During the late ’50s and early ’60s American racers were doing battle in a wide variety of homebuilt racecars and...
1961 Ferrari 400 Superamerica Series I Coupé Aerodinamico (Estimate: $2,500,000 – $3,000,000) Highlights One of Just 14 Series I Short-Wheelbase...
Photo: Steve Oom With just over 600 produced between 1954 and 1962 it can t be said that the Jensen 541 was built in huge numbers. In my 45-plus years of older car enthusiasm, I can say that I have seen four Jensen 541s, and with pleasure have driven two...
Photo: J. Michael Hemsley When you have the only one ever built, you might have trouble convincing people that it...
Photo: Pete Austin Making its debut in 1963, the Rover P6 was introduced as the new jewel in the crown...
1969 Rennmax BN3Photo: Ian Welsh It can’t be denied that the world of motor racing, both contemporary and historic, is saturated with egos. Some would say that it’s all really driven by egos, and that is sometimes directly connected to the size of the wallet. Perhaps without such egos we...
The author enjoyed slipping snugly into 2617 and giving it a proper run during an HGPCA test day at Silverstone. Photo: Pete...
All right, I suppose I should start off with a confession. I am a mad, keen Austin-Healey enthusiast, and have...
It’s rather ironic that both the birth of the “Pony Car” movement in the mid-1960s, and its eventual death in the early 1970s, would be brought about by the “economy car.” Perhaps even more interesting, and less well known, is the fact that the first car to officially enter this...
The 275 GTB occupies a very rarified space in the pantheon of Ferrari road car history. It sits at an...
With the recent passing of automotive icon Carroll Shelby, it is easy to look at his amazing life through the...
The introduction of the Sting Ray in 1963 sent shockwaves through the North American sports car market, causing a sensation that far surpassed expectations. The overwhelming success of the model prompted the St Louis factory to implement a second shift, yet the demand for these cars remained insatiable. Manufactured under...
The Cheetah was meant to be a Cobra-killer. It was Corvette powered, with a custom-designed chassis and suspension. Watch the...
Italy’s remarkable GT cars have surprising origins, with Iso’s inception standing out as unconventional. The company, initially focused on manufacturing...
The L88 was a special option package developed under the direction of Zora Arkus-Duntov, director of GM’s performance division. First introduced in 1967, the L88 Corvette featured a highly modified version of Chevy’s 427-cubic-inch V-8 engine. Although this engine received a factory horsepower rating of 435, actual engine output was somewhere between 540 and 580 horsepower, giving the “stock” L88...
Ghia debuted the Maserati Ghibli to a stunned public at the prestigious 1966 Turin Motor Show. The advanced styling incorporated...
The Lotus 25 is an example of outstanding absolute landmark design, and one which in many ways has proved to...
Checkout this stunning onboard video of a TVR Griffith 400 as it races at the beautiful Bernina Pass in Switzerland. The TVR Griffith 400 is equipped with a Ford 289 ‘HiPo’ Windsor engine producing 271 horsepower and only 59 of them were made....
No other American icon of performance rises to the level of the 427 Shelby Cobra. And while the 289 Cobra...
The Ferrari 250 GT SWB Breadvan is a one-off Ferrari based on a 1961 Ferrari 250 GT Berlinetta SWB with...
The Porsche 906 or Carrera 6 was the last street-legal racing car from Porsche. A total of 65 were produced in 1966, allowing the model to be homologated for FIA’s new Group 4 Sports Car category although the 906 would also compete in modified form in the Group 6 Sports...
The Elan, Lotus’s first road car with a steel backbone chassis and fiberglass body, debuted in 1962. Initially praised for...
Ferruccio Lamborghini’s challenge to Ferrari began in 1964 with the 350GT, but it was the introduction of the Miura, often...
The 904 featured in this video from Revs Institute was the one that raced in the 1964 Sebring race while being driven by Briggs Cunningham and Lake Underwood. Watch as race driver Gunnar Jeannette takes this legendary race car for a lap around Palm Beach International Raceway!...
Listen to the glorious 2.4-litre V6 engine a Ferrari Dino 246 S as it races up the hillclimb course at...
The first Z06 was actually an option package first offered with the 1963 Corvette. The package was developed by Corvette’s legendary...
Unveiled at the 1959 London Motor Show, the DB4GT, with a shorter wheelbase and reduced weight, debuted victoriously at Silverstone with Stirling Moss behind the wheel, setting the stage for numerous triumphs against Ferrari. Distinguished from the standard DB4 Coupe, the DB4GT underwent significant modifications. The wheelbase was shortened by...
In a chance partnership, Shelby American and the Hertz Corporation devised a plan to provide motorists with the ability to...
The Ferrari 250 LM, designed for Le Mans and unveiled at the 1963 Paris Salon, served as an early precursor...
Carroll Shelby, renowned for creating the iconic Cobra, conceived the idea of infusing his Shelby touch into Ford’s newly hot Mustang, leading to a perfect partnership. In 1967, the Mustang underwent slight body refinements, designed to accommodate Ford’s 390-cubic-inch big-block engine. Shelby opted for the Interceptor 428, adding a dual-carb...
