The automobile that we present today is just as we found it, belonging to Jan Willem Martens, and is just as we love to discover a car: in used, original condition. The car runs well, with surprising acceleration. You can hear the superchargers whistling, communicating the personality and potential of […]
This year, the Bentley marque passes its centenary. It is a huge achievement, not least because throughout those 100 years it is a company that has always been associated with the utmost sporting and luxurious cars. That reputation was founded on the basis of magnificent automobiles like the 6½ Litre […]
Precursor of today’s SUVs Frame-off restoration Mythical model, future collector’s car 5.9-L V8 and automatic transmission
Any car is a rolling exercise in compromise: horsepower vs. economy, stability vs. agility, interior space vs. exterior volume, bilge capacity vs. sinkability. Whoa. What? That last is only a problem with the most glaring example of compromise in automotive design ever — the Amphicar 770. It has been called […]
Making its Indianapolis debut in 1948, this car failed to qualify. George Connor was able to qualify the car in 6th position for the Indy 500 in 1949, finishing the race with an impressive 3rd overall. Bill Holland drove it at two subsequent AAA races that year at Trenton and […]
The 1992 and 1993 Geneva Motor Show car The only Vector WX-3 coupe prototype produced 1,000-hp twin-turbo V8 engine Retained by company founder Jerry Wiegert The Avtech WX-3 prototype was first displayed in silver paint at the 1992 Geneva Motor Show. The WX-3 prototype owed its advanced composition to the […]
Coachwork by Reutter 1,966-cc DOHC flat 4-cylinder engine Dual Solex 40PII-4 downdraft carburetors 130 bhp at 6,200 rpm 4-speed manual transaxle Four-wheel independent suspension Four-wheel Annular disc brakes Selling after 30 years of single ownership Exquisite, highly original example of the top-of-the-line 356 Carrera 2 Fully documented ownership history from […]
The Ferrari 250 SWB Berlinetta was unveiled at the Paris Auto Show in October of 1959. Besides its stunning new design and upgraded engine specification, the car featured other competition-bred refinements, including a wheelbase that was about nine inches shorter for sharper handling and increased corner speed. Four-wheel disc brakes […]
In 2001, chassis 57469 was sold to the current owner, a passionate enthusiast and longstanding member of the American Bugatti Club. Early in his ownership, it was finished in an appropriate two-tone dark blue and black paint scheme. Although the car benefited from some cosmetic and mechanical attention, a concerted […]
This is the very first Ford Pilot Plant/Pre-production Mustang hard top. This 1965 Mustang started the Pony Car revolution in American car building, resulting in the later creation of the Camaro and Firebird. It was hand-assembled at the Ford Pilot Plant and is one of three known existing Pilot Plant […]
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