Bruce Bromme Sr. was born in 1917, and shortly thereafter was thrust into the world of racing. His father,...
Arturo and Deborah Keller’s stunning 1938 Mercedes-Benz 540K has been chosen as this year’s recipient of the prestigious Louis Vuitton...
The aristocracy of automobile marques in the days before the Great Depression was comprised almost exclusively of products from European manufacturers: Hispano-Suiza, Isotta Fraschini, Minerva, Mercedes-Benz and Rolls-Royce. American buyers who wanted the finest luxury car that money could buy inevitably chose vehicles that were imported from the Old World;...
A joint venture between enthusiast Martyn Corfield and restorer Trevor Farrington has turned back the clock 75 years with the...
February 2011 During the J.C.C. International Trophy race at Brooklands, U.K., on May 6, 1939, Kenneth Evans is shown at...
1934 Riley Nine MPH Le Mans Special If not the dream of everyone with any interest in motor racing, it must be at least a part-time fantasy of every male who has ever seen an automobile. (I leave females out here as I believe they are less prone to this...
1934 MG K3 Magnette It was one of those little stories that stays with you. The first all-historic motor racing meeting...
The lunacy of automotive collecting has no bounds. My personal journey has taken me from Italian coach-builts to vintage racecars...
1933 Alfa-Cadillac “Keenan Wynn Special” Looks like an Alfa…but looks can be deceiving. The “Keenan Wynn Special” stretches its legs on an empty stretch of road in Arizona’s Saguaro National Park. Photo: Casey Annis It’s enough to make any self-respecting purist cringe. Take a seductive 1933 Alfa Romeo 8C 2300,...
May 2009 At the Donington Grand Prix in England on October 22, 1938, Silver Arrows pilot Dick Seaman applies the...
In 1938, Tazio Nuvolari left Alfa Romeo after narrowly avoiding serious injury when the uncompetitive car he was driving burst...
December 2008 The Donington Grand Prix; Donington, October 3, 1936. Prince Bira coming out of Holly Wood with the ex-Whitney Straight Maserati 8CM. He would finish 5th overall. Photo courtesy of: THE KLEMANTASKI COLLECTION PMB 219 – 65 High Ridge Road, Stamford, CT 06905-3814 USA., Tel: (203) 461-9804 • Fax:...
1935 Sulman Singer We all have defining moments in our lives that remain with us. Moments that leave an indelible...
1934 Team Talbot 105s When the conversation turns to the great prewar race and rally teams, the big names—Bentley, Maserati, Alfa Romeo—tend to dominate the list that is produced. Certain marques managed to get a great deal of attention at the time and have hogged the memory of most prewar...
1939 2-Liter Monoposto Speed Model Back in 1966 I bought the second serious car I ever owned, a 1958 Aston...
1936 Alfa Romeo 2900A Mille Miglia Photo: Peter Collins The Alfa cockpit has a number of refined details for a...
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