The Online Magazine for Italian and French Classic Car Enthusiasts
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!
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
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.
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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 .
Panhard's last stand.
By Gijsbert-Paul Berk
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.
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
McDonough wrings out the OSCA Formula Junior at Silverstone.
By Ed McDonough
Photos by Peter Collins
Formula Junior-A Training Ground
In my youth, during the period in which I first encountered motor racing, the 500cc Formula 3 had been the ‘entry’ route to serious single seat racing for some years in Europe but was by that time on its last legs. In the USA, there was less emphasis on single-seaters but by the early ‘60s, Formula Junior had caught on, and I have always seen it as an essential part of my history. I particularly was smitten by the front engine cars from Italy.
And so it goes. Once unrestored, 0086E is anew again. Photo by Werner Pfister.
Story by Werner Pfister
(History copyright Marcel Massini)
In which we take a look at another car which was left untouched for decades but is now restored. What would YOU have done?
Peter Markowski, owner of RPM Restorations, in Vergennes, Vermont, proudly displayed a very tired 212 Export (0086E), at Cavallino in 2006, in its first public showing in 38 years. Found in the proverbial barn, the barchetta had originally been owned and raced by the Marzotto brothers in 1951. [Read more…] about 212 Export Ferrari 0086E: Restored or Unrestored?
By Gijsbert-Paul Berk
For a few years now, R&D departments at paint manufacturers and universities all over the world have been working on the development of water and dirt repellent paints, not only for the automotive industry, but also for use on buildings and in industrial production sites.
Recently Nissan hit the headlines with the announcement that they are testing the first self-cleaning car. Nissan says it is the first automaker to apply a super-hydrophobic, oleophobic industrial treatment called Ultra-Ever Dry to a vehicle body. [Read more…] about Behold, the Self Cleaning Car
Alfa Romeo Giulia 1600 TI Instruction Book.
DIAS Public No. 855 11/62 (6000). 78 pages, no water marks, rips or tears. Book is complete and in excellent but not perfect condition. Backbone is frayed and in poor condition but holds the pages together. Came with Chassis number 314334 purchased in Germany; however the book is in English. Wiring diagram also in excellent condition. $250 or $300 if purchased with supplement, below. Contact:vack@cox.net
Alfa Romeo Giulia Super Instruction Book.
DIAS Public No. 1034, 2/1965. In GERMAN. This was the supplement book illustrating the Super model which came with the above larger booklet. Pages are good condition but this 19 page supplement has staples and the front and rear covers are loose from the staples. No rips or water mark. and the wiring diagram is intact and in very good condition. $100 or $300 for the set.
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 .
John Coombs photographed in 1959 poring over his new Cooper Monaco with the 2.5 liter Maserati engine. It appeared at the VSCC Opener this year but a bit spiffier.
Story and Photos by Graham Gauld
It has been a few years since I have been at the VSCC (Vintage Sports Car Club) spring meeting at Silverstone.
The event opens the historic racing season in Britain partly because they made it into a one-day event. Now they have gone back to making it a two-day event, and what is more, this year marks the 80th anniversary of the Club. So I felt I had to go. [Read more…] about Gauld at the VSCC Opener
Ian Robinson at Monaco in 2004 with Autosud 0012. Photo credit Philippe Fugier.
In Part I, Mr. Rosa Rosa described how the project was started and by the end of 1958 the first Autosud, chassis 0010, was ready to race, complete with independent four wheel suspension. Part II looks at the design and construction of 0011 and 0012.
By Gioacchino Rosa Rosa
as told to Pete Vack
The 1958 Autosud Formula Junior chassis 0010 was ready in few months and our sponsor, Armando De Martino competed in a few hillclimb events around Naples. But the car needed development, and De Martino was a beginner race driver, so the results were not remarkable. [Read more…] about The Amazing Autosud of Napoli Story, Part 2
