The Maserati Tipo 6CM, an amazing single-seater racer, was designed by Ernesto Maserati and began to take shape in 1935....
We met up with Gary Humecke in Thousand Oaks, California to see and drive his remarkably preserved 1937 Mercedes 170V...
The 1938 Dubonnet Xenia Coupe Known as the Dubonnet Xenia, this 1938 Hispano Suiza H6C chassis was modified by Andre Dubonnet to showcase his eponymous independent suspension system that was created with the help of engineer Antoine-Marie Chedru. Dubonnet used a Hispano Suiza H6C chassis (bought after the 1932 Paris...
Check out this 91 year old Aston Martin race car driven as it should be at Le Mans....
Fed up with seeing their major races won by the Germans in the 1930s, the Italians allowed only 1½-liter entries...
David Dunbar Buick David Dubar Buick was born in Arbroath, Scotland, in 1854, and brought to Detroit, Michigan, at the age of 2. By the 1880s, he was a successful inventor in the plumbing field, inventing among other things, the lawn sprinkler and a new process for coating metal bath...
Paternity Test Dear Editor, While Carroll Shelby was undoubtedly involved in the Italia project (to a greater or lesser extent),...
1930 Bentley Speed Six A bloke couldn’t think of anything more dissimilar if he tried. From a Boeing 737, to a modern Korean buzzbox, to a 1930 Bentley Speed Six. While both the jet and the Hyundai with its automatic transmission and power this-and-that were purely means of transport, the...
1934 MG Q-type The story of how, in 1923, the first MG—under the guidance of Cecil Kimber—grew from the Bullnose...
Tony Valadez’ elegant 1939 Pontiac convertible is everything later Pontiac muscle cars are not. The later cars were brash, flashy...
Beverly Rae Kimes has been called the “First Lady of Automotive History” for good reason. She has written histories of many of the great cars of the 20th century. Her article titled “Auburn – From Runabout to Speedster,” published in Automobile Quarterly Volume V, Number 4, provides an interesting opinion about Auburn automobiles:...
December 2008 The Donington Grand Prix; Donington, October 3, 1936. Prince Bira coming out of Holly Wood with the ex-Whitney...
At the Prescott Closed Meeting in 1939, a Bugatti T59 assaults the hillclimb course. Note the dual rear wheels for...
October 2017 Age of Aquarius Dear Editor I can’t figure out those folks at Rick Dore Kustoms. They have built some of the most beautiful custom cars around, centerpieces at any car show at which they appear, and yet someone (presumably an employee) has either a warped sense of humor...
Photo: Mike Jiggle The legendary Argentine enjoyed a fantastic career in racing, and in Formula One he scored 24 Grand...
Bruce Bromme Sr. was born in 1917, and shortly thereafter was thrust into the world of racing. His father,...
• The Jaguar XK120 that Norman Dewis drove to set the production car land speed record of 172.412 mph on...
Like so many early automobile manufacturers, the Auburn Automobile Company started out as an evolution of carriage making. Charles Eckhart...
2023 dawned fair and mild in the UK, perfect for a drive in the countryside and where better to head for on the 1st of January than the Queen’s Head pub at Hawkedon, buried deep in rural Suffolk. By 10:30 the inn’s car park was disappointingly populated with vintage sports...
The 1936 Bugatti Type 57G was also known as “The Tank” and it won Le Mans in 1939, just weeks...
A number of years ago, in the early days of Vintage Racecar when I think we were still in “black...
Can you imagine two cars chained together, nose to nose, engines thundering on the infield of the 1930 Indianapolis 500? In one corner, wearing black coachwork with gray interior weighing in at 3,650 pounds, the 1929 Ruxton factory special known as the Muller Front Drive Special. And in the other...
The name of Noel Macklin is writ large in the history of British sporting cars. Marques such as Eric-Campbell, Silver...
1934 MG K3 Magnette It was one of those little stories that stays with you. The first all-historic motor racing meeting...
From the Donington Grand Prix, held at Donington Park on October 3, 1936, we see Prince Bira coming out of Holly Wood in the ex-Whitney Straight Maserati 8CM. He went on to finish 5th overall. Become a Member & Get Ad-Free Access To This Article (& About 6,000+ More) Access...
Morgans were regularly used in England before World War II in Rallies, Trials and Speed Tests. This is a Morgan...
COPMPETITION HISTORY The 1931 Bugatti Type 51 Dubos Coupe has a fascinating history of competition, design and reincarnation. Originally built as a factory-team grand prix race car piloted by legendary drivers Louis Chiron and Rene Dreyfus, the car was rebodied in Paris in 1937 as an elegant Louis Dubos coupe, which...
