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A few of the participants of the recent Bugatti Rally as seen by Chris Martin.
Mike Preston, Louise Treutlein on King’s Type 35
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72nd Members Meeting at Goodwood
Entered into the Salvadori cup for sports racing cars of a type which raced between 1955 and 1960, the 1957 Ferrari 500 TRC of David Cottingham (DK Engineering) at speed. To celebrate the spring equinox the Goodwood team planted 300 thousand daffodil bulbs hence the splash of color.
Story and photos by Jonathan Sharp
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Read about the Bugattis at Members Meeting
To the uninitiated it must have seemed strange to call a new race meeting the 72nd Members meeting, held on March 29-30 2014.
This was not technically a new event, but a revival of older and very well established event. Years ago, the members meetings at Goodwood were run for members of the British Automobile Racing club. The first Members Meeting took place on the 18th September 1948. The 71st Members meeting (they were more than annual) was the final race meeting held at the Goodwood Motor Circuit on the 2nd July 1966, just before the circuit’s closure. These meetings attracted many a future top driver as well as the more down to earth club racers and were as popular for the members for the social side as to the racing itself. [Read more…] about 72nd Members Meeting at Goodwood
VeloceToday for Tuesday, April 1 2014
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Cuban Grand Prix, 1957
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Respect and Responsibility: Restoring the Itier Bugatti
Alan Söderström, seen standing by his Bugatti roadster in 1965, didn't know it, but under this unusual body was a Grand Prix car. Current owner Henrik Schou-Nielsen recounts the story for VeloceToday.
By Henrik Schou-Nielsen (and staff)
Danish architect Henrik Schou-Nielsen tells us the fascinating story of a famous racing Bugatti that seemed to have disappeared over the years, only to be found at long last hiding under a striking art deco styled roadster. The discovery resulted in a 10 year project that skilfully preserved two very different Bugattis, one of which turned out to be the Grand Prix Bugatti raced by Anne-Cécile Itier in the 1930s. We’ll let Schou-Nielsen take it from here.
Itier in her T51A Bugatti at the Nurburgring in 1934.
Louis Bionier, French Designer, Part 2
‘Like in an airplane.. the Dyna will make you free from the harshness of the ground and its resonances’ is a free translation of the text in this Panhard publicity folder.
By Gijsbert-Paul Berk
In Part 1 of his look at Panhard’s remarkable Louis Bionier, Gijsbert-Paul Berk described how Bionier designed the Panoramic and Dynamic Panhards in the 1930s. In Part 2, we learn how the post-war Dyna X was developed.
Was the Panhard Dyna an automotive cuckoo’s egg?
There are some mysteries concerning the origin of the postwar Panhard Dyna.Was it designed by Jean-Albert Grégoire (as some French experts claim on Wikipedia) or by the duo Louis Delagarde, Louis Bionier at Panhard & Levassor? The story of the gestation of this interesting car was extensively described in the review by Peter Vack of the book ‘Panhard, the flat twin cars 1945-1967’ by David Beare on VeloceToday of 8 August 2013 but if you want to refresh your memory we must take you back to the prewar years. [Read more…] about Louis Bionier, French Designer, Part 2
Alfa Sprint Speciale Reconsidered
Alfa Romeo Sprint Speciale 1600. Yes, and well, no. Photo by Pete Vack.
By Pete Vack
To some eyes, the Alfa Romeo Sprint Speciale (1957-1966) was a great looking piece of automotive art. Yet, so radical, so sweeping was the scope of the design, to this day there may not be a consensus. Is it a work of rolling art or is it a bloated caricature of a space age nightmare? What was the original intent? Did the SS live up to expectations?
The best laid plans… [Read more…] about Alfa Sprint Speciale Reconsidered
Arutunoff and the Appia Zagato Part 2
At the Monterey Historics with the second Appia Zagato.
By Toly Arutunoff
I have previously related the tale of my first Appia Zagato. You’re gonna think I’m mildly nuts but just as George Starch can’t remember what he did with his Zagato, I can’t remember what happened to mine! I’ve seen it advertised a few years ago in Hemmings as ‘Toly Arutunoff’s car’ but I never checked on it. [Read more…] about Arutunoff and the Appia Zagato Part 2
VeloceToday for March 25, 2014
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Alfa Romeo Giulia Sprint Speciale
Instruction Book. Dated 5/63, Publication 890. This booklet of 19 pages focuses on the Sprint Speciale 1600 and accompanied the normal 1600 instruction book. This is an original book, with slight water mark damage on many of the 18 pages and covers. No rips or tears, complete and in good condition.
