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Red Flag Added to The Blackhawk Collection

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red flag 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.
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2009 Fiat Calendar Now Available

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Classic Fiat 2009 Calendar available on Lulu.com as a print on demand publication. Featuring full colour throughout this calendar features some truly classic tipos from the Italian manufacturer including the Barchetta, X1-9, 124 Spider, 850 Coupe, 128 Rally and more. Sized 32cm x 48cm this coil bound calendar is available now by clicking on the following URL (www.lulu.com/content/4872913). Please note that this is not an official Fiat licensed product, it has been created by myself, a life long enthusiast of Italian cars for other enthusiasts to enjoy.

Price Pounds 17.99, Euro 21.48, US$26.98

Hugh Doran

VeloceToday Forum: Documentation In Automotive Historical Books and Articles

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We are asking for comments from authors, publishers, readers, historians, and others with experience in this subject. Please use the Letters to the Editor section of this post to provide your opinions. The following are a few questions to get the forum going:

Should serious automobile history and biography books and articles include proper documentation such as notes and bibliographies?

Why are the vast majority of automobile books undocumented?

What automotive titles are known to be properly documented?

What kinds of documentation should be used?

Is documenting entirely up to the authors?

What do publishers recommend?

What do readers want?

Does publishing documented works help increase the stature of automobile writers and historians?

Does the lack of proper documentation in automotive history and biography lessen the importance of the work, and author?

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Editor at Large Bringing Home Small Fiat

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VeloceToday Editor at Large Lorenzo Marchesini is about to leave Budrio, Italy on a 1300 mile trip to Holland, then by ship to the U.S. with his newly restored Fiat 500. Photo by Mario Marchesini.

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He hopes to live to write about it for VT. Photo by Mario Marchesini.

Want to read more articles about the Fiat 500?
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Classic Italians at Classic Adelaide 2008

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De Tomaso Pantera of Keith and Mary-Anne Callinan in full flight.

Story and Photos by Vince Johnson

November 23rd 2008

The twelfth running of the Classic Adelaide Rally coincided with the fortieth anniversary of the Ferrari Daytona, and the Maranello manufacturer marked the occasion by officially recognizing the event.
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