This beautifully preserved 1965 Ferrari 330GT was the car selected by John Lennon in February 1965, luxury car dealerships across London heard that Lennon had just passed his driving exam, so they rushed their most glamorous cars to his home in Weybridge, Surrey – in the hopes that he’d take a fancy to one of them.
This is one of the two original 1958 Lister-Jaguar ‘Knobbly’ Prototypes, the pair of Lister-Jaguars were ordered right off the factory floor by legendary American racer, Briggs Cunningham. The Listers were fitted with SCCA compliant, 3 litre XK Jaguar engine, this created a car that was 200lbs lighter than the D-Type Jaguar, with better weight distribution and better handling.
This is an all-original 1954 Ferrari 500 Mondial Spider Series I by Pinin Farina, only 14 of them were ever made with a further 16 being made by competing coachbuilder Scaglietti. The Mondial 500 was named after Alberto Ascari’s Formula 2 car that had dominated the previous years championship – winning 6 of the 8 races in 1953.
This is a 1953 Maserati A6GCS/53 Spyder by Fantuzzi – just 52 of them were built in 1953 by Maserati with the sole aim of challenging the likes of Ferrari, Jaguar and Mercedes-Benz on some of the most iconic race tracks in Europe and around the world.
This stunningly beautiful 1954 Mercedes-Benz W196R Formula 1 car was driven in anger by the likes of Juan Manuel Fangio, Hans Herrmann and Karl Kling – this essentially makes it about as close to royalty as a car can become.
This 1953 Bentley R-Type Special Roadster is one of those cars that seems to be far less expensive than you might expect, with an estimated value of £50,000 to £60,000 it’s certainly not cheap, but it’s less pricey that a mass-produced 2-door Jaguar F-Type V8.
The 1958 Packard Hawk Sport Coupe was set to hold 2 milestones for the Packard marque – firstly, at 125mph it would be the fastest car that the company ever produced. Secondly and somewhat sadly, it would also be the last car that the company ever made.
This is a new series on Silodrome called “The Projects”, we’ll be bringing you interesting, unusual and absurd Project Cars that we dig up…
This combination of a 1964/5 Volkswagen Pick-Up and a Porsche Formula V track car is one of the more unique items we’ve come across in recent memory, and the pair of them together are quite possibly the coolest track day set up in the world.
This film, titled “Never Start Something You Can’t Stop” is the story of the John Wyer Gulf Oil Ford GT40 team, who went on to win the 1968 Le Mans.
The 1954 Jaguar XK120 M Roadster was the US specification version of the famous XK Jaguar model, the 3.4 SE engine was an inline 6 cylinder capable of producing 180hp at 5300RPM. This power plant was advanced for the day and same basic engine design remained in production for decades after it was originally introduced.
This is an original 1964 Buick Riviera Coupe, 1964 was only the second year that the Riviera was sold and these first generation cars were extremely well received by not only automotive journalists, but also from the international car-designer-glitterati.
