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Faux Ferrari Fakes out Fanatics

June 14, 2016 By pete

All is not always what it seems at Maranello. Enzo would have been proud…

By Gijsbert-Paul Berk

Spy photo ! April 2016, an unidentified Ferrari sneaking out of a gate of the workshops in Maranello…a striking ‘one off’ Ferrari that fooled some ambitious journalists.

In mid-April a number of serious European car media organizations published ‘spy photos’ of a prototype caught in and around Maranello, the fiefdom of Ferrari.

Speculation was that it could be the new Ferrari 489, successor of the present 488 models. Last week Ferrari unveiled the secret at their private testing track Fiorano near Maranello. But the ‘scoop’ turned out not to be what the journalist had imagined.

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For the Love of Fritz Schlumpf Part 1

June 14, 2016 By pete

Auto biographie – Pour l’amour de Fritz Broché – 10 avril 2009
de Arlette Schlumpf (Auteur), Bernard Reumaux (Collaborateur)

• Broché: 352 pages
• Editeur : La Nuée Bleue (10 avril 2009)
• Langue : Français
• ISBN-10: 2716507473
• ISBN-13: 978-2716507479
• Dimensions:24 x 2.6 x 15 cm
• Find on Amazon.com

In 2009 the French publishing house La Nuée Bleue (The Blue Cloud) brought out a book with the title For the love of Fritz. It was the posthumous autobiography of Arlette Schlumpf, the lifelong companion and later widow of Fritz Schlumpf. Gijsbert-Paul Berk’s incisive three part article is the first time the book has been reviewed in English.

A summary and review by Gijsbert-Paul Berk

At the time of publication, Arlette Schlumpf’s book attracted little attention and it was never translated. A pity but understandable; by 2005 there were several excellent books in French, English and German about the collection. In addition, the Schlumpf ‘affair’ belonged to a previous century, while the fierce juridical battles with the French authorities over the ownership of the car collection and the museum at Mulhouse had ended in a compromise. It was old news. However, Arlette’s book sheds a great deal of light on the Schlumpf Obsession, which is perhaps the most fascinating car collecting story of the 20th century.

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Bill Sadler Meets John Wright

June 14, 2016 By pete

Wright and Bill Sadler in the Sadler Mk II, ready for a lap of Laguna in 2015.

Story and photos by John Wright

John Wright has been around the bend several times now and has written widely for a number of magazines including Vintage RaceCar. He also contributed the recent article in VeloceToday about the Campion Lancia S4.

Bill Sadler is like the proverbial iceberg, nine tenths of him lies below the surface. Although many old time racers and enthusiasts remember him from his fearsome Sadler Mark II, Mark III and Formula Libre racers and the revolutionary mid-engined Sadler Mark V race cars, not many know that this man took his engineering degree in 2 ½ years and won a full scholarship to MIT. He graduated from that prestigious school with a Masters in Electronic Engineering and went to work for General Dynamics in the msyterious Area 51. He went on to design and fly a light ground attack aircraft for the Turkish Airforce (cancelled after a change in government) and he retired to Oregon. [Read more…] about Bill Sadler Meets John Wright

Classic “30 Bugattis” Poster Free When You Subscribe

June 7, 2016 By pete

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VeloceToday for June 7, 2016

June 7, 2016 By pete

Please take a minute to view our VeloceToday video this week.
Our thanks to Hugues Vanhoolandt for his images and clips!

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John Shakespeare and the 30 Bugattis Part 2

June 7, 2016 By pete

There have been many articles about the day John Shakespeare loaded up 30 Bugattis to have them shipped to the Fritz Schlumpf in 1964. But none like our exclusive story below, told by David Gulick, who took the now famous photos. We asked artist Paul Chenard to create a painting commemorating the sale and we’ll send free poster to anyone who

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Jonathan Sharp at Prescott Hill Climb, 2016

June 7, 2016 By pete

Steven Gentry lights up the rear tires of his Bugatti T35B.

Story and Photos by Jonathan Sharp

“In point 2 of a mile turn left”, said my Sat Nav. I had arrived at the Prescott Hill Climb, deep in the heart of the Cotswolds. A quick glance in my rear view mirror; oh where did they come from? An Alfa 6C and a Type 35 Bugatti are following me in. I have been following a Lamborghini Espada for a mile or so; it looks like it is going to be a good day and at last the sun is shining. Or maybe like Camelot, the sun always shines on this shrine to Bugattis.

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Mille Miglia, 2016

June 7, 2016 By pete

This 1932 Fiat 508 S “Balilla” is one of the prototypes built by Ghia for the Fiat 508 S.

Story and Photos by Hugues Vanhoolandt

2016 Mille Miglia May 19-22

A few days after the Monaco Historic Grand Prix another important event on the classic car calendar, the glorious Mille Miglia takes place, snf that is immediately followed by the Concorso d’Eleganza Villa d’Este on the shores of Lake Como, near Milano.

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Subscribe Now to Receive this Free Paul Chenard Art

May 31, 2016 By pete

FREE! Sign up for a $5 subscription to VeloceToday and receive this numbered and signed 8 x 10 Paul Chenard poster, commissioned by VeloceToday to commemorate John Shakespeare’s sale of 30 Bugattis and based on the stunning photography of David Gulick.

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VeloceToday for May 31 2016

May 31, 2016 By pete

Monaco Historics with Hugues Vanhoolandt

May 31, 2016 By pete

Bugattis T35 and 37 were in majority in the Prewar field.

Story and Photos by Hugues Vanhoolandt

First run in 1929, the Monaco Grand Prix for Grand Prix cars has been accompanied by the Historic Grand Prix since 1997. The Historics are held every two years, and two weeks before the F1 event.

This year was the 10th edition, held on May 14-15 and some 250 cars were entered in the various classes, ranging from the Prewar Grand Prix cars from 1929 to 1939 to the F1 cars of the 1973-1976 period.

It must be noted that for the first time, the Prewar cars were only demonstrated, not raced, certainly due to the rarity of these cars and the difficulty to repair them. Needless to say that there are not many run off areas in Monaco; even a slight error can have costly consequences, and it is worse when rain occurs, making the track extremely slippery as on Saturday afternoon. But the rain was limited and the races on Sunday were held under a sunny sky.

Now let’s see the on-track action:

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Graham Gauld: Bosley versus Michelotti

May 31, 2016 By pete

The Bosley GT, a superb, stylish design that predated cars like the Berlinetta Lusso by a number of years, yet designed in America. Gauld photo.

Richard Bosley and Giovanni Michelotti: A styling dichotomy.

The 1957 Vignale-bodied Triumph TR3 parked in a Modena street, built as a styling exercise by Michelotti to help persuade Triumph to hire him as a consultant: it worked. Gauld photo.

By Graham Gauld

A couple of stories this month which bring up the matter of style and coachbuilding. (see last week’s Michelotti Corvette article) If you read the two stories you could be forgiven for thinking the photos showing the first car described was designed in Italy and the second in the United States.

But it was the other way around.

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