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A Visit to Mosier Restorations

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talbot lago

The Mosier restoration of a 1937 Talbot Lago Figoni et Falaschi coupe owned by William T. Connor II. Best in Show, Pebble Beach 1997.

By Eric Davison

What would any normal car crazy kid in car crazy California do if what was arguably one of the most famous race car drivers in the world was restoring a car in his driveway and it was just a few blocks away?

Start hanging around, that’s what!

And, pretty soon with his high school auto mechanics class and his Ford factory technician training as his entre, Bob Mosier was helping Phil Hill restore a 1912 Packard at Hill’s place at 20th and Georgina in Santa Monica. The year was 1970.

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The Monte Carlo Rally, 2012 In English and Italian

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NOTHING NEW ON THE THE RALLY FRONT

By Roberto Motta
Photos courtesy of Citroën Communication, Ford World Rally Team, Ford Motor Co., BMW AG.

After two months of waiting the 2012 season began but everything looks the same; Loeb and Citroen DS3 laid down the law, and dominated the Monte Carlo rally.

The season of World Rally Championship got underway on a beautiful sunny day and in contention were three World Rally Cars: Ford Fiesta RS, Mini John Cooper and Citroen DS3.
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BTW: The Lord’s Bugatti

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By Graham Gauld

I lost a good friend back in October when the 20th Earl of Moray, from one of Scotland’s older noble families, died at the age of 83. Though born in Africa he lived for most of his life at the family’s Scottish estates in Perthshire and Moray. So why am I talking about this man? Well, back in the 1970s when he was still Lord Doune, Douglas John Moray Stuart decided to collect motor cars that fascinated him. [Read more…] about BTW: The Lord’s Bugatti

Fiat Dino, Body and Soul Part II, Body

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Story by Michael Bayer
Photography by Ken Visser

The Body

As we have seen in Part 1 of the Fiat Dino Spider the stunning Pininfarina body was used for both the 2.0 Liter and the 2.4 Liter Fiat Dino Spiders. The overwhelming factor in either case is the body–prone to rust, as were most steel Italian bodies of the era, but no doubt one of the finest designs to have left the PF drawing boards in the 1960s. (ed.)

Fiat Dino 2.0-pf-coupe

The coupe by Bertone worked, but not nearly as well as the Pininfarina Spider, which has to be on one Pininfarina’s finest designs ever.

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1914 Lancia Theta

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Some eight years ago the Via Flaminia (rally) was born out of love for Italy and classic cars. Last year, Bart Kleyn set out to organize an all pre-war rally. He was hoping for an Alfa 6C or a Lancia Lambda but none entered. [Read more…] about 1914 Lancia Theta

The Most Famous Car in the World, circa 1907

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Itala 1907

Talmone was a chocolate maker who also founded a pastry restaurant in Turin. This is an ad for his products with a colorful look at the start of the 1907 Peking to Paris race.

By Pete Vack
Color photos by Mario Marchesini

The multi talented Ceirano brothers, Giovan, Giovanni, and Matteo virtually gave birth to the Italian auto industry. The three, apart and together, were responsible for the ingenious Welleyes, (which were the basis of the first Fiats) the SCAT, the Ceirano, and the subject of interest herein, the Itala. [Read more…] about The Most Famous Car in the World, circa 1907

The Winner of the Official Ferrari Calendar!

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The “Ferrari Myth” Calendar Official Ferrari Calendar for 2012, can be purchased via David Bull Publishing for $89.95.

But last week VeloceToday also had a special drawing, an offer limited to our Premium Subscribers only. We thank the many who put their name “in the hat”. The winner of the Ferrari Myth Calendar is Joe Grealy from Kildare, Ireland.. Congratulations Joe, must be luck of the Irish!

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Belgian Race Drivers and Teams: More Than You Think

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Above: Ferrari 500 TRC s/n 0682 MD TR was entered by Ecurie Nationale Belge at Le Mans in 1957, and placed 7th overall with the team of Bianchi/Harris.

Photos and text by Hugues Vanhoolandt

When one thinks of Belgian race drivers, the name of Olivier Gendebien, Paul Frere and Jacky Ickx (whose daughter, Vanina, is also a race driver) naturally come to mind.

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The Fiat Dino, Body and Soul

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Fiat Dino Spider

Story by Pete Vack
Photography by Ken Visser

The Chassis
Fiat’s Dino Spider has been a classic since it was introduced at the Turin Auto Show in 1966. Like most true classics, the passage of time only increases its appeal.

It was the first Fiat with an engine with four overhead camshafts. The engine was produced by Fiat and “inspired in its general architecture by the Ferrari engine of the same name”, according to Quattroruote’s massive 1970 work, All the Fiats. It was also the same engine used in the Ferrari-made (but never labeled as such) Dino 206 and 246. And for Fiat, variants of the V6 were used in the Fiat Dino Coupe and finally, the Lancia Stratos. It was a remarkable engine, however many fathers claimed it.

The hereditary link with Ferrari, by way of Vittorio Jano, Franco Rochi and “productionized” by Aurelio Lampredi for Fiat has been well detailed elsewhere (Graham Robson‘s Fiat Sports Cars, and Doug Nye’s Dino, the little Ferrari).
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Ferrari 458 Grand Am Prepares for the Rolex 24 Hours

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By Roberto Motta
Photos courtesy Ferrari-Media and Grand Am-Media
(Text in Italia below)

Daytona Beach, Florida.

The new Ferrari Grand Am 458 took part in a series of tests prior to the ‘Rolex 24-Hour Race’, the opening event of the American series, which will take place January 26 to 29 in Daytona, Florida.
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