An Original Porsche Helicopter Engine – The Ultimate 356 Outlaw Engine Swap?
It isn’t common knowledge that Porsche sold a significant number of modified 356 engines to the Americans for use in helicopters, including both the…
Classic Cars
For Sale: The Dalai Lama’s Own Personal Land Rover Series IIA
This was His Holiness The 14th Dalai Lama’s personal daily transportation for 10 years between 1966 and 1976 in Dharamsala, India. Although the Dalai…
1:10th Scale Porsche 911 Carrera RSR Tamiya R/C Car
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…
The Shelby De Tomaso P70 – The Only One Ever Made
The De Tomaso P70, later known as the Ghia DeTomaso, was a joint project between two independent icons of the motoring world –…
No Ghosts – A 1935 Film About Chevrolet Chassis Design
No Ghosts is a somewhat unusually named 1935 film about Chevrolet chassis design. The title of the film makes sense once you’ve seen it,…
A Rare WD Denzel – An Unusual Early Austrian Porsche Rival
Austrian race driver and engineer Wolfgang Denzel began building his own cars in the years shortly after WW2 using left over VW Kübelwagen chassis…
The Matra Djet V – The World’s First Production Mid-Engined Road Car
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…
The Jaguar Pirana by Bertone – The Only One Ever Made
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…
Retromotive Magazine – A Quarterly Coffee Table Magazine
Retromotive Magazine is a quarterly coffee table magazine that features some of the most beautiful automotive photography you’ll find anywhere in the world….
*Now Solved* A Mysterious Porsche 356 Limousine – Can You Help Shed Light On Its History?
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,…
An Original Ferrari 250 Tool Roll – That (Probably) Costs More Than Your Car
This is an original, complete Ferrari 250 tool roll suitable for “outside plug” cars like the GTE, Lusso, SWB, TDF, PF Coupe and…
Supercar Showdown: An ’80s Comparison Between The Lamborghini Countach, The Ferrari Testarossa, And The Porsche 911 Turbo
Supercar Showdown is a straight-to-VHS film from 1986 comparing the Lamborghini Countach, the Ferrari Testarossa, and the Porsche 911 Turbo (930). The film…