In anyone’s language the 1924 Rolls-Royce Silver Ghost of Rex Vincent is an imposing motor car. Yes, at over 17-feet...
No story of Tracta automobiles can be separated from the story of Jean-Albert Gregoire. Together with his partner and friend,...
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...
Before delving into the Talbot London, it’s refreshing to look back at 1930s Great Britain to appreciate the world of...
1949 Kurtis Sports Car [dropcap]F[/dropcap]rank Kurtis built racecars. He built many of the cars entered in the Indy 500 from...
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...
1930 Austin Seven “Chummy ” The Austin Motor Company was in trouble. The “War to End All Wars” had been...
1953 Glaspar G-2 Costa Mesa, California, was home to Glasspar, a company that built fiberglass boats in the late 1940s....
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...
1912 Pope Hartford Model 27 The invention of the automobile probably had more to do with the invention of the...
The livescience.com website defines aerodynamics as “the study of how gases interact with moving bodies. Because the gas that we...
1932 Jordan Playboy We spotted the Playboy at a “Cruisin’ For a Cure” meet at the Los Angeles Fairgrounds a few weeks before our test drive. We had spent that morning listening to the rumbling parade of chromed and polished Chevy Small-block-powered Tupperware deuce coupes rolling by when we went...
1931 AJS 9hp Richmond Saloon Mention AJS and most will think of motorcycles, but there was more to AJS than...
1949 MG Y Type MG equals sports cars! Sports cars equal MG! Horse and carriage! Cup and saucer! Top hat...
1958 DeSoto Adventurer The 1950s were a halcyon period for American car manufacturing. After the deprivation of the war years, the American public yearned for a little excess—bigger, faster, flashier. Catering to this new appetite, during the 1950s American manufacturers went through a rapid period of automotive development, both technically...
1904 De Dion Bouton We carefully lift the coalscuttle hood off of the 1904 De Dion Bouton Henri Binder Tonneau...
1960 Alfa Romeo 2000 Vignale Coupé Ask any Alfista what ALFA stands for, and he or she will tell you,...
Talbot-Lago, the name rolls off your tongue like a dew drop rolls off a leaf, deliberate but elegant. The cars made in Paris during the 1930s were truly luxurious in styling and uniqueness, as well as prestige, and at the time one of the most expensive French cars made. These...
Timing is everything, and Graham’s great automobiles are a proof—unfortunately. That’s because, despite the fact that their company made great...
The People The two people critical to the development of Tatra’s most significant automobiles, including the subject of this profile,...
1964 Imperial Crown Coupe It was clear that this would be the start of something big just by opening the door on Wendy and Bob Walker’s 1964 Imperial Crown Coupe. And I mean big. The long, heavy door is just one part of a long, heavy car—longer and heavier than...
Sometimes, when asked for a list of significant cars, a marque can be overlooked. It is seldom because the marque...
1977 Triumph Stag When the new Triumph Stag was announced in the UK it was welcomed as a significant addition...
Toyota 2000 GT In the world of collectable vintage sports cars, well-known names come to mind: Ferrari, Porsche, Jaguar, and many others originating from the European continent, plus a few American sports cars in the mix, like the Corvette and Cobra, but rarely any cars from the Island of Japan. The...
1928 3-liter Invicta LC197 Many will know the Invicta story, one of the many projects spearheaded by Noel Macklin. Born...
1948 Delahaye 135M Cabriolet It is difficult to decide whether the Italians or the French designed the most beautiful cars...
1983 Ferrari 512 BBi When word gets out that a particular car will be profiled, lots of comments, mostly unsolicited, are received. In the case of the Ferrari 512BBi, the comments ranged from “it’s a beast, and it will bite you,” to “it’s a puppy dog; powerful, but sweet.” When...
1956 Ford Fairlane Victoria I had seen, and worked on, a lot of mid-1950s Fords over the years, so I...
Mathis VL 333 Alain Cerf, whose collection makes up the Tampa Bay Automobile Museum, is an inquisitive man with an...
1958 DKW Monza There are many unusual and interesting cars in the Lane Motor Museum. Seldom is there a visitor who knows the names of all the cars or has even heard of all of them. One company that is familiar to some is DKW, but the 1958 Monza is...