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A Short Trip to the UK

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Fellow traveler Brandes Elitch next to a stationary Citroen prop food truck – Warwick Castle (they are all over the place: malls, public spaces).

Kenyon and Margaret Wills add some local color to their recent trip to the NEC Classic with the intrepid Brandes Elitch-Ed.

Story and photos by Kenyon and Margaret Wills

The annual early-November Classic Motor Show that we’re discussing is next to the Birmingham airport in the National Exhibition Centre (NEC), which is a modern convention center that is to UK conventions what Las Vegas or Orlando is to the USA.

The show is very centrally located and the entire country is essentially “next door” via a robust national rail network or the adjacent airport, making for a several-hour train ride or a cheap easyJet flight into Birmingham Airport. Hanging with Brandes Elitch, we also enjoyed the National Motorcycle Museum, just down the roundabout from the NEC. [Read more…] about A Short Trip to the UK

Tazio Nuvolari, a Brief Bio

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There have been many authoritative works documenting the extraordinary career of the great Italian race driver Tazio Nuvolari. The word “authentic” was used in this original article submitted by Lorenzo Montagner, who is the curator of the Tazio Nuvolari Museum in Mantua, Italy and could, therefore, be considered an authority on the subject of Tazio Nuvolari.

Lorenzo Montagner writes from the perspective of an Italian enthusiast as well as a scholar. He takes pride in the history and the charm of the area which gave Nuvolari his epithet “The Flying Mantuan.”

– Pete Vack and Peter Darnall

By Lorenzo Montagner, Administrator and custodian of the Tazio Nuvolari Museum
Color photos by Gian Maria Pontiroli

From the VeloceToday Archives, May, 2017

Owned by the Automobile Club di Mantova, the Tazio Nuvolari Museum is situated in Mantua: the city is a small but wonderful peninsula surrounded by three artificial lakes located in the heart of the Po valley (Pianura Padana) between Milan and Venice. Mantua was the home town of the poet Virgil, a territory that blends together water, ground and sky. Under the duchy of the Gonzaga family, between the middle of 1300s and the beginning of 1700s, Mantua hosted renowned artists like Andrea Mantegna, Leon Battista Alberti and Giulio Romano who contributed to the transformation of the town in one of the gems of the Italian Renaissance.

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Bulgari’s Jewel of a Giulietta

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Story and photos by Sean Smith

Giulietta Sprint Veloce driver Dore Leto di Priolo went to Zagato after the 1956 Mille Miglia to request that they rebody his car, which had been heavily damaged in the 1,000-mile road race. The Milanese coachbuilder produced a lightweight racing car (the Giulietta SVZ) that had a considerable edge over the already fast Sprint Veloce.

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American Invasion: Elitch at the NEC Classic

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Need we say more?

Story by Brandes Elitch
Photos by Brandes Elitch, Kenyon and Margaret Wills

Although I have attended Retromobile, Essen TechnoClassic, the Mille Miglia Historique, the Monaco Historics, and other shows for many years, until this year I had not visited the Birmingham National Exhibition Centre Classic Motor Show (November 7-9).

It is the largest motor show for historic vehicles in the world, spread out in 5 halls, in a large exhibition center, just a short monorail ride from the Birmingham airport.

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‘Simply Italian’ Car Meet at Beaulieu, September 28

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A rainy day did not discourage 500 plus Italian car owners.

Story and photos by Gary Axon

In a bid to attract more visitors to its picturesque Beaulieu location post Covid-19 pandemic, the UK’s National Motor Museum successfully introduced its now popular themed ‘Simply’ vehicle gatherings a few years ago, with around a dozen of these well-attended Simply events held during the 2025 season.

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Ferrari Museum Circa 2014: California Dreaming

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Thomassima

Thomassima. Tom Meade's third creation and probably his most famous. Tom Meade was an American living in Modena who had his own ideas as to how Ferrari's should look. This example is based on a 250GT Coupe.

