Who Knew?"

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One of the fun things about the iconic nature of the Porsche 917 is that it must be one of the most documented race cars in history.  ...