China has contributed many great things to the world throughout the ages. Gunpowder, paper, printing, the umbrella and the compass...
Vintage Roadcar Features
When you think of classic British cars made in East Anglia, surely the first marque that springs to mind is...
Before the ad offering it for sale was published in February 1982, ALP 598 was mine. “One of the prettiest of all the famous Le Mans cars,” it was called, “in superb restored condition. Finished in Prussian Blue with grey hide upholstery and black weather equipment.” That’s the way Coys...
At the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month, much of the world quietly celebrated the 100th anniversary...
Tony Valadez’ elegant 1939 Pontiac convertible is everything later Pontiac muscle cars are not. The later cars were brash, flashy...
After Ettore Bugatti’s death his family decided to keep his car-making company alive. Their creation of the Type 101 was a daring wager on the appetite of the post-war world for a grand tourer in the image of the pre-war Type 57 Bugatti. If there were a 1930s equivalent of...
There were many interesting and familiar cars parked at the 2018 Hillsborough Concours d’Elegance. Ferraris, Packards, Jaguars and some vintage...
In Switzerland Ernst and Fritz Beutler made a good living from special bodies on both Volkswagen and Porsche chassis. Ultimately...
Franco Scaglione was a truly remarkable man, even by the standards of most Italian car designers. From drawings of the Lancia Aurelia B50/1 for the Carrozzeria Balbo in 1951 to the Intermeccanica Indra of 1972 and the immortal Alfa Romeo Tipo 33 Stradale—which has every right to arguably be described...
It was possibly the greatest automotive marketing slogan ever – “Ask the Man Who Owns One.” Packards were such high...
The Global Rally organization appointed Destination Rally for the organization of their Friendship Rally 2018 through Vietnam, Cambodia, Thailand, Myanmar...
If you visited a car show in 1963 or 1964, you would have seen concept cars on display from many different manufactures, just as you do today. Concept cars are built to showcase new and futuristic designs and to capture the imagination of the public. The public’s response to these...
The tattered old file folder is where it started. In the folder I found mysterious handwritten lists… scrawled chassis and...
1990 Ferrari F40 It has been 30 years since the last car ordered by Enzo Ferrari reached its first owners....
Who invented the motor car, or automobile? There have been several claimants to this title over the years; some justifiable, others hoping for a bit of glory. What is not in doubt is that Gottlieb Daimler and his associate, Wilhelm Maybach, were joint creators of the first lightweight, powerful, internal...
As a young boy James Mitchell shared his father’s hobby and passion for classic and historic cars. Always fascinated by...
1930 Bentley Speed Six A bloke couldn’t think of anything more dissimilar if he tried. From a Boeing 737, to...
1958 Fiat-Abarth 750 GT Zagato Photo: Steve Natale There is much to love about the Italian “Etceterini.” The term broadly refers to low-production, small engine, tiny hand-made cars created by small and many times obscure, Italian manufacturers. The styling of these cars is often exotic and unusual, crafted by artisans...
As a teenager I sat in the Woodcote stand at Goodwood and watched Karl Foitek in a Giulietta TI come...
1936 De Soto Airflow The story of De Soto begins with a record for first year sales that stood for...
The Rise of the Preservation Class The ultra-rare and ultra-expensive Ferrari 250 GTO. Photo: Chuck Andersen Sitting on a beautifully manicured putting green, amid all the glitz and glamour of one of the world’s most prestigious concours d’elegance, sit three examples of the same iconic automobile. The car in question...
From an early age Robert Blakemore had a passion for pre-war racing cars, particularly Aston Martins. His father owned a...
1948 Chrysler Town & Country Chris Kidd called a few days ago and said, “You guys have to see this!...
The Andes adventure started in Antofagasta, on the coast of Northern Chile with 15 cars and teams from Belgium, Finland, the U.S., Germany, the Netherlands, Switzerland and France. In all there were three Mustangs, two Mercedes Pagoda, a Mercedes 280 SL, a 1937 Lagonda, a 1957 Bentley, two Porsches, two...
While Vintage Roadcar was tracking down some interesting cars in New Mexico and Colorado, we had the opportunity to chat...
Writing about vintage automobiles is great. There are rare cars to cover (“The Only One” Vintage Roadcar, December 2013), cars...
1937 Rolls-Royce Phantom III Most will agree the sight of a Rolls-Royce Phantom III majestically gliding across a show field in the morning is an impressive sight, but seeing a swoopy, coachbuilt, polished copper-clad Phantom such as this car, known among Rolls-Royce and classic car aficionados as “The Copper Kettle”...
Phil Bachman has been collecting Ferraris at a rate of about one a year since he got his first one...
1954 Chrysler Ghia GS1 When Bob Frumpkin drove up in his 1954 Chrysler Ghia GS1 Special, at the Marina in...
During the first half of the Twentieth Century Fageol Motors and the later Fageol Twin Coach Company were innovators in the American truck and bus industries. Founded by the brothers Rollie, William, Frank and Claude Fageol, the company revolutionized the bus industry with a low center of gravity, unibody construction,...
