The Online Magazine for Italian and French Classic Car Enthusiasts
If you only have 4 days for a sports car trip, this is the way to go.
by Wallace Alfred Wyss
Photography: François de Pouqueville and Wyss.
Remember the phrase “gran turismo”? It seems kinda odd, but so many times you meet people with gran turismo sports cars who have never gone grand touring in it.
[Read more…] about Grand Touring to Sedona
The rare Ghia-Aigle coupe Crane just missed buying for $1500.
Allow us to introduce someone who needs no introduction. His resume consists of positions with an all-star cast of motoring journals: Editor and designer, “Auto Aficionado;” Art Director, “Automobile Magazine;” Associate Art Director, “Road & Track;” Founder and Editor, “Vintage Racer” and Art Director, “Motor Trend.”
We are proud to add Larry Crane to the staff of VeloceToday. Below, his first column, in which he lights the fire of a long-burning enthusiasm.
IGNITION: Making sparks
Ideal Toy Company made my first cars. Our vacant lot wore out the plastic wheels pretty fast (first lesson about going sideways) and they segued into wood cars I made with a bandsaw and Elmers glue. A $5 bicycle restoration and a paper route put me on the road. [Read more…] about A Car Life, with Larry Crane
Photo courtesy RM Auctions.
By Pete Vack with help from RM Auctions
The answer to “What is it worth?” relevant to classic Delages was answered this past Friday at the RM Automobiles of Arizona Auction in Phoenix.
[Read more…] about Delage Brings $825,000 at RM Auction
A Fiat 500 Chrysler, in your future?
January 20th, 2009. According to an article in Forbes.com, the Fiat Group will acquire a 35 percent stake in ailing Chrysler from Cerberus Capital Management, but will not pay anything for it and will not commit to funding Chrysler in the future.
[Read more…] about Fiat to Acquire 35 % of Ailing Chrysler
Photo by Brandy Elitch.
When Terry Cook was the Editor of HOT ROD in the early 1970s, he had always been more passionate about how cars look than how fast they can accelerate, brake or go around corners. To Cook, styling was everything. He became interested in the French and German coachbuilders who, during the 1930s and 1940s pushed the envelope with bold, fresh, risky styling. [Read more…] about French Dressing
1936 Alfa 2.9A Coupe, S/N 412004 began life with a ‘botticello’ body (meaning cask or barrel-like), and won the 1936 Mille Miglia. In 1939 it was rebodied as a striking convertible by Pininfarina, and after the war converted into a coupe by a coachbuilder named Martin.
Photos by Lorenzo Marchesini
Text and captions by Staff
With the little Fiat 500L, our Editor at Large Lorenzo Marchesini traveled to the The Schlumpf Collection at the National Motor Museum. (Read Introduction to the Schlumpf) With the permission of Director Monsieur Emmanuel Bacquet, Marchesini wandered the museum and took enough photos for us to separate the visit into Italian, French and Bugattis at the Schlumpf. Here is a tiny portion of the Italian cars at the Museum. We encourage you to visit and see the rest.
[Read more…] about Italians at the Schlumpf
We look back at the 2008 season, follow that with the schedule for the 2009 Historic events, then include the entry list for the first race of the season which will begin on January 20th at Palm Beach International Raceway.
All Photos by Richard Prince Photography
A T57S at the Schlumpf Collection in France, similar to the Bugatti found in Newcastle. Note the low cut grille and the low profile of the car itself, made possible by a redesigned frame. Photo by Lorenzo Marchesini.
The full story of the Newcastle Bugatti
By Pete Vack and Staff
We first heard of the latest barnyard Bugatti on January 1st, in a blurb published by the newspaper website Telegraph co.uk. [Read more…] about Barnyard Bugatti Well Known by Collectors
Interview with Don Williams of the Blackhawk Collection
VT: Perhaps you can address some of our reader’s comments from last week. One reader stated that a collector car has to have something unique, style, power, handling, innovative design and implied the Red Flag did not meet those standards.
DW: How much more unique can you be than to have the first Red Flag exchanged in the United States with China, one of the first cars built by China, and the car which exemplifies the start of cultural sharing and automotive exchange between the United States and China if not the world.
[Read more…] about A Case for Classics in China
VeloceToday went from strength to strength with a brand new format, a storefront, and best of all, the formal inclusion of French classics. The articles kept coming in, better and bigger with more new contributors.
Below are our twelve favorite articles of the 165 articles and news features we published over the year. Click on the titles to read the article.
[Read more…] about VeloceToday’s 2008 Twelve Best
The Hon Qi, or Red Flag, now proudly stands next to the Nardi Blue Ray I in the Blackhawk Museum.
By Pete Vack and Staff
Egads! Why is a Chinese car featured in our French and Italian classic car magazine?
First of all, it is a fascinating and important collectible. Second, it is the first classic legally imported to the U.S. from China. Third, Don Williams of the Blackhawk Collection has spent years making this event happen. Lastly, and most important to our readers with classic cars, Williams thinks that by cultivating such trades with the vast and still growing Chinese market, there may be potential for increased sales of classic cars to China.
[Read more…] about Red Flag Added to The Blackhawk Collection
Lorenzo Marchesini waits for his Fiat 500 to be shipped to the U.S.