Photo: BRDC Archive My greatest racecar is not a car I actually drove, but it represents a missed opportunity I...
The epic battle between Ferrari and Cobra had begun, but initially the Italian cars were still the best. The winner...
Casey Annis Editor/Publisher Elsewhere in this issue you’ll read of the passing of an individual that you’ve likely never heard of. Yet, this gentleman is probably responsible for preserving more significant racing history than nearly anyone else in the past 50 years. His name was Bill Spoerle and from 1963...
Maserati 250 F Car: Maserati 250 F / Engine: 6-Cylinder In-line / Maker: Maserati / Bore X Stroke: 84 mm X 75...
The Mustang was introduced to an anxious public in Flushing, NY at the 1964 World’s Fair. Photo: Ford Motor Company...
It’s a simple fact that the most popular form of motor racing in Australia today is sedan racing. Of course, this is much to the chagrin of the purist who would walk over hot coals to watch open-wheelers or sports racing cars. It was quite the opposite during the 1960s...
Photo: Peter Collins As one of only 22 OSCA cars bodied by Carrozzeria Fissore, this pretty little twin-cam-powered GT2 coupe...
A manufacturer’s ultimate aim in motor racing is to hope success on the track will lead to greater sales off...
Earls Court, London, England. October 1960. Battista Farina (second from right) pictured with the Farina-Bodied Chevrolet Corvair. Photo courtesy of: LAT Photographic Teddington Studios, Broom Road, Teddington, Middlesex, TW11 9BE UK, Tel: +44 (0) 20 8267 3000, Fax: 020 8267 3001 Email: lat.photo@haymarket.com www.latphoto.co.uk...
Then. The year 1963 gave us the Lava Lamp, touch-tone phones, instant coffee and Johnny Depp. That same year Jim...
Photo: Pete Austin Legendary, iconic, brute and monster are all words that can be used to describe the world’s ultimate...
The genesis for Volkswagen’s near-ubiquitous Transporter, or Microbus, was a combination of post-war necessity and the clever instincts of a Dutch importer. After World War II, VW’s Wolfsburg factory was in disarray and taken over by the Allied forces. While offered to a number of British and American car companies...
Photo: Roger Dixon I’ve always said that the greatest racecar I’ve ever driven was the Alan Mann Mustang, registration DPK...
No one could envisage the ultimate success of the Mustang. Carroll Shelby brought the car greater fame when he created...
The initial design for the Amphicar—a contraction of Amphibious and Car—came from German racer and engineer Hans Trippel, who in 1932 began work on an amphibious vehicle for Volkswagen, the Schwimmerwagen. After the war, Trippel adapted his Schwimmerwagen design into a production, leisure vehicle that would be built under the...
• A unique 1953 Ferrari 166MM, bodied by Oblin with wonderful racing provenance will star in Artcurial Motorcars’ Retromobile sale...
Photo: Courtesy of the International Motor Racing Research Center at Watkins Glen In 1983 Matt Jones of Livingston, Texas, received...
Cedric SelzerPhoto: Mike Jiggle At the beginning of the 1963 season we had a choice, whether we wanted to work in Formula One or at Indianapolis. I had a long think about this and decided to stick to Formula One. I didn’t fancy the idea of being in one place...
During the 1960s, Mercedes-Benz offered a series of convertible and coupe sedans based on its W111 chassis platform. Early variants...
Photo: Casey Annis History is a curious thing, we tend to think of it as fixed and absolute, when in...
Photo: Casey Annis The story of the Corvette and how it came to race at Le Mans is one in which the dreams of a number of individuals intersect, over a prolonged period of time. While each of these dreamers came from vastly different backgrounds and held often times very...
Russo and Steele Collector Automobiles’ inaugural Newport Beach sale, held June 20-22, attracted 10,000 attendees and posted an impressive $6.5...
Beginning Friday, Aug. 9, LeMay —America’s Car Museum (ACM) will recount the six-decade evolution of the Chevrolet Corvette, a sports...
Then. What do Elvis Presley, Ann-Margret, Max Balchowsky and a ’63 Corvette Split Window Coupe have in common? Read on! 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. Our membership removes most ads,...
Le Mans, 1966. The lone Bizzarrini P538 entry (Chassis 003) driven by Swiss racers Edgar Berney (pictured) and Andre Wiky....
Colin Chapman began building and racing his own cars in the late 1940s. Over the next 10 years, his Lotus racing cars enjoyed tremendous on-track success, which precipitated increased orders and significant scaling up of his then small cottage business. By the late 1950s, Chapman’s business had grown to the...
By the early 1950s, several British automotive manufacturers had completely devoted themselves to satisfying the seemingly insatiable postwar appetite for...
The Anglo-European Trophy, Brands Hatch, September 14, 1963. Tim Mayer was a very talented young American driver and the brother of Teddy Mayer, who was Bruce McLaren’s partner. Here he is at Druids on his way to a 6th place finish in Ken Tyrrell’s Cooper. Mayer crashed fatally in Australia...
