1961 Alfa Romeo SVZ Coda Tronca When you sit down and tot up the number of publicly available variations on...
Continuing the tradition of bringing together the former employees of Shelby American from the 1960s, this 17th edition of the...
The video below from our friends at Petrolicious tells the story of Tony Parkinson and his acquisition of a very special racecar: one of three 1963 Austin-Healey 3000 MkIIs built to race the 12 Hours of Sebring in 1963. These unique racecars were pulled directly from the assembly line and received extensive...
Paul McMorran The loss of John Crosslé at the end of August 2014 completes the passing of a remarkable generation...
March 2018 Dan Gurney scored his initial Grand Prix victory in this 8-cylinder Porsche 804, seen here at Nouveau Monde...
In a new video, Jay Leno showcased a 1963 Jaguar XKE found in a cluttered garage in Burbank, California. After a year of work, the car is now back on the road in its original form....
In 1965, I enjoyed a working holiday in London. On Friday 18 June that year I took the cheapest tour...
1962 Ferrari 250 GTO There will be no cliches, euphemisms, over-emotional exaggerations, or use of the word “icon” in this...
The DB5 was introduced in July of 1963 and was an evolution of the DB4 series rather than a whole new machine. The major change was the motor, which was increased to 4 liters, up from 3.7. The light alloy engine was equipped with triple SU carburetors and mated to...
The ‘Evening with Aston Martin’ sale in Monterey, curated by auction house RM Sotheby’s as part of their annual Monterey...
A special era in the history of the Porsche 917 stems from a private conversation held between Porsche team manager...
In a scene from the 1967 BUA International Trophy Meeting, on the May Spring Bank Holiday, at Crystal Palace, two Ford GT40s duel for position. Number 47, driven by Terry Drury, leads Frank Gardner in number 41. It was a brief moment of glory, however, as Drury failed to finish,...
Oscar Wilde wrote, “The truth is rarely pure and never simple.” This sounds a lot like the car hobby to...
Rob Dahm, an automotive YouTuber and Mazda enthusiast, meets up with Llyod Koehler, the owner of a vibrant yellow 1961...
The Hill Family and L.A.’s Petersen Automotive Museum marked the 50th Anniversary of Phil Hill’s 1961 World Championship for Ferrari at the museum last November with a tribute to America’s first F1 titlist during which various contemporaries shared memories of and stories about him. The evening was highlighted by a...
1966 Lola T70 SL71/48 Proper warming up of components and attention paid to maintaining balance with the handling were the...
1964 Elva-Porsche One of the most important characteristics of a performance or racing car is the power-to-weight ratio. The goal...
Ben Collins takes a thrilling ride in the 1967 Alpine A210, a legendary race car that made its mark in the prestigious 24-hour endurance race. ...
The origins of the Packwood Special can be traced to California aerospace engineer Steve Mulholland, who gathered components over a...
The folks at RM Sotheby’s recently auctioned one of only two 1969 ZL-1 Corvettes ever made and it sold for...
1964 Lotus 30 During his test drive at Silverstone, the author found that most of what he’d heard about the Lotus 30 over the years wasn’t necessarily true. Photo: Pete Austin Racing car enthusiasts, on the whole, treasure every innovative idea manufacturers have managed to conjure up. However, Auto Union and...
Trevor Wilkinson started his engineering business, in 1946, in Beverly Grove, Blackpool. It was named Trevcar Motors and the business...
1960 Jolus Formula Junior “Fair Dinkum?” Was my response to the question. Fortunate would be a good way of describing...
The Miura vehicle was created by Lamborghini engineers Gian Paolo Dallara, Paolo Stanzini, and Bob Wallace. It was first unveiled as a chassis without a body at the 1965 Turin Motor Show. Marcello Gandini from Bertone was then responsible for designing the bodywork. The result was the P400 GT prototype,...
U.S. Presidential election fever hit Goodwood, and the Revival candidate was none other than Dan Gurney. Posters, pin badges and...
Cedric SelzerPhoto: Mike Jiggle At the beginning of the 1963 season we had a choice, whether we wanted to work...
The Aston Martin DB5 was made famous in the 1964 James Bond film Goldfinger, and from then on it has been used in five more Bond films, becoming the most recognizable Bond car of all time and one of the most iconic cars in automotive history. This acrylic on canvas...
July 2006 Speed, Frozen in Time : Vintage Racecar Images By Jamie Hankin Readers of Vintage Raecar will be familiar...
It’s confession time again. For my entire automotive collecting career, now entering its third decade, I’ve been both intrigued and...
January 2009 The Le Mans 24 Hours; Le Mans, June 10-11, 1961. Augie Pabst seems serene at the wheel of the battered and besmudged Briggs Cunningham-entered Maserati Tipo 63 that he and Richard Thompson drove to 4th place overall at Le Mans in 1961. Photo courtesy of: THE KLEMANTASKI COLLECTION...
