IndyCar legend Dario Franchitti got the opportunity to test drive what Motor Sport Magazine considers as the ‘holy trinity of...
Charles Kettering, one time head of research at General Motors, once said: “People are very open-minded about new things –...
GT 3.0 Class-winning Équipe Nationale Belge Ferrari 250 GTO 64 finished 5th overall, driven by Lucien Bianchi and Jean Blaton (“Beurlys”). Black and white pen&ink on 12″x 9″ brown paper. For more from the artist: Paul Chenard Automobiliart.com paul.chenard@hotmail.com 1 902 817-9273 www.pinterest.com/automobiliart www.facebook.com/automobiliart.ca...
The GT350, a collaboration between Ford and Carroll Shelby, was created in 1964 for SCCA B Production class racing. It...
One of my favorite telephone conversations of 2007 was with 1950s Bonneville-racing-legend Denny Larsen. For those of you unfamiliar, Larsen...
Bill Thomas had one goal in mind when he designed and produced the Cheetah: beat the Ford Cobra. With Chevrolet backing the company, 25 fine examples were produced until sadly, the factory burnt down. After the blaze, Chevrolet pulled out of the project. The power to weight ratio of this...
After more than 40 years spent so well hidden that most believed it had been destroyed, the hero car from...
The Ferrari 250 GT SWB Breadvan is a one-off Ferrari based on a 1961 Ferrari 250 GT Berlinetta SWB with...
1969 Mirage M2-BRM The Mirage profiled here is no optical illusion, although it is certainly as beautiful as some optical illusions can be. Only three Mirage M2s were ever built. They showed potential in the World Sports Car series, but their development was cut short when Porsche came knocking at...
There is a certain indescribable thrill associated with the resurrection of a long lost automobile. It’s often more than the...
The Porsche 906 or Carrera 6 was the last street-legal racing car from Porsche. A total of 65 were produced...
Al Hoyt is an American hero. He flew 50 missions in a B-17 bomber during World War II and 100 more in a Phantom F-4 during the Vietnam War. He spent 29 years protecting our nation in the Air Force and retired as a full Colonel. And in between all...
No one could envisage the ultimate success of the Mustang. Carroll Shelby brought the car greater fame when he created...
Is there no end to the list of racecar manufacturers of the 20th century? Let’s have a show of hands. How...
Maserati 250 F Car: Maserati 250 F / Engine: 6-Cylinder In-line / Maker: Maserati / Bore X Stroke: 84 mm X 75 mm / Year: 1957 / Capacity: 2,490 cc / Class: Formula 1 / Power: 270 bhp at 8,000 rpm / Wheelbase: 89.8 inches / Track: 51.2 inches Front, 49.2 inches Rear...
Italy’s remarkable GT cars have surprising origins, with Iso’s inception standing out as unconventional. The company, initially focused on manufacturing...
1967 Brabham BT24-Repco Sometimes all your birthdays and Christmases come at once. Shaking down the BT24 on Australia’s legendary Phillip Island circuit revealed it to be a nimble, responsive and forgiving beast. Photo: Casey Annis Picture the scene: It is February 2006 and the Vintage Racecar team has gathered at the...
1964 Cooper T70 For a youthful 26 year old, the lure of winning your own country’s premier motor race in...
The 904 featured in this video from Revs Institute was the one that raced in the 1964 Sebring race while...
Rob Dahm, an automotive YouTuber and Mazda enthusiast, meets up with Llyod Koehler, the owner of a vibrant yellow 1961 Chevrolet Impala lowrider featured in a Tupac music video, “To Live And Die In LA”....
Oscar Wilde wrote, “The truth is rarely pure and never simple.” This sounds a lot like the car hobby to...
Of all the 917 variants, the ‘Interserie Spyder’ was one of the most successful. It won the Interserie championship outright...
The 1957 Ford Thunderbird bid farewell with a sense of pride, showcasing refreshed aesthetics and an array of new performance possibilities. Among these, the most remarkable was the enchanting “F-Code” supercharged engine. Dubbed after the initial letter of the Thunderbird’s chassis number, which represented the car’s factory-installed powerplant, these endearingly...
Based on the 911S, the 911 R was produced by Porsche to compete in the FIA’s GT 2.0 category. To...
The ex–Geoghegan 1960 Lotus Elite The ex–Chamberlain 1960 Lotus Elite The 1967 Lotus Elite Twin Cam No matter what year...
1965 Corvette XP-819 In 1965, famed General Motors designer Larry Shinoda designed a one-off concept car, the XP-819, that tested the concept of a rear-engined (not mid-engined) Corvette. Built under Frank Winchell’s Chevrolet Research and Development group, the XP-819 featured a reverse rotation, marine 327-cu.in V-8 hung out the back...
The genesis for Volkswagen’s near-ubiquitous Transporter, or Microbus, was a combination of post-war necessity and the clever instincts of a...
During the French Grand Prix at Rouen-les Essarts on July 8, 1962, John Surtees aims the Bowmaker Lola Mk4-Climax into...
During the late ’50s and early ’60s American racers were doing battle in a wide variety of homebuilt racecars and Specials. Taking production car engines and chassis and creating their own unique take on a competition car. They may have been quick, but many had a look only a mother...
