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The Museo del Automovil y La Moda in Malaga, southern Spain.
Story by Graham Gauld
Photos by Graham Gauld unless otherwise noted
For me a visit to any motor museum not only exposes to you cars and models you have heard about but never seen in the metal, so to speak, but demonstrates the sheer variety of marques the world has produced in the 130 year history of the automobile.
Recently I took a short trip to Malaga in the south of Spain.
Story and photos by Sean Smith
From the Archives, December 2018
Well before Nick Soprano climbed behind the wheels of some of the world’s greatest sports cars, he was drawing his version of the perfect high performance machine. Every young car lover does this, but Nick never grew out of it.
Peter Fenichel with his interesting Stanguellini.
Story and photos by Graham Gauld
As regular readers know, I always look forward to the Silverstone Classic in late August, but for me this year was a rush as I had to get back fast before going on a brief visit to Malaga in Spain (coming up), so only now can I sit back and reflect on an event which always churns up interesting cars and people.
Take Peter Fenichel, for example, who was racing a Stanguellini Formula Junior that interested me, as anything to do with Stanguellini does since I have known the family for over sixty years. Peter is an American retired financial man with a passion for racing and a cheerful demeanor.
Story and photos by Hugues Vanhoolandt
Every two years, the château and grounds of Chantilly hosts a new edition of the Chantilly Arts & Elegance Concours. It is difficult to find a more beautiful setting to house the most beautiful automobiles of the past and present, especially when the sun is out. This edition already marked the tenth anniversary of the creation of this event which revives the tradition of the elegance concours of the 30s and 50s, when coachbuilders unveiled their latest creations.
1939 Parnell Challenger, Goodwood Trophy, entered and driven by Duncan Ricketts.
Story and photos by Jonathan Sharp
I hope you dear readers will forgive me for one final photographic visit to this years Goodwood Revival; after all it is going to be a long winter without a Goodwood fix.
I seem to have spent a fair amount of time in the Goodwood estate this year, starting with various Sunday morning free breakfast club meetings at the circuit, members’ only test days prior to the 81st members’ meeting in April, The Festival of Speed in July, a family club day in the August sun (sun was a rare occurrence this year) also at the house, and of course the amazing Revival in September, and amazing it was, even though I got soaked far too often. So here’s to next year starting with the 82nd Members’ Meeting in April. Roll on spring.
Big car, big pic…
Story and photos courtesy Allen R. Kuhn
The yearlong tribute to the Corvette that was at the Petersen Automotive Museum in Los Angeles came to an end in September, 2024. It was in 2023 that Jonathan Eisen, an Associate Curator at the Petersen Automotive Museum, contacted me to see what I had in the way of vintage Corvette photographs. Here is what he wrote:
At the start of Saturday’s race reserved for professional drivers, Frank Stippler took the lead straight away in his 1965 Sprint GTA.
Story and photos by Hugues Vanhoolandt
Having attended the Goodwood Revival many times over the years, one wonders each time how Lord March and his team will be able to surprise us again. But the quality of the demonstrations (Meyers Manx buggies, Jaguar XKs, D-Day parade, John Surtees Tribute) and the races mean that we come back for more each year, even if this one was greatly disrupted on Friday and Sunday morning by terrible weather. We will limit ourselves here to the tribute to John Surtees and the most emblematic races.
We endured most types of weather over the weekend but thankfully the snow that carpeted the drivers club was fake!
Story and photos by Jonathan Sharp
As the Revival is so much more than an historic car race meeting I thought I would start with shots that do not actual include a racing car or race. But following the atmosphere shots below, we’ll present a few photos of some of the drivers at Goodwood this year.
For Friday practice, the track conditions were atrocious, as seen with John Spiers’ Maserati 250F, which would finish third in the Richmond & Gordon Trophies race.
Story and photos by Hugues Vanhoolandt
We continue with the race by race on track coverage of the Goodwood Revival.
54 