Myron Vernis has a problem. Oh, he seems normal enough at first blush…terrific career, amazing wife, two wonderful loving daughters....
llan and Richard Jensen started business manufacturing auto bodies under contract for Austin. The firm also made bodies for the...
Vintage Bentleys dominated the Endurance Rally Association’s inaugural Baltic Classic Rally, taking the three top spots in the Vintageants category. Peking to Paris European Cup winners Bill Cleyndert and Jacqui Norman added another trophy to their cabinet — which also includes victory in the 2015 Road to Mandalay — after...
The Sunbeam Tiger is an English iconic two-seater roadster, built during the 1960s by the Rootes Group of Britain to...
The Andes adventure started in Antofagasta, on the coast of Northern Chile with 15 cars and teams from Belgium, Finland,...
• RM Auctions’ February 18–19, Bruce Weiner Microcar Museum sale generated more than $9.1 million with 100 percent of all lots sold. Numerous microcar records were set including: a 1958 F.M.R. Tg 500 “Tiger” fetching $322,000, a world record price for a microcar sold at auction; a 1951 Reyonnah selling...
As the 39th annual vintage racecar festival on California’s Monterey Peninsula, the Rolex Monterey Motorsports Reunion, unfolded this past August,...
With the recent passing of automotive icon Carroll Shelby, it is easy to look at his amazing life through the...
2010 marked the 50th anniversary of the successful move John Surtees made from motorcycles to cars, and he remains the only person to have won World championships in both. Goodwood brought together a large selection of Surtees machinery in a very moving tribute to mark the occasion. The bikes ranged...
With its revised and corrected rear suspension, the car is a blast to drive especially when steered with the throttle. Photo:...
The 275 GTB occupies a very rarified space in the pantheon of Ferrari road car history. It sits at an...
October 2008 Tiger Tales Dear Editor, I saw Art’s letter in your August issue about the Sunbeam Tiger. In 1964, I did a shoot for the California Sports Car magazine, the continuation magazine that Art and Dick Sherwin started in the ’50s. We were at the Roots Group showroom on Pico...
Captive Readership Dear Editor, I must share a couple things with you. Due to firefighting injuries/wear and tear I had...
Tiger Tales Dear Editor, I have to point out a rather large error in your article about the Sunbeam Tiger. To be specific, Ken Miles did NOT score “a commanding victory” in the Badger 200. The race was won by Dan Gerber in a Cobra 289. Miles was 2nd in...
This multiple award-winning 1956 Lincoln Premiere (above, photo courtesy of Auctions America) is one of more than 200 no-reserve lots...
Over two-liter Grand Touring cars have always had a place to compete within the ever-changing regulations of international motorsports; the...
I defected to Ford racing with Alan Mann, driving Lotus Cortinas, Mustangs and Falcons. In formula racing, I was driving for Ken Tyrrell. Ken expected feedback from his drivers during testing, qualifying and races. Without this feedback, it was impossible to set up or improve the handling and efficiency of...
Australian Collector Extraordinaire Astounded! That would be the best word to describe how I felt when Sydney, Australia-based classic car...
As you will have read in last month’s Vintage Racecar news, the automotive world lost one of its last remaining...
In 1953, the Rootes Group in England, which had acquired the Sunbeam Company in 1935, produced a handsome sports car, the Sunbeam Alpine. Its styling promised more than it could deliver. With a wheelbase of 97.5 inches and an overall length of 168 inches, it weighed in at almost 3,000 pounds....
If you went looking for the true father of the Sunbeam Tiger, you might surmise that American Carroll Shelby would...
Warren Olson arrived in Southern California fresh out of South Dakota in the late 1940s, just in time to take...
At this year’s Goodwood Festival of Speed, we get to witness the fastest car of 1925 in action as it attacks the FOS hill. With a 4.0-liter V12 engine producing 306PS, the Sunbeam Tiger set a remarkable land speed record of 145mph. Watch the video to learn more about the...