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Order This Dino 246 Poster Now In Time For The Holidays

November 3, 2015 By pete

DINO 246GT LIMITED EDITION LITHOGRAPHS BY MARK STEHRENBERGER

Only 3,569 246 GT and 246 GTS Dinos were built, and today, their prices at auctions are going thru the roof, some hitting $300,000.00+.

BUT YOU CAN OWN NOT JUST ONE, BUT SIX FERRARI DINOS FOR A MERE $350.- (plus $15.00 s&h within the USA and Canada. Ask for international rates)!

This limited edition lithograph, (only 125 prints) sized 27 x 39” (70 x 100 cm), on heavy top-quality watercolor paper, comes numbered and signed by me, the artist, and is ready to be framed. I will even personalize it, if you give me the name of the lucky recipient!

So, who is Mark Stehrenberger? Read below to find out!
And, order the above poster at the end of the article. [Read more…] about Order This Dino 246 Poster Now In Time For The Holidays

VeloceToday for October 27, 2015

October 27, 2015 By pete

Peter Brock: Building the Daytona Coupes in Modena

October 27, 2015 By pete

Fifty years on, Peter Brock poses with Peter Brock and the prototype Daytona,

Fifty years on, Peter Brock poses with a photo of Peter Brock and the prototype Daytona. Our story deals with the first of five Coupes built in Modena. Courtesy Peter Brock collection.

By Peter Brock

As soon as the first Daytona Cobra Coupe, CSX 2287, was completed and tested successfully at Riverside Raceway on February 1st 1964, Carroll Shelby decided to build five more. He felt he had a score to settle with Enzo Ferrari and finally had the weapon to do it. The Daytona’s radical design had been so controversial within the Shelby organization that most of those employed there figured Shelby’s plan to race in Europe against Ferrari would evaporate as soon as the first Coupe was tested and found to be a failure. That resistant attitude changed dramatically as soon as test driver Ken Miles called from Riverside trackside to inform Shelby that he’d shattered the track’s lap record by 3.5 seconds!

Brock on the Grid with the six Coupes. Jonathan Sharp photo.

Brock on the Goodwood grid with five of the six Daytona Cobra Coupes. Jonathan Sharp photo.

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Chassis History of the Six Daytona Coupes by Pete Brock

October 27, 2015 By pete

Cobra Daytona line up by Jonathan Sharp.

By Peter Brock

Brock updates the history of the Daytona Cobra Coupes for VeloceToday

Carroll Shelby built only six Daytona Cobra Coupes to contest the World Manufacturers Championship in 1964 and 1965. Its controversial body design was created by Shelby’s Director of Special Projects, Peter Brock. The first Shelby Daytona Coupe was built completely at the Shelby American race shop in Venice, California. The remaining five were partially-built (chassis) at Shelby’s but then were flown to Italy to have Carrozzeria Gransport in Modena build the bodies. A seventh semi-related car, the 427 “Type 65” Shelby Daytona Super Coupe # CSB3054, built on the later Ford designed MK II chassis, was planned to run in the Prototype Class in 1965. When the GT40 program was awarded to Shelby for 1965, the Cobra program was terminated, so the Type 65 was never officially completed by Shelby and is not included herein.

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CSX2287 Photo by Hugues Vanhoolandt

Chassis #CSX2287 was the prototype Cobra Daytona Coupe. It is the only coupe (chassis/body) that was built entirely at the Shelby American race shop in Venice, California. It has an extensive race history (7 races), competing at Daytona, Sebring, Reims, Spa Francorchamps, Oulton Park TT, Le Mans and Tour de France. It was driven by Chris Amon, Dave MacDonald, Bob Holbert, Jo Schlesser, Phil Hill, Jochen Neerpasch, Innes Ireland, André Simon, Maurice Dupeyron, Bob Johnson and Tom Payne. [Read more…] about Chassis History of the Six Daytona Coupes by Pete Brock

Vintage Collingrove Hillclimb, South Australia, 6 October

October 27, 2015 By pete

Richard Creasy, Amilcar G.

Story and photos by Vince Johnson
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The first competitive hillclimb in South Australia, held in 1904 on the Norton Summit Road, was won by Ernest Rymill in his 15hp Darracq. The following year he made it two in a row. Sadly, Rymill’s Darracq wasn’t in the Barossa Valley this year for the Sporting Car Club of SA’s Vintage Collingrove, although the French were admirably represented by local stalwart Richard Creasy’s slightly younger Amilcar G.

Richard purchased the car in 1986 as the remains of a Morris powered special built in the 1960’s in Melbourne. It has been rebuilt with Amilcar components. The engine is a 1925 pressure fed 1985cc side valve and drives through its original 4 speed transmission. [Read more…] about Vintage Collingrove Hillclimb, South Australia, 6 October

VeloceToday for October 20, 2015

October 20, 2015 By pete

Our New Premium Service

Due to rising costs of maintaining a secure website as well as the normal costs of doing business, VeloceToday needs to charge a small amount for our exclusive content…stories and articles that do not appear anywhere else and are written for VeloceToday only.(However, we will continue to offer a selection of free articles each week.)

In order to continue to publish these articles every week, we need your help.

We have instituted a new paid (or premium) subscription service which allows us to cut the previous monthly charge from $9.95 to $5 per month. We kept it simple, so there is no yearly rate, just monthly, but it does include a recurring payment via Paypal. Cancellation is quick and easy. When you see the ‘Subscribe’ button in an article, just click and follow the instructions. We’ve made it as easy as possible! So please, don’t hesitate.

