By Wallace Wyss
We are in the midst of a bad economy, right? Big unemployment numbers. Record foreclosure rates. “Apple Annies” are polishing their apples.
[Read more…] about Wyss On Scottsdale
More Features This Week, January 25th 2012
Borrani, Cavallino, and Ferrari are a might trio. Next week we’ll have the story from Cavallino and an exclusive feature about the famous wheel manufacturer and Ferrari. Click on the image at left to see a short video.
A Visit to Mosier Restorations
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.
The Monte Carlo Rally, 2012 In English and Italian
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.
[Read more…] about The Monte Carlo Rally, 2012 In English and Italian
Gianpiero Moretti: A Tribute
Tribute and Photos by Don Hodgdon
We were saddened to learn this past weekend of the passing of a giant in the automotive world and one of the last true racing gentlemen. Gianpiero Moretti lost his long battle with lung cancer on Saturday, January 15th at the age of 67 at his home in Monza, Italy.
[Read more…] about Gianpiero Moretti: A Tribute
BTW: The Lord’s Bugatti
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
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.)
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.
1914 Lancia Theta
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
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
Our Features This Week, January 11th 2012
The Winner of the Official Ferrari Calendar!
< 
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!
If you want to qualify for next month’s giveaway (a copy of “Nardi, A Fast Life”) click here to become a Premium Subscriber.