Professional racer, John Morton, was recently reunited with the original BRE-prepared Datsun 510 that carried him to 12 wins and...
Founded in 1911 by a Japanese engineer trained in the United States, the Datsun Motor Car Company ranks as one...
1971 Datsun 240Z Photo: Peter Collins The aristocratically named Giuliano Musumeci rather boxy machines called the Cedric, believing these would Greco is the president of Nissan Italia, and for five sun-filled days, he and Nissan Italia’s general manager, Alessandro Cacciotti, guided the Datsun 240Z rally car round the coast of...
The rules were: One lap of Lime Rock, driving backwards from a standing start. You could bring any car, use...
We had run the Datsun roadsters for a season and a half before we ran the 510 and won the championship with that. And so the team kept building—as far as the personnel, it was really a good team. I wasn’t really enthused about the 510 at first because I...
Over the years, Vintage Racecar has been fortunate to have been able to include the work of talented cutaway artist...
While this news has been somewhat eclipsed by the virtual implosion of the U.S. auto industry, after more than a year of boardroom wranglings and financial maneuverings, it looks very likely that Porsche and its bigger sibling Volkswagen will soon be merging…or, at a minimum, officially joining forces. While this...
Still racers, after all these years. That’s what I was thinking as one veteran driver after another mounted the stage...
Bob Holden For anyone involved in motor sport within Australia, the name of Bob Holden has been a prominent one...
Last month we ran the first half of the tale of Hal Crocker’s relationship with Peter Gregg, encompassing the early years of Peter’s racing career. This month Hal tells the rest of the story. Peter GreggPhoto: Hal Crocker Being a photographer himself, Peter Gregg was appreciative of my skills. At...
Martin Swig is a former multi-franchise new-car dealer based in the San Francisco Bay area who is an avid vintage...
Founded by Kent Bain and Charles Webb in 1978, Automotive Restorations, and its racing arm Vintage Racing Services, has grown to become one of the largest, full service restoration shops in the United States. With 35 employees, a 40,000-sq.ft. primary facility for restorations and a 15,000-sq.ft. warehouse for storage, Automotive...
Toyota’s first car, the AA, was a close copy of the DeSoto Airflow with essentially a 1933 Chevrolet engine. Photo: Toyota...
The assembled gladiators, left to right: Alain Mahé, Jean-Francois Piot, Jacques Jauber, Jean Ragnotti, Jean-Louis Marnat, Michele “Biche” Petit, Jean...
My driving roots were from my Dad and my brother who both raced. I was brought up with and around cars. The day I turned 17, the first thing I did was to go and buy my driving license—it’s what you did back then. You put your money on the...
As you’ll read in various sections of this month’s issue, the 2013 season got off to a surprisingly hot start...
Drinking & Driving Photo: The Klemantaski Collection Dear Editor, In my dreams! The photo of the Aston at Spa in...
Gordon McCall is founder of the Motorworks Revival at the Monterey Jet Center and co-founder of The Quail, A Motorsports Gathering VR: Let’s start off right at the beginning. How did you first get started with cars? GM: Real early in life, like a lot of people in my demographic range,...
Tony Parella They say there is no greater zealot, than a recent convert. Though he came to the sport fairly...
Tom Kendall may be best remembered for his dominant 1997 championship season in the SCCA’s Trans-Am series when he set...
If you read my column this month on the other side of the magazine, you’ll see I take a little, personal look back at the strange treatment that the Datsun 240Z has received over the past 30 years in the classic car and historic racing world. Considered a virtual pariah...
Vintage Bentleys dominated the Endurance Rally Association’s inaugural Baltic Classic Rally, taking the three top spots in the Vintageants category....
John Knepp, who with Don Devendorf founded the Datsun/Nissan performance specialty company Electramotive Engineering, has died at the age of...
August 2017 Datsun vs. Ferrari Dear Editor, Read with some amusement your comment on the similarities between the Daytona and the 240Z. Couldn’t help thinking about Rhod Gainer a character from the New Zealand comedy, Small Poppies. He spent five years turning his 240Z into a 275 GTB/4. Become a...