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Finally. history of the 1963 – 1968 USRRC series. 438 pages of race stories, full results, course maps & records and more detail in a 9″ x 12″ hardback book with deluxe box. 500 color & b/w photos of Chaparral, Cobra, Lola, Lotus, McKee, McLaren, and drivers, on the track and in the pits. Superb layout includes program covers and Index.
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Scarab: Race long of the all American Specials 1957-1965 Photos by Dave Friedman. This book contains the signatures of Lance Reventlow and Chuck Daigh! Preston Lerner’s definite story of the Reventlow Scarab project and the F1 adventures, published in 1991. 176 pages. 450 Euro. Click pic for more photos. Contact info@du-commerce.nl
I would like to offer a complete set of Automobile Quarterly for sale. Slip covers and indexes included. No library is complete without this set. A set sold at Bonhams last year for $3,500.00. I am asking $2,400.00 USD.
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Graham Gauld at Avignon
Been there and done that. Upon seeing the Schlumpf V12 250F at Avignon, our weathered correspondent pulls out a photo he took of the 250F V12 when new for comparison's sake. And note that line up of coils -shocking to say the least!
Story and photos by Graham Gauld
Just over a month ago, I was at Retromobile in Paris and a friend of mine suggested I try similar thing, the Avignon Motor Festival in that well-known city famous for its bridge. So last Friday we drove to Avignon to take a look. [Read more…] about Graham Gauld at Avignon
Louis Bionier, French Designer Part 1
Panhard-Dynamic by artist Alexis Kow.
Who is Louis Bionier? Gijsbert-Paul Berk explains the great French engineer
It is well known that Panhard et Levassor, founded in 1886, was one of the French pioneers as manufacturers of automobiles. Panhard et Levassor constructed their first ‘motorcar’ in 1891. Many are familiar with the names of the great designers that shaped the coachwork of French automobiles in the years before and just after WWII. Still, it would not be surprising if only a few can place Louis Bionier and his work. [Read more…] about Louis Bionier, French Designer Part 1
Arutunoff and the Appia
The Arutunoff Appia Zagato at the Walter Mitty at Atlanta in 1984. Photo by Pete Vack
By Toly Arutunoff
In 1964 it seemed like I needed a companion in the garage for my Lancia Flaminia Zagato. The previous year, after our good finishes in the Targa Florio, Nurburgring 1000km, and Spa 500km, the factory offered me a straight swap for my car and one of the GTS Appia Zagatos, guaranteed for 117 mph. I turned the offer down, but later I saw an ad for an Appia Zagato in Rhode Island for $900. I heard it call my name and before I knew it we were on our way east from our lair in Oklahoma. [Read more…] about Arutunoff and the Appia
VeloceToday for March 18, 2014
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Scarab: Race long of the all American Specials 1957-1965 Photos by Dave Friedman. This book contains the signatures of Lance Reventlow and Chuck Daigh! Preston Lerner’s definite story of the Reventlow Scarab project and the F1 adventures, published in 1991. 176 pages. 450 Euro. Click pic for more photos. Contact info@du-commerce.nl
Scarab F1 Brochure 1958/1959. Here is an original brochure of the Scarab F1 car; Reportedly only 50 were ever printed!. Size: 38 x 26 cm. Extremely valuable and one of the most sought after Scarab pieces. Price on request. Click on pic for more photos. Contact info@du-commerce.nl .
Race historian Carl Goodwin’s first book profiles of eighty drivers, rich and famous, well known and little known, who first raced with an MG. In almost all cases, however, those same drivers quickly got a seat in a faster, usually Italian car. Great stories, great photos. “They Started in MGs” has 291 pages, 278 photos and is 7 by 10 inches. Click pic to read review. The ISBN is 978-0-7864-6052-6. Price is $35.00 plus shipping and is available signed by the author at attlastt@frontier.net
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