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Ferrari Owners Mystified by Modifications

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Parody, April 1, 2019
Words and illustrations by Richard Bartholomew

A renegade group of disgruntled Ferrari mechanics has possibly been committing atrocities on certain Ferraris, but so far nobody is sure of what the heck is going on. Some owners of the fabled Italian brand have reported returning from vacations and finding their prized Ferraris refurbished and redone in odd ways. Inside jobs are suspected but nobody has taken credit yet. The changes range from the simplistic, like the Cyclops-Dino in our lead image, to fantastic, complex modifications like making an SUV out of Testarossa. [Read more…] about Ferrari Owners Mystified by Modifications

The Saga of Count Trossi

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From the Archives, November 1st, 2002

By Ed McDonough
Photos from the collection of Ed McDonough

As the 1940s drew to a close, three of Alfa Romeo’s most talented drivers in the pre or post-war years were all lost to the Milanese company within one year. Forty-four year-old Achille Varzi died in practice for the Grand Prix d’Europe at the Bremgarten circuit at Berne, in Switzerland. His teammates were Jean-Pierre Wimille, Count Trossi, and Consalvo Sanesi.

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Abarth 750 GT, Abarth Scorpion

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By Brandes Elitch

From the Archives, September 7, 2011

During the Monterey Car Week, the most amazing cars are everywhere, on every street and in every driveway (the good citizens of Carmel-by-the-Cash-Register are happy to rent rooms in their homes for the visiting hordes).

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Stuttgart Extravaganza: Italians

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Story and photos by Jonathan Sharp

It was whilst walking back to our hotel during the Paris Retromobile show that I mentioned to my pal that I would like to visit a German Classic car show and suggested we attend the forthcoming Retro classic show in Stuttgart. [Read more…] about Stuttgart Extravaganza: Italians

Stuttgart Extravaganza: Germans

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Photos by Jonathan Sharp

And here are the German cars photographed at the Stuttgart Retro Classics show in March. Big, often heavy, fast, streamlined, but always well built, German classics are in many cases the obverse of Italian automobiles of the same era. But look what we are missing when we concentrate only on French and Italian cars.

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Stuttgart Extravaganza: French and Misc.

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Photos by Jonathan Sharp

The third part of our photos from the Stuttgard Retro Classic show in March. What you will see when you go below… four rare Bugattis, and a Citroen Sahara with the rear deck lid up, Lambo tractors, buses, and Packards! Just keep scrolling.

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Hypercars at Geneva

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Photos by Alessandro Gerelli
Text by the Editor

Geneva’s Auto Show has always been the time and place for manufacturers and would-be manufacturers to introduce their cars, supercars, concept cars and hypercars.

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70 Years of Abarth at Geneva

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Photos by Alessandro Gerelli

Abarth & C. was officially established seventy years ago, on April 15, 1949. In celebration, this year at Geneva was a very nice grouping of Abarths (curiously minus the 750 GT Zagato and the 750 Allemano Spider, among others). Alessandro Gerelli was there last week to photograph the collection. [Read more…] about 70 Years of Abarth at Geneva

Portello Awards and the Tecno-Nanni Galli

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Words and photo by Roberto Motta

ARESE 23 February 2019 – This year the ‘Scuderia del Portello’ celebrated its drivers and friends with the awarding of the ‘Campioni Alfa Romeo’, an event that the team has organized since 1993 to celebrate the past season and inaugurate the new one. As usual, the event took place in the halls of the splendid Alfa Romeo Historical Museum in Arese. [Read more…] about Portello Awards and the Tecno-Nanni Galli

Merit Kits and the Missing BlueBird

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We got a lot of comments on the recent Merit Kit story by Aldo Zana. A lot. For years, your Editor, holed up in a very northern Minnesota town in the 1950s, thought he was the only guy in the world who knew about Merit kits. [Read more…] about Merit Kits and the Missing BlueBird

Death of the Stapp Land Speed Record Car

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A conversation about the Stapp Record car and it’s demise.

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Dear Dale,

Nice article and nice photo, a well-known one. I fully agree with the conclusion of the article. I attach here a period color art of the Stapp’s accident published by the Italian popular magazine La Tribuna Illustrata, May 8, 1932. [Read more…] about Death of the Stapp Land Speed Record Car

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