1970 Nomad-BRM Mk3 After the war years in the UK, a certain Churchillian spirit prevailed, which left many with an...
I want to be Rich Plavetich. Is he cool? Check. Does he have a wonderful and beautiful wife who also...
This is Fernando Hoyos’ depiction of the 1939 Plymouth raced by C. Hortal in the 2,751-mile-long Gran Premio Extraordinario between...
It is always interesting to learn why people enjoy certain types of cars. I’m half English and half Italian, and...
1954 Chrysler Ghia GS1 When Bob Frumpkin drove up in his 1954 Chrysler Ghia GS1 Special, at the Marina in Santa Monica, California, where we had agreed to meet, office workers and the boatyard crew came out to have a look. Several of them took out their cell phones and...
Recently the collector car world has shifted. Although interest remains for established sectors, a new generation of enthusiasts has arrived...
The year 2015 marked the 60th anniversary of Stirling Moss and Denis Jenkinson’s victory in the 1955 Mille Miglia, racing their Mercedes-Benz 300 SLR to a record time of 10 hours 7 minutes 48 seconds. Travelling at the speed they needed to achieve that record, they certainly took to the...
The 1988 season was one of those years when I was truly up against it, my wife was pregnant with...
Gabriel Voisin was born in 1880, in Belleville-sur-Saone. As a young man he studied industrial design in Lyons. In 1908,...
1937 Rolls-Royce Phantom III Most will agree the sight of a Rolls-Royce Phantom III majestically gliding across a show field in the morning is an impressive sight, but seeing a swoopy, coachbuilt, polished copper-clad Phantom such as this car, known among Rolls-Royce and classic car aficionados as “The Copper Kettle”...
Writing about vintage automobiles is great. There are rare cars to cover (“The Only One” Vintage Roadcar, December 2013), cars...
1961 Alfa Romeo SVZ Coda Tronca When you sit down and tot up the number of publicly available variations on...
Pasadena, CA October 22, 2017 Erik Goplen’s 1969 DeTomaso Mangusta. Photo: Craig R. Edwards 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, lets you enjoy unlimited access to all our...
One of the most intriguing post-war American automotive tales has largely been forgotten. It was a car story that began...
February 2018 The Crystal Palace Trophy, Crystal Palace, June 11, 1962. At the start, it’s Roy Salvadori on pole in...
When I was a college student, some friends told me about a woman who ran a hair salon in her...
lfredo Ferrari (Dino) was Enzo Ferrari’s first son, born January 19, 1932. At the time, Enzo was still racing for...
The Andes adventure started in Antofagasta, on the coast of Northern Chile with 15 cars and teams from Belgium, Finland,...
1948 Chrysler Town & Country Chris Kidd called a few days ago and said, “You guys have to see this!...
1965 Lola T60-Cosworth SCA Photo: Pete Austin Since the birth of the Formula One Championship, in 1950, there has been a ladder for potential Grand Prix drivers to climb to qualify, or rather amass the necessary skill set/finance, to be able to race at the top level. Obviously, like all...
1953 Leson Simca Special Progress is not always a good thing. In the early 1950s, if you wanted to go...
March 2018 Dan Gurney scored his initial Grand Prix victory in this 8-cylinder Porsche 804, seen here at Nouveau Monde...
Artist John Rice created this watercolor painting of Dan Gurney and his Eagle 104-Weslake racing in his home GP, the...
1936 De Soto Airflow The story of De Soto begins with a record for first year sales that stood for...
1966 Eagle-Weslake It is a privilege to update and run my test of the Eagle-Weslake. At Vintage Racecar we were very lucky to be close to Dan and his family. Casey Annis and I sat in his office and he told revealing stories, and occasionally from the other room Evi...
