NSU 1200 TT. A rally gun for Ramon
This rally gun is for real racing enthusiasts, for the man who enjoys speed and loves to impose his will on the mighty engine. And the power source in this NSU is a Backes & Schürgers 1300 cc…
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Citroën and tampering
This year, 75 years after the German surrender, much attention is paid to WWII. And in that time many stories and anecdotes come into the picture. The cunning sabotage of Citroën is a good example of this. Sabotage: the…
Goodyear has been active in space missions since 1969
One set of tires from Goodyear, one giant leap for the future of mobility: almost fifty years ago, Goodyear's non-pneumatic XLTs (Expertimental Lunar Tires) were the first to ever leave a tire track on the moon. Since the years…
The American Way
In January 1937, Margareth Bourke – White, commissioned by Life Magazine, reported on the disastrous flood by the Ohio River in Louisville, Kentucky, USA. Without immediately realizing it, she took a picture…
The disappearance of Rudolph Diesel
At those moments when you are zooming along the streets in your diesel and the traffic does not require too much attention from you, you can think about it. About the phenomenon of diesel, for example. You may feel that the…
Inventor Trabant
Who can remember November 9, 1989, the day the Berlin Wall was torn down and thousands of GDR residents were introduced to the Free (...) West? Many in their bubbling and smoking Trabant. Just like in 1945…
Dreaming about long vacations. In an R4?
Many Randstad enthusiasts see the R4 as an endearing freebie for local traffic or a ride to Nes aan de Amstel. AMK reader Hans Beltman went to Italy in his R4 and his Lief. Neighbor Ernst talked about his student days…
Lola Cars
In the past decades, Lola Cars has been very successful as a manufacturer in almost every branch of motorsport. From Formula Ford to Formula 1. Some remarkable facts in a nutshell. The first Lola monoposto, the Formula Junior Mk2…
100 year Maserati, the trident brand
Maserati is celebrating its centenary this year, which of course everyone should know. Ronald Ackema popped up Auto Motor Klassiek a little deeper into the history of the brand that appeals to the imagination.
www.museematra.com. The museum
We wouldn't have come up with the idea if Andre Kout from Kout Automobiles hadn't told us that he had sold a car to the Matra Museum. The Matra Vignale that travels from Wieringerwaard to the Musée Matra…