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70 Years of Abarth at Geneva

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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

Portello Awards and the Tecno-Nanni Galli

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Words and photo by Roberto Motta

ARESE 23 February 2019 – This year the ‘Scuderia del Portello’ celebrated its drivers and friends with the awarding of the ‘Campioni Alfa Romeo’, an event that the team has organized since 1993 to celebrate the past season and inaugurate the new one. As usual, the event took place in the halls of the splendid Alfa Romeo Historical Museum in Arese. [Read more…] about Portello Awards and the Tecno-Nanni Galli

Merit Kits and the Missing BlueBird

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We got a lot of comments on the recent Merit Kit story by Aldo Zana. A lot. For years, your Editor, holed up in a very northern Minnesota town in the 1950s, thought he was the only guy in the world who knew about Merit kits. [Read more…] about Merit Kits and the Missing BlueBird

Death of the Stapp Land Speed Record Car

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A conversation about the Stapp Record car and it’s demise.

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Dear Dale,

Nice article and nice photo, a well-known one. I fully agree with the conclusion of the article. I attach here a period color art of the Stapp’s accident published by the Italian popular magazine La Tribuna Illustrata, May 8, 1932. [Read more…] about Death of the Stapp Land Speed Record Car

Alfas, Lancias and the VSCCA

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Story by Sean Smith

Santo Spadaro’s first car was a Lancia D50 Grand Prix car, but at only 3 years old, it was one he could hold in his hand. The racer was clutched in his hand while he sat in the grandstand at Watkins Glen with his family watching the full-size racers do battle.

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AISA Conferences and Monographs

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Story by Aldo Zana

Herein, Aldo Zana describes the functions of the AISA, (the Italian Association for the History of the Automobile), and discusses the recent conference on Jim Clark. Please consider joining the AISA, open to all serious automobile and motorcyle enthusiasts.

AISA General Description

The AISA (Associazione Italiana per la Storia dell’Automobile – Italian Association for the History of the Automobile) was established 1987 in Milan by a group of prominent Italian enthusiasts and experts of the motoring world, including executives, designers, engineers, university professors, historians and journalists. [Read more…] about AISA Conferences and Monographs

Merit 1:24 Scale Model Kits

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The whole range of the Merit 1:24-scale plastic kit assembled and painted in period: mid-Fifties. Front line: British F1 and the Jaguar D-Type. Mid row: Italian F1 and Grand Prix racers and the Lotus 11. Rear row: French racers, Mercedes W196, Cooper 500 MkIX and Aston Martin DB3S.

Text, photos and models by Aldo Zana

It was hard times in the second half of the Fifties for European kids in love with Formula One and longing to become part of its world by collecting and playing with model racers. [Read more…] about Merit 1:24 Scale Model Kits

And How! Mr. Stapp’s Imaginative LSR

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Story by Dale LaFollette

Stop the Press! Oh, we can’t but this bit of Youtube just surfaced in reference to the below article and it simply must be seen!!!

I have spent the last twenty-five years collecting, buying and selling period racing photography that interested me. I have known of the car illustrated here and had spent several years looking for a good vintage print when this one became available. My reason for the search was based on the wonderful story surrounding the builder of this car and the car itself. [Read more…] about And How! Mr. Stapp’s Imaginative LSR

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