This unique Aston Martin DB2/4 Mk II is one of the most well-known surviving examples of its model line, it’s taken part in the modern Mille Miglia (2013) and it was at the Concorso d’Eleganza Villa d’Este when it was seen by its current owner who bought it on sight. The Aston Martin DB2/4 Mk…
This article was written by the remarkable Daniel Burton, an inspiring young man living with Asperger’s who has spent years carefully designing his own road-legal race car. The design is now ready for testing and final tweaks before being built. If you would like to contact Daniel regarding the Burton Trackster and you think you…
This is the 1:10th scale Porsche 911 Carrera RSR R/C (remote control) car from Tamiya, it was carefully developed to closely match the now legendary styling of what is doubtless one of the most famous Porsches in history. 1973 was the year the 911 RSR was introduced as a homologation special to permit the car…
The De Tomaso P70, later known as the Ghia DeTomaso, was a joint project between two independent icons of the motoring world – Alejandro de Tomaso of Argentina and Carroll Shelby of the USA. The project was founded to develop a race car able to compete in and dominate the then-new United States Road Racing…
Austrian race driver and engineer Wolfgang Denzel began building his own cars in the years shortly after WW2 using left over VW Kübelwagen chassis fitted with wood-framed bodies. By the late 1940s he was producing his own bespoke metal bodies using VW engines and running gear, oftentimes his vehicles would find themselves competing with rather…
The Matra Djet V (pronounced “jet”) and it’s forebear, the René Bonnet Djet, have the distinction of being the first full production car with a mid-engined layout, beating both the De Tomaso Vallelunga and the Lamborghini Miura to the punch. Though it should be pointed out that as with any automotive first, there is considerable…
The Jaguar Pirana was designed by Marcello Gandini at Bertone, it was built at a lightning pace just in time for the 1967 Earl’s Court Motor Show, a process that took just 5 months from initial blueprints to completed car. Interestingly it was built using the frame and running gear of a Jaguar E-Type 2+2,…
Retromotive Magazine is a quarterly coffee table magazine that features some of the most beautiful automotive photography you’ll find anywhere in the world. The magazine was founded by Nathan Duff, a veteran of the classic car magazine genre and a previous staff photographer for Australian Classic Car Magazine. Nathan has always been just as fascinated…
Editor Update 29/06/2019: We’ve getting additional information in about this vehicle, it was built by Don Boeke of Egyptian Custom Body in Dayton, Ohio to a design penned by Byron Kauffman. It was built for Porsche collector John Dixon for his daughter’s wedding, and he used a basket-case pre-A Porsche 356 that with floors…
This is an original, complete Ferrari 250 tool roll suitable for “outside plug” cars like the GTE, Lusso, SWB, TDF, PF Coupe and GTO models. It’s vitally important for owners of these cars to have original tool rolls along with all of the other factory parts and accessories before entering the car in shows…
This Land Rover Series 2A LWB (long wheelbase) has been through a comprehensive nut-and-bolt restoration by the talented team at Cool n’ Vintage for a world famous client – Deus Ex Machina. Impressively this is the 86th Land Rover rebuilt by Cool n’ Vintage over the past few years, the Portuguese company has become…
The California Star has always been a controversial car, it was built in the early 1980s as a modern day interpretation of the Ford Model T Roadster using a full space frame chassis, competition grade suspension and Wilwood brake calipers, a mid-mounted turbocharged engine, Porsche 911 rack and pinion steering, and a hand-formed aluminum body….
