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Lancia Aurelia Technical Spec Sheets: Sold Out!
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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!
Salon Prive, St. James Concours, London
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
Our Features This Week, September 5 2013
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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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CMC Shannons Sydney Classics, August 18th
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
Briggs Cunningham Book at Lime Rock on Labor Day
One hundred copies of latest 800 page, two-volume book from Dalton Watson, Briggs Cunningham, The Passion, The Cars, The Legacy, by Richard Harman will be available for sale at Lime Rock, during the Cunningham event on September 1, 2013. Take home a treasure!
Our Features This Week, August 29, 2013
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Maurice Gatsonides: Rally Driver, Race Driver, Manufacturer, Boss Part 2
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.
Our Features This Week, August 15 2013
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Maurice Gatsonides: Rally driver, Race driver, Manufacturer, Boss Part 1
Maurice Gatsonides; race driver (1953 Nurburgring), rally driver (outright winner, 1953 Monte Carlo Rally), sports car manufacturer (Gatso, Gatford), and successful inventor, (electronic speed traps) was a tour d’force, yet little is known about this fascinating man. In a stroke of luck, in conversations with our correspondent Gijsbert-Paul Berk, it was revealed to the Editor that Berk once called Gatsonides his boss. Do tell more, we asked. Thusly, here is Berk’s personal memoires of the multi-talented Dutch carmaker and a photo history of the man and the cars.
By Gijsbert-Paul Berk
Photos courtesy Gatsonides family and Gatsometer BV
At the Dutch Institute for Automobile Management where I studied in 1948, it was a tradition that each autumn a group of students had to organize a TSD rally for students, parents and special guests. One of these guests was Mr. Maurice Gatsonides, a well-known Dutch rally driver and the builder of the Gatso sports car.
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Finding the Lost Cisitalia D46 Part 2
By Pete Vack
This article originally appeared in VeloceToday in 2007
As we approached the tomb of what promised to be the long lost Cisitalia D46 (oh, well, there may be more lost D46s, but nevertheless, this one was truly long lost) we wondered if it was really possible that one of the rarest and most treasured Italian race cars ever built had been hidden from sight for over 40 years, and was only one hour from VeloceToday Headquarters? Read Part 1
“Howard Carter and King Tut’s tomb had nothing on us..”
After talking with owner Betty Peters at her home in Suffolk, Virginia, we were led out to a corner of a very large lot. Her grandson Bruce pointed to the shed, and said, “Go, see for yourself.”
Covered with years of bushes, the doors of the shed were difficult to open. But even at a glance, it was clear that the chassis did not belong to an American midget, or a Formula Junior. The rusty rails and tubular body supports shouted “Italian”. We stumbled through the shed until we got a good look at the front suspension. The transverse springs, Topolino style, dated the chassis to the early 1950s, as did placement of the front engine.
The D46 was initially designed by Dante Giacosa. Note the shape of the frame, the reinforcements, and in particular, the small coil spring rear suspension.