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Each week VeloceToday delivers exclusive and original articles written by our worldwide crew of dedicated correspondents about French and Italian cars, people and event highlights. That’s our focus and we remain committed to that goal. Sports Car Digest is a relatively new website that offers what VeloceToday doesn’t–updated news and results from sports car events and auctions.

SCD will provide timely news relevant to upcoming events, auctions, vintage, modern and rally racing results and stories, plus nearly anything and everything related to sports, racing and vintage cars Their focus is news related to sports, racing and vintage cars. Good stuff, so check it out at Sports Car Digest.com.

Bay Area Italian: Tutto Non Originale

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1964 Fiat Abarth 850TC, owned by Andrew Schank.

The 21st Annual All Italian Car and Motorcycle Show

By Brandes Elitch

October 12, 2008

The San Francisco Bay area has many car events, but if you have an Italian car, chances are your favorite is the Italian car show held in Alameda, a charming town just fifteen minutes east of the Bay Bridge. [Read more…] about Bay Area Italian: Tutto Non Originale

The Ford That Thought It Was a Cisitalia

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Photo by Hugues Vanhoolandt.

By Brandes Elitch

As recounted in a previous article, the organizers of the Pebble Beach concours, in an effort to dispel the image of the entrants as so called trailer queens, initiated a drive for the entrants around the Monterey Peninsula.
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Dirtbag Cars: “We Love Ya”

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Dirtbag cars are so fascinating that at a European classic car show they not only displayed a “survivor” car but also the tow truck pulling it out of its lair. We predict even Pebble Beach will someday have a barn (movie set type) with a classic being unearthed from the hay bales. Photo by Brandes Elitch.

Guest Editorial By Wallace A. Wyss

VT has not, in the past, had editorials, guest or otherwise. But as the world of collector cars is constantly changing, we thought we would welcome a few articles of personal comment. Let us know how you like the feature….

Some concours call it the Unrestored class, others call it the Preservation class. Still another phrase is Survivor class.

Whatever you call it, I, for one, heartily welcome this trend.
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Bugatti by the Road Mystery Solved

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Photo by John Sexton

By Pete Vack

Two weeks ago we ran a short article about a Bugatti that was left by the side of the road due to a breakdown. We were misinformed about the type of Bugatti (no one was about to open the hood on this, and we don’t blame them). So, what kind of a Bugatti is it, and who is the rightful and current owner?
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Waktins Glen to Raffle Cobra Replica

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type-37.jpg Italian connection: The Cobra used an AC Ace body and chassis. The AC body design was originally patterned after the early Touring bodied Ferrari barchettas.

WATKINS GLEN, NY

For the second time since it began raffling high performance cars as a major fund raiser each year, the International Motor Racing Research Center at Waktins Glen, NY is offering a Cobra replica.

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