Author: Thor Thorson
Thor Thorson is president of Vintage Racing Motors, a Seattle-area collector-car dealer and vintage-racing support operation. He has been actively involved with racing for over 40 years, dealing with racers from Ferraris to Sprites, but is mostly seen driving Elva sports racers. He has been writing the race-car profiles for SCM since 2003.
1985 Lancia Delta S4 Rally
1955 Quin Epperly “Fuel Injection Special” Indy 500 Streamliner
Aerodynamic design conceived for two-time Indy 500 Winner Bill Vukovich Built by legendary Indy car builder Quin Epperly for the 1955 Indy 500 Powered by an Offenhauser twin OHC fuel-injected engine
1975 Ferrari 312T Niki Lauda
1992 Williams-Renault FW14B Formula One
1957 Porsche 550A Spyder by Wendler
1969 Lotus Formula 3
1966 McLaren M1B Group 7 Can-Am Racer
Bruce McLaren’s first sports prototype was the M1A. The team’s first self-designed car, the M1A was another simple space-frame design featuring the Oldsmobile V8 engine via a Hewland transaxle. Frank Nichols’ Elva Cars was already building its own highly successful sports racers, and he expressed an interest in the new […]
1968–69 Repco Brabham-Cosworth BT26/BT26A
This is the Formula One Brabham in which — on September 20, 1969 — star Belgian racing driver Jacky Ickx won the Canadian Grand Prix at Mosport Park, Ontario. It is also the actual car in which Ickx finished 2nd in that same year’s Mexican Grand Prix, 3rd in the […]
1987 Ferrari F40 LM
In 1987, Ferrari celebrated their 40th anniversary, and to mark the occasion launched their most uncompromising road car ever — the twin-turbocharged, 471-bhp, 201-mph F40. Developed by Michelotto, the F40 LM benefited from enlarged twin IHI turbocharger/intercooler units and advanced Weber-Marelli fuel injection, which increased power to over 700 bhp. […]