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Talbot’s Post War Gran Turismo

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From the Archives, December 26, 2012
We recently asked Gijsbert-Paul Berk if he had a favorite Talbot-Lago. Reaching into his huge bank of automotive experiences, he told us about driving the ultra-rare 2.5 liter 1955-56 Gran Turismo coupe on the banking at Montlhéry. Above is the author’s test car on the cover of the June 1956 issue of the Dutch magazine “Autovisie”. The photo was taken in front of the gate of the stately house called Oostermeer on the bank of the river Amstel near Amsterdam.

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Ferrari Serial Number 0628 M

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Story and photos by Alan Boe

In the mid-1950s Ferrari was deeply immersed in the business of building, selling, and racing an impressive array of sports cars; four, six and twelve cylinder engines were employed in spyders and berlinettas bodied by Touring, Vignale, Scaglietti, and Pinin Farina on chassis of varying wheelbases. The ability to manufacture such an amazing variety of sporting machinery did not seem particularly out of the ordinary…for Ferrari. It was accepted practice then, but it would be impossible today! And none of Ferrari’s competition of the time was ever able to produce anywhere near the range of sports racing cars that Ferrari did.

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Hans-Peter Porsche Toy Museum

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Text and photos by Aldo Zana

When you have a dream and your family name is Porsche, you can make it happen. Grandfather Ferdinand, the “Professor”, designed the P-Wagen Grand Prix Auto Union and the Volkswagen; his only son, Ferry, established and ran the Porsche brand from the early 356 to the 911; grandson Hans-Peter (78, Ferry’s third son) built a paradise on earth for lovers of the world and art of tin toys.

In 2015, he opened to the public “Traumwerk” (it could be translated as: “The factory of dreams”), a museum celebrating the history and tradition of tin toys across nearly a century, from the late Eighteenth century to the 1970s, when plastic and die-cast metal alloy became the main materials for scale models of cars, aicrafts, trains and ships.

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Fiat Grand Prix Race Driver, Felice Nazzaro

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Story by Graham Gauld

If you read the first article in this series you will recall the photograph of Felice Nazzaro at the wheel of the 18 liter Fiat S-B 4 Corsa “ Mephistopheles” that was sent to England to race against the Napier race car at Brooklands. [Read more…] about Fiat Grand Prix Race Driver, Felice Nazzaro

Bugattis Tour Australia

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Story and photos by Vince Johnson

From the VeloceToday Archives, South Australia, 10-13 April 2013.

Forty-two members of the Bugatti Club Australia made their way to the Barossa Valley wine country, north-east of Adelaide, for the ‘Five Valleys Run’ in April. Understandably, wineries featured heavily in the itinerary. Interstate members from New South Wales met those who had travelled from Victoria at Stirling on Tuesday evening, not far from Piccadilly Valley in the hills above the state capital.

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The VSCCA Mt. Equinox Hillclimb

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Story by Pete Vack and Sean Smith
Photos by Sean Smith

On a mountain in Vermont named Equinox, there is a monastery manned by the ultra-reclusive Carthusian Monks, an order founded in France by St. Bruno in 1084 CE. Visitors are not allowed. On another face of the mountain is a tunnel dug for a now-abandoned cryonics receptacle which would have contained the frozen preserved bodies of several prominent high-IQ individuals for future reawakening. Near the summit is a secret Cold-War NORAD radar site, now in use for local radio stations.

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Driving the Mt. Equinox Hillclimb

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Story and current photos by Sean Smith

During the 60 year anniversary of the Mount Equinox hillclimb, 16 VSCCA members recounted their experiences on the mountain to VeloceToday’s Sean Smith. Ben Bragg, above in Sandy Leith’s Bugatti, exemplifies the spirit of the mountain.

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Auto e Moto d’ Epoca, Padova 2018

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Story and below photos by Alain Raymond

Eight vast indoor exhibition halls, several outdoor squares and alleyways totaling more than 750,000 square feet; hundreds of journalists and more than 120,000 visitors from 40 countries; scores of parts, accessory and book vendors; five thousand collectible cars for sale and 1,600 dealers; an incredible variety of visitors, from grey-haired seniors to teenagers, all passionate about cars. That was the 35th edition of Auto e Moto d’Epoca, the largest vintage car marketplace in Europe. [Read more…] about Auto e Moto d’ Epoca, Padova 2018

New Website for Abarths

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Dear fellow Abarth/Zagato enthusiast:

We are proud to announce the release of a new website (www.abarth750GTforum.com) dedicated to the Fiat Abarth 750GT Zagato “Double Bubble”. (Photo above by Greg Birch) This upcoming year will be the 100th year of Zagato (1919-2019). With many other world-wide events scheduled to celebrate this mile stone, we felt that it would be a wonderful opportunity to announce and launch our project. [Read more…] about New Website for Abarths

Remarkable Fiat Geburth: The Full Story

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By Pete Vack and Alex Vazeos
Geburth Fiat Photos courtesy of Alex Vazeos
From the VeloceToday Archives, March 2012

What about sending an Italian chassis out of Italy to have coachwork built? The normal direction would be to send your chassis to Italy where it would be given a fine set of new clothes by one of the famous carrozzerias that dotted the landscape in the 50s and 60s. It would be unique, well done, inexpensive and probably beautiful. Being contrary then would involve having a chassis made in Italy bodied in some country not particularly known for automobiles and automobile design, like Austria. [Read more…] about Remarkable Fiat Geburth: The Full Story

Mdina Grand Prix, 2018

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Story and photos by Jonathan Sharp

Mdina, October 13-14 The alarm on my phone has gone off far too early and I pull back the curtains to find that the weather does not look too bad; I can even see the sun through the clouds. Maybe the dire weather forecast for Sunday was wrong. [Read more…] about Mdina Grand Prix, 2018

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