A record, sellout crowd of 149,000 poured into the Goodwood Circuit, near Chichester in West Sussex, England, last weekend for...
Can you imagine two cars chained together, nose to nose, engines thundering on the infield of the 1930 Indianapolis 500? In one corner, wearing black coachwork with gray interior weighing in at 3,650 pounds, the 1929 Ruxton factory special known as the Muller Front Drive Special. And in the other...
Bruce Bromme Sr. was born in 1917, and shortly thereafter was thrust into the world of racing. His father,...
The Lewes Speed Trials; Lewes, August 21, 1936. The famous pre-war Brooklands racer George Harvey-Noble at speed in the ex-Louis...
Just how far will a fanatical collector go to capture the racecar of his obsessions? Would he carry a satchel stuffed with large sums of cash to meet a stranger in a dubious location? Or would he crawl across a filthy garage floor bare-chested over broken glass to get to...
At last count there are more than 1,200 billionaires walking the Earth. This means that regardless of wealth, there aren’t...
July 3, 1938; French Grand Prix; Reims-Gueux Hermann Lang, in the Mercedes-Benz W154, at full speed across the fields of...
Long recognized as a superlative showcase of automotive history, the Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance made history of its own at the culmination of its 70th celebration: a total of 38 former Best of Show cars were on hand to welcome a new winner to their ranks. This year, 230 collector...
The Albi Grand Prix; Albi, France, July 16, 1939 Arthur Dobson in the very fast E.R.A. E-type which set pole...
The lunacy of automotive collecting has no bounds. My personal journey has taken me from Italian coach-builts to vintage racecars...
This car, which ran as the Multi-Union and was quite modern in look, was actually built up from an Alfa Romeo P3 Grand Prix car and enjoyed a long history of success in private hands, in England, before WWII. Here, it is being driven by Chris Staniland, in the August...
Then Was Juan Manuel Fangio the greatest racecar driver of all time? He was World Champion five times (1951, 1954...
For as long as he can remember, Mel Jacobs of Houston, Texas has been love-struck by the coach-built Deco cars...
Edited by Rex McAfee New venue, spectacular winner: This year’s Arizona Concours d’Elegance was the show’s fifth edition and was moved to the Scottsdale Civic Center. It was previously situated at the well-known Arizona Biltmore Resort in Phoenix. The theme of the 2023 Arizona Concours was The Art of Aerodynamics,...
Matt Jones is one of the neatest car guys I’ve ever met. His love and enthusiasm for Italian automobiles is...
Then I have a friend living in the Sunshine State with a spectacular collection of historic racing cars from the...
Luigi Chinetti – Ferrari 166 MM – 24 heures du Mans 1949 Luigi Chinetti, teamed with Lord Selsdon, won the 1949 24 heures du Mans at the wheel of a Ferrari 166 MM “Barchetta”. It was the first of 9 wins for Ferrari at the famous race. My art is...
Imagine buying an exotic 1950s Italian sports car only to learn upon delivery that it isn’t the car you paid...
The world is full of confusing racecar stories. This is one of them. I read with great interest, Jonathan Stein’s...
Then. In 1991, Harold Pace stormed out of his home-based shop and proclaimed to his adoring wife, Shelley, at the top of his lungs, that he would never ever restore another car. On that day he had just completed a seven-year restoration stint on a 1960 Bocar XP-5 and he...
Then. Nardi of Torino, Italy, did not manufacture only steering wheels. They also built wonderful automobiles for use on both...
In almost all parts of the world street racing is illegal. It’s unsanctioned, unregulated, and often extremely dangerous for participants...
The early post-war interest in small displacement automobile racing in Europe was fueled by enthusiasm and petrol rationing. Money was tight and 500-cc home-spun race cars powered by motorcycle engines were relatively affordable. These cars were built on weight-sparing tubeframe chassis and were most often motivated by half-liter chain-driven JAP...
Two Italian gentlemen wedged into a tiny race car, flying atop open roads across glorious countryside, through blistering sun and...
It takes all kinds of digging to unearth a Hidden Treasure. Sometimes you even have to bring a shovel. Chip...
Then. Southern California is home to a seemingly endless supply of astounding cars hiding in garages, warehouses and barns. For those of us residing in the other 49 States, I suppose it’s too bad for us. For the past 27 years, an early-postwar Italian-blooded racing machine has been resting quietly...
Would you consider equipping your sports car with an aftermarket supercharger then drive it across country from New York to...
The car collector world is full of automotive puzzles and owners and pundits with “theories”. Some theories arise out of...
This month’s Hidden Treasure comes to us courtesy of Gertrude Schmedley of Pascagoula, Mississippi. Schmedley found me via the internet and I quickly surmised from her initial email that she shares nothing in common with the usual Vintage Racecar crowd that I hear from. First, she’s never actually seen a...