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Peugeot’s Time Machine Museum, Part 1

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Jonathan Sharp has returned from a French sojourn where he visited the Peugeot Museum. Part 1 covers the Peugeot from 1889 to 1945, and next week Part 2 will illustrate Peugeot’s cars from 1945 to the present.

Story and photos by Jonathan Sharp

Information from Museum Placards

I imagine that most of us have a visit to the Schlumph collection on their to-do list while in France. If you get an opportunity to tick that item off, I recommend you extended you stay in the area for one more day and make a trip to the town of Sochaux which is only about an hour from Mulhouse.

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Fiat’s New 124 Spider as seen by Wallace Wyss

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Fiat and Pininfarina got it right back in 1965. But did the DNA transfer?

Fiat, Tom Tjaarda and Pininfarina got it right back in 1966 with the 124 Sport Spider. But did the DNA transfer?

By Wallace Wyss

New 2017 Fiat 124 Spider Announced at LA Auto Show: Time will tell if it’s better than the Mazda it sprang from…

Photos courtesy Fiat

Lately I have been straying from cars and messin’ with horses…thoroughbred horses, and the most important thing you can say about a thoroughbred is its pedigree…its DNA.

Now I know carmakers have a burning need to establish identity to pull in new customers but the big fat Fiat badge on the nose is a tad big for my taste, I could live with it being 1/4th smaller, because this one is so big, abut the size of an apple, it makes the whole car look smaller....

Now I know carmakers have a burning need to establish identity to pull in new customers but the big fat Fiat badge on the nose is a tad big for my taste, I could live with it being 1/4th smaller, because this one is so big, about the size of an apple, it makes the whole car look smaller.

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VeloceToday for November 24, 2015

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As Found Classic Number Eighteen

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The response to the Alfa in search of a chassis was so helpful that our French collector sent another mystery Alfa for our readers to solve. Surely someone in Europe or the U.S. might remember this chop job…who would forget this attempt make a sow’s ear out of a silk purse. Here is all we know:

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Past and Present Alfa Part 3: Final Details

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Photos by David Gooley

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Final Details

With the mechanicals completed and the chassis painted, the body sections were installed and final prep began. The location of head lights and taillights were determined, and the modifications made to front and rear fenders. To keep the front-end design as clean as possible, turn signal fixtures were installed in the head light buckets. With the headlight buckets welded in place, weeks of aligning, filling, and sanding followed until a coat of primer could be applied. In this state, devoid of any distracting trim pieces, the virgin bodylines could be evaluated for balance, proportion, and overall conformation.

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Pfister and the Yellow Crayola Ferrari

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“The Yellow Crayola Ferrari Enzo” was the last and one of the best articles submitted to VeloceToday by Werner Pfister, who died in March, 2013 after a battle with cancer. His story about a Crayon Ferrari crafted by a renowned artist for a Children’s hospital reminded us of Werner’s keen eye for an interesting story as well as his generosity and kindness.

Inset, Werner Pfister by Stanley Cohen.

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Farina’s Jupiter Symphony

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Ango-Italian of the rarest order: The Farina Jupiter, one of four built.


By Pete Vack, Pat Lockyer and Edmund Nankivell

Recently a rare Stablimenti Farina-bodied Jowett Jupiter came to our attention. It is particularly charming, and based on a very advanced British chassis, at a time when British chassis were not particularly advanced.

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Keno Brothers offers Werner Pfister Collection and More

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Beginning tomorrow, November 18th, The Rolling Sculpture 2015 will take place in NYC. The first event is a symposium, then auctions including the collection of Werner Pfister and finally an automobile auction. Read below for details and click to go the auction’s websites. [Read more…] about Keno Brothers offers Werner Pfister Collection and More

VeloceToday for November 10, 2015

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Past and Present Alfa Part 2

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In Part 1 Restoration expert Alex Bacon begins a project to create a 1950s era-Sports Racer based on Alfa 2600 components. After completing the chassis the body is now taking shape.

Photos courtesy Alex Bacon

Next came a classic use of CAD-derived inspiration; CAD, meaning Cardboard Aided Design, in which cardboard templates are cut for front fenders, hood, cowl, doors, rear fenders, and trunk to quickly simulate the body shape. The cardboard templates were revised multiple times until a satisfactory shape was achieved. Plywood forms fashioned from the cardboard templates were installed to provide references for body panels and the locations for the small diameter tubing to support them.

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The initial template for the rear section is place over the frame.

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