It’s great to stumble across old movies like this, the title of the film is “Mountain Legend” and it’s an old Castol film covering the 1965 Targa Florio.
The cinematography is gloriously retro and I can’t think of a better way to spend a Sunday afternoon than spending 45 minutes watching some of the most famous cars in history belting around the serpentine mountain roads of Sicily.
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No article about the Lotus 7 can be written without mentioning the clever way in which Colin Chapman and his team at Lotus got around British tax law. You see, there was a not inconsiderable…
It’s difficult to describe this film as it’s unlike anything I’ve ever seen before, but I will say if you only watch one documentary this year I strongly suggest you make it this one,…
Just 100 examples of the Lamborghini Islero GTS were made, the car was the higher-performance successor to the Islero GT, and today the Islero GT series is considered a bit of a hidden gem –…
This is an engine cover from the Ferrari F2004 Formula 1 car that was driven by multiple World Champion Michael Schumacher in the 2004 season. Schumacher won both the French Grand Prix at Magny-Cours and…
The Ferrari 126 C2 was developed for the 1982 Formula 1 season to turn Ferrari’s fortunes around and get the team back to the pointy end of the grid. After a mostly successful period throughout…
This 1982 Toyota Land Cruiser FJ40 has had a comprehensive rebuild, it’s now packing considerably more power than it was when it left the Toyota factory in the early 1980s thanks to a 5.7L 350 cu….
