The Old Gal was on Life Support in 1971 Story by Louis Galanos | Photos as credited In March of...
Artcurial Motorcars’ Parisienne 2021 sale was held on February 5, 2021. The collectors’ car world witnessed an esteemed line-up of vehicles...
The 1972 24 Hours of Le Mans was the 40th Grand Prix of Endurance, and took place on June 10th and 11th. It was the ninth round of the World Sportscar Championship. The track layout was changed yet again for 1972, with a new section of turns being built between...
Relive the exhilarating moments of the 1972 Le Mans 24 Hours race, where Graham Hill and Henri Pescarolo emerged victorious...
In convoy with a Ferrari 365 GT 2+2, no one seemed to notice the intensely red Ferrari. Instead, fingers pointed...
In 2015, the Citroën DS celebrated its 60th anniversary, in style, in Paris. Over 700 DS owners traveled from all over Europe, showing how the DS still enjoys a huge following. Unanimously acclaimed for its road handling qualities, the DS would also go on to become an agile competition car....
When Chevrolet introduced the 1972 Corvette for the fifth year of C3 production, the basic car remained essentially unchanged from...
Recollections of the 1972 Daytona 6-Hour Continental – Peter Revson and Alfa Romeo By Louis Galanos Within the racing community...
Tom Tjaarda was born to design automobiles. His father John Tjaarda developed a concept car for the Ford Motor Company. It was called the “Briggs Dream Car” and it was a streamlined, rear-engined creation based on some of his earlier designs. It was eventually reworked to have the engine up...
At the Goodwood Festival of Speed, cvdzijden – Supercar Videos captured footage of a 1972 Ferrari 365 GTB/4 Daytona Competizione....
Refrigerators, Motorcycles, Microcars, Sports Coupes – All Connected in a Forgotten Italian Marque Italian marques such as Ferrari, Lamborghini, Alfa...
In 1966, at the Turin Motor Show, the world got its first look at the Maserati Ghibli, as a two-seat concept car. The sharp, angular bodylines were penned by a young Giorgetto Giugiaro, who at the time was working for Ghia. Like its stablemates the Mistral and Khamsin, the Ghibli...
The Toad Hall Racing Porsche 911 S/T as driven by Jürgen Barth and Michael Keyser at the 1972 1000km Nürburgring...
1973 Daytona Race Profile – Daytona Returns to 24 Hours By Louis Galanos | Photos as credited In the eyes...
Alfa Romeo has produced a great number of very special cars during its 105-plus years of existence. Most of them, though, started life as bare chassis, where coachbuilders like Touring, Ghia, Zagato, and Vignale put incredible bodies on them. Once in a while, Alfa did a special limited production model....
1973 Canadian Grand Prix – A Study in Firsts and Lasts Report and photos by Al Wolford The Canadian Grand...
General Description In 1968, Ferrari saw it fit to replace the four-year-old 275 GTB/4. The 365 GTB/4 was introduced, and...
Myron Vernis has a problem. Oh, he seems normal enough at first blush…terrific career, amazing wife, two wonderful loving daughters. But trust me…he’s got major issues. As a physician I fix the bones, not what resides above the clavicles, so I may be stretching out of field a bit on...
Just after midnight, in February 1973, there was a battle being waged on a Daytona Beach, Florida race track. All...
Story and photos by Rich Martin By the time the 1973 United States Grand Prix came around I practically made...
The United States Grand Prix; Watkins Glen; October 10, 1973 Emerson Fittipaldi, in his Lotus 72, qualified well, but was only able to finish 6th, the last car on the lead lap, due to having flat-spotted his front tires. Photo courtesy of: THE KLEMANTASKI COLLECTIONPO Box 8204, Stamford, CT 06905...
Story and photos by Hal Crocker As it lay there all twisted and rusting its steel skeleton reminded me of...
Story and photo by Hal Crocker The voice on the phone was by Maker’s Mark, the sound of fine Kentucky...
Starting in 1954, Italian manufacturer Alfa Romeo launched a series of small, affordable sports cars based around its all-alloy, 1300-cc, inline, 4-cylinder engine. This new model came to be known as the Giulietta (750 Series) and for the next 10 years would prove to be a fabulously successful offering for...
12/6/08 Update: We sold the Alfa back to the person that sold it to us. He was very happy to...
lfredo Ferrari (Dino) was Enzo Ferrari’s first son, born January 19, 1932. At the time, Enzo was still racing for...
llan and Richard Jensen started business manufacturing auto bodies under contract for Austin. The firm also made bodies for the Volvo P1800, Sunbeam Tiger and Austin-Healey in addition to the first Interceptor built from 1950 to 1957 with various engines under an attractive glass fiber body. The second iteration of...
Without a doubt, the Lancia Stratos is one of the greatest rally cars ever. The glorious sound coming from its...
The Triumph Motor Company was a manufacturer started by two partners from Germany building bicycles under the trade name Triumph....
The Bricklin SV-1 was supposed to embody the safe car of the future; the name stands for “Safety Vehicle 1.” But its safety features introduced a boatload of manufacturing difficulties and performance deficiencies that ultimately led to its demise. If you want to learn more about this interesting car, watch...
