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Sunday, August 28, 2011
Friday, August 19, 2011
the 1903 Packard Gray Wolf, because extraordinary race cars that achieve land speed records were named and famous, once upon a time
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Wednesday, August 17, 2011
Most famous Locomobile ever, the "Old 16". Winner of the 1908 Vanderbilt Cup, it beat the worlds best, and here Paul Newman pays tribute. Is that cool or what!?!
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Friday, August 12, 2011
1908 New York to Paris great race entry, the Protos finally shows up online to show me wth that car was
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Sunday, July 24, 2011
Sunday, July 10, 2011
the Italia that won the race is here: http://justacarguy.blogspot.com/2010/08/winner-of-1907-paris-to-peking.html
The challenge to drive from Peking, China (modern day Beijing) to Paris, France in 1907, using totally untested automobiles, was taken up by five men:
- Prince Scipione Borghese, accompanied by his mechanic Ettore Guizzardi. They were further accompanied by Italian journalist Luigi Barzini, Sr.
- Charles Goddard, accompanied by journalist Jean du Taillis.
- Auguste Pons and Octave Foucault, his mechanic.
- Georges Cormier.
- Victor Collignon.
On the 30th of August, twenty days later, the Spyker, followed by the two De Dions, arrived in Paris. Charles Goddard wasn’t behind the wheel of the Spyker; due to money-troubles, he wasn’t able to finish the race! But his car won second place and that was probably good enoughfound on http://scheong.wordpress.com/2010/02/25/peking-to-paris-the-original-amazing-race/
Tuesday, July 5, 2011
Monday, June 20, 2011
a Frazer Nash was at the LA Roadster Show, it's odd that I've seen 3 of these, and this one has the coolest racing badges
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Thursday, June 16, 2011
read about it if you like, very dry, dull, and biographical view of how and why he was there http://forix.autosport.com/8w/targa.html
Wednesday, June 8, 2011
The above gave me so many laughs, I've never heard of anyone putting divorce signs on a car to make fun of the "Just married" signs that are common. I wonder what would be proper to drag behind the car... the newlyweds drag tin cans, what would divorced people drag? Lawyers maybe?
I just read an article on this Franklin, I think it was in Hemmings Classic
Well, from the start of Ford to the late 40's anyway
see more at http://21studs.tumblr.com
Wednesday, June 1, 2011
An R model '65 Shelby Gt 350 Mustang has been bouncing from auction to auction and has had bids from 1 million, down to $475,000 and isn't selling. The owner must have wasted a lot of money on auction house fees, and isn't through bleeding money in hopes of selling at a profit. It's going up at auction again this August at Russo and Steele, http://www.russoandsteele.com/press_release.html?prid=97
Car #530.... one of only 35 produced (1 of 25 still remaining) was shipped to Lima Peru on 7/29/66 and raced extensively on the South American circuit. It was the South American Champion in it's class and the Peruvian National Champion in the late 60's.
Raced by purchaser Bratzo Vicich, the car was the South American Class Champion during the late 1960s as well as the Peruvian National Champion as late as 1973. A second South American owned the car and ran it actively until 1980. Returning to the United States in 1984 in the care of George Stauffer, the car has had numerous American owners since and was campaigned with the Sportscar Vintage Racing Association with whom it has a permanent medallion as well as other well-known sanctioning bodies. Restored not long ago by Kurt Vogt of Cobra Automotive and in a museum for a number of years
image from http://vintageperformance-autosales.com/gt350r.html who for an unknown reason is trying to sell the car before the auction
Sunday, April 24, 2011
Alco Black Beast
Corbin Cannonball (2nd to last photo in ) http://justacarguy.blogspot.com/2011/03/great-photos-from-wwwatomicantiquescom.html
Packard Grey Wolf
Sunday, March 27, 2011
Makes me say Damnit. Saturday, March 12, 2011
1923 Hudson Super Six roadster that frequently races in the Great American Race
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