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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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. […]
Manufactured on August 3, 1971, this Jensen Interceptor was one of just 101 cars painted in Metallic Quartz and trimmed with a black interior, and one of only 478 examples built in right-hand drive for its year of construction. The Jensen left the factory configured with air conditioning, Sundym glass, […]
Although widely acclaimed, the Porsche 911 was necessarily expensive, a shortcoming its maker addressed by offering the 912, which, though outwardly identical, was powered by the outgoing 356’s 1.6-liter 4-cylinder engine. The latter produced 90 horsepower, some 40 hp less than the 911’s six, but this deficit was offset by […]
Ferrari 275 GTB/4, chassis number 09603, was completed as a berlinetta (fixed-head coupe) in April 1967 and sold new to Motor S.a.s. in Rome, Italy, finished in Amaranto with beige leather interior. Its first owner was the longtime Ferrari customer and gentleman racer Dr. Augusto Caraceni, who competed in the […]