Following the 1955 Le Mans disaster, the North American Automobile Manufacturers Association imposed a motor sport ban on US car builders. The ban came into effect from 1957 and went so far…
Read MoreLML/49/4 was the last of four DB2 Le Mans Prototypes. Unlike the three Almond Green examples destined for competition use, chassis 4 was uniquely equipped with a fully upholstered interior and…
Read MoreDuring the late 1950s and early 1960s, Ferrari manufactured several road cars capable of exceeding 150mph. However, these machines were typically bespoke creations built in tiny numbers for the…
Read MoreChassis 1120094 wore one of the most attractive liveries to grace an LP400: Blu / Senape. Ordered in right-hand drive, 1120094 was dispatched from the factory on May 14th 1975 and delivered to UK…
Read MoreChassis P/1029 was ordered from Ford Advanced Vehicles (FAV) by William ‘Bill’ McKelvy, a stockbroker at McKelvy and Company in Pittsburgh (a firm started by his father in 1937). McKelvy…
Read MoreSince its 1948 introduction, the Porsche 356 had proved a runaway success. Ferry Porsche had originally anticipated a production run of 500 would satisfy demand but, by late 1959, over 30,000…
Read MoreChassis 3303 was the 101st Miura built. As it was destined for a VIP client, the car came with several special features. The customer was Mohammad Pahlavi, Shah of Iran. 3303 was the first of four…
Read MoreAfter Porsche moved its operations back to Stuttgart in the winter of 1949-1950, sales of the newly productionised 356 soared. The company had relocated to the remote Austrian village of Gmund in…
Read MoreChassis 04R was one of two 1995-spec. GTRs originally delivered to the Gulf-backed GTC Motorsport team (the other having been 02R). It was purchased by gentleman driver, Lindsay Owen-Jones, who…
Read MoreAlthough it took three attempts for Peugeot’s number one driver, Ari Vatanen, to translate the T16’s raw speed into a WRC victory, the Finn then won five rallies back-to-back between late 1984 and…
Read MoreWhen Porsche introduced the 2.2-litre 911 in September 1969, many felt the model had reached the limit of its potential. Rumours swirled that an entirely new replacement was on the cards; a big…
Read MoreLamborghini used the original LP500 Countach prototype as a test hack. In March 1974 it was crash tested to gain type approval. By this time, a second prototype Countach had been assembled that…
Read MoreSoon after Lampredi's Grand Prix-derived big-block engine was given its introduction at the Mille Miglia in 1950, Ferrari began to offer it in a series of high end models for road and track. The…
Read MoreAfter accepting an invite from Ford to run a GT40 and Cobra Daytona at Le Mans in 1965, Georges Filipinetti (the Swiss Ferrari distributor) was able to purchase GT40s at preferential rates. Later that…
Read MoreFaced with relentless Allied bombing raids, Porsche moved from Zuffenhausen in Stuttgart to the remote Austrian town of Gmund during 1944. However, the extremely cramped facility (an old…
Read MoreChassis 3372 was the 181st Miura built. Painted White with an optional Black leather interior, it was built on the later 1mm thick chassis with right-hand drive. Lamborghini dispatched the car…
Read MoreChassis P/1033 was one of three GT40s ordered by Georges Filipinetti in late 1965. Filipinetti was the Swiss Ferrari distributor, but for the 1965 Le Mans 24 Hours, he had teamed up with Ford.
Read MorePorsche’s first 21 years as an auto manufacturer had seen the firm grow at an exponential rate. From the trickle of hand-built Volkswagen-based 356s that emerged out of a cramped converted sawmill…
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