One to Buy: 7000 mile 1965 AC Shelby Cobra 289 Dragonsnake Stage 3

One to Buy: 7000 mile 1965 AC Shelby Cobra 289 Dragonsnake Stage 3

One of the rarest Cobra options offered by Shelby was the Dragonsnake pack. Conceived with drag racing in mind, it included items like modified rear fenders to accommodate slick-shod American…

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One to Buy: 1 of 3 in Nocciola Metallizzato 1968 Ferrari Dino 206 GT

One to Buy: 1 of 3 in Nocciola Metallizzato 1968 Ferrari Dino 206 GT

The Dino road car project, brought about by Ferrari’s need to run an F2 engine of which at least 500 copies had been built, spawned a trio of V6-powered models. As Ferrari’s manufacturing…

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One to Buy: ex-Barrie Smith 1969 Lola T70 Mk3B GT

One to Buy: ex-Barrie Smith 1969 Lola T70 Mk3B GT

Lola were great beneficiaries of the FIA’s decision to restrict engine capacity of top flight Group 6 Prototypes to three-litres for 1968. Like Ford’s GT40, the Lola T70 Mk3B GT was, on account of a…

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One to Buy: ex-Innes Ireland / Tom Threlfall 1960 Lotus Type 14 Elite

One to Buy: ex-Innes Ireland / Tom Threlfall 1960 Lotus Type 14 Elite

While some of its contemporaries have ballooned in value over the last 20 years, the Type 14 Lotus Elite still remains relatively accessible. With its perfectly proportioned bodywork, state-of-art…

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One to Buy: 79,000 mile Pastel Blue 1969 Porsche 911 2.2 E Coupe

One to Buy: 79,000 mile Pastel Blue 1969 Porsche 911 2.2 E Coupe

For the first few years of its life, every 911 production car used a 2-litre version of Porsche’s venerable air-cooled Flat 6 engine. That all changed in late 1969 when the 1970 model year C-series…

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One to Buy: Unrestored 9000 mile 1961 Porsche 356 B Super Cabriolet

One to Buy: Unrestored 9000 mile 1961 Porsche 356 B Super Cabriolet

A little over ten years after the 356 had made its salon debut, Porsche introduced arguably the most heavily revised iteration yet: the 356 B. Unveiled at the Frankfurt Motor Show in September…

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One to Buy: ex-Jim Clark 1967 Lotus Type 36 Elan S3 SE

One to Buy: ex-Jim Clark 1967 Lotus Type 36 Elan S3 SE

In addition to his two Drivers’ titles and 25 wins from 72 World Championship Formula 1 starts, Jim Clark’s remarkable career saw him collect an additional 19 non-championship F1 victories, a win at…

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One to Buy: Pacific Green ex-London Motor Show 1966 AC Cobra 289

One to Buy: Pacific Green ex-London Motor Show 1966 AC Cobra 289

Of the myriad Cobra variants, one of our favourites here at Supercar Nostalgia is the comparatively little known AC-badged, 427-chassis’d but 289-engined iteration sold by AC Cars in Great Britain…

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One to Buy: 1 of 1 in LHD 1965 Aston Martin DB6 Shooting-Break by FLM Panelcraft

One to Buy: 1 of 1 in LHD 1965 Aston Martin DB6 Shooting-Break by FLM Panelcraft

In addition to Kensington’s Radford coachworks, FLM Panelcraft based two miles across London in Battersea also offered a Shooting Break conversion for Aston Martin’s DB6. In a similar vein to…

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One to Buy: ex-Martini & Rossi Racing Team 1961 Alfa Romeo Giulietta SZ Coda Tronca

One to Buy: ex-Martini & Rossi Racing Team 1961 Alfa Romeo Giulietta SZ Coda Tronca

After Zagato had successfully re-bodied a small run of Giulietta Sprint Veloces into ‘SVZ’ trim (making them the most competitive under 1300cc GT racers around), Alfa Romeo commissioned…

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One to Buy: Fourth off the Production Line 1962 AC Shelby Cobra 260

One to Buy: Fourth off the Production Line 1962 AC Shelby Cobra 260

To get his exciting Cobra project off the ground ahead of any potential financial input from Ford, Carroll Shelby teamed up with professional racing driver and high end European car dealer, Ed…

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