For several years following the end of World War 2, American design was at the cutting edge of automotive styling. Space age creations from the United States began to heavily influence top…
Read MoreAs he had helped Peugeot develop the 205 T16 Evolution 2, French rally legend Bernard Darniche was able to acquire an Evolution 1 for the 1985 Tour de Corse. At the time, Evolution variants were…
Read MoreDavid Thieme was the enigmatic American owner of Essex Overseas Petroleum Corporation, an oil spot trading company that, for a short time in the late 1970s, was rumoured to be making profits of…
Read MoreCompleted on August 28th 1965 and UK registered LBH 416C, chassis P/1007 was the second GT40 delivered to Ford France. The first was chassis P/1003, which most notably won the 1965 Albi GP with…
Read MoreBB was established in 1973 and initially based at an ex-BMW workshop in Frankfurt. The firm’s custom body, paint, engine and interior programmes saw BB quickly establish itself as the premier…
Read MoreMore photographs from a 1990 Carrera Sport track day at Oulton Park. Featured cars: Ferrari 288 GTO: BEG 41T, Lamborghini Countach Quattrovalvole: E181 LYY, Lamborghini Countach…
Read MoreScuderia Brescia Corse was a racing collective established in 1964 to prepare and campaign cars for its members. It attracted a legion of wealthy privateers that owned a wide variety of machinery.
Read MorePrior to declaring independence in November 1975 (when a 26 year civil war erupted), the Portuguese colony of Angola was a hot bed of African motor racing. Permanent tracks at Benguela…
Read MoreOf the first five Ferrari 333 SPs constructed, chassis 002 was one of two leased by Antonio Ferrari for his Euromotorsport team (the other having been 005). Antonio Ferrari was the grandnephew of…
Read MoreJim Clark was custodian of three Lotus Elans prior to his untimely death in April 1968. A Team Lotus driver for his entire F1 career, Clark had just completed his successful 1962 campaign (which…
Read MoreChassis XKC401 was the first Jaguar D-type manufactured. Completed as a bare alloy prototype in April 1954, it was retained for development use and never raced. On April 13th 1954, XKC401 was…
Read MorePlans for a production run of 50 Alfa Romeo Tipo 33 Stradales proved overly optimistic and only 13 street cars were eventually completed. Too expensive to build and sell, Alfa Romeo were left with…
Read MoreFew cars have such poignant origins as BMW M1 Procar chassis 4301053. In 1976, American painter, sculptor and printmaker, Frank Stella, had been commissioned to create BMW’s second Art Car.
Read MoreEarly in 1949, Aston Martin decided to enter a team of three works DB2 prototypes for the first post-World War 2 running of the Le Mans 24 Hours. Known as Experimental Le Mans Fixed Head…
Read MoreIn his first few years as a motor manufacturer, Alejandro de Tomaso was a prolific concept car builder. His dynamic little company ultimately went on to attract massive investment from Ford in the late 1960s.
Read MoreThis unique Countach Quattrovalvole was ordered by Lamborghini London (Portman) for wealthy British-Iranian businessman, Ali Taefi. Mr Taefi registered the Countach on 1st August 1986 to his…
Read MoreThe day after the 1967 Le Mans 24 Hours had witnessed record speeds, the FIA announced a three-litre engine limit would be imposed on Group 6 Prototypes from the beginning of the 1968 season.
Read MoreWilliam Keck was a pioneering American oil entrepreneur who, in 1921, founded the Superior Oil Company of Coalinga, California. Beforehand, he had successfully worked as a speculator for several…
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