This Ghia-bodied Chrysler Dart was one of the largest cars in the Turin car show in 1956. It was an...
The Berkeley Coachwork Company of Biggleswade was England’s top manufacturer of trailers in the 1950s. Company topper Charles Panter decided...
It’s more Mad Max than Mille Miglia…a Porsche 356 with front skis and rear tractor treads replacing rubber tires and alloy wheels. This 1956 Porsche project has conquered all seven continents, including a class win (with wheels and tires) in the 2012 Carrera Panamericana. The configuration that took to the...
In order to understand the Pegaso story, it’s first necessary to understand the man behind the car and the tumultuous...
1955 was the last year of racing on public roads for Watkins Glen—September 17. It was the 4.6-mile course up...
It’s hard to imagine that what was probably the greatest range of post-war production sports cars, really started life as an engine looking for a suitable chassis/body unit. Become a Member & Get Ad-Free Access To This Article (& About 6,000+ More) Access to the full article is limited to...
I want to be Rich Plavetich. Is he cool? Check. Does he have a wonderful and beautiful wife who also...
1958 BRM P25 Chassis 258 It may come as a surprise to many people that Stirling Moss always regarded the...
June 14–15 ,1952, 24 Hours of Le Mans This was a great idea that failed. Jaguar fitted special streamlined bodywork to the C-Types for Le Mans, to increase top speed. Unfortunately, there was not enough engine cooling and all their cars retired. Here Tony Rolt, who drove with Duncan Hamilton,...
In remembering and memorializing John Fitch upon the occasion of his death, Vintage Racecar has produced this brief photographic summary...
Opening in 1921, AVUS (Automobil-Verkehrs-und Übungs-Straße) was devised by the AvD as a motorsport venue and test track for the...
At the 1955 Brussels Motor Show, Lancia introduced the B24 Spider America, an open two-seater that is arguably the most iconic and sought-after variant of the series. The Spider embodied the charming and quintessentially Italian style, with a 2,451 mm wheelbase that was about 210 mm shorter than the main...
Ex-Factory Racer Shines A fabulous 1957 Ferrari 335 S has won the coveted Best of Show award at this year’s...
Few early American racers did more than Ak Miller. He was a well-known hot rodder, successful long-distance racer, had more...
The 1955 24-hour race at Le Mans was set to be an epic contest. Mercedes-Benz had entered the brilliant new W196 single seater-based sports car, the 300 SLR. Stirling Moss had driven the 300 SLR to victory two months previously in the Mille Miglia. For this race he was to...
Beginning Friday, Aug. 9, LeMay —America’s Car Museum (ACM) will recount the six-decade evolution of the Chevrolet Corvette, a sports...
Few cars have had more racing success and are more legendary than the Porsche 550 Spyder. From the model’s first...
April 2018 Whatever Happened to the Gold Cup? by Mike Allen Once retirement is upon us, whether forced by age or other circumstances, how to fill the time is an initial worry. Author Mike Allen’s project to fill his time was to research the Oulton Park International Gold Cup races....
Ray Petros is a dedicated Studebaker collector. It is natural that he focuses on that marque, since his family were...
Whether or not most of us realize it, a most unusual man is among us. Until the late ’50s, he...
To celebrate Hans Hermann’s 95th birthday, we look back at one of the most spectacular crashes in F1 history. At the 1959 German Grand Prix, Hans Hermann was driving a BRM P25 and crashed after five laps into the second heat. The crash was quite spectacular as the car somersaulted...
The iconic Ferrari 250 Testa Rossa reigns as one of the most beautiful creations the industry has ever seen. The...
Like most German industrial companies, World War II left much of Mercedes-Benz’s Stuttgart factory in ruins. However, with time Mercedes...
Photo: Mike Jiggle If I was able to use only two words to describe my experience of driving the elegant Chapron Delahaye 235 MS on the open roads of England then they would be, “A handful!” On first sight, I found this French machine easy on the eye, with more...
Roy Brown Jr.—designer of the much maligned, ’50s flop the Ford Edsel—passed away on Feb. 24 in Ann Arbor, Michigan,...
1956 Ferrari 500 TR Prototype I have to confess that we sometimes get very carried away by some of the...
During the fifties, Aston Martin produced sports cars with the designation, DB, which, of course, stands for David Brown. In addition to the 2-door hardtops—called saloons by the factory—a series of open sports cars, actually sports racers (later called sports racing cars), were constructed, raced by the factory and sold...
The racing surface didn’t have time to cure properly, so it had to be repaired at intervals by work crews...
The Ferrari 166 Inter was Ferrari’s first true grand tourer and Ferrari’s first 12-cylinder engine to reach 2-liter capacity. The 166 Inter was an evolution...
It was one of those good races spoiled by bad scoring. After taking the checkered flag at 10 pm, Phil Hill and Carroll Shelby had about 20 minutes to savor their “win” in a Ferrari. Then Jaguar drivers Mike Hawthorn and Phil Walters were called to replace them in the...
