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This is how I did captions before today..Maserati 250F #2533 of 1958.
Story and photos by Alessandro Gerelli
The traditional mid-August appointment at the Nurburgring was a great success, with a huge number of enthusiasts to see many important old cars. The old and very long Nordschleife track is used only for one race (the Marathon): all the other races are run on the normal track. [Read more…] about Cars of the Ring: Oldtimer Grand Prix, 2014
The sole Bugatti in the wonderful environment of Corvara in Alta Badia.
Story and photos by Alessandro Gerelli
The Coppa d’Oro for historic cars has usually been held at the end of August, but for organizational reasons, it has been moved to mid-July.
The result was gorgeous from the weather point of view, and all the participants enjoyed the wonderful sights of the Dolomites, going from Cortina to Merano and then back to Cortina going up and down through many “Passi Dolomitici”.
Unfortunately the number of participants was also very low (about 50 cars at the start and 40 at the arrival) and also the “quality” if compared with the editions of few years ago. This year there was only one Bugatti, one Ferrari, no Maseratis, a few interesting Alfas and Lancias. There were many English cars on hand.
Of course this is a trend which is common to all the “oldtimer” races, but we enthusiasts feel we are missing the sight of those lovely old cars idled in garages.
Fiat 500 Club Italia with love.
Story and Photos by Alessandro Gerelli
This is a rather new event for Milano, the city which will host the World Expo 2015. But every year the success grows and the number and quality of the cars increases. The 2014 show featured more car restorers, many dealers and the usual owner clubs.
Notably, I have seen a lot of old Italian cars. But at this show, I found a few I had never seen before!
Nosey Citroens, Number One.
Story and Photos by Alessandro Gerelli
Automedon is an event that takes place in Paris at Bourget exhibition center every year in October. It is a collector car and motorbike exhibition with many owner’s clubs, spare parts dealers, and booksellers. Of course most of the cars are French, but looking around one may find everything because collectors and enthusiasts come to visit the exhibition with their cars.
Panhard Dyna Z6 Pichou Parat of 1959
Hotchkiss Van for Alfa Service
Hotchkiss Montecarlo S
BNC Monza
Bugatti T30
Maserati 250 S of 1957 (s/n #2432) sold for $3.3 million.
Story and photos by Alessandro Gerelli
RM Auction in London, September 8th and 9th, 2013.
The day after the St. James Concours d’ Elegance in London, RM held an auction with many cars coming from important private collections.
The first day was dedicated to a collection of Mercedes cars, while the second day featured other brands, with a huge number of Ferrari models, mostly production cars of the 60s and 70s.
The auction was a big success with a total of sales of more than 21 million pounds (more than $33 million). [Read more…] about The Price of our Passion: Gerelli at RM Auctions, London
A nice view of the mountains near Cortina and the Osca 372 FS.
Coppa D’Oro Delle Dolomiti, August 29th-September 1st 2013
Giuliano Canè is an Italian driver who has won many historical Mille Miglia and seven editions of the Coppa d’Oro. In an interview with a local newspaper, he said that the Coppa d’Oro in the 90s was at the same level as the Mille Miglia in terms of number of participants and even more qualified for drivers and cars. I remember in late 80s, I saw a man whose name is Mauro Forghieri changing the plugs of a Testarossa: what a dream! [Read more…] about Coppa D’Oro Delle Dolomiti (Cortina) 2013
Captions and Photos by Alessandro Gerelli
A further look at this year’s Oldtimer Grand Prix, held on August 10-11 2013, including the best of the Coy’s Auction.
LaFerrari features a V12 6.3 liter, 800 bhp engine plus two electric engines. Only 499 will be built and sold for 1.2 million euros.
Photos and Story by Alessandro Gerelli
[Read more…] about Geneva with Alessandro Gerelli
Talbot Lago T150C (1936) estimate was 1200-1800k €: sold for € 1462000.
Photos and Captions by Alessandro Gerelli
The success of Retromobile 2013, with a record presence of more than 80000 visitors in five days meant a good day for Artcurial Auctions, with more than 90% of the lots sold and a total of sales of more than 14,5 million euros. The top price was bid for the Talbot Lago T150C of 1936 which sold for about 1.5 million euros including premium and taxes. Here are the cars of interest to VeloceToday readers.
[Read more…] about Artcurial Auction at Retro by Alessandro Gerelli
While Brit Jonathan Sharp covered the event from the beaches of the Breakers, from Milan came our correspondent Alessandro Gerelli to capture some of the action at the adjacent races at Palm Beach International Raceway. Just as at the Cavallino Classic, this year’s event at Palm Beach International Raceway was a spectacle of cars but not owners. We have not associated the cars with their owners per their request for a bit of privacy. Ed.
Photo story by Alessandro Gerelli
[Read more…] about Palm Beach International Raceway Photo Gallery
This year's winner is Canè and Galliani with a Lancia Aprilia.
Story and Photos by Alessandro Gerelli
A very rainy edition of the Coppa d’Oro delle Dolomiti in Cortina d’Ampezzo witnessed the victory of Canè Galliani in both the events, the Coppa and the “Alte Sfere Heritage by Bark” of Sunday morning.
As for other international events, the cars in the entry list are becoming more and more “young”: this year no Ferraris, only two Maseratis, no Oscas, one Bugatti, very few etceterinis, few Alfas, but many Jaguar, Triumph, Austin, Porsche.
See the website, Coppadorodelledolomiti for more details.
Maserati A6GCS (Boglioli/Pezzia).
Maserati A6GCS (Laurent Bellue/Come).
Maserati 250F sculpture got our attention.
Photos and Captions by Alessandro Gerelli
Since we are celebrating our tenth anniversary this year, we thought it might be nice to list all the articles about the Nurburgring Oldtimer event filed by Alessandro Gerelli in the past decade. It’s an interesting walk through the famous paddock and one can get a sense of how much or how little vintage racing, European style, has changed over the years. Above and below, Gerelli’s photos from this year’s Oldtimer Grand Prix. [Read more…] about Oldtimer Grand Prix, 2012