Profiles
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A Cheap, Fast, Fun Alfa Romeo
Picture a sunny summer afternoon on the Pacific Coast Highway north of Santa Cruz, CA. It’s the late 1980s, and two new sport sedans are cruising to the spot where a passing lane opens up. The challenge is to be ahead of the other car by the end of that passing lane. The contestants are…
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1925 Bentley 3 Litre Tourer
2,996-cc, SOHC 4-cylinder engine with four valves per cylinder Two SU “Sloper” carburetors 70 bhp at 3,500 rpm 4-speed close-ratio gearbox Offered here is a very handsome, well-presented and highly usable Bentley. The car is a proper matching-number example (with a most distinctive chassis number) and it is turned out with delightfully sporting coachwork. Bentley…
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1956 Talbot-Lago T14 LS Special Coupe
Talbot-Lago introduced a sensational new 2.5-liter model at the 1955 Paris Salon — the T14 LS — an altogether superior sports car with a 4-cylinder, twin-camshaft, overhead-valve engine. In standard tune, the engine developed 120 bhp, which was transmitted via an all-synchromesh ZF gearbox. The chassis frame was fabricated from large-diameter tubes and featured independent…
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1953 Buick Skylark Convertible
This Motorama-inspired Buick Skylark has undergone a comprehensive nut-and-bolt restoration. It is finished in correct and desirable Reef Blue. Powered by a 322-ci V8 engine with automatic transmission, it’s fully sorted and ready to drive.
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1990 Ferrari F40
“The take-up into the next gear is flawless and with the turbos cranking hard the blast of acceleration just goes on again; you seem to be in a blur of time, conquering distance, gearshifts and noise.” “It has the tonal quality of an F1 engine, if not the sheer ferocity.” “On a smooth road it…
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1957 Mercedes-Benz 190SL Roadster
This 1957 Mercedes-Benz 190SL has benefited from a meticulous, well-executed restoration. Presented in black, with a black soft top and tan leather interior, the car shows beautifully. A 1.9-liter, 4-cylinder engine paired to a 4-speed manual transmission powers this Mercedes-Benz. The car is well-sorted mechanically and features the optional wind-up clock and Becker Mexico radio.…
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1988 BMW M6 Coupe
Derived from the classically elegant 2800/3.0/635CS/CSi series, the BMW M6 coupe is a rare and brilliantly fast grand tourer. The M6 and M6 35CSi were nearly identical in specification but were labeled differently for marketing reasons. The M6 was the second-fastest BMW ever built at 158 mph — only the equally rare high-performance M1 coupe…
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1959 W.R.E.-Maserati
The 1950s saw a surge in the popularity of small-displacement 4-cylinder engines. Few were as influential as the engine that powered Maserati’s 200S sports racer. The competition-proven Modena powerplant attracted significant interest from privateers running other makes, and the company was only too happy to sell engines to such concerns, paving the way for race…
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Not Quite “Magnum, P.I.” Grade
You look in the mirror one morning and instead of your own bleary eyes and grim, pre-work mug, you see Tom Selleck. It’s not the grizzled old Tom — it’s the dashing young Tom of “Magnum, P.I.,” as he casually vaults into that Ferrari. Owning one of those would change everything, you think. You think…
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1965 Alfa Romeo Giulia Sprint GTA
While most GTAs were either supplied in Stradale form or subsequently upgraded to Corsa specification, chassis AR752675 was destined for competition from the outset. Correspondence from the Alfa Romeo Museum confirms that the car was manufactured on September 8, 1965, and delivered to the renowned Autotecnica Conrero Team on August 31, 1966 — unusually, in…