On the 17th May I attended a full day with Maserati at the Sydney Motorsports Park at Eastern Creek using the South Circuit, now known as the Amaroo Circuit in memoriam for the old circuit in the north west of Sydney that has now been fully destroyed after closing in 1998. The day was organised by European Automotive Imports who are the official Maserati importers and … [Read more...]
Centenary of Ferruccio Lamborghini’s Birth
On Sunday I attended a lunch to honour the birth of the founder of Lamborghini. Ferruccio was an industrialist who owned many sports cars before creating his own supercar company Automobili Lamborghini to produce luxury Grand Tourer (GT) cars. He had owned several Ferrari and Maserati vehicles and felt he could do better! His birth was actually on April 28th and this was the … [Read more...]
Torqueflite Gearbox
I first heard about the Torqueflite gearbox being used in the Jensen FF and other European cars that used large Chrysler Hemis for power. The gearbox was suitably mated to the Hemi because both came from Chrysler. The first Torqueflite was released in 1956 as a 3-speed auto replacing the Powerflite which was a 2-speed box. Variants of the torqueflite can be found on Jeep and … [Read more...]