It’s The Ryans! A Story About A Yellow Car
Los Angeles is home to a vast array of renowned personalities, landmarks, and industries – none more celebrated than the business of film. It was in this industry that J and Nicole Ryan first…
Cars
The Baja Porsche 911 – Built By Michael Lightbourn
This unusual off-road racer started life as a 1969 Porsche 911, its early life is largely lost to history but what we do know is that the well-known classic car hunter Michael Lightbourn discovered…
A RUF Modified Porsche 911 – The 700 BHP Twin Turbo RUF RSR
The one-of-one “RUF RSR” as it’s become known over the past 30+ years was lauded in the book The World’s Fastest Cars in 1989. Since that time the horsepower has been increased from 400…
1966 Shelby GT350 H – The Most Valuable Ex-Rental Car In The World
We can unreservedly say that the Shelby GT350 H is the most desirable ex-rental car in history. They were created for a partnership between Ford and Hertz Car Rentals to promote the automaker and…
The So-Cal Speed Shop Special Belly Tank Racer – The Lakester
The So-Cal Speed Shop Special Belly Tank Racer, also known as a “Lakester”, was developed in the late 1940s using relatively primitive hot rod techniques to create a car that would break five records…
A Brief History of the Mercedes-Benz G-Wagen (G-Wagon / G-Class)
Germany and Austria Join Forces to Create a Better 4×4 – The G-Wagen (G-Wagon / G-Class) The story of the beginning of the Mercedes G-Wagen (also known as the G-Wagon and the G-Class) brings…
Ferrari 156 F1 Sharknose – 1:8th Scale Model – $8,460 USD
The Ferrari 156 F1 “Sharknose” is remembered today as one of the most famous Formula 1 cars of its era, if not the most famous outright. The great tragedy of the Sharknose is that…
The Only One Ever Made – The 1968 Serenissima Ghia GT
The Serenissima Ghia GT is a one-off design penned by the great Tom Tjaarda, and conceived by Count Giovanni Volpi di Misurata and Alejandro de Tomaso. The truth of the matter is that de…
Mazda RX-7 – The Twin-Turbo Rotary Powerhouse
The Mazda RX-7 is an immensely popular Japanese sports car that’s entirely unique among its contemporaries due to one key fact – it was only ever offered with a rotary engine. Rotaries have fallen…
Is This The Perfect 911? – The Porsche 911 Carrera RS 2.7 Touring
This is the Touring version of the Porsche 911 Carrera RS 2.7, a car that still to this day is regarded by many as the ultimate iteration of the worlds longest-running sports car. Porsche…
Crate Engine Royalty: A 740 HP Ferrari F50 GT V12 Engine
This Ferrari F50 V12 engine was built to F50 GT specifications along with three chassis and another three or four race-specification engines. The F50 GT (also known as the Ferrari F50 GT1) was built…
The Fiat Dino Coupé – A Ferrari Homologation Special
The Fiat Dino coupé is the far more attainable sibling of the peerless Ferrari Dino, both cars shared the same engine and the same basic mission – to sell in high enough numbers to…