The Iso Grifo GL Series II was the upgraded second iteration of the Iso Grifo GL – a car that had been developed by the Giotto Bizzarini, the father of the Ferrari 250 GTO, with a body designed by Giorgetto Giugiaro, a man widely believed to be the greatest car designer of the 20th century….
The BMW 2002 Turbo was the quickest version of the mighty little 2002, a car named for its engine size of 2000cc and its number of doors – 2. Now before I get a slew of emails from people telling me the engine is actually 1998cc I should tell you that the engine size was…
The story of the Africar is worthy of a Hollywood film, it involves millions of dollars, a Cambridge-educated engineering genius, a film crew, a global adventure, a wildly unusual automobile, and ultimately, a controversial prison sentence. Tony Howarth, and A Dream of a Car for Africa The Africar was the vision of Englishman Tony…
The Lamborghini LM002 must have seemed like a four wheel drive from a parallel universe when it was introduced in 1986. The larger than life SUV was fitted with a modified version of the 5.2 litre V12 from the Lamborghini Countach, and if that wasn’t enough could tick a box to opt for the 7.2…
The Lamborghini Miura P400 S was introduced in 1968 with a series of modest upgrades over the original Miura P400 which had been released in 1966 to global acclaim. The Lamborghini Miura – A Quick Introduction The “P400” model designation stands for “Posteriore 4 Litri” in Italian, or posterior 4 litre in English. This is…
Many consider the 1980s to be the golden age of rally, it’s a tough call however as the 1960s and 1970s offered a slew of extraordinary rally cars and drivers, and the 1990s didn’t exactly disappoint in these departments either. Perhaps the key reason the 1980s are viewed with such rose tinted glasses is that…
This is the first Apollo 3500 GT Spider that was ever built, just 5 Spider versions of the Apollo 3500 GT would be made in total, and this is the only one with the all-aluminum Buick V8. The Apollo 3500 GT The story of the Apollo GT is a tale of determination with a…
The Intermeccanica Italia is a remarkable ’60s-era sports car designed and built by a small team of Americans and Italians all under the direction of a larger-than-life Hungarian-Canadian man named Frank Reisner. The history of the Italia starts with a car called the Griffith GT which had a chassis designed by former BRM Formula 1…
The Apollo 3500 GT is one of the most remarkable American GT cars of its age, it’s largely unknown by many due to its relative rarity, but this hand-built car showed that the Americans could design a vehicle just as capable as those from Aston Martin, Ferrari, Jaguar, and Maserati. America has a long history…
The Ford Mustang 428 Cobra Jet was Ford’s comeback king – a car built to reclaim the crown that had been taken by other manufacturers who had rushed to build their own pony cars, then rapidly developed them until they had faster and better value for money models than Ford’s own offerings. Interestingly the mission…
The Kaiser Jeep M715 is the military variant of the civilian Jeep Gladiator. By the mid-1960s it became clear that the current US Military 4×4 truck, the Dodge M37, needed to be replaced – rather than put out a tender to manufacturers for a new vehicle design, the military went looking for a current production…
This week’s find is part of our ongoing “Supercar Engines On eBay” series, it’s a McLaren 540C Twin-Turbo V8 with many of the parts needed to get it fitted into your Miata – with the exception of engine mounts, time, money, and world class fabrication skills. The McLaren 570 series was released in 2015 as…
