American collector Paul Branstad has recently taken delivery of a custom-built, Series 1 Jaguar E-Type like no other. Become a...
The weekend of April 11-13 will mark the 10th Anniversary of the La Jolla Concours d’Elegance. This celebratory automotive weekend...
A striking midnight blue 1931 Cadillac 452A owned by 90-year-old Charles Gillet of Lutherville, Maryland, was awarded the Best in...
Photo: J. Michael Hemsley Nash Automobile ads often go over the top when describing a new line of cars. Nash Motors certainly made their 1940 limited edition Nash Ambassador Eight Special Cabriolet sound pretty special in the ad announcing its availability: “Presenting a Brilliant New Sport Car – custom-built in...
Described as “a little beauty”, this grey, 1947 Maserati coupé represents Italian style at its most sophisticated at the Geneva...
The year 1957 was one of firsts for Corvette. It may have been a virtual twin to the 1956 model,...
In 1954, the AC company, in Thames Ditton unveiled a new car, a beautiful coupe called the AC Aceca. Many at the time thought the Aceca name was a derivation of the popular AC Ace model name but in fact the Aceca name is a palindrome incorporating the letters ACE....
It’s hard to imagine that what was probably the greatest range of post-war production sports cars, really started life as...
Three-owner Kellison was extracted from a barn, in 1986, and restored by author, racer and rally organizer Rich Taylor. I...
Earls Court, London, England. October 1960. Battista Farina (second from right) pictured with the Farina-Bodied Chevrolet Corvair. Photo courtesy of: LAT Photographic Teddington Studios, Broom Road, Teddington, Middlesex, TW11 9BE UK, Tel: +44 (0) 20 8267 3000, Fax: 020 8267 3001 Email: [email protected] www.latphoto.co.uk...
The beautifully finished E-Type Jaguar was introduced in 1961. The car caused a sensation not only because of its impressive...
A manufacturer’s ultimate aim in motor racing is to hope success on the track will lead to greater sales off...
The year 1963 was a big one for General Motors, the C2 was introduced that year. The lineage of the car could be traced to two separate projects, the Q-Corvette a design started in 1957 that got no further then a clay mock-up, and the Corvette Sting Ray (concept car)...
The genesis for Volkswagen’s near-ubiquitous Transporter, or Microbus, was a combination of post-war necessity and the clever instincts of a...
So often the cars I research come with stories permanently attached. Stories of celebrity ownership or the classic “Fangio drove...
Not too long ago, a very good friend called me about his 1967 4.2 Jaguar XKE OTS. He had two precise questions for me to research and a task. First, was his XKE a Series 1 or Series 1.5? Second, was his car originally equipped with an enclosed headlight bonnet...
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Collectors and vintage car enthusiasts from all over the world flocked to the 39th Salon Rétromobile at Porte de Versailles, Paris, from February 5-9. For the first time, the Salon’s selection of fine vintage cars was displayed in Hall 1, a space covering 44,000-sq.m. (20 percent larger than in previous...
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Photo: John Hollansworth Jr. Mecum Auctions’ annual spring auction in Kansas City, Missouri, held in late April, yielded $8,678,668 in...
Gary Dearn started work for British Rail and now is the Club Secretary for the Ferrari Owner’s Club of Great Britain. His journey has been pretty unique given he rose from being a volunteer incident marshal at Silverstone, to actually running the safety side of Silverstone Circuit. From there he...
As classic car enthusiasts, we live with a foot in two completely different worlds. One foot is firmly placed in...
AC is the oldest manufacturer of motor cars in Britain. Started by talented designer John Weller and financed by a...
Photo: J. Michael Hemsley Gabriel Voisin was an amazing man. Born in France in 1880, he built a four-wheeled automobile and a kite big enough to lift boys off the ground by the time he was 18. He studied architecture, but in 1900, after seeing the avion of Clément Ader,...
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