ViaRETRO | Zack Stiling | Activity https://viaretro.com/members/zack/activity/ Activity feed for Zack Stiling. Fri, 05 Jan 2024 12:47:53 +0100 https://buddypress.org/?v=12.0.0 en-GB 30 hourly 2 22c38011a11eca1de47077e7c82d0ae3 Zack Stiling commented on the post, 1,000 is a Big Number! https://viaretro.com/2020/08/1000-is-a-big-number/#comment-45795 Mon, 24 Aug 2020 18:40:59 +0200 1,000 horsepower and 1,000 articles – both very impressive, but there’s a bit more to bring the story of the Sunbeam up to date. As noted, it has been an exhibit at Beaulieu since 1958, always static with a brass […]

]]> c4eede88b6b6fa3c0972263d22467426 Zack Stiling commented on the post, Prime Find of the Week: A Galaxie Not So Far, Far Away https://viaretro.com/2020/08/prime-find-of-the-week-a-galaxie-not-so-far-far-away/#comment-45794 Mon, 24 Aug 2020 18:26:31 +0200 I reckon the estimates about right. Look at the classifieds and you won’t find many American cars of that era in good condition for less than £10,000 anymore. A neighbour has just sold his ’73 Buick Centurion and […]

]]> e700663b2fb63752bb38b9d121654f2e Zack Stiling commented on the post, The Chromed Wires Conspiracy https://viaretro.com/2020/06/the-chromed-wires-conspiracy/#comment-45335 Thu, 25 Jun 2020 18:37:49 +0200 Another very thought-provoking article, Dave, and one I’m generally inclined to agree with but there’s a but… I could be wrong but I do think chromed wire wheels were available as options on cars like Jaguar XKs […]

]]> a1bafd4450ca40d7913071ec5d1afa3f Zack Stiling wrote a new post https://viaretro.com/?p=103267 Tue, 16 Jun 2020 05:00:18 +0200 Life can be full of surprises, and certainly the motoring world has seen its share of them. One particular eyebrow-raising instance occurred in 1950, when Jowett announced its intentions to produce a class-beating […]

]]> 2d8b202a46aa07da34f22c0644bd8fb9 Zack Stiling wrote a new post https://viaretro.com/?p=102479 Tue, 21 Apr 2020 05:00:07 +0200 At all of last year’s major car events, wherever you went, you were bound to be reminded that 2019 marked the centenary of Bentley. Such adulation was by no means undeserved, but it does seem somewhat unfair t […]

]]> 783ada3b8d318efb7d1516d05629625b Zack Stiling commented on the post, Prime Find of the Week: A Stylish 1953 Family Saloon https://viaretro.com/2020/04/prime-find-a-stylish-1953-family-saloon/#comment-45049 Tue, 14 Apr 2020 18:36:10 +0200 I will have to respectfully disagree with much of the above! 1930s cars with 1950s bodies couldn’t have been more ‘right’ for the time, for the obvious reason that the war and material shortages had seriously […]

]]> ca4f43858f5daec25b60dc7873ec0a2a Zack Stiling wrote a new post https://viaretro.com/?p=102365 Thu, 09 Apr 2020 05:00:20 +0200 Part Two of Zack Stiling’s look back at this week in April 1953 through the eyes of The Autocar magazine – this time focusing on motorsport.

Reading the motorsport news in Autocar would have revealed the res […]

]]> 68108073d8438d7217b0fe75b0993e59 Zack Stiling wrote a new post https://viaretro.com/?p=102194 Tue, 07 Apr 2020 05:00:44 +0200 In this first of an occasional series, we look back at what happened in the motoring world in a given week in the past. Here, Zack Stiling takes a look at the first week of April 1953 with the help of Autocar […]

]]> 94041f5aed77db5a24d2cc58f9b1a9b4 Zack Stiling commented on the post, Prime Find of the Week: Going For A Singer? https://viaretro.com/2020/03/prime-find-going-for-a-singer/#comment-44914 Sat, 21 Mar 2020 10:46:05 +0100 Aside from being a very attractively styled car, I can state as fact the merits of the 1592cc engine. It is a highly competent performer in modern traffic and can be driven almost mercilessly without complaint. It […]

