There’s a lot to be said for classic Formula 1, before the billions of dollars, super model wives and corporate overlords the F1 paddock was full of friendly men and women from around the world, racing a wide variety of open wheeled howlers and then sitting down together for dinner the night after the race.
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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…
This is a 508 hp Ferrari 575M V12 engine, it’s listed as complete and fully functional with 16,875 miles on the clock, and the Buy It Now price is $35,740 USD. The Ferrari 575M Maranello…
This is a 1:3 scale model kit of the legendary Porsche Carrera Type 547 4-cylinder boxer engine that was originally fitted to later examples of the Porsche 550 Spyder, as well as the Porsche 356…
The humble Mini shocked the world when it became one of the pre-eminent race cars in its class back in the 1960s, it wasn’t originally intended for racing but to fulfil a need for…
The series of Western Clipper Motorhomes were designed by the prolific and influential industrial designer Brooks Stevens, before the United States entered WW2 in the late 1930s and very early 1940s. A number of unique…
Just 100 examples of the Lamborghini Islero GTS were made, the car was the higher-performance successor to the Islero GT, and today the Islero GT series is considered a bit of a hidden gem –…
