VR: So how did you first come to cars? I assume it was probably at a fairly young age? KB:...
Vintage Roadcar Features
It appears that the collector car hobby has gone mad. I witnessed this with my very own eyes in Monterey...
In anyone’s language the 1924 Rolls-Royce Silver Ghost of Rex Vincent is an imposing motor car. Yes, at over 17-feet it’s quite large, and there is plenty of brass along with many other fittings to admire, but when it’s all together the car just commands attention through its stature. It’s...
No story of Tracta automobiles can be separated from the story of Jean-Albert Gregoire. Together with his partner and friend,...
VR: When did you first become interested in cars? RM: My earliest memory is being in front of my house,...
The year is 1950 and life is wonderful. American businesses are growing at an unprecedented rate, the middle class is expanding, and smoking is good for you. Across the land a smattering of small, foreign cars are winning automobile races at Palm Springs, Pebble Beach, Sebring Airport, Elkhart Lake and...
The picturesque village of Cropredy, Oxfordshire, home to approximately 700 souls, is little known to most, even to those living...
It began in Richmond, Indiana, in 1851 when Daniel W. Marmon and his partner, a fellow named Nordyke, began manufacturing...
A few miles north of Paso Robles we come up over a rise on a rolling two-lane road through Central California’s golden, hilly wine country and spot a 1937 Lincoln Zephyr coupe on a hill in the distance. It looks like a Brancusi sculpture. Its gleaming, dark merlot paintwork and its...
Philip Young heads the Endurance Rally Association (ERA) a motor club he founded just over 25 years ago that organizes...
Before delving into the Talbot London, it’s refreshing to look back at 1930s Great Britain to appreciate the world of...
The 1937 Buick Roadmaster Convertible Sedan Exemplifies Buick’s Grand Legacy Ford market researchers, in the mid-1950s, sampled new car buyers in Peoria, Illinois, and San Bernardino, California, in an attempt to identify the image their cars and those of their competitors projected to those buyers. Beverly Rae Kimes reported on...
Stephen Laing is curator of the Heritage Motor Centre at Gaydon. Stephen Laing is the current Curator of the Heritage...
Although better known for its style than its achievements on the track, the Moretti 750 Gran Sport Berlinetta is commanding...
1949 Kurtis Sports Car [dropcap]F[/dropcap]rank Kurtis built racecars. He built many of the cars entered in the Indy 500 from the 1940s into the 1960s. Kurtis either built or influenced the design of every Indy 500 winner from 1950 to 1964. He was an incredible racecar builder, but he also...
Philip Young: Founder and GM of the Endurance Rally Association The second part of our interview with Philip Young, head of...
“Ferraris are meant to be driven.” It’s a rallying cry that has been echoing around the Ferrari community for decades,...
1955 Talbot Lago T26 GSL Vincent Van Gogh once asked, “What would life be if we had no courage to attempt anything?” He certainly was not afraid to attempt things. Neither was Major Anthony Lago, the man responsible for some of the most significant French cars of the pre- and...
Rabin’s customers include such hobby notables as Ralph Lauren and Jay Leno, pictured here with a 1919 Rolls-Royce that Rabin...
Among the world’s most exotic and mysterious motor cars, the big Tatras of the 1930s attract rumor and controversy. Karl...
1930 Austin Seven “Chummy ” The Austin Motor Company was in trouble. The “War to End All Wars” had been profitable for the English company, but the post-war slump was a problem. In the early 1920s, a receiver had been appointed to take control of the company, so Sir Herbert...
John Campion is a high energy guy and radiates that energy everywhere he goes. Perhaps it’s because he started his...
1922 Duesenberg More words have been written about Duesenberg per “car”-pita than any other marque in the history of the...
1953 Glaspar G-2 Costa Mesa, California, was home to Glasspar, a company that built fiberglass boats in the late 1940s. With the launch of the Glasspar G-2, the company became the first and, for several years, the largest manufacturer of fiberglass automobiles—before the Kaiser Darrin or the Chevrolet Corvette were...
Paul Chenard, Automotive Artist/Illustrator VR: How did you first get involved with cars? Presumably it was at a young age,...
5 Days, 60 Vintage Cars, 1,000 Miles and 3,000 Years of History – An Amazing Journey Through the Remarkable and...
1966 Shelby GT350H When Ford introduced its new Mustang in 1964, it was an immediate sensation. By itself, it created an entire new class of automobiles. It wasn’t a muscle car, and it wasn’t a sports car; it became known as a “Pony Car.” Still, some called it a “secretary’s...
Chino Hills, CA June 6, 2015 Allan Amico’s 1951 Studebaker Champion. A 2012 Porsche GT3 RSR stands next to Kerry...
President and COO of Black Horse Garage in Bridgeport, Connecticut Vintage Roadcar’s J. Michael Hemsley met John Buonanno at The...
It is a sobering thought that Lamborghinis have only been in production for 50 years and yet, in that relatively short time, the name has become a household byword for the epitome of performance supercars. This stems without doubt from the fact that they have produced a large percentage of...