ROAD & TRACK 1960 NOV - TR-S, F-85, SSKL, MICKEY T.

 

   

 

The cover picture is of the Oldsmobile F-85.

 

Within this issue you will discover the following topics:

1) A technical analysis of the new aluminum olds F-85 V-8

2) Checking out the new U.S. compacts from the Big-5

3) How to calculate the optimum shifting points

4) Testing the new Buick Special

5) Testing the lovely Lancia Zagato coupe

6) Testing the Corvair 4-speed

7) Looking back at the 1916 Scripps-Booth V-8

8) Testing the sweet 1929 Mercedes-Benz 38/250 SSKL

9) Checking out the Triumph Vignale and TR-S LeMans twin-cam

10) Mickey Thompson's "Assault" streamline rail & 12 World Records fall

11) The R&T design for a Austin Mini powered Bug-eye Sprite

12) Looking at the road racing tracks at Effingham & Hilltop

13) The Grands Prix of Germany, England & Solitude

14) Remembering Max Balchowsky & his Old Yaller Ii & II

15) A race report from Greenacres

And many more automobile features, hundreds of vintage ads and a used car section with prices that will bring tears to your eyes.