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Mystery Car Unraveled

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Side view of our Mystery Car...the photographer couldn't recall the name of the car or what year, but he did remember his girlfriend, who is standing behind it.


Sometimes, it’s still fun….

Today we have almost dozens of books about rare Italian cars; multiple Internet sources which leave no digit unmolested, no photo left unseen; dozens of seasoned veterans with years of experience identifying, finding, buying, and selling rare Italian cars, and then wonderful resources for information such as the REVS and IMRRC.
All of this means that there are few true mystery cars left out there – the wealth of resources has taken much of the fun away from finding a photo of a car one can’t identify.

Still, once in a while one comes up that we find it hard to figure. When this happens, we put the image up on VeloceToday and we are sure to find the right answer. Or so we hope.

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French Grand Prix of Lyon Revival

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REVIVING THE RACE OF THE CENTURY
99 years, 11 months ago, the Grand Prix of France was held at Lyon. The centenary of the event was held from May 2-4 and our young man in France, Tom Bromehead, gives us a brief of the original event and details of the Revival. [Ed.]

A cow taking risks and overtaking us in a blind corner. No animals were harmed in the maneuver.

Story and event color images by Thomas Bromehead

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VeloceToday for May 13, 2014

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The winner of the Alfa Giulia Coupe GT and GTA is Frank Allocca. Thanks to Veloce Publishing for providing a copy for our contest.

Scarab: Race long of the all American Specials 1957-1965 Photos by Dave Friedman. This book contains the signatures of Lance Reventlow and Chuck Daigh! Preston Lerner’s definite story of the Reventlow Scarab project and the F1 cars, published in 1991. 176 pages. 450 Euro. Click pic for more photos. Contact info@du-commerce.nl

Alfa Romeo Giulietta Instruction Book.
DIAS Public No. 780 10/61 (15.000). Incredible, excellent condition, 14 pages with FOUR fold out wiring diagrams for the Berlina, TI, Spider and Spider Veloce. No water marks, rips or tears; you will NOT find one in better condition! This book covers the rare Berlina, the Berlina TI and the Spider and Spider Veloce for the U.S. market. $600 or best offer. Click here to see details.
Contact:vack@cox.net

Scarab F1 Brochure 1958/1959. Here is an original brochure of the Scarab F1 car; Reportedly only 50 were ever printed!. Size: 38 x 26 cm. Extremely valuable and one of the most sought after Scarab pieces. Price on request. Click on pic for more photos. Contact info@du-commerce.nl .

SEBRING PROGRAMS
Vintage Motorphoto has available the following Sebring programs:
1959; 1960; 1961; 1962
1964; 1965; 1966; 1968; 1970; 1971
Don’t miss this offer! There is only one each and they are available for $75 each plus shipping.
Contact: Dale LaFollette

*ONE TIME ads ($25 USD) for anyone who has something to sell, to giveaway, or to holler about. Ad will be placed above the fold. Contact vack@cox.net .

Gauld at the Monaco Historics

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Derek Hill sits in the Ferrari Dino his dad Phil used to win the Italian Grand Prix fifty-four years ago.



Story and Photos by Graham Gauld

You have got to hand it to them; the Monaco Automobile Club put on a real spectacle with their bi-annual Monaco Historic event held last weekend. Monaco has been a gem in on the International racing scene since 1927 when William-Grover Williams, an Englishman in Monaco, won the first Monaco Grand Prix in his Bugatti. This week it was time to forget about the modern computers on wheels that are todays F1 cars and wallow in the nostalgia of racing in the past. The Monaco event always attracts interesting cars and people; let’s meet some of them. [Read more…] about Gauld at the Monaco Historics

Racing Voiturettes, 1931-1940

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The voiturette (750cc, 1100 cc and 1500cc) races which took place between 1931 and 1940 were magic; technically interesting cars, around the house race venues, truly international with multi-make participation, a cast of characters from a Siamese Prince to Enzo Ferrari, Dick Seaman’s drives with the ERA, MG and Delage, and a devastating secret weapon unleashed by Mercedes Benz which defeated and demoralized the opposition. There was never a dull moment on or off the track. [Read more…] about Racing Voiturettes, 1931-1940

Milan Autoclassica 2014

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Fiat 500 Club Italia with love.

