Dear Pete,
As you said " Sadly, what has been called the “Greatest Generation” is passing on very quickly." (Read "Ed Hugus Obit") For me the memory of Ed is a full and joyful one. A photographer in the Golden Days of Racing I was privileged to be in the "inner" circle. At every race where I was at and Ed was driving he took time be with me in the presence of others. There are very few drivers who were as special as Ed, I'll miss him. Fortunately I can still see his smile and hear his voice.
Ciao,
Tom Burnside
Tom Burnside is one of America’s great racing photographers, and the author of "American Racing - Road Racing in the 50s and 60s". Click here for Tom's website.
Dear Veloce-team.
What a nice article about the Le Mitiche Sport a Bassano event! Thanks a lot to Alessandro Gerelli not only for the report on this event, but also on the beautiful landscape. Without being too picky, let me just correct two minor facts: Grappa is not the name of the nearby river (which is actually called Brenta), but of a mountain (Monte Grappa). And the small car museum at Romano d'Ezzelino is called Bonfanti, not Belfanti. If you happen to be in northern Italy, I can only recommend to visit this area.
Best regards and thanks for the efforts to provide some nice reading each week.
Robert Retzlaff
Thanks for the corrections, which were made immediately.
Dear Editor,
Looking for some information on the Fiat Siata built in 1938 in Germany
on a
chassis of a Fiat 500A.
Thanks
Thomas Poppoer (thomas@popper.ch)
Dear Pete,
Just a quick line from the small island on the other side of the pond with a big thank you firstly for a superb and informative online magazine, but also for your 308 maintenance articles which I have just finished reading.
I am the very happy owner of a 308 gt4, but found your information clear and helpful, especially from the point of view of just understanding the mechanical layout and engineering principles as a layman.
(Read "Cam Belt Installation")
Thanks again and good luck with future issues of a great publication.
Best wishes to you and all the team,
Andy Harris
PS image attached of my barge.
Dear Pete,
Interesting to see the jewel case for the Giulietta 750 valve shims. (Read "Spare Parts..") If I had known that case existed I would have bought one. I have several hundred of these shims, various thicknesses, because they are the same shims used on the 750 OSCA.
Alfa knew they had a problem with rapid valve guide wear on the 750 series, so made the stem diameter greater on the 101 series. Unfortunately that added to the valve mass. later came the sodium filled valves... the linguette used in the OSCA (like a Porsche 4-cam) facilitate resetting clearances in the field without demounting the cams.
Jack Gordon
Dear Editor,
I have just subscribed to VeloceToday.com and am delighted! Just a small correction to a caption in the Mille Miglia 2006 Part II section. It is under 1954, and pictures a white Maserati A6GCS/53. It is my car in which I completed my 14th Mille Miglia this year. The correction is simple: Although designated a "53", this car was actually produced in 1954 and was never rebodied, as you have quoted. Instead after its debut in the 1954 Tour de France (6th overall-Jean Estange) and the 1954 MM (3rd overall - Musso)it was returned to the factory and fitted with its head faring and slipper nose as you see it today. Thought you might want to know this.
Thanks for picturing my white stallion!!!
Bruce Male,
Swampscott, Massachusetts
Yes, we certainly did want to know this!
