Three years after Jaguar had debuted the all-conquering tube framed C-type, the Coventry firm released arguably the most advanced sports racing car of its day. Based around a state-of-art…
Read MoreJohn Wyer’s Mirage team created the M2 as a Group 6 Prototype to contest the 1969 World Sportscar Championship alongside the team’s Group 4 Ford GT40s that had won the title in 1968.
Read MoreOf 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…
Read MoreFerruccio Lamborghini established his car building firm to create the kind of discrete Grand Tourers favoured by most European industrialists of the time. However, some of his eager young engineers…
Read MoreIn January 1960, Chevrolet struck a deal with noted American sportsman, Briggs Cunningham, to campaign a trio of Corvettes at the 1960 Le Mans 24 Hours. Ever since 1950, Cunningham (who was…
Read MoreTwo years after Aston Martin had launched its souped up, short wheelbase, more aerodynamically efficient DB4 GT, the company introduced a visually similar iteration of the regular DB4 with an…
Read MoreDespite having utilised a mishmash of styling features from other Ferrari models, the Pininfarina-designed 330 GTC ranks among the prettiest Italian sports cars from a golden age of automotive…
Read MoreAs a consequence of combining already well-proven design and mechanical features, Ferrari only felt compelled to create a single 330 GTC prototype and that car, chassis 6431, is currently on the…
Read MoreIn September 1965, Ford signed an agreement with Hertz Rental to supply 1000 special copies of the Shelby Mustang GT350. The resultant GT350H would be available to Hertz Sports Club members for…
Read MoreTo pave the way for an attack on the SCCA B Production Championship, Ford commissioned Shelby to create the GT350 Mustang, at least 100 of which would have to be manufactured in order to…
Read MoreAlthough Jaguar had officially decided to withdraw from motor racing a few years prior, a batch of seven specially prepared E-types were prepared for competition use during the 1961 season…
Read MoreFamously, Ford’s attempt to create a softer, more commercially appealing iteration of the GT40 proved a commercial flop; having hoped to shift a run of at least 20 units, just seven copies of…
Read MoreHaving debuted the gorgeous Pininfarina-styled Tipo 105 Spider in 1570cc trim at the Geneva Motor Show in March 1966, Alfa Romeo unveiled a more potent 1779cc version a little under two years later.
Read MoreHaving lost the pair of brand new Grifo A3/C Corsas assembled for 1965 in a pair of horrifying crashes at the season-opening Sebring 12 Hours, the works Iso outfit run by Giotto Bizzarrini was…
Read MoreAlthough rival firms had offered road car engines with dual overhead camshafts since the early 1950s, Ferrari did not adopt such a configuration for one of its production models until 1966 when the…
Read MoreDuring the mid 1960s, Ferrari customers that wanted the ultimate money-no-object Grand Tourer could order a 500 Superfast. Essentially the last in a line of ultra high end models begun with…
Read MoreThe second iteration from Porsche’s fabled 908 line was conceived for the 1969 season in response to the FIA’s decision to relax aspects of the three-litre Group 6 Prototype regulations that concerned…
Read MoreFor around 18 months, Giotto Bizzarrini raced the A3/C Grifo thanks to the largesse of Iso boss Renzo Rivolta who had commissioned the car. However, in August 1965, Rivolta terminated the agreement…
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