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Only One Ever Made: 1989 Ferrari 328 Conciso

Ben Branch August 19, 2017
  • Cars
  • Design
  • Ferrari
  • Italian

The Ferrari 328 Conciso is a bespoke one-off car built on the platform of the Ferrari 328 GTS. The new body was entirely shaped…

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1967 Alfa Romeo Sprint GT Veloce

Ben Branch August 18, 2017
  • Cars
  • Italian

Among the Alfa Romeo cognoscenti there are few cars as sacred as the Giorgetto Giugiaro designed “step nose” 105 series coupes of the mid-1960s….

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1965 Ferrari 275 GTB/6C Alloy

Ben Branch August 17, 2017
  • Cars
  • Ferrari
  • Italian
  • Rare

The release of the Ferrari 275 in 1964 was a significant milestone for Ferrari, it was the first of their cars to be fitted…

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The Last American De Tomaso Pantera

Ben Branch August 16, 2017
  • Cars
  • Italian

It’s been said that there are two kinds of men in the world – those who like Panteras and those who aren’t real men….

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1940 BMW 328 Roadster

Ben Branch August 15, 2017
  • BMW
  • Cars
  • Design
  • Rare

The 1940 BMW 328 Roadster shown here presents a bit of an automotive mystery, its rare Touring of Milan bodywork was constructed using the Superleggera…

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1985 Ferrari 288 GTO

Ben Branch August 14, 2017
  • Cars
  • Ferrari
  • Italian
  • Rare

A Brief History of the Ferrari 288 GTO The Ferrari 288 GTO was destined to compete in the borderline-insane world of Group B racing. The…

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1959 Troy Roadster

Ben Branch August 11, 2017
  • American
  • Cars
  • Design

The Troy Roadster is the most famous of the one-off custom builds created by Wally Troy in the 1950s. Stylistically it looks like a cross…

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1955 Ferrari 121 LM

Ben Branch August 10, 2017
  • Cars
  • Ferrari
  • Italian
  • Racing
  • Rare

This car was one of the Scuderia Ferrari Works entries in the 1955 Mille Miglia – a challenging 1,000 mile race across Italy held…

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1985 Mazda RX-7 Evo Group B Works Racer

Ben Branch August 9, 2017
  • Cars
  • Japanese
  • Racing
  • Rally

Original, unused Group B rally cars come up for pubic auction exceedingly rarely. In fact I can’t think of even one in recent memory….

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Classic Car Go Karts

Ben Branch August 7, 2017
  • Cars
  • Gadgets
  • Retro

There are few forms of motor racing quite as fun go-karting. Karts usually aren’t that quick, but they’re typically cheap to run and maintain,…

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1954 Pegaso Z-102 Series II Saoutchik

Ben Branch August 5, 2017
  • Cars
  • Design
  • Engineering
  • Rare

A Brief History of the Pegaso Z-102 The Pegaso Z-102 was a technologically advanced sports car built by the Spanish in a Hispano-Suiza truck factory between…

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1968 Chevrolet Corvette L88 Sunray-DX Race Car

Ben Branch August 3, 2017
  • American
  • Cars
  • Racing
  • Rare

The L88 Corvette is a vehicle spoken about among the Chevrolet cognoscenti with the kind of hushed reverence usually reserved for matters of state…

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