Entries by Gareth

Chitty Chitty Bang Bang

You’ve all seen this, right? Although as a child I loved Ian Flemming’s book more, and especially John Burningham’s illustrations. If you haven’t read it you should really search out a copy. It was based on the racing car (actually cars) built by Count Louis Zborowski in the 1920s but it was Alan Mann in […]

1963 Riverside Racer – Herbie

What do you think about the 1969 Disney film, The Love Bug?  A soppy story with the most unlikely racing car imaginable?  How about you see it as a good insight into American sports car racing in the ’60s with behind the scenes engineering by the mechanical wizards of the time.  Forget about computer wizardry […]

Coyote Blog

Welcome to the blog!  Let’s get with what’s happening and tell you about the new Coyote as used in the Hardcastle & McCormick TV show.