Since the doors opened in 1924, the MG Car Company of Great Britain has been producing interesting and innovative automobiles....
Few early American racers did more than Ak Miller. He was a well-known hot rodder, successful long-distance racer, had more...
Then. Lyn Smith majored in education at Akron University but says he would have wound up in jail had he taught full-time. He describes himself as “mostly a derelict,” but his self-deprecating humor does little to hide his boundless intellectual gifts and wonderful nature. Smith’s first job out of college...
“For nearly a half-century, wherever Americans powered their way to automobile glory, whether on the two-and-a-half-mile Speedway at Indianapolis, the...
If you were going to build an 850-cc sports racer in the 1960s, which engine would you choose? Larry Kropp...
I want to be Rich Plavetich. Is he cool? Check. Does he have a wonderful and beautiful wife who also loves cars? Check. How about a fabulous career? Check (General Manager, Nissan Design America). But does he have a car collection? Check, and it’s awesome! (see Hidden Treasures, December, 2016)....
The euphoria associated with the end of WWII greatly contributed to the sudden global popularity of sports car racing. Large...
Bruce Bromme Sr. was born in 1917, and shortly thereafter was thrust into the world of racing. His father, Louis Bromme, was a highly skilled mechanic who worked for Fred Duesenberg during the board track era. By age seven Bruce was a regular at Legion Ascot Speedway and the...
Greg Smith is a long time vintage racing enthusiast and runs a restoration shop that has traditionally specialized in European...
Veda and Karl Orr are legendary Hot Rodders. They were among the early racers who took to the dry lakes...
For as long as he can remember, Mel Jacobs of Houston, Texas has been love-struck by the coach-built Deco cars of France. More specifically, he has had a particular fascination with the cars from Delahaye ever since he read the story of René Dreyfus who won the celebrated “Million Franc...
If you’re reading this magazine, you’re probably passionate about vintage racecars. You love the sounds they make, the smells that...
In almost all parts of the world street racing is illegal. It’s unsanctioned, unregulated, and often extremely dangerous for participants...
Then I have a friend living in the Sunshine State with a spectacular collection of historic racing cars from the 1950s. For years I’ve been needling him about letting me write an article about one of his wonderful machines, but he has been steadfast in his resistance. Last week he...
There is a certain indescribable thrill associated with the resurrection of a long lost automobile. It’s often more than the...
Two Italian gentlemen wedged into a tiny race car, flying atop open roads across glorious countryside, through blistering sun and...
Then. Etceterini.com is the place to be if you’re obsessed with small displacement Italian wizardry of the 1950s. If it’s swoopy, aluminum, high-revving, low torqueing and ends in an “i” this is a domicile you can call home. Let us not forget, however, that there are some non-i-ending cars here...
Austrian born Karl Alberto Abarth did so many things so very well. He was a motorcycle racing champion, multiple land...
“Their hopes, their dreams, their love; tied to a ribbon of road…and a boy’s unflinching faith…in a girl!” “A story...
Then Hundreds of small automobile manufacturers sprouted from the ruins of World War II. Energized by peace and engineering skills acquired during the war, new post-war constructors opened their doors from here to there offering all manner of vehicles, including those intended for motorsports. Arnott’s Garages of Harlesden, London (United...
Following the vast destruction of WW II, exciting new sports cars emerged from the rubble, which was just what the...
Bill Devin was a friend of mine. Even in his eighties he was incredibly sharp, had nearly flawless recall and...
Then. By his own admission, Geoff Hacker specializes in finding cars that no one is looking for. It’s actually an interesting collecting strategy that virtually guarantees no competition. One of Hacker’s recent acquisitions is a post-war Singer racer. Now how many amazing post-war racing cars from Singer Motors of England...
Then Adults dream of regaining their youth. Children yearn to do grown-up things. This is the nature of our existence....
Terry Bennett says he grew up as both a nerd and a motor-head. It was hardly his fault. His father...
Almost Famous is Cameron Crowe’s semi-auto-biographical film about a teenage journalist who lands a writing gig with Rolling Stone magazine and tours with an up-and-coming rock band and their fetching groupies. The boyish Crowe character travels alongside his musical heroes, falls in love with Penny Lane (played by Kate Hudson),...
Cliff Reuter and I suffer from codependency. The phone calling and emailing is incessant. I regularly disturb him while he’s...
In my book Vintage American Road Racing Cars, I wrote, “Of all the Kurtis road racing cars, the 500X is...
Then After back-to-back wins at the Indianapolis 500 in 1953 and 1954, Bill Vukovich returned for the ’55 race with only one goal…to win three in a row. His mount was Lindsey Hopkins’ 1954 Offy-powered Kurtis 500C (Kurtis Chassis #372; the Hopkins Special; car #4) which had finished 21st at...