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By Marshall Buck
A review of 1:18 scale Maserati 300S models from CMC, and thanks to Walter Bäumer’s great (big) book for helping in research on these racers.
From 1955 through 1958, Maserati produced a total of twenty-six of the wonderfully balanced 300S sports racers. Sir Stirling Moss once wrote that the 300S was “…..one of the easiest, nicest, best balanced sports-racing cars ever made….” and he should certainly know. I’ll add my two cents worth…… it was, and is still one of the prettiest as well. Within the entire production there were three notable body styles, each featuring numerous detail differences.
1- First series cars, short nose, and shortest body.
2- Interim series, semi-long nose, with a slightly longer rear. Fewest cars made with this body.
3- Long nose, and long rear end.
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Lancia Aurelia Technical Sketches
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Long-time Lancia enthusiasts are very aware of a strange anomaly in the production of the famous Aurelia. It seems the factory failed to print a tech manual for the car! Therefore the critical data sheets with complete specs for the mechanical components were never available to the owners, or plain old mechanics. [Read more…] about Lancia Aurelia Technical Spec Sheets: Sold Out!
London's September Concours are becoming very popular indeed!
Story and Photos by Jonathan Sharp
Salon Privé is held at the Duke of Northumberland’s London home at Syon Park, a lovely spot by the Thames and this year the date was set for Thursday, September 4-6th. Now entering its 8th consecutive year, Salon Privé is the UK’s premier ’boutique’ motoring event and held just prior to the St. James Concours. Website for Prive Salon Concours [Read more…] about Salon Prive, St. James Concours, London
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Cuban Grand Prix, 1957
by David Seielstad
Mystery of the Maserati 300S…The serial number of the 1957 Cuban Grand Prix-winning Maserati 300S has long been a mystery. David Seielstad, author of VeloceToday’s The Cuban Grand Prix 1957 found a notice in the French Maserati Club’s newsletter that may shed some light on this famous car. “This theory makes sense, since the car was in South America and could have been shipped or flown to Cuba without the NY dock strike affecting it,” said Seielstad. The newsletter reported that in January of 1957, s/n 3067 was shipped to race in Buenos Aires Grand Prix. In February Fangio’s manager, M. Gambiertone, had the car shipped to Cuba at the last minute. Read about s/n 3067’s victory in the hands of Juan Manuel Fangio in this VeloceToday Select Portfolio.
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Monterey antidote; Shannons Sydney Classic presented a little of everything. Virtually unknown in the U.S. is the Renault Fregate.
By Chris Martin
Sunday August 18th 2013
The Council of Motor Clubs (NSW) is an organization that represents 160 affiliated clubs in dealing with government legislation and the registration authority, and is celebrating its 50th anniversary this year. I guess they didn’t have a show the first year as this was the 49th annual CMC Classic. Held at Sydney MotorSport Park – formerly known as Eastern Creek Raceway and supported by Shannons Insurance, this annual event has grown to where it now has close to 2,000 vehicles on display, from all classes of the hobby; so it is normal to find a Mustang or Messerschmitt, a Lambretta, a Lamborghini or a London double-decker bus, veterans and moderns all mixed in around the park. [Read more…] about CMC Shannons Sydney Classics, August 18th
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Gatsonides behind the steering wheel of the Gatso Aero Coupé with his wife Siska.
By Gijsbert-Paul Berk
Photos courtesy Gatsonides family and Gatsometer BV
Financial problems forced Gatso to sell his garage in Heemstede and abandon his ambitions as a car manufacturer. But, after I quit working for him, we met again on a great number of occasions.
This large convertible does not resemble any of the other Gatso cars. Officially called the Gatso 4000 Luxe, this unique model was built in 1950 on special order for a Dutch doctor in The Hague. It was based on a long-wheelbase Mercury chassis and equipped with a 4 liter Mercury engine, developing 110 bhp. But it was very luxuriously finished and even had an electrically operated folding roof.