SPORTS CAR ILLUSTRATED 1956 AUG - D-500, PEBBLE BEACH, D-TYPE, MARK IX, ACE

 

This title became Car & Driver in 1961 and is Vol. 2, No. 2.  Within you will discover the following topics:

1)            Ken Swanson hops up an Austin-Healey 100 engine with GM parts

2)            Testing the sweet AC Ace

3)            Building an autobahn police 356A Porsche

4)            A study of the chain-drive Frazer-Nash from the '30s

5)            The MMG Car Club of America & their English Trials off-road "Bash"

6)            Roger Huntington and the science of supercharging--Part 1

7)            Carroll Shelby, Phil Hill, Ernie McAfee & the races at Pebble Beach

8)            A detailed study of the Lotus Mark IX & a cut-away drawing

9)            Admiring the Larry Frazier LMF R-2 sportscar

10)       Testing the new Jaguar D-Type

11)       Indy 500 & the new Novi

12)       Testing the new Dodge D-500

13)       A cool chart comparing SAE, Metric & Whitworth wrench sizes

Plus other sportscar, racing or product news.