]]> a48d8bd8e8f1d70cdbd88eeeb2f36fe2 Zack Stiling wrote a new post https://viaretro.com/?p=101062 Thu, 27 Feb 2020 06:00:29 +0100 I didn’t go around seeking people’s opinions on the new format of the London Classic Car Show but, nevertheless, one man decided to give me his. It was, he said, very disappointing because the new venue was muc […]

]]> 189131b2fb921796c969df602ed43441 Zack Stiling commented on the post, When a Facelift Actually Turns Out to be Better https://viaretro.com/2020/01/when-a-facelift-actually-turns-out-to-be-better/#comment-44660 Fri, 17 Jan 2020 18:44:46 +0100 It’s true that the facelifted DS is more concordant with the universal laws of beauty than the earlier model, yet it is the earlier one for which I hold greater affection. There’s something quite endearing about […]

]]> d064e238a75e9ba7cb16a17ee0f2507b Zack Stiling commented on the post, Music and Motors https://viaretro.com/2020/01/music-and-motors/#comment-44648 Tue, 14 Jan 2020 19:30:37 +0100 Wot, no Austin Ambassador Y-Reg… And let’s not forget Johnny Cash’s One Piece at a Time special from the Cadillac section. Hank Williams was a few years ahead of Chuck Berry with his ‘hot rod Ford’ referenced in […]

]]> d3ba9dbce8a725dd2e436723e3898740 Zack Stiling commented on the post, Classics Turn Out in Their Hundreds at Brooklands on New Year’s Day https://viaretro.com/2020/01/classics-turn-out-in-their-hundreds-at-brooklands-on-new-years-day/#comment-44619 Thu, 09 Jan 2020 14:24:30 +0100 As it happens, I can shed a bit of light on the woodie. It’s an Austin A40 Devon, but not a factory Countryman. The body was built in 1954 (two years after Devon production ended), apparently by a former Austin […]

]]> 84f30cf1cb3fb93c0ce0fcad5f97196f Zack Stiling commented on the post, A Chilly January Day at the First Bicester Scramble of 2020 https://viaretro.com/2020/01/a-chilly-january-day-at-the-first-bicester-scramble-of-2020/#comment-44615 Thu, 09 Jan 2020 09:55:52 +0100 You seem to be something of a Nash-Healey magnet, Mr. Wawryk! It’s all very well seeing two in America, but to find one over here as well! That 6C Alfa is especially nice, but I must also express a fondness for […]

]]> 6d899b51ed763967d43b5d9af87f2f8c Zack Stiling commented on the post, Classics Turn Out in Their Hundreds at Brooklands on New Year’s Day https://viaretro.com/2020/01/classics-turn-out-in-their-hundreds-at-brooklands-on-new-years-day/#comment-44605 Tue, 07 Jan 2020 19:32:54 +0100 It was good to meet you, Tony, and it looks like you saw plenty that I didn’t, including that unusual BMW estate. A personal favourite was the 1929 Austin Seven Swallow that was parked next to me. They’re very […]

]]> 0eaba8eae2d59d3b5fa67f7668e83dc6 Zack Stiling commented on the post, Print Isn’t Dead But It Might Just Kill Me https://viaretro.com/2020/01/print-isnt-dead-but-it-might-just-kill-me/#comment-44604 Tue, 07 Jan 2020 19:13:30 +0100 It’s nice to know I’m not the only one with this affliction. I have often mused on the possibility of an early demise when I fall over one of the piles of magazines dotted around my floor (the bookcases all being […]

]]> 872aad96e1584bb77d6cdab24e2a647d Zack Stiling commented on the post, Stage Rallying on a Compact Budget https://viaretro.com/2019/12/stage-rallying-on-a-compact-budget/#comment-44550 Mon, 30 Dec 2019 10:58:07 +0100 That does look rather good fun. I’m getting quite a severe itch screaming “VSCC!” I will have to get into driving tests and trials some day.

