Motor Journal 2018/12

Meeting the printer's deadline is perhaps the only thing we have in common when preparing each MJ. We already differ when it comes to composing the topics, continuing with the scope of individual articles. Each author wants to push illustrations and photographs into their works, if possible, across the entire page, because we have experience that the "big boy" likes to look at colorful folios. Then the editor-in-chief has to decide - take a look at the result. The cover page with the prototype of the Škoda 1203 - those who used it professionally or owned it privately will revel in bad or pleasant memories. Nails from the road will remind us of the dates and results of automobile and motorcycle races, design news, premieres of new vehicles - all in connection with the political escapades of the time. Opening of the Jiří Kunhert exhibition was part of the memory of the Brno designer. A double page spread of book news is this year's last offer for additions to the library. Motor Journal 200 is a quick reminiscence by the editor-in-chief about the beginnings and the past eighteen years of the monthly magazine. Škoda 1203 – The cradle also has a coffin, a concise title with rich text and many photographs from history, development and production. Repartition of ČSD buses in 1938–1939, here the title already promises an interesting revelation of the history of bus production at Sodomky in Vysoké Mýto. Jaroslav Cervinka and motorcycles Ace is a seven-page chronology of his life's fate connected with the production of motorcycles. Memories will be revived at the Veterans Salon, where the renowned author will present Slovak two-piston single-cylinder Manet M 90. Text about Gustav Havel is a memory of a top rider of the Jawa factory team. Sharks from Maranello captures a double-page spread from a visit to this year's Zandvoort Historic Grand Prix. RM Sotheby's auction house celebrated the 70th anniversary of the Porsche brand. What was on offer and at what prices, you can find out in the article Porsche in the USA. Cars for London Brighton is detailed information about the Bonhams auction. Auction house H & H Classics offered 169 motorcycles for sale in Birmingham at its November auction at the National Motorcycle Museum. These were unique experiences that must be experienced – these were the words of the direct participants in this year's veterans' ride From London to Brighton. Equally original is the uniquely crafted experience of one of the participants in the autumn event. Brno–Sobesice 2018. As time flies, the memory of fiftieth anniversary of the Lambaréné Expedition. The following pages contain articles, photographs and contributions from readers printed this year. A modest calendar and advertisements will lead readers to the last page of the cover with a poster on Brno Revival 2019.