Story and Photos by Alessandro Gerelli

This is a rather new event for Milano, the city which will host the World Expo 2015. But every year the success grows and the number and quality of the cars increases. The 2014 show featured more car restorers, many dealers and the usual owner clubs.

Notably, I have seen a lot of old Italian cars. But at this show, I found a few I had never seen before!

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Brooklands Italian Car Day

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The Pininfarina lines of a Fiat Dino Spyder contrast nicely with the starkness of the Brooklands memorial erected to commemorate the home of motor racing 1907 - 1939.

Story and photos by Jonathan Sharp

Judging by the three lines of cars, all of which were made in Italy, waiting to pass through the Campbell gate of the Brooklands Motor Circuit in Surrey, the Italian car community is alive and thriving. [Read more…] about Brooklands Italian Car Day

VeloceToday for April 29, 2014

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Looking for VeloceToday for May 6th? Don’t worry, we’ll return next week at our usual time and place…

The ritual of washing the car may be in jeopardy. Gijsbert-Paul Berk takes a look at the new dirt-repellent paints. Click here to read

SEBRING PROGRAMS
Vintage Motorphoto has available the following Sebring programs:
1959; 1960; 1961; 1962
1964; 1965; 1966; 1968; 1970; 1971
Don’t miss this offer! There is only one each and they are available for $75 each plus shipping.
Contact: Dale LaFollette

Alfa Romeo Giulietta Instruction Book.
DIAS Public No. 780 10/61 (15.000). Incredible, excellent condition, 14 pages with FOUR fold out wiring diagrams for the Berlina, TI, Spider and Spider Veloce. No water marks, rips or tears; you will NOT find one in better condition! This book covers the rare Berlina, the Berlina TI and the Spider and Spider Veloce for the U.S. market. $600 or best offer. Click here to see details.
Contact:vack@cox.net

Fiat 1100 S Mille Miglia model. Produced by an Italian firm, INCAP in 1948. The model is 14 cm in length. It is very rare, never seen before and is in like-new condition and comes with the original box. Click on the small photo to see the car and box. Contact info@du-commerce.nl

*ONE TIME ads ($25 USD) for anyone who has something to sell, to giveaway, or to holler about. Ad will be placed above the fold. Contact vack@cox.net .

Louis Bionier, French Designer, Part 4

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Panhard's last stand.

By Gijsbert-Paul Berk

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The mighty influence of Citroën (minority shareholder but major client) in the running of Panhard became most apparent when the Panhard management in 1959 started to plan a successor of their PL 17. Monsieur Pierre Bercot, Citroën’s boss, made it clear to Jean Panhard that they would not support the Panhard Company to invest in the development of a new mid-sized ‘berline’ (four door sedan). His argument was that Citroën was shortly going to introduce the Ami, an upgraded version on the platform of the 2CV and was already working on a totally new mid-sized model (the GS) to be launched in 1970. It would be a folly to compete with each other in this segment.

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Sharp at the VSCC Silverstone

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Lancia D50 recreation of Helmut Gassmann.

Whilst Graham Gauld was meeting and greeting at the VSCC Spring Start race meeting at Silverstone, Jonathan Sharp was there scooting around with his camera to bring you the following report:

Story and photos by Jonathan Sharp

My passion has always been for Italian cars but sometimes I like to go off script; so the idea of an ERA-only race to celebrate its 80th anniversary of the (which will be covered separately) plus various support races, plus a scattering of their period adversaries including a few Maserati’s and Bugattis, was simply too much to miss. [Read more…] about Sharp at the VSCC Silverstone

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