SPORTS CARS ILLUSTRATED 1961 JAN - GOLDEN COMMODE

 

This hard to find magazine became Car & Driver in 1961 and is Vol. 6, No. 7. 

 

The cover picture is of Bill Burke's Ford Falcon powered streamliner at Bonneville. 

 

Within this issue you will discover the following topics:

1) Auto news from around the world

2) The search for a landspeed record

3) Auto pollution & smog control

4) Testing the sweet Ferrari 250/GT 2+2 coupe

5) Letters to the Editor

6) Phil Hill recalls 1960

7) A tribute to Robert Eldon Drake

8) Ford's new foreign car

9) Tech Questions & Answers

10) Bill Burke & Bob Laster clock 200mph at Bonneville plus a cutaway

11) The Grand Prix of Europe

12) Testing the Ford Anglia 105E

13) Recalling H.R. Godfrey & his sweet toys

14) Sports car cams

15) Formula Libra--Watkins Glen

16) The latest in the NHRA world

17) Jack Brabham goes to Indy

Plus other sports car related topics.