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1948 Healey Elliott Sports Saloon
The Donald Healey Motor Company completed its first car in 1945, going into full-time production in a disused RAF hangar in Warwick the following year. Given Donald Healey’s background, it was inevitable that his firm’s first products would be cast in the sporting mold. An ex-RFC fighter pilot and many-times Monte Carlo Rally competitor during…
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1962 Shelby 260 Cobra
According to the Shelby American Automobile Club Registry, CSX2003 was shipped to New York via boat, finished in Old English White over a red interior. The chassis, drivetrain and assembly kit were subsequently invoiced in the amount of $4,995 to Ed Hugus’s European Cars in Pittsburgh, where it was completed in his workshop as one…
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1952 Jaguar C-Type
The C-type presented here, chassis XKC028, is among the finest surviving examples of this legendary Le Mans-winning sports racer. One of the 43 C-types built for customer use, XKC028 was dispatched from Jaguar’s Coventry works on November 24, 1952, handsomely finished in silver and fitted with engine no. E10288, gearbox no. JH13314 and body no.…
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1961 Ferrari 250 GT SWB California Spider Competizione
By 1960, Scuderia Ferrari dominated the highest levels of international motor sports. Its Grand Prix cars had delivered World Drivers’ Championships to Ascari, Fangio and Hawthorn. In sports-car racing, Ferrari was unrivaled, scoring repeat victories at endurance classics including the 24 Hours of Le Mans, 1000 Miglia, Targa Florio, Tour de France Automobile and 12…
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1996 Nissan Skyline GT-R NISMO 400R
The inescapably cool “Godzilla” nickname so closely associated with modern-day Skylines is owed to the sheer dominance of the R32-generation model in Group A competition. For the R33 successor, Nissan opted to take on the grueling 24 Hours of Le Mans. However, the GT-R would find itself comprehensively outgunned in 1995 by the arrival of…
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2021 Bugatti Chiron Pur Sport
Chassis number: VF9SC3V31MM795008 Only 60 Chiron Pur Sport cars were built, making this example one of the rarest Bugattis of the modern era. Each was bespoke to its original owner, with highly customizable specifications. This Pur Sport presents in white with extensive carbon-fiber accents, a red leather-and-Alcantara interior and matching red Bugatti calipers. Delivered new…
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One Final Triumph
Given collector-car market trends of recent years, many vintage British cars are slowly becoming more affordable. However, even in such a target-rich environment there are still sleepers — bargains among bargains. The Triumph TR7 and its last variant, the TR8, may be prime examples. That does not mean they are sleeper investments. Triumphs are toys,…
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Please Get Your Car
A common complaint in the collector car hobby involves a car owner who grows frustrated with a restoration shop that takes years and years to complete a restoration, no matter how hard it is pushed. Here’s an example of the complete opposite — an owner who won’t pick up his car. Do-over Bryant McCants wanted…
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A Different World
On September 15 of this year, I’m going to watch the taillights of a fully laden vehicle leave our condo garage, head west on SW Market Street and eventually merge onto Interstate 5 south. I know what taillights they won’t be. They won’t be the iconic rear of our Land Rover Disco II, as that…
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1988 Chevrolet Corvette Challenge
This 1988 Chevrolet Corvette is one of approximately 50 prepared by Protofab for Bergstrom Racing to compete in the SCCA 1988 Corvette Challenge spec series. Each was fitted with race equipment consisting of a full roll cage, an onboard fire-suppression system, racing seats, Bilstein shock absorbers and 17-inch Dymag wheels. This example was reportedly driven…