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Maserati 200SI

Ben Branch March 7, 2015
  • Cars
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  • Italian
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Maserati’s 200SI was a car developed with very large shoes to fill, it was to be the replacement for the popular and successful A6GC6, it would be driven by some of motor sport’s biggest…

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Mazda Cosmo 110S

Ben Branch March 6, 2015
  • Cars
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  • Japanese
  • Rare
  • Retro
  • Vintage

The Mazda Cosmo 110S was the first rotary-engined car to roll out of the Japanese marque’s factory, it was dressed in a jet-age inspired body and in its one race outing it landed a…

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Supercharged MG ND Magnette Racer

Ben Branch February 26, 2015
  • British
  • Cars
  • Classic Cars
  • Racing

Only 24 MG ND Magnettes were built, all were made in 1934 and all were characterised by their MG K2 bodies installed on the then new N-Type chassis. The N-Type chassis was a significant…

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Original Ferrari Blueprints

Ben Branch February 19, 2015
  • Art
  • Cars
  • Classic Cars
  • Design
  • Ferrari
  • Italian

This set of three Ferrari blueprints are due to sell (individually) at the Amelia Island Auction on the 12th of March 2015, although not cheap, they’re not quite as out of reach as you…

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The Golden Age of the British Sports Car

Ben Branch February 8, 2015
  • British
  • Cars
  • Classic Cars
  • Films
  • Vintage

The Golden Age of the British Sports Car is a BBC documentary about the post-WWII success of the small, light and nimble two-seaters rolling out of England. These cars were characterised by their affordability…

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Austin-Healey 100S

Ben Branch February 6, 2015
  • British
  • Cars
  • Classic Cars
  • Luxury
  • Racing
  • Rare

The Austin-Healey 100S was created by Donald Healey as a purpose built racer to show the potential of his relatively new 100/4, only 50 chassis would be built in the 100S series for homologation…

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Porsche 901/911 – Ex-Anders Josephson Racing

Ben Branch February 5, 2015
  • Cars
  • Classic Cars
  • German
  • Porsche
  • Racing
  • Vintage

The Porsche 901 was one of the major drawcards at the 1964 Paris Auto Salon where it ruffled the feathers of French automobile manufacturer Peugeot, the French marque had a long history of using…

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Porsche 356C 1600 SC

Ben Branch January 29, 2015
  • Cars
  • Classic Cars
  • German
  • Porsche

There’s little doubt that Porsche’s 356 is one of the more important sports cars of the mid-20th century, it was the first production car made by Porsche and only their second model after the…

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Ferrari 250 GT Lusso

Ben Branch January 28, 2015
  • Cars
  • Classic Cars
  • Ferrari
  • Luxury
  • Vintage

I was on my way to a car show last weekend when a bright red Ferrari 250 GT Lusso went past travelling in the opposite direction, I very nearly ploughed into the central divider…

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Ferrari 250 GT Coupé by Ellena

Ben Branch January 23, 2015
  • Cars
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  • Ferrari
  • Italian
  • Luxury
  • Racing
  • Vintage

In the late 1950s a small batch of Ferrari 250 GT Coupés found their way into the workshop of Carrozzeria Ellena – a small coachbuilder previously named Boano after its founder, Mario Boano. Mario was recruited by…

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Porsche 911 Turbo

Ben Branch January 14, 2015
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  • German
  • Luxury
  • Porsche
  • Vintage

Growing up in the ’80s there were 3 cars that invariably sat atop every young boy’s wishlist – the Porsche 911 Turbo, the Ferrari Testarossa and the Lamborghini Countach. Posters of these cars adorned…

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1962 Chevrolet Corvette

Ben Branch January 12, 2015
  • American
  • Cars
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  • Vintage

1962 was to be the last year for the C1 Chevrolet Corvette before the introduction of its replacement – Chevrolet chose to send it off with a bang by including a 327 cubic inch…

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