Successful Rally Across America Poised to go National
Jim Petty and his wife Wendy had been watching the news for two weeks straight and seeing what the pandemic was doing to some of…
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Smooth as Sabel—1964 Sabel Porsche Special
During the late ’50s and early ’60s American racers were doing battle in a wide variety of homebuilt racecars and Specials. Taking production car engines… Read More...
1967 Porsche 912
It was September of 1964, when Porsche brought out the Ferry “Butzi” Porsche designed 6-cylinder 911 as the successor to the much loved 356. But… Read More...
1994 MG RV8
There have been a number of British manufacturers who have taken their smaller, less powerful motors out of their sports cars and dropped a nasty,… Read More...
1977 Porsche 930 Turbo
These days every modern 911 road car is turbocharged, but that wasn’t the case in the ’70s. Porsche was exploring the use of turbo technology… Read More...
1958 Volkswagen Karmann Ghia Lowlight Coupe
When you think of Volkswagen you don’t often use of the word rare, but in this case, with a 1958 Karmann Ghia Lowlight Coupe, it… Read More...
1958 Mercedes-Benz 300SL Roadster
Max Hoffman was a racecar driver in Europe before immigrating to the United States to avoid the Nazis. Hoffman became an importer of European automobiles… Read More...
1953 Austin-Healey 100-4
Before WWII, the term “sports car” was an alien phrase in the USA. There was no such thing. Returning G.I.s changed that when they came… Read More...
1952 Ferrari 342 America
In the early ’50s Grand Prix regulations changed. Aurelio Lampredi was able to create for Ferrari a new, larger displacement, naturally aspirated V12 engine to… Read More...
Lime Rock to Feature the Italian cars of Michael Schwartz
Italian car collector Michael Schwartz has been named this year’s Honored Collector, a unique feature of the annual Lime Rock Historics, which will be held…
1961 Fiat OSCA 1500S
Fiat, OSCA, Pininfarina…an interesting equation. The Fiat 1200 was not a very quick machine, in fact, you couldn’t really call it a sports car. Fiat… Read More...