A brief history of the sporting pursuits of the motoring clubs of Malaysia and Singapore By Eli Solomon Malaysia and Singapore have a rich motoring and an equally rich motor sports history. This article looks at the diversity of clubs that existed from the early days of the motorcar up to the 1980s, and the […]
International Correspondents
Museums of India
THE MOTOR COLLECTIONS AND MUSEUMS OF INDIA [Firstly, a note from our Chairman about this special contribution: I met Kooverji and some members of the Classic Drivers Group in Mumbai, in March 2018 and we have been corresponding and Zooming since that fortunate morning. He was our first ‘Global Correspondent’ and his first letter on […]
The Making of the De Tomaso Pantera – by Gautam Sen
By the end of the 1960s, after a decade of designing cars for Ghia, Pininfarina, and then Ghia once again, the American architect-turned-car-designer Tom Tjaarda had finally developed a style and form structure which was distinctively his own. Cars like the Serenissima GT, the De Tomaso, Mustela, and the Lancia Fulvia HF Competizione and Marica […]
ON THE STROKE OF TWO
The Art of Winning a Grand Prix After ceaseless campaigning by members of the Singapore Motor Club (SMC), His Highness, the Tunku Mahkota of Johore stepped forward to give the green light for what was to become the Johore Coronation Grand Prix of 1960 following a secession of street circuit racing in the […]
Through Their Eyes – Thirteen Years Of Exciting Racing Around The Upper Thomson Road Circuit
“It was lovely and fast-flowing, a wonderful and challenging circuit, and so gratifying when you manage to put it all together. You never ever thought, ‘‘Ooo’, what if I go down there?’” Australian Vern Schuppan, the last winner of the Singapore Grand Prix, unfazed by all the hype about the treacherous monsoon drains, bus stops […]
THE 1947 BUICK ROADMASTER IN INDIA
During British rule, which ended in 1947, and into the 1950s, British and American vehicles dominated Indian roads. Every conceivable marque from Rolls-Royce and Cadillac to Austin and Plymouth could be espied. Continental cars, fewer in numbers compared to their British and American counterparts, were mostly represented by the prestigious marques including Hispano-Suiza, Mercedes-Benz, Delahaye, […]
The Motoring Heritage of India
In the forecourt of the Liberty Cinema in Bombay a few years ago, an immaculate Figoni et Falaschi bodied 1936 Delahaye 135 stood in resplendent red, cordoned off by red rope. Passers-by gawked at the car, puzzled by its unfamiliar appearance. Little did they know that this very car, once exchanged by its previous owner […]
