This car, which ran as the Multi-Union and was quite modern in look, was actually built up from an Alfa...
1930 Bentley Speed Six A bloke couldn’t think of anything more dissimilar if he tried. From a Boeing 737, to...
[dropcap]A[/dropcap]t Monaco, the first significant race of the 1933 season, a new Grand Prix team made its debut: Scuderia CC, with Rudi Caracciola and Louis Chiron as its principals. Two of the finest, most successful drivers in the world, they each had broken away from their established works teams. The...
Bruce Bromme Sr. was born in 1917, and shortly thereafter was thrust into the world of racing. His father,...
The supercharged, 2-liter Wanderer W25K was admired for its excellent quality and sporting character. The German car, having a two-seater,...
When the Indianapolis Motor Speedway attempted to lower speeds in 1926 by reducing engine size from 122 to 91.5 cubic inches, Harry Miller responded by designing the Miller 91. This particular Miller Special was purchased by Leon Duray in 1927 for $15,000, and he duly entered his black beauty in...
Photo: Mike Jiggle The legendary Argentine enjoyed a fantastic career in racing, and in Formula One he scored 24 Grand...
May 2009 At the Donington Grand Prix in England on October 22, 1938, Silver Arrows pilot Dick Seaman applies the...
Beverly Rae Kimes has been called the “First Lady of Automotive History” for good reason. She has written histories of many of the great cars of the 20th century. Her article titled “Auburn – From Runabout to Speedster,” published in Automobile Quarterly Volume V, Number 4, provides an interesting opinion about Auburn automobiles:...
The 1936 Bugatti Type 57G was also known as “The Tank” and it won Le Mans in 1939, just weeks...
Paternity Test Dear Editor, While Carroll Shelby was undoubtedly involved in the Italia project (to a greater or lesser extent),...
In the early going of the 1934 Coppa Acerbo, in Pescara, Italy, Hans Stuck’s Auto Union Type A led Achille Varzi’s Alfa Romeo P3, but in the end the race produced victory for the Mercedes-Benz, driven by Luigi Fagioli. The Enzo Ferrari-run Alfa Romeos, hitherto almost invincible, met with a...
• The Jaguar XK120 that Norman Dewis drove to set the production car land speed record of 172.412 mph on...
Prince Bira coming out of Holly Wood with the ex-Whitney Straight Maserati 8CM, during the Donington Grand Prix, on October...
Photo: David Gooley One glance at a late 1937, ‘38 or ‘39 Darl’mat 402 Special Sport tells you it’s classic Art Deco French. Those swoopy airfoil fenders reminiscent of custom coachbuilder Saoutchik’s Delahayes, as well as Ettore Bugatti’s creations of the era are the giveaway. Also, the almost cubist bright...
In 1938, Tazio Nuvolari left Alfa Romeo after narrowly avoiding serious injury when the uncompetitive car he was driving burst...
1933 Alfa-Cadillac “Keenan Wynn Special” Looks like an Alfa…but looks can be deceiving. The “Keenan Wynn Special” stretches its legs on an empty stretch of road in Arizona’s Saguaro National Park. Photo: Casey Annis It’s enough to make any self-respecting purist cringe. Take a seductive 1933 Alfa Romeo 8C 2300,...
1936 De Soto Airflow The story of De Soto begins with a record for first year sales that stood for...
1937 Rolls-Royce Phantom III Most will agree the sight of a Rolls-Royce Phantom III majestically gliding across a show field...
Photo: Craig R. Edwards A 1933 Packard 1005 Convertible Coupe owned by Aaron and Valerie Weiss of San Marino, California, took the Best in Show Award at the 7th Annual Desert Classic Concours d’Elegance, held February 23 at the Desert Princess Country Club in Palm Springs. Other notable class winners...
Quite simply, cars raced by Dick Seaman are few and far between. The British driver was active in our sport...
Photo: Ian Welsh Heavy rain, corrugated iron roof and a cup of tea! You really can’t get more Australian than...
The 1936 Duesenberg SJN (Supercharged) and the 1968 Ford GT40 “#1075” won the Best In Show honors on Sunday, March 10, at the 18th annual Amelia Island Concours d’Elegance, which attracted approximately 25,000 spectators throughout the weekend. The 1936 Duesenberg SJN (Supercharged), owned by Helen and Jack Nethercutt of the...
Tommy Ivo’s career in Hollywood spanned nearly two decades. The pocket-sized actor/singer/dancer appeared in more than 100 movies and 200...
1934 MG Q-type The story of how, in 1923, the first MG—under the guidance of Cecil Kimber—grew from the Bullnose...
A joint venture between enthusiast Martyn Corfield and restorer Trevor Farrington has turned back the clock 75 years with the launch of the Atalanta Sports Tourer which marks the revival of a design that was first shown to the public back in 1937. On hand for the unveiling at the...
The Albi Grand Prix; Albi, France, July 16, 1939 Arthur Dobson in the very fast E.R.A. E-type which set pole...
David Dunbar Buick David Dubar Buick was born in Arbroath, Scotland, in 1854, and brought to Detroit, Michigan, at the...
In this month’s feature article, we pay tribute to one of Britain’s oldest racing circuits, Donington Park. Founded in 1931 by a motorcycle racer, Donington became the UK’s second permanent race circuit—Brooklands being the first in 1907—and the UK’s first permanent “park” circuit. Donington went on to host its first...