Dear Stuart, an article related to the induction of a new member to the South African Hall of Fame in the April 2019 issue of CCA encouraged me to do some digging. Scanning the website showed that one of the criteria for nomination to this…
Hello Stuart, the article ‘Morris through Africa’ in your March 2019 issue has reminded and prompted me to write to you about the ‘well-used’ Morris Traveller I acquired in the late ʼ60s.
Hi Stuart, good to see you at VVC last month. Further to our chat about Mercedes-Benz Fintails, I’d like to correct a note in the April that mentions the works team pulled out of competition following the 1955 Le Mans tragedy. The 300SE Fintail was…
Dear Stuart, further to the mention of the Hanning Jaguar in March 2019, the sports car body on the Hanning Jaguar (the car was originally a single seater which raced at the East London Grand Prix in 1960) came from GSM’s Bob van Niekerk.
Hi Stuart, whilst reading the last few editions of your great magazine, I couldn’t help but notice that there seems to be one make that has fallen under the radar. Here I am referring to the Sunbeam marque, a division of the Rootes Group.
Hi Stuart, again I read drooling over the E-Type Jag with which I have had a love affair for many a year. Enzo Ferrari did say it was the most beautiful car ever! I think he was right. However, just have a peek at the…
Dear Stuart, with two articles on Wayne Taylor in consecutive issues, I think it is appropriate to reflect on some of the early days on Wayne’s ladder of success.
In 1984 Ford needed a machine to take on the competition in Group One racing. With a strict rule requiring a minimum number of 200 road-going units for homologation purposes, the firm was left with no option other than to churn out a special. In…
Estate, variant or station wagon. Call it what you like but there is no denying that even in today’s SUV-crazed society this original long-roof, big-booted sedan body style trumps in the family car/workhorse practicality department. When talking of this format there is one name that…
John Myers is well-known as the creator of South Africa’s first sports car, the Protea, which was a highlight of a rich and varied automotive career, both on and off the track, as he recalled with CCA back in September 2016. In 2018 I caught…