John Fitch lived a life filled with adventure and invention that is difficult to capture in a brief such as...
Pete Lyons Partway through an evening of kind words, warm recollections and congratulations, the moderator came on the mic and...
The Platypus Porsche Sports Racing car By Kevin Triplett | Photos by Dennis Gray The Platypus Sports racing car routinely appears historic car racing events on the West Coast; it is a great story of an American home-built race car improbably named after the Australian mammal. At the 1953 Paris...
Away from the start of Race 3 at Eagle Mountain in April of 1957, Dave Tallaksen’s 3.4-liter XK-SS (#147) shares...
From 1950 until his premature retirement from road racing and hillclimbing just three years later, Tommy Hoan set his competitors...
Privateer Bruce Halford took part in the epic 1957 German Grand Prix, finishing 11th in his Maserati 250F. It was one of my duties to convey Bruce’s Maserati around the Continent in a converted Royal Blue AEC coach. This particular saga began at the Maserati factory in Modena, where I...
The Canadian American Challenge Cup, co-sanctioned by the SCCA and the CASC, was essentially an “unlimited” series. Although there was...
The 18th Annual Amelia Island Concours d’Elegance will honor racing driver Sam Posey as its special guest and celebrate the...
Howden Ganley stopped by our vendor booth at the recent Rolex Monterey Motorsports Reunion, where one of the old photos we showed him started a discussion so interesting that I’m keen to share it with you. The picture was made by Art Evans at Palm Springs in November, 1956. It...
This Porsche 962-103, better known as the “Holbert Racing Löwenbräu Special,” is widely considered the most successful and recognizable 962....
• McCormick’s Palms Springs Collector Car Auction will be held November 16-18, 2012. Among the early entries are a 1953...
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...
Photo: RM Auctions During this year’s Classic Car Week in Monterey, 53 cars were sold at auction for prices above $1...
Pete Lyons Got paper and pen at hand? Or simple fingers will do: Try coming up with a list of...
By Andrew Newton Featured in this classified ad from May 1972 issue of Road & Track is a fine example of one of the most lusted after Porsches of them all: The 356 Speedster with the four-cam Carrera motor. In 1972 this Carrera was just a used, out of date sports...
The Paddock at Watkins Glen in 1954 is filled with a representative sampling of the caars being raced, including Jaguar...
Driving in to the office the other morning, I was listening to a comedian on the radio. His name is...
Fluent in six languages, tall, with regular features set off by an immaculately clipped goatee beard and moustache, Jo Bonnier crammed a lot into his 42 years. He was an accomplished Formula One and sports car racer, president of the Grand Prix Drivers Association and proprietor of his own art...
Small independent shops are keystones of the automobile restoration industry, and among the more notable of these is Cavaglieri Restorations,...
On June 20–24, the MG Club of Brazil staged a highly successful 1000-mile FIVA-sanctioned historic rally across Brazil. With 52 cars (manufactured between 1919 and 1980) the rally’s obvious Brazilian entries were joined by enthusiasts from Argentina, Uruguay, Portugal and even Germany. Star quality was added to the event by...
The Porsche 911 will be featured at the 2013 Amelia Island Concours d’Elegance, scheduled for March 9-10 in Amelia Island,...
The Classics at the Castle Porsche Concours 2012 was staged Sunday, September 2nd on the grounds of Hedingham Castle, which...
Mention the words “Rudi” and “Mercedes” and what comes to mind? Chances are good it will be images of famed...
Kessler Cooper? Dear Sir, I just saw part of your article on Bruce Kessler [VR, Oct. & Nov. 2009] that...
Leading the exceptional roster of “Rennsport” Porsches recently consigned to RM’s August 17–18, Monterey sale is an extraordinary, well-documented 1971 Porsche 917/10 Spyder Can-Am racecar (chassis 917/10-002). Raced in period by Jo Siffert, the car on offer is widely considered one of the greatest sports racing cars ever built. Initially...
At the Frankfurt Motor Show in September 1973, Porsche unveiled a special 911 concept car that changed the course of...
At its traditional location on Peter Hay Hill overlooking the Lodge at Pebble Beach, Porsche will exhibit the latest iterations...
Driving trials of the Porsche 918 Spyder are entering the next phase. A permanent fixture of the test programme for the 918 Spyder – and in the tuning process for all Porsche vehicles – is the 20.8 km long challenging Nürburgring-Nordschleife race circuit. After all, a lap time of less...