Story and photos by Jonathan Sharp

From the VeloceToday Archives, November 2014

The article covers the cars and current displays at the Ferrari Museum. Click here to read about the items and artifacts at the Ferrari Museum

2014, in addition to being the 100th Anniversary of the founding of the Maserati concern is also the 60th anniversary of the presence of Ferrari in North America.

This anniversary also ties in rather nicely with the recent launch of the new Ferrari California T. These two events are currently being celebrated at the

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London to Brighton Run, 2025

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1899 single cylinder 3.5HP Wolseley Two seater voiturette, entered by the British Motor Museum, driven by Alex Brundle and Charlotte Vowden.

Story and photos by Jonathan Sharp

The thing that strikes me most as I sort through my pictures of the 2025 London to Brighton Veteran Car Run are the smiles; nearly everybody is smiling when they reach the finishing line. Many had a trouble-free run stopping only to grab a coffee at the designated stops. Others had been under the car for more time than they had been in it (probably more accurate to say on it) but it was smiles all the way, it is that sort of event and the spectators along the route join in with the smiling, and the clapping. It all seems like great fun.

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Best of France and Italy, 2025

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A 1926 Bugatti T40 Roadster.

The 2015 Annual Best of Italy and France Show

Story and photos by Joe Duray

The 53rd Annual Best of Italy and France Show was held on November 2. It is probably the oldest car show in Southern California, and occurs annually on the first Sunday of November in a beautiful park in the San Fernando Valley.

It is special in that any car or vintage is allowed to show if it was built in either Italy or France. It is a car show for car owners. There is no car judging, and the cost of registration is minimal. This brings out a large array of cars. This year, approximately 350 cars were on the green. There is no cost for spectator admission.

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Gauld and the Mallocks

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The redoubtable Major Mallock with one of his first Ford engined Austin Seven specials from the 1940s.

Story and photos by Graham Gauld

The Silverstone Classic, run by the British Racing Drivers Club, is an event for car guys and gals with a huge entry of cars of every shape and style racing on the full Silverstone Grand Prix Circuit.

For me it is a time to meet up with old friends and poke around the various paddocks to see what interesting cars and people I can find.

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Gijsbert-Paul Berk: The Truth About Spiders

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By Gijsbert-Paul Berk

From the VeloceToday Archives, June, 2013

The Attraction of Spiders
This is not about the eight-legged arachnids – of which some species can be poisonous – but about four wheeled automobiles that appeal to the instincts of sporting men and women.

Driving an open sportscars without a roll bar can of course also be dangerous. But, as someone once remarked “driving a low and powerful machine with the wind blowing over your skull, is one of the most exhilarating sensations you can have with your pants on”. It is also one of the best ways to stop smoking.

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St James’s Motoring Spectacle

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Story and photos by Jonathan Sharp

What we as kids back in the 60s used to call the “old crocks race,” the London to Brighton Run has over the past few years morphed into a sort of London Motoring Week which kicked off on the Wednesday, October 29 with the opening of the Royal Automobile Club’s ‘Art of Motoring’ exhibition at the Iconic Images Gallery in Waterloo Place Piccadilly, and reached its zenith on the Sunday November 2 with the London to Brighton Veteran car run.

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Royal Automobile Club Treasures, RM Action

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Taking center stage in the atrium of the RAC Club House, this 1902 Wolseley two cylinder 10hp Tonneau, only the 53rd car to be road registered in the city of Birmingham. Originally fitted with solid rubber tyres, the Wolseley now runs on pneumatic tyres, and has done since 1953. Before being purchased by the Oldman family in 2001 the car was owned by Jack Howes, an enthusiast who entered and completed 45 London to Brighton Veteran Car Runs, in fact this Wolseley has now made the run 55 times.

Story and photos by Jonathan Sharp

For the past two years, us scruffy old media types have been allowed into the venerable RAC Club house located on Pall Mall, slap bang in the center of the St James Motoring Spectacle. So a chance to enter through the mahogany revolving doors and take a peek inside was not something I was going to miss.

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