The fire has been lit, the whisky is in the glass and the pipe is stuffed. What's still missing? Exactly, the right reading to go with it. And that comes in the form of issue 13/2014 of Octane. So let's dive straight into the story of the very special "Bentley Boys". They call themselves the "Benjafield's Racing Club" and are probably the most English and exclusive classic car club in the world.
88 members hold their pre-war Bentley sacred, but hardly anything else is sacred to them. And so they took their cars on the road to the Classic Days Schloss Dyck, closely followed by Petra Sagnak's camera. Entertaining!
An exotic Pegaso
The exact production figures are unknown, but in the 1950s the Spanish sports cars from Pegaso were easily able to compete with the competition from Italy or England. Why this was the case can be read in the report on an auctioned Z-102.
Even more exotic is the article "Tödliche Ausfahrt", which focuses on a Gräf & Stift 28/32 HP double phaeton from 1910, which was closely associated with the outbreak of the First World War.
Another rarity is the DKW 1000 Sport Coupé by Fissore from 1963, as this is a one-off, while a few more examples of the Lancia Aurelia B52 spider were produced.
Red like Alfa Romeo
The Octane makers love the juxtaposition of modern and classic cars. In the current issue, they bring together the Giulietta in spider and coupé form with the current 4C, letting images and emotions do the talking.
Aston Martin fans may be interested in the story of a very special DB 2-4, which is said to have inspired Ian Fleming in the development of his James Bond novels.
In good old England
Of course, a report on the Goodwood Revival, written by Bertold Dörrich "himself", is a must. Instead of showing lots of cars, the focus is on the people.
And it goes without saying that the article about Luigi Chinetti, America's most important Ferrari dealer, focuses on people.
And then there are ...
For sports enthusiasts, the Ford Escort, which is popular in the historic racing environment, is presented, while exotic sports car fans can read a buyer's guide to the Marcos GT (1964 to 2001). And don't skip the last page of the magazine, which portrays the enterprising Egon Tauscher.
Once the fire and the pipe have gone out and the whisky has gone stale in the glass, it becomes clear that you have been lost in the past for two hours and have inhaled 154 pages of Octane.
