We enjoy our brochures and rather than keeping them in hidden in a folder, we made a montage with a grouping per above. No damage to the brochures, however! From our archives, below we present a group of Fiat brochures on the Fiat 600 series. Ed.
Avignon Motor Festival 2019
Photos and text by Graham Gauld
I made my usual trip to Avignon last week (March 22-24) for the Avignon Motor Festival, which is similar to Retromobile in Paris, but even more eclectic with a group of buildings and open-air stands selling everything from rusty bits of unremarkable French cars to books, car models, and machinery.
30th Classic Festival of Motorsport, Phillip Island, Australia
Story and photos by Vince Johnson
Over four hundred and fifty cars and drivers from across Australia, New Zealand, the UK and Germany descended on the Phillip Island circuit, south of Melbourne, to help the Victorian Historic Racing Register celebrate their 30th Classic Festival of Motorsport. They weren’t the only ones commemorating milestones.
Ferrari Owners Mystified by Modifications
Parody, April 1, 2019
Words and illustrations by Richard Bartholomew
A renegade group of disgruntled Ferrari mechanics has possibly been committing atrocities on certain Ferraris, but so far nobody is sure of what the heck is going on. Some owners of the fabled Italian brand have reported returning from vacations and finding their prized Ferraris refurbished and redone in odd ways. Inside jobs are suspected but nobody has taken credit yet. The changes range from the simplistic, like the Cyclops-Dino in our lead image, to fantastic, complex modifications like making an SUV out of Testarossa. [Read more…] about Ferrari Owners Mystified by Modifications
The Saga of Count Trossi
From the Archives, November 1st, 2002
By Ed McDonough
Photos from the collection of Ed McDonough
As the 1940s drew to a close, three of Alfa Romeo’s most talented drivers in the pre or post-war years were all lost to the Milanese company within one year. Forty-four year-old Achille Varzi died in practice for the Grand Prix d’Europe at the Bremgarten circuit at Berne, in Switzerland. His teammates were Jean-Pierre Wimille, Count Trossi, and Consalvo Sanesi.
Abarth 750 GT, Abarth Scorpion
By Brandes Elitch
From the Archives, September 7, 2011
During the Monterey Car Week, the most amazing cars are everywhere, on every street and in every driveway (the good citizens of Carmel-by-the-Cash-Register are happy to rent rooms in their homes for the visiting hordes).
Stuttgart Extravaganza: Italians
Story and photos by Jonathan Sharp
It was whilst walking back to our hotel during the Paris Retromobile show that I mentioned to my pal that I would like to visit a German Classic car show and suggested we attend the forthcoming Retro classic show in Stuttgart. [Read more…] about Stuttgart Extravaganza: Italians
Stuttgart Extravaganza: Germans
Photos by Jonathan Sharp
And here are the German cars photographed at the Stuttgart Retro Classics show in March. Big, often heavy, fast, streamlined, but always well built, German classics are in many cases the obverse of Italian automobiles of the same era. But look what we are missing when we concentrate only on French and Italian cars.
Stuttgart Extravaganza: French and Misc.
Photos by Jonathan Sharp
The third part of our photos from the Stuttgard Retro Classic show in March. What you will see when you go below… four rare Bugattis, and a Citroen Sahara with the rear deck lid up, Lambo tractors, buses, and Packards! Just keep scrolling.
Hypercars at Geneva
Mille Miglia Alfas Meet Again
70 Years of Abarth at Geneva
Photos by Alessandro Gerelli
Abarth & C. was officially established seventy years ago, on April 15, 1949. In celebration, this year at Geneva was a very nice grouping of Abarths (curiously minus the 750 GT Zagato and the 750 Allemano Spider, among others). Alessandro Gerelli was there last week to photograph the collection. [Read more…] about 70 Years of Abarth at Geneva