The inaugural Cars in the Claydons will take place Saturday September 3 at The Claydon Estate in Buckinghamshire, featuring a...
The under two-liter Grand Touring (GT) cars have always had a place to compete within the ever changing regulations of...
Augie Pabst: Behind the Wheel By Robert Birmingham Augie Pabst grew up an heir to the family brewing business, and one day in 1952 found himself, literally and figuratively, at a road race on an airport course in south central Wisconsin. The hook was set that day, even though four years...
Northern California’s Classic and Sports Racing Group hosted its 3rd Annual David Love Memorial race meeting at Sonoma Raceway last...
Chairman, Endurance Rally Association Fred Gallagher Fred Gallagher grew up in a part of Northern Ireland where those noted for...
The Morgan Motor Company With no thoughts of cars in mind, I first visited Malvern in the high summer of 1962, arriving by train after a three-hour journey from London on an oven-like day in June. It all seemed like the poem Adlestrop, as nothing stirred. Little did I know...
More than 30 vintage cars raced across farmyards, cornfields and even came under fire at a Stubble Racing Revival held...
Photo: Pete Austin The UK’s Celtic county of Cornwall is a land full of mystical fables and folklore of piskies,...
Dennis Firestone I began racing at age 18 in 1962, on TT motorcycles with my brother-in-law, Don Kratofil, and a friend, Tim Shaw, both of whom were truck drivers working with me at my first trucking company, Safeway Delivery. The delivery service had a six-day-a-week schedule so there were some...
The 14th annual Kastner Cup race will be held at Summit Point Raceway in Summit Point, West Virginia, as part...
Going back to 1953 with the launch of the TR2, Triumph was quick to win the hearts of motoring enthusiasts...
The under 2-liter Grand Touring (GT) cars have always had a place to compete within the ever-changing regulations of international motorsports; the World Sports Car Championship from 1953-1961, the Speedworld Challenge of 1962-1963, the International Championship of Makes from 1964-1971 and the World Championship of Makes from 1972-1981. This included...
Historics or Hysterics? Dear Editor, Bravo Harlan Halsey! A letter—actually a mini-article—over a page in length and I agree with all...
By the early 1950s, several British automotive manufacturers had completely devoted themselves to satisfying the seemingly insatiable postwar appetite for...
It is interesting to note that the two most iconic constructors of Italian road-going sports cars—Ferrari and Maserati—only grudgingly began offering Grand Touring cars in the 1950s. For founders Enzo Ferrari and the Maserati brothers, racing was their focus and their passion. Yet, in a post-war world screaming for sports...
Kiwi Stephen Bell relocated to Colorado when he was 18 to find snow-skiing glory. Along the way, however, he also...
MG’s fabled Competitions Department enjoyed near constant success on the international racing stage. With victories in road racing, rallying, trials and Land Speed Record attempts, the postwar competition and special tuning department in Abingdon, England, was synonymous with “Giant Killing” performance right up through 1967. However, the late ’60s brought...
It’s interesting how things evolve. While I have had no personal experience with the Invicta marque there has always been...
As you’ll read on the Vintage Roadcar side of the magazine this month, I recently had a very interesting and...
Bricklin Company namesake and founder, Malcolm Bricklin. Malcolm Bricklin has more balls than a Christmas tree. Charismatic and effervescent, his personality bubbles over with enthusiasm for his next project, sometimes at the cost of his present project. Jonathan Bricklin, Malcolm’s son said it best: “My father started 30 companies and...
The annual support race at the 24 Hours of Le Mans is one of the most important events in all...
Founded by Kent Bain and Charles Webb in 1978, Automotive Restorations, and its racing arm Vintage Racing Services, has grown...
In celebration of the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee and the coming London Olympics, Rodeo Drive became decidedly British on June 17, when the annual Rodeo Drive Concours d’Elegance celebrated their “THE BRITISH ARE COMING!” theme, with over 30,000 people in attendance. As the 2012 featured marque, Aston Martin was the centerpiece...
The under 2-liter Grand Touring (GT) cars have always had a place to compete within the ever-changing regulations of international...
The LeMay – America’s Car Museum will have its grand opening on June 2, 2012 in Tacoma, Washington, having completed...
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Pete Lyons We start the new season with two interesting notes on the subject of pulchritude. Near the end of...
Nearly 10 years ago in this space (“Sleuths Wanted,” February 2002) I asked if anyone could ID a Can-Am car...
Half a century ago, if your perfectly good sports car were damaged in an accident, you had options. One such option, available starting in the late 1950s, was rather than repairing the body, you could replace it with a completely different body that was made out of a relatively new...
