Lincolns to Gather in Lincoln as Zephyr Breezes Through

One glance at this poster should send you packing to the joint national convention of the Lincoln Owners Club and the Lincoln-Zephyr Owners Club, which will take place on June 4-8 in (appropriately) Lincoln, New Hampshire. Quite aside from the fact that Lincoln made some of the finest automobiles in America, I'm entranced by the juxtaposition of a Lincoln Zephyr coupe with the famed Zephyr passenger train, in its time a design and technology trendsetter. Lincoln named its new lower-priced model after the transcontinental speed queen and in doing so gave the world a real beauty, with considerable input from Edsel Ford. The convention is taking place in a most scenic location: the Mountain Club on Loon Mountain, in the heart of New Hampshire's beautiful White Mountains. An all-Lincoln car show is scheduled for Friday, June 6. If you're a Lincoln follower contact the Lincoln Owners Club and if you're a Zephyr admirer check the club's Web site.

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Classic Alfa Romeo Bathed in Red for Geneva Auto Show

Alfa Romeo has had its good days and bad days but these are definitely the good days. The fabled Italian marque is returning to America next year and in the meantime is rolling out some exquisite new product. At the Geneva Palexpo show Alfa also displayed one of its classics, the Alfa Romeo 33 Stradale. Autoblog's Noah Joseph was at Geneva, and describes the Stradale as "the Bugatti Veyron of its day. It was the most expensive road car available to the public. Only 18 were ever made." The engine, a 2-liter V-8, came from Alfa Romeo's 33/2 sport prototype and in race form produced 270 hp through a 6-speed transmission, good for 186 mph and for class wins at Daytona and LeMans. The Geneva display, which Joseph describes as "bathed in more red lights and surrounded by more mirrors than an Amsterdam window" was a suitable tribute to one of the world's great (and rare) classic supercars.

[Photo: Noah Joseph]
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Land Rover Celebrates its 60th! Don't Miss This if You Go Off-Roading

Until my good friend and Brit-car enthusiast Nigel Matthews brought me up to date, I hadn't realised that this year marks the Land Rover's 60th anniversary. Like most folks who watch movies and adventure travelogues I tend to relate Land Rovers to treks across barren deserts or through the jungles of Africa. I've never driven one and the only time I was a passenger was during a vacation in the tiny Caribbean island of Besqui where our driver never departed from paved roads. Regardless, I admire its rugged, go-anywhere character and totally functional appearance.

There's quite a story behind the Land Rover's history, thus it seems appropriate that the company has just launched "Born in Lode Lane," a book written by one of Britain's best-known motoring journalists, Gavin Green, bringing together behind-the-scenes recollections of Land Rover's history with anecdotes from Roger Crathorne. A Land Rover employee for over 45 years, Crathorne was born in April 1947 in Solihull Hospital, a mere mile from what was to become Land Rover's historic manufacturing plant on Lode Lane. The same month, incidentally, that the Wilks Brothers conceived the first-ever Land Rover vehicle.

Having served as an engineer for 15 years, he is now widely regarded as one of the world's best off-road drivers and instructors and is expert in demonstrating the vehicle's all-terrain capabilities. He has trained royalty, was deeply involved in the development of the original Range Rover, turned off-road driving into a science while traveling to all four corners of the globe… from the muddy tracks of Britain's Eastnor Castle to Central American volcanoes and Sahara sandhills. The book includes interviews with the likes of managing director Phil Popham; Spen King, the father of the Range Rover; and renowned explorer and adventurer Sir Ranulph Fiennes, all of which provide a unique insight into Land Rover's past and its future. "Born in Lode Lane" goes on sale from April 28 at Land Rover Gear. All proceeds to the British Red Cross.
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