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Gauld: Tec-Mec and other Oddities

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Barrie Baxter lifts a wheel of the Tec-Mec when trying to hold off young Will Nuthall in the ex-Bob Gerard Cooper-Bristol.

Story and photos by Graham Gauld

From the Archives, November 2011. This was Graham’s second column for VeloceToday; his latest is featured in this week’s edition as well. Furthermore, last week Jeff Allison’ article elicited some remembrances of the Maserati Tec-Mec. Here Gauld provides another perspective.

I have been humbled by the response to the first column and only hope I can keep you entertained for a few more months. I think one of the problems is that each chance meeting or race meeting provides an opportunity to dig out even more stories to flesh out information we have on some of the odder pieces of motor sport history. They might otherwise disappear when boring old farts like me arrive at the eventual pit stop hopefully in the sky. [Read more…] about Gauld: Tec-Mec and other Oddities

Allison’s Behind the Fences: Maserati

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Tec-Mec (2535) (#15) Fritz d’Orey (center), Cooper T45-Climax (#16), George Constantine, Porsche RSK (#17), Harry Blanchard, United States Grand Prix, Sebring, Florida, December 12, 1959-jeff-allison

Story and photos by Jeff Allison

The Editor and Jeff Allison thought it might be a nice idea to publish a few of those old racing photos that often collect in shoe boxes. Jeff had a bundle, as he began taking racing and pit photos at the age of 17 in 1959. So here are a few of his, and perhaps our readers might want to contribute some of their old photos, and memories in future editions of VeloceToday.

Apparently I’m the first volunteer, so here goes. I’m not a photographer par excellence like Jesse Alexander, Geoff Goddard or Louis Klemantaski. I was not Bob Jackson, Allen Kuhn or others seen in Veloce Today articles either. I began as a 17-year old over-the-top fan of motor racing, who happened to have a camera – “Behind the Fences”. [Read more…] about Allison’s Behind the Fences: Maserati

Antwerp Concours d’Elegance, 2025

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1923 Amilcar C4 cyclecar bodied in the style of Duval in the early 70s. 4 cylinder 1-liter engine.

Story and photos by Hugues Vanhoolandt

Antwerp Concours d’Elegance, September 7, 2025

In the shadow of International Concours d’Elégance, the Antwerp Concours in Belgium has managed to carve out a place on the calendar of important events. Organized by a small team in the gardens of Belvedere Castle near Antwerp, this concours celebrated its twentieth anniversary this year.

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Hampton Court Palace Concours 2025

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Story and photos by Jonathan Sharp
Captions from event booklet

I did attend this year’s Concours of Elegance held, as has been the case since 2017, at Hampton Court Palace, west of London and right on the Thames. The dates were September 5-7, and our report was temporarily delayed due to the Goodwood Revival.

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Antwerp Concours Part 2

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1963 Alpine M63. Designed by French engineer Marcel Hubert, this M63 took part to the 1964 Sebring 12 Hours. Approximately five cars were built and were powered by a 996cc 4-cylinder engine developing 95 hp.

Story and photos by Hugues Vanhoolandt

We continue with the Antwerp Concours.

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De Mola and Vanden Plas Alfa Romeos

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Photos by Jonathan Sharp and Glen Glendenning

In this article, we present two unusual Alfas. The beautiful and elusive De Mola Alfa was finally caught by Jonathan Sharp at this year’s Heveningham Hall Concours on June 28-29. We had seen a few photos of it over the years but Jonathan found it even more stunning in person. This in turn reminded us of another attractive pre-war Alfa roadster with a body by Vanden Plas, which was photographed by the late Glen Glendenning in 1953.

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Vanhoolandt’s Goodwood Part 1

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A heavy downpour had soaked the Goodwood track, forming an impressive puddle at the exit of the chicane. It took more than that to impress the driver of this 1938 Maserati 8CTF.

Story and photos by Hugues Vanhoolandt

Hugues Vanhoolandt takes us for lap at the recent Goodwood Revival focusing on the Italian cars entered.

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Goodwood Trackside with Sharp Part 1

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Settrington Cup, A two part contest for Austin J40 pedal cars of a type that raced between 1949 and 1966.

Story and photos by Jonathan Sharp

If you were thinking ‘well he spent three days at the Goodwood Revival but did not seem to see any racing’ well yes I did indeed spend a chunk of time in the paddocks, pits and assembly area but I did get to see a chunk of racing, and here are the photos to prove it. Mostly British cars, some in the sun, some in the rain, either taken from leaning on the gate at the exit from the assembly area, or down in the area of the chicane. Please enjoy.

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Vanhoolandt’s Goodwood Part 2

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It’s a little-known fact that Jim Clark tested an Alfa Romeo. Purchased by an Alfa Romeo UK employee for racing, Jim Clark tested this Giulietta Sprint Veloce at Charterhall to compare it to the Lotus Elite.

Story and photos by Hugues Vanhoolandt

Hugues continues with his coverage of the Goodwood Revival.

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Goodwood Revival, Paddock and Aircraft

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Alfa Sportiva and 158

Story and photos by Jonathan Sharp

‘Turn on, tune in, drop out.’ The entry gate into this year’s Goodwood Revival took us back to the late 60s and to the intersection of Haight and Ashbury in San Francisco and the birth of the hippie movement and the 60s counter-culture.

We waded past the hippie tents and the psychedelic school bus to reach the paddocks, where all the really interesting stuff lay. I have never seen so many VW Type 2 split screen vans in one location, as each morning before the racing commenced, the Type 2s paraded around the circuit to celebrate the model’s 75th anniversary. According to the programme at least 130 were expected and, due to the muddy infield where they had planned to display them, they were parked literally everywhere and whilst I am not a big fan they did make a very impressive sight. [Read more…] about Goodwood Revival, Paddock and Aircraft

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