]]> 4816565e8570b7da4dcec3b7f72c25e0 Zack Stiling wrote a new post https://viaretro.com/?p=98342 Thu, 26 Dec 2019 06:00:27 +0100 If you’re thinking about visiting an art and design exhibition, simply being in South Kensington is enough to get you in the mood. Turning around as you leave the Underground, the station’s sign is an Art Nou […]

]]> c52d0fb2fbe0cf8f676f60afdd3d3606 Zack Stiling wrote a new post https://viaretro.com/?p=98264 Thu, 19 Dec 2019 06:00:32 +0100 I was reminded recently of Fiat’s early 1980s ‘Hand-Built by Robots’ advertising campaign for the Strada model, which débuted in 1978. Fiat had very recently dispensed with much of its manual workforce, not entire […]

]]> 7e075c017e647fed420dc9fdd75fe9c7 Zack Stiling commented on the post, Behind the Scenes at The Classic Motor Hub https://viaretro.com/2019/12/behind-the-scenes-at-the-classic-motor-hub/#comment-44355 Sat, 07 Dec 2019 08:36:10 +0100 You didn’t avail yourself of the bar, then, Tony? I visited the Hub at the end of September and opined at the time that all it wants is a bath plumbed in and a mattress chucked in a corner and it would make the […]

]]> a1d5d1ba43ba1baa1a4ef9a3c927847d Zack Stiling commented on the post, Classic Competition Cars at the NEC https://viaretro.com/2019/11/classic-competition-cars-at-the-nec/#comment-44097 Thu, 21 Nov 2019 17:52:03 +0100 *Actually, the ‘Challenger’ that has Plymouth written on the side is probably a ‘Cuda…

]]> 841e5457c80621f82d5879fef628115f Zack Stiling commented on the post, Classic Competition Cars at the NEC https://viaretro.com/2019/11/classic-competition-cars-at-the-nec/#comment-44096 Thu, 21 Nov 2019 17:50:50 +0100 I really don’t know how to recommend the Austin Seven highly enough. Relatively slow speeds feel a lot faster with the brakes that have virtually no stopping power, and all the while there’s the crash ‘box and […]

]]> 3665b9f3e2845aa5365fcf201adfc62f Zack Stiling commented on the post, Something for (Almost) Everyone at the NEC Classic https://viaretro.com/2019/11/something-for-amost-everyone-at-the-nec-classic/#comment-44095 Thu, 21 Nov 2019 17:32:40 +0100 Well, that Veteran Mors is what I need in my life. The elegance of the tourer body, the comfort of button-backed leather and the aloof pride of all that brasswork – just what I need for playing Mr. Toad.

Good […]

]]> 789dfc37a31828e12b01416c2c6fb2fb Zack Stiling commented on the post, Surprise and Delight at the Maine Classic Car Museum https://viaretro.com/2019/11/surprise-and-delight-at-the-maine-classic-car-museum/#comment-44033 Tue, 12 Nov 2019 15:26:48 +0100 What a chance discovery! Now, where to start… with that mystery station wagon, I think. It is, quite simply, a Willys Jeep Station Wagon – that was the model name – or Utility Wagon if four-wheel drive.

I do […]

]]> 7b18400971c147d010b84019732ed84e Zack Stiling commented on the post, Visual Sunday: Not the Usual Kind of Marlin that gets Washed Ashore… https://viaretro.com/2019/11/visual-sunday-not-the-usual-kind-of-marlin-that-gets-washed-ashore/#comment-44025 Mon, 11 Nov 2019 19:20:02 +0100 I had to look up the Tarpon but I’m not sure if I’d agree with it being better proportioned it needs a longer bonnet or a shorter roofline. The Marlin works for me, though. The huge scallop is one of the nicest […]

]]> 353e8de69e658a1c43af325320217eba Zack Stiling wrote a new post https://viaretro.com/?p=96344 Thu, 07 Nov 2019 06:00:37 +0100 Back to the earliest days of motoring
Dark clouds hung low over London as morning broke on 2nd November. Rain lashed down on Pall Mall’s Regency porticos and sent a shiver down the champion of Trafalgar. E […]

]]> eb953f68ca895c95dd993d78bf9762eb Zack Stiling commented on the post, A Very Satisfying Brooklands Classic Breakfast https://viaretro.com/2019/10/a-very-satisfying-brooklands-classic-breakfast/#comment-43963 Mon, 04 Nov 2019 15:41:00 +0100 No need to apologise, Tony, you’re entitled to your own opinion. There is something about the car that appears to give it a different stance, but I’m sure the suspension is at its standard height. I notice the […]

]]> f3b65bb036c39d8ed74ed6a6196b333c Zack Stiling commented on the post, A Very Satisfying Brooklands Classic Breakfast https://viaretro.com/2019/10/a-very-satisfying-brooklands-classic-breakfast/#comment-43938 Sat, 02 Nov 2019 07:27:48 +0100 What a fine assortment of classics. I know the owner of that Firenza – nice chap – and I’m pretty sure the car’s entirely standard, not lifted in any way, except for the Minilites, which I think are smaller […]

]]> e7c814601aea0e7769e33331810ca801 Zack Stiling commented on the post, Bauhaus & Car Design https://viaretro.com/2019/02/bauhaus-car-design/#comment-43754 Fri, 11 Oct 2019 07:50:55 +0200 It’s an Adler.

]]> e8b9e78bac5d245c44fd6e2d949819fc Zack Stiling commented on the post, The Lost World of The Pennine Tower https://viaretro.com/2019/10/the-lost-world-of-the-pennine-tower/#comment-43716 Sat, 05 Oct 2019 11:10:07 +0200 Early motorway architecture is such a strange subject, isn’t it? For a means of travel that is now so joyless and mundane, talk of a far-off time when it was new and exciting is always captivating. I suppose the […]

]]> 221474be0db6d6b572d81365ff5ef88b Zack Stiling commented on the post, Macho Macho Man and His Trans Am https://viaretro.com/2019/09/macho-macho-man-and-his-trans-am/#comment-43615 Thu, 19 Sep 2019 21:56:48 +0200 Love it! It is a ludicrous name and certainly the first time I have ever heard the word ‘macho’ used apparently without a sense of irony but, apart from that, what’s not to like about a handsome T/A performs like […]

]]> 40f7491fb9bb929c38f06848db460c6e Zack Stiling commented on the post, Hampton Court Palace Concours: A Garden of Earthly Delights https://viaretro.com/2019/09/hampton-court-palace-concours-a-garden-of-earthly-delights/#comment-43613 Thu, 19 Sep 2019 21:49:24 +0200 I was at Goodwood as well… Tied to a trade stand, though. I’m in Surrey, so I’m sitting halfway between Kop Hill Climb and Firle Hill Climb, both on the same weekend in completely different directions. Suppose […]

]]> be06dae436a63cded089570e4a3a2516 Zack Stiling commented on the post, Why Land Rover Can’t Afford to Live in The Past https://viaretro.com/2019/09/why-land-rover-cant-afford-to-live-in-the-past/#comment-43604 Wed, 18 Sep 2019 23:06:18 +0200 My compliments to Dave on a very engaging article. However, I must protest. Contrary to the view opined by our learned friend from the States, beauty and ugliness are not subjective. There is an objective zenith […]

]]> ccb46266c070a742c3df86c8a790eedb Zack Stiling commented on the post, Hampton Court Palace Concours: A Garden of Earthly Delights https://viaretro.com/2019/09/hampton-court-palace-concours-a-garden-of-earthly-delights/#comment-43603 Wed, 18 Sep 2019 22:30:45 +0200 I, too, was at the Concours on the Friday. We were probably treading on each other’s toes a few times. Things like the Maharajah’s Rolls-Royce and the fluid Art Déco showpieces are always the highlights of a […]

]]> 86b5dfb5f7c386758bb6228343a22f67 Zack Stiling wrote a new post https://viaretro.com/?p=94416 Wed, 11 Sep 2019 05:00:12 +0200 Continuing the tradition that was instigated in 1905, the 2019 Brighton Speed Trials assembled over 75 historic cars and motorcycles to compete for the fastest time at the half-mile seafront sprint, and add their […]

]]> e68cb1007f40ee007a5439bd792f1d19 Zack Stiling commented on the post, Holiday Classic Car Spotting https://viaretro.com/2019/09/holiday-classic-car-spotting/#comment-43493 Thu, 05 Sep 2019 21:51:35 +0200 Excellent. There’s nothing like holiday car-spotting, even if other family members profess not to understand the fun of the sport. Not that I’m anything like the learned cosmopolitan that I would like to be, in my […]

]]> d485cedb985b2757219c3840126195fa Zack Stiling commented on the post, Rotating Displays and Perspex Body Panels https://viaretro.com/2019/09/rotating-displays-and-perspex-body-panels/#comment-43474 Wed, 04 Sep 2019 06:52:47 +0200 Always glad to receive an education! Indeed, I shouldn’t forget that Hillman’s problems were only just beginning at the time of this video. Strikes at the press shop in Acton closed the factory for three months in […]

]]> 83eadff589ee55dc2b37c688e935e0b1 Zack Stiling commented on the post, Rotating Displays and Perspex Body Panels https://viaretro.com/2019/09/rotating-displays-and-perspex-body-panels/#comment-43468 Tue, 03 Sep 2019 18:41:24 +0200 Undoubtedly it was capitalist business as usual, but I think the state of the motor show speaks volumes about the prevailing social attitudes. Mr. Pinstripe Suit at the head of every motor company may well not […]

]]> a484def5c8aa065d229d1de38312f24f Zack Stiling commented on the post, Rotating Displays and Perspex Body Panels https://viaretro.com/2019/09/rotating-displays-and-perspex-body-panels/#comment-43465 Tue, 03 Sep 2019 13:01:08 +0200 The video began with “Prophets are saying…” I think much of the current commentary regarding Britain and the E.U. is testament enough that commentators often struggle to distinguish between prophets and […]

]]> 968efb798abb07fc0547bc094a8d3896 Zack Stiling commented on the post, Go Big and Go Explore https://viaretro.com/2019/08/go-big-and-go-explore/#comment-43464 Tue, 03 Sep 2019 11:51:01 +0200 @02anders Yes, yes, yeeessss! Perfection, they are total perfection.

]]> a40876b15b3509f34a53690fd9d60b2e Zack Stiling commented on the post, Go Big and Go Explore https://viaretro.com/2019/08/go-big-and-go-explore/#comment-43411 Fri, 30 Aug 2019 15:58:01 +0200 What an excellent subject for an article, and your understanding of it is superb! I’ll take that custom-painted Econoline, please… The motorhome encapsulates the romance of road travel, a modern equivalent of […]

]]> bf4cd9460508a0df3537ff27fd67d59b Zack Stiling commented on the post, Enamel Badges and Badge Bars: Hot or Not? https://viaretro.com/2019/08/enamel-badges-and-badge-bars-hot-or-not/#comment-43410 Fri, 30 Aug 2019 15:07:38 +0200 The badges by themselves do look very nice and having one or two can work nicely as a period accessory but I think a badge bar is overkill, and the number of cars sporting them to-day is quite disproportionate to […]

]]> 7d900a3ae87195dde4dc133c5585cd79 Zack Stiling commented on the post, 50 Years of the 914 and 917: Two Very Different Mid-Engined Porsches https://viaretro.com/2019/08/50-years-of-the-914-and-917-two-very-different-mid-engined-porsches/#comment-43288 Fri, 23 Aug 2019 09:21:28 +0200 Well remembered! The 917 was recognised at the Goodwood Members’ Meeting with a few parade laps by the prototype, a Gulf 917K and three Can-Am models, but I must confess that the model’s birthday had, by now, […]

]]> 88ad9622c7e2beec496bf69a0bf3d24f Zack Stiling commented on the post, Both Classic Cars and Bikes alike Congregate at Capel https://viaretro.com/2019/08/both-classic-cars-and-bikes-alike-welcomed-at-capel/#comment-43238 Tue, 20 Aug 2019 13:22:28 +0200 Thanks for the welcome. It’s good to be a part of this esteemed online organ. I make no apologies, though for feeling the street-van love. Actually, I went to my first Truck-In earlier this year. Perhaps I could […]

]]> ee955a04fcd7f259ece34ca0436bd0bf Zack Stiling wrote a new post https://viaretro.com/?p=93460 Tue, 20 Aug 2019 05:00:21 +0200 One of a cluster of picturesque villages tucked just out the way of the London-Worthing road in Surrey, Capel is home to 4,000 people, various charming houses and the 13th century Church of St. John the Baptist. […]

]]> d21003dc72efca955b0272322704441a Zack Stiling changed their profile picture https://viaretro.com/activity/p/2578/ Mon, 19 Aug 2019 11:14:15 +0200 0 7f13c2be41dd460bd3442eb9338a4a3a Zack Stiling's profile was updated https://viaretro.com/activity/p/2577/ Mon, 19 Aug 2019 08:21:10 +0200 0