Dropheads were a rare sight new and even scarcer today, with exceedingly handsome styling in the vintage English idiom {vsig}2004-5_1235{/vsig} The Morgan Motor Company, the oldest independent automobile company on the planet, crafts its unique sports cars in a turn of the century factory in Malvern Link, Worcestershire, England. To […]
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1964 Lotus Elan S1 1600 Convertible
When a seller lists “a magnet with associated nuts and bolts stuck to it” among the spares offered, it’s time to run for the hills As described by the seller on eBay Motors: I’m listing this car for a friend. Wow! Super-rare! 1964 Lotus Elan S1. Red with black interior […]
1954 Arnolt Bristol DeLuxe Roadster
There sat my never-forgotten love from Paris, among common British machinery like Morris Minors and MG Magnettes The Arnolt Bristol was the obsession of engineer, industrialist, importer, and sports car enthusiast Stanley “Wacky” Arnolt. He made his fortune building marine engines during World War II, and, seeing a market for […]
1948 MG TC Roadster
There simply isn’t another open sports car from the pre-1950 era, in this price range, that offers the same visual panache along with reasonable mechanical reliability The Ford Model T put America on wheels, and the T series MG put Americans behind the steering wheels of sports cars. With America’s […]
1930 Bentley Speed Six 6 1/2 Liter Le Mans Replica
At the heart of the Speed Six legend was a phenomenal chassis, which led to many original bodies being replaced with lightweight, homemade, “boy-racer” coachwork The Bentley Speed Six positively shone in long distance endurance racing. At Le Mans in 1929, Woolf Barnato and Tim Birkin stormed to victory at […]
1956 Jaguar XK 140 MC Drophead Coupe
The new owner paid the price times two for one of the finest XK 140 dropheads extant The XK 140 was introduced in October 1954, retaining the classic XK lines but with major changes in engineering and appearance. A chrome strip ran down the length of the hood and another […]
2002 Aston Martin Vanquish
Whenever Bond is seen in the film near to, or sitting in, a Vanquish, that car is most likely this one {vsig}2003-10_1287{/vsig} Aston Martin, James Bond’s traditionally preferred make of car, returned to secret service after a 15-year absence when Pierce Brosnan got behind the wheel of the latest V12 […]
1967 Austin-Healey 3000 Mk III Phase II
Its door gaps were as exact as a bespoke Tuxedo and the engine bay was spotless Austin-Healey’s highly successful six cylinder cars entered their final iteration in 1964 with the BJ8 series, or Mk III. This was the high point in driver and passenger comfort for the “big” Healeys, as […]
1967 Lotus Elan Sprint S3 Coupe
The late 1960s marked a turning point for Colin Chapman and his Lotus Company; the car racing manufacturing business had grown dramatically since he raced his Lotus Mk II for the first time in Silverstone in 1950. Typically light and simple, the Lotus 49 of 1967, with its new Cosworth […]
1926 Bentley 3-Liter Speed Model
In 12 short years, Bentley became one of Britain’s most revered marques through its cars’ technical sophistication and enviable record in long-distance racing events, including winning the Le Mans 24-hour race five times. Designed by Walter Owen Bentley and his colleagues, the 3-Litre was the progenitor of the 4.5-, 6.5- […]