Roy Brown Jr.—designer of the much maligned, ’50s flop the Ford Edsel—passed away on Feb. 24 in Ann Arbor, Michigan,...
One of the stars taking the green at this year’s Greenwich Concours, June 1-2, will be a very rare Ghia-bodied...
Philanthropist Peter Mullin is founder of the Mullin Automotive Museum in Oxnard, California, as well as Chairman of the Board of Directors for the Petersen Automotive Museum. VR: Tell me how you first became enamored with cars. Like so many of us, I would imagine you were bit by the bug...
Six (possibly seven) DB2 chassis were sent to Graber, in Switzerland, for custom convertible bodies that featured fixed front fenders...
Racer Hurdles Crowd and Lives.” This was the Sunday, August 31, 1952 headline story in the Buffalo Courier Express. The...
A single blown tire put an end to one of the greatest open-road races of all time. Driving along the dazzling Italian countryside in May of 1957 at more than 150 mph, a punctured tire launched the Ferrari of Alfonso de Portago over a canal, instantly killing de Portago, co-driver...
• Northern California’s Classic Sports Racing Group will host its 10th Annual Charity Challenge at Sonoma Raceway on the weekend...
It takes all kinds of digging to unearth a Hidden Treasure. Sometimes you even have to bring a shovel. Chip...
Beginning Friday, Aug. 9, LeMay —America’s Car Museum (ACM) will recount the six-decade evolution of the Chevrolet Corvette, a sports car whose iconic styling and performance will be showcased in the museum’s new “60 Years of Vette” exhibit that will run through the end of the year. Photo: GM “The...
Then. By his own admission, Geoff Hacker specializes in finding cars that no one is looking for. It’s actually an...
This Chapron Delahaye 235 was an attractive exhibitor at the 1953 Paris Salon, the renowned French automobile exhibition that opened...
Photo: Mike Jiggle If I was able to use only two words to describe my experience of driving the elegant Chapron Delahaye 235 MS on the open roads of England then they would be, “A handful!” On first sight, I found this French machine easy on the eye, with more...
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• A unique 1953 Ferrari 166MM, bodied by Oblin with wonderful racing provenance will star in Artcurial Motorcars’ Retromobile sale...
1955 was the last year of racing on public roads for Watkins Glen—September 17. It was the 4.6-mile course up on the hill in Dix Township—the one with the mile and a third steep downhill straight ending in a hairpin turn. If you ran out of brakes or just weren’t...
Here is Maria Teresa de Filippis at the Gasometer turn, at the end of the main straight along the harbor,...
Then. Southern California is home to a seemingly endless supply of astounding cars hiding in garages, warehouses and barns. For...
For the International Formula Libre Race at the British Grand Prix meeting at Silvertone, July 18, 1953, Juan Manuel Fangio drove the V16 BRM, finishing 2nd to “Nino” Farina in Tony Vandervell’s Thinwall Special 4.5-liter Ferrari. Become a Member & Get Ad-Free Access To This Article (& About 6,000+ More)...
This Ghia-bodied Chrysler Dart was one of the largest cars in the Turin car show in 1956. It was an...
Photo: Pete Austin Lawrence Bond was a stubborn man who often as not was unwilling to compromise on his ideas. He...
The German Grand Prix; Nürburgring, August 1, 1954. A field of Porsche 356s approaches the South Curve complex following the start of their support race. Become a Member & Get Ad-Free Access To This Article (& About 6,000+ More) Access to the full article is limited to paid subscribers only....
The scene is just prior to the start of the 1955 British Grand Prix at Aintree, and local favorite Stirling...
Mike Lawrence There’s a general feeling that endurance racing is about to enter a new age. Porsche is back and...
Karl Kling, Mercedes W196.Photo: courtesy of Chris Bayley Automobilia (www.chrisbayleyautomobilia.co.uk) Lost in the sands of time for nearly 60 years a photographic collection has recently been unearthed by Automotive Collector Chris Bayley. These original photos, which are believed not to have ever been previously published, transport us back to the...
Photo: Pete Austin Cars don’t come much better than this. Born in a golden era of sportscar racing, this French...
Then. In a tiny village of 100 houses in the province of Luxembourg, Belgium, lives a man grinning from ear...
Stirling Moss won the feature race of the Easter Monday meeting at Goodwood 1956 in the works Aston Martin DB3S. His drive that day is captured in this oil painting by artist Bernard Reeves. Based in Herefordshire, England, Reeves specializes in oil and gouache paintings. His portfolio includes specialist oil...
The year 1957 was one of firsts for Corvette. It may have been a virtual twin to the 1956 model,...
January, 1959. At this time, the German 1½ litre Borgward Isabella Coupé was in growing demand, reaching nearly 100mph with...
Photo: Dick Barnatt A 1954 Aston Martin DB 2/4, which is believed to have been the inspiration for James Bond’s Aston Martin, was unveiled by international auctioneers Coys, at London’s Old Admiralty Building, where Ian Fleming had his office. The car, which will be auctioned at Coys’ traditional Blenheim Palace...
