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A BOND/MACMINN LE MANS COUPE IS HONORED AT AMELIA CONCOURS PART 1
GARNERING THE CHIEF JUDGES AWARD at the 2024 Amelia Island Concours d’Elegance is a car identified in Classic & Sports Car’s May 2024 issue as the “wild 1958 Macminn Le Mans Coupe.” Image from...
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A BOND/MACMINN LE MANS COUPE IS HONORED AT AMELIA CONCOURS PART 2
YESTERDAY IN PART 1, R&T’S JOHN R. BOND PROPOSED “An American Car for Le Mans” in his “Sports Car Design” series. Today in Part 2, a challenge is addressed of optimizing aerodynamics, circa 1958,...
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A BOND/MACMINN LE MANS COUPE IS HONORED AT AMELIA CONCOURS PART 3
THUS FAR, IN PARTS 1 AND 2, the Bond/MacMinn Le Mans Coupe has been theoretic. Here in Part 3, we see the car transformed into hardware, briefly tested, and then a 12-year old sees it on an R&T...
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LRB LETTER WRITERS—AN ARTICULATE GROUP
THE LONDON REVIEW OF BOOKS IS EVIDENTLY WELL COMPOSED, and articulate as well are its “Letters” column respondents. To me they serve a double purpose: reminding me of something previously appearing in...
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FLAGS AND STATE(S) OF THE UNION
THE INTERESTING FACTS WEBSITE aroused my curiosity about our states’ flags. Here are tidbits about a couple of them. Oregon. In particular, Oregon’s is the only state flag with different designs front...
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DEB TYPECASTING—FOR REAL
MY LOVE OF OLD TIME RADIO BROADCASTS introduced me to Cobina Wright Jr., who typically portrayed a pleasant young lady of aristocratic birth in programs such as Duffy’s Tavern, George Burns and Gracie...
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SCENIC ROUTES IN THE U.S.
THE JUNE 2024 SMITHSONIAN MAGAZINE CELEBRATES “THE WHEEL DEAL: This space-age sensation kicked the American road trip into high gear.” Its topic by Steven Melendez is a familiar one to long-time...
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A NEW PARLOUR GAME (AT LEAST TO ME)
A FRIEND IN ANACORTES INTRODUCES me to a new parlour game (or for any other locale one has these days): Take a well-known expression in a foreign language, change a single letter, and provide a...
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STRETTO PIANOS
RACHMANINOFF’S PIANO CONCERTO NO. 3, “RACH 3,” as it is known, is notoriously difficult and feared by many pianists, particularly those with smaller handspans. Details about this are offered in Olivia...
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VILLA D’ESTE AS SEEN BY C&SC
THE BRITISH CLASSIC & SPORTS CAR is my preferred auto magazine. And one of its subscriber spiffs is a regular online presence. Indeed, recently C&SC visited one of my favorite places in the...
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