1969 Austin Maxi Rally Car Author found the Maxi rally machine to be very responsive to driver inputs. Photo: Kary Jiggle...
Almost Famous is Cameron Crowe’s semi-auto-biographical film about a teenage journalist who lands a writing gig with Rolling Stone magazine...
How many vintage racing machines can you name that were originally powered by an ear-piercing DKW power plant? Not such an easy question, but I’m able to recall a few. In the Formula Junior class, there was Erick Sobriery’s 1959 FJ and Lyle Powell’s 1960 FJ, both well-constructed one-offs with...
1961 Ferrari 250GT SWB “Comp/61” Inevitably, when the name Ferrari is brought up in conjunction with racing, the first thing that...
1965 Ford Cortina GT500 First used as a motor racing circuit back in 1938, for the Australian Grand Prix of...
Using his pioneering style of “photo realism,” Dutch-born artist Arthur Benjamins created this commemorative print of Tony Adamowicz and the Milestone Racing Porsche 911 that he drove to the 1968 SCCA Trans-Am’s under-two-liter championship. The original was first shown at Barrett-Jackson’s 2016 Scottsdale Auction, and the image is available in 27-inch...
Mecum Auctions returned to its suburban Chicagoland roots for Mecum Chicago 2016 at the Renaissance Schaumburg Convention Center, where 435...
Le Mans, 1960. You can imagine the scene. The coming decade was cresting the ’50s into oblivion. The vast high-speed...
Oscar Wilde wrote, “The truth is rarely pure and never simple.” This sounds a lot like the car hobby to me. In April, I received a series of emails from Jeffrey Turner of Melbourne, Australia, regarding a racecar he acquired in 2005. Turner wrote, “Having read many ‘Hidden Treasures’ columns...
Six cars from the Ford Performance Collection of megadealer Jim Click will be offered for sale by RM Sotheby’s at...
At the Ferrari Factory in Maranello, Italy in February of 1967, the Ferrari 330/P4s that had just returned from finishing...
We all love to be gob-smacked. It’s part of what keeps the hobby fresh and exciting. You know what I’m talking about. We covet those “Holy s@#&, what is that thing?” moments of blissful discovery. These are the flashes of brilliance that nurture us as we move through life and...
It’s confession time again. For my entire automotive collecting career, now entering its third decade, I’ve been both intrigued and...
Continuing the tradition of bringing together the former employees of Shelby American from the 1960s, this 17th edition of the...
With its revised and corrected rear suspension, the car is a blast to drive especially when steered with the throttle. Photo: Dennis Gray The Sunbeam Tiger is a car well-known to enthusiasts. European cars with powerful American V8s are intriguing. Most of the time these Euro-American hybrids came with high-end, sexy...
The late 1960s brought a host of changes to the famed 24 Hours of Le Mans. The wave of “professionalism”...
For the Brands Hatch Six Hours on July 30, 1967, Mike Spence is at the wheel of the winning Chaparral...
I love Italian sports cars, and if they were built in the 1950s or 1960s, even better. At the top of my personal list are those constructed in small numbers, with bodies hand-crafted from aluminum. And, if the coachwork was executed by Carrozzeria Zagato, all the more glorious. This month’s...
The Canadian-American Challenge Cup was an “unlimited” racing series co-sanctioned by the SCCA in America and the CASC in Canada....
Sex, infidelity, theft, intrigue, a lightly raced car, a tragic airplane crash and a pack of lifelong friends…some famous, some...
Formula 1 in Camera, 1960-69: Volume 2 By Paul Parker Thankfully, renown motor racing photographer Paul Parker has found a new publisher to continue his “In Camera” series, since Haynes no longer publish books of that type. It is a relief to know we’re not being deprived of another peek...
During the Sebring 12 Hours on March 25, 1961, heavy traffic in the Webster Turns finds the factory-entered Austin-Healey Sebring...
During the French Grand Prix at Rouen-les Essarts on July 8, 1962, John Surtees aims the Bowmaker Lola Mk4-Climax into...
Then. I love Japanese Domestic Market (JDM) automobiles. These were cars built specifically for the Japanese market, and the best of them were either higher performance versions of vehicles sold to the USA, or low-production cars only available in the Far East. The Toyota Sports 800 is a very special...
1966 Shelby GT350H When Ford introduced its new Mustang in 1964, it was an immediate sensation. By itself, it created...
Then. Aristotle Socrates Onassis was a Greek shipping magnate with enormous wealth, an iconic style and a passion for objects...
A special era in the history of the Porsche 917 stems from a private conversation held between Porsche team manager Rico Steinemann and the legendary John Wyer the night before the running of the 12 Hours of Sebring in 1969. Steinemann had been authorized by Porsche management to offer J.W....
Pictured is the Jaguar Mk X being introduced at the London International Motor Show, in October 1961, at Earls Court....
Casey Annis Editor/Publisher The famed Ford GT40 appears to be one of the most talked about and sought-after cars in...
Paul McMorran The loss of John Crosslé at the end of August 2014 completes the passing of a remarkable generation in motorsport. John had much in common with the contemporaries and friends who founded Lola, Mallock, Chevron and other icons of what many consider a golden age. Eric Broadley, Arthur...