(Note that we previously had such a service but cancelled all recurring charges and subscriptions in May of 2015. All subscriptions should have since run out; if you have any questions just email me at vack@cox.net. We apologize for the inconvenience, but if you had subscribed to our earlier service, you will have to subscribe to the new service; we hope the reduced price will make it worth your while.)

Sincerely,

Pete Vack, Editor and Publisher

Zagato’s Fab Four

October 20, 2015 By pete

Few of us were lucky enough to own a TZ1 or a SZ Coda Tronca…Al Morrison owned them both at the same time and would later own a Junior Zagato and a Fulvia Zagato. We present all four of his Spada-Zagatos in this feature.

Story and photos by Al Morrison

Alfa Romeo GTZ 1

I first laid eyes on a new Alfa Romeo Giulia TZ 1 at the 1965 London International Motor Show when I was working in England as a very young architect. Right then I knew I wanted to own one someday.

Morrison sent this photo he took of the TZ as seen at the 1965 London Motor show. He was immediately smitten with the car and knew he’d own one someday, somehow.

Five years later in 1970, after seeing an ad in Competition Press, I decided this was my chance. A few phone calls to the seller and a couple of Polaroid pictures later, a friend and I flew from Atlanta, Georgia to El Paso, Texas armed with a box of tools and a full-purchase-price check in hand. Who but a young Alfa nut would forsake normal automotive due diligence before making such a risky purchase?

Atlanta-based Morrison went to Texas to pick up this Alfa TZ1 in 1970. It was in remarkably good condition and after a new battery, Morrison hopped in and co-drove it back to Georgia. The chassis number is 750038.

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A Very Good Year

October 20, 2015 By pete

Although the 254 articles published in the year 2013 was par for the course for VeloceToday, it was in many respects a very special year for us. For within our electronic pages one could find Denise McCluggage, Michael T. Lynch, Gijsbert-Paul Berk, Ed McDonough, Graham Gauld, Carl Goodwin, Roy P. Smith, Eric Davison, Judy Stropus, along with regulars Wallace Wyss, Hugues Vanhoolandt, Jonathan Sharp, Roberto Motta and Alessandro Gerelli. And you bet we’ve missed some! Below are icons (buttons) for all 254 articles during the year. Click on the icon to read the article. They are arranged by month beginning in December, so keep scrolling to January. It will take you a few minutes to scroll all the way through!

December

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Zoute Grand Prix, 2015

October 20, 2015 By pete

1965 Ferrari 275 GTB.

Story and photos by Hugues Vanhoolandt
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The Zoute, situated along the North Sea, not far from Bruges and a few kilometers away from the Dutch border, is one of the most popular resorts of the Belgian Coast and one of the more affluent of Northern Europe.
Since 2010, the Zoute welcomes all the classic cars enthusiasts and supercars lovers of the country to a three day event. [Read more…] about Zoute Grand Prix, 2015

Automedon in Paris, 2015

October 20, 2015 By pete

Simca 8 Roux Speciale, 1939.

Story and photos by Alessandro Gerelli

Automedon is a two day event held every year in the exhibition center of the Bourget Airport near Paris. This year to celebrate its 15th edition, the main theme of the event was Simca and the Club Simca France presented many Simcas of the 40s and 50s.

But as usual, in the parking lot outside, many production cars, including Italians, Germans and Americans, attracted the attention of the enthusiastic visitors, and for us, perhaps even more fun than the show itself!

Nice cars, nice weather, lot of people…thoroughly enjoyable!

Delahaye 135, winner of the Le Mans 24 hours of 1938.

Ligier JS2, 1972-75

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VeloceToday for October 13, 2015

October 13, 2015 By pete

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Comment Date: 2015/10/11 at 5:26 pm
Norbert McNamara and Friends
I was thinking about one of Norb’s Abarths when I stumbled upon this page of wonderful remembrances. Norbert would have chuckled that my comment follows that of Mr. Jonathon Till. Norbert and Sabra were both clients and close friends. I owned Showpiece Detailing and Restoration until the mid 1990’s. I believe I worked on all of Norb’s cars including preparing and presenting both the Monterverdi and the ATS for Pebble Beach, alongside Mr. Till, Jeremy Goodspeed, and Ward Rose. I think in one of the late years we took Norb’s TVR to Pebble Beach; but I’m not sure the paint was dry nor all the bolts that held the body to the chassis were tight.
Read the story and the comment from Steve Nelson.

Ferrari and McCluggage Honored at Santa Fe

October 13, 2015 By pete

Luigi Chinetti and Michael Lynch presented a history of the Chinetti family and North American Racing Team in Hanger K at the airport on Friday afternoon. Besides the audience of 200, there were some NART cars in attendance as well. This Ferrari 512 M, chassis # 1020, finished third at Le Mans, driven by Sam Posey and Tony Adamowicz. The car was later driven to several world records at the Bonneville Salt Flats by Luigi Chinetti, Jr., Paul Newman, Graham Hill and Milt Minter. The 512 won the Luigi Chinetti Award at the Concorso. Credit: Garret Vreeland

By Michael T. Lynch

The sixth edition of the Santa Fe Concorso took place over three days under beautiful Southwestern skies. Despite the good weather, wonderful cars and great fellowship, the event was poignant because of the loss last May of journalist/racer/philosopher Denise McCluggage who was a Santa Fe resident and involved with the Concorso from the beginning. That feeling was tempered because all of us knew a life well lived when we saw one, and you couldn’t go far without feeling Denise’s presence. [Read more…] about Ferrari and McCluggage Honored at Santa Fe