OCTOBER 1961 Road & Track magazine
OCTOBER 1961, VOLUME 13, NO. 2
FEATURES
The New Triumph—technical highlights of the TR-4 16
Giancarlo Baghetti—new Face on the GP scene 26
Letter from London—mini-cabs, seat belts and quality 43
New from Europe—BMW Rennwagen 44
Incompleat Guide—more tips for the continental traveler 52
Teapot in a Tempest—you can’t teach an old dog new tricks 58
The VW-1500—the rumor becomes a fact 68
U.S. Road Racing—from confusion to chaos 74
The Sport & Industry in Canada—the significance of Mosport 81
ROAD TESTS |
Porsche 1600-N—desired by any normal enthusiast 28
Porsche Super 90 GT—it’s made more “super” for competition 32
Rover 100—named for a pirate but completely honest 34
Sunbeam Alpine—vastly improved popular “personal” car 38
SALON
Aston Martin Mark H-1935 41
COMPETITION
Les 24 Heures du Mans—spectacle on the Sarthe 20
1000 Km of the Nurburg Ring—unexpected win in uncommon
weather 53
Belgian Grand Prix—Phil Hill heads quartet of winning
Ferraris 64
Player’s 200—Mosport's official opener attracts
international field 78
Race Summary—major results and standings 82
Elkhart Lake June Sprints—Corvette takes 300-mile feature 84
Grand Prix of France—Baghetti saves the day for Ferrari 86
DEPARTMENTS
People & Places 2 Letters to the Editor 4
Time & Place 10 Books 11 + Miscellaneous Ramblings 13
Tune-Up Clinic 62 Market Place 91
Technical Correspondence 95 PS 96
ADVERTISERS FOR OCTOBER
ACCESSORIES
American Cane hone 90
Arnolt Corporation Ine. 2
Arrow Precic; 56
safer, Mee recs Z
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Charmmang fotermeuntain Mailing 99
Cole Grand Prin 73
Cop Sil-Loy ay
Fisher Pepa oes CaF Specialist 78
Globe International 7
Vilem B. Haan 23
Meat Specialties 94
Motor Sports ”
Revision Wheel Service 712
ins Auto Top Co. 90
AUTOMOBILES
British Automobile Manufacturers Assn. 6
CITROEN Citroen Cars Corp. 25
FIAT Fiat Motor Co., Inc. 3rd Cover
JAGUAR Jaguar Cars, Inc. 4th Cover
PEUGEOT Peugeot, Inc. 19
SPRITE |
Hambro Automotive Corp. 2nd Cover
SUNBEAM Rootes Motors, Inc. 12
VOLKSWAGEN
Volkswagen of America 46
BOOKS & MANUALS
Autobooks 77
Robert Bentley, Inc. 57 & 85
Vivian Gray 72
The MacMillan Co. i1
Marken, Ltd. 81
Sports Car Manuals 94
ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT
Lucas Electrical Services, Inc. 4
EXHAUST SYSTEMS
Fisher Products 5
Stebro Motors, Ltd. 80
RUMENT REPAIR
INS reign Car Speedometer Service 94
UBRICANTS
L Kendall Refining Co. | 45
Quaker State Oil Refining Corp. 67
TS
PAR AS lumbia Motor Corp. I
TEC Auto 7
TIC BODIES, TOPS, ETC.
PLAY Dawri Coachcraft 7
RACING POSTERS, RECORDS, ETC. 94
Grand Prix Records 45
Rosemont Productions
RACE & RALLY EQUIPMENT 73
C & H Sales 1]
Heuer Timer Corp. 94
Stevens Engineering Co.
OLS
SCHON Center School 6
LUGS
SPARK pion Spark Plug Co. 8 &?
Autolite Spark Plugs
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SPEED EQUIP 73
kendarian
Edson Research & Mfg. Co- 10
co Corp.
Weber Tool Co. 90
TIRES Tire & Rubber Co. 3
Fires eer Reynolds Tire Co. 56
TOOLS 4 Products a
Louis B. Pierlot 45
p. A. Sturtevant Co.
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