The Italien—1963 Ford Thunderbird Italien
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… Read More...
Browsing: Vintage Roadcar Profiles
Enzo’s Anniversary Present
1990 Ferrari F40 It has been 30 years since the last car ordered by Enzo Ferrari reached its first owners. That car, the F40, was… Read More...
Up for the Challenge
1930 Bentley Speed Six A bloke couldn’t think of anything more dissimilar if he tried. From a Boeing 737, to a modern Korean buzzbox, to… Read More...
Future Shock
1936 De Soto Airflow The story of De Soto begins with a record for first year sales that stood for just over 30 years. It… Read More...
Out Of The Woods
1948 Chrysler Town & Country Chris Kidd called a few days ago and said, “You guys have to see this! I found a 1948 Chrysler… Read More...
Oh So Deco!
Writing about vintage automobiles is great. There are rare cars to cover (“The Only One” Vintage Roadcar, December 2013), cars once owned by royalty (“Fit… Read More...
Italian Soul
1954 Chrysler Ghia GS1 When Bob Frumpkin drove up in his 1954 Chrysler Ghia GS1 Special, at the Marina in Santa Monica, California, where we… Read More...
No One But Citroën
David Owen, in a 1975 article for Automobile Quarterly, Volume XIII Number 2, commented that, “If God had meant us to drive in identical tin… Read More...
1948 Healey Duncan Saloon
It was irresistible and I just had to have it. Back in 1976, my friend Keith had learnt the whereabouts of a Riley powered 1947…
1935 Alvis Speed 20 SC
Prelude to Excellence There is a story that the Coventry car company name Alvis originated by taking “Al” from the word aluminum and “vis”, the… Read More...
1953 Kaiser Traveler: America’s First Hatchback?
I spotted Phil Jelinek’s beautiful ’53 Kaiser Traveler Deluxe from across the Huntington Beach Concours show field. That is because this elegant, sporty looking automobile… Read More...