Chassis 030 raced just once. Its sole competition outing came at the Zeltweg 1000km on 27th June 1971 which was the penultimate round of that year’s World Sportscar Championship. Entered by the…
Read MoreReleased on December 22nd 1964, Goldfinger was the third movie in the James Bond franchise. It centred around gold-smuggler, Auric Goldfinger (Gert Frobe) who sought to massively increase the…
Read MoreChassis 0132 A was one of five 340 Americas equipped with closed bodywork by Vignale. The first (chassis 0082 A) was a works racing car driven to victory in the 1951 Mille Miglia by Luigi Villoresi…
Read MoreLamborghini’s first attempt at producing a high volume junior model, the Urraco, had been a commercial failure. Introduced at the Turin Motor Show in November 1970, it was two years late…
Read MoreChassis 10R was the first of nine 1996-spec. F1 GTRs built. Initially McLaren’s press and development car, it was painted red with yellow 96 GTR graphics and matching yellow wheels. Unveiled during the…
Read MoreAlthough the solitary P70 that later evolved into the Sport 5000 failed to secure De Tomaso the hoped-for partnership with Carroll Shelby, the underpinnings from this experimental sports…
Read MoreAfter World War 2, jet engine technology developed rapidly. By the early 1950s, combat aircraft were almost universally jet-powered and civilian air liners had started to follow suit. No power…
Read MorePurchased new in May 1983, chassis 110 was one of two 956s sold that year to John Fitzpatrick Racing (JFR). The other was chassis 102. Painted white with triple-tone blue stripes, the JFR cars…
Read MoreBetween late 1953 and early 1955, customers that wanted the ultimate Ferrari road car had two choices: a 375 Mille Miglia or 375 America. The 375 Mille Miglia was originally created for…
Read MoreChassis 1120006 was completed on May 31st 1974. It was the first Countach supplied to a customer, in this case Lamborghini VIP, Walter Wolf. Wolf had owned three Miuras to include an SV…
Read MoreMohammad Pahlavi’s father, Reza, was an Iranian army general who seized power in a 1921 coup d'etat. Two years after the coup, Reza Pahlavi installed himself as Iran’s prime minister and, in 1925…
Read MoreChassis 1 was the first of five DB3s constructed for works use. A further five cars were later built up for customers. As the only example built in 1951, it was originally hoped that chassis 1 would be ready for…
Read MoreBy late 1973, Ferrari were ready to launch a highly anticipated mid-engined production car with a twelve cylinder engine. The fashion for large capacity motors positioned centrally in the chassis…
Read MoreChassis 18R was the third of three 1996-spec. GTRs delivered to Team Bigazzi on behalf of BMW Motorsport. At the time, the Italian Bigazzi operation were best known for handling BMW’s German…
Read MoreHaving made a solid debut in Can-Am with the 1969 Group 7 917 Spyder, Porsche had nevertheless been soundly beaten by the works McLaren M8Bs with their seven-litre 635bhp Chevrolet engines.
Read MoreAlthough Ferrari's four-seat models ranked among the firm’s top sellers, Pininfarina's prancing horse-badged styling concepts were typically based on racier platforms that were better suited to…
Read MoreChassis C1 and C2 were the T16 Evolution 1s used by Peugeot for the model’s competition debut. This took place at round five of the 1984 World Rally Championship: the Tour de Corse. A tarmac…
Read MoreAdolfo Orsi took over at Maserati in 1937 when the firm was in deep financial trouble. Orsi injected fresh capital and, after World War 2, the company resumed competition activities with both single…
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