HEAD FOR THE HILLS

HEAD FOR THE HILLS

The Knysna Hillclimb was run on May Day on the outskirts of one of South Africa’s most scenic tourist spots. It’s the most talked-about motorsport event on the South African calendar, and as usual it drew a sell-out crowd, run in perfect weather over the long weekend...
THE THING ABOUT DEEKS

THE THING ABOUT DEEKS

Funny thing is, growing up in Pretoria in the 1960s, my mates and I used to think DKWs were slow. Those funny duck-shaped cars used to wheeze around with a comical asthmatic engine note, punctuated by a popping from the exhaust when the driver changed gear. How could...
HERE COMES THE 60’S

HERE COMES THE 60’S

If ever there was a car that defined the best of American styling in the 1960s, that car was the Pontiac Tempest. Early in the decade Pontiac launched the Tempest as a compact car, which to almost everyone else in the world meant it was bigger than anything produced...
FORD MODEL T

FORD MODEL T

I was sitting next to one of the stalwarts of the Ford Model T preservation movement in the country, when I mentioned that years ago I happened to own a Kawasaki triple, a motorcycle of fearsome repute. Kevin Casey asked me, “Which one, the H1 or H2?” At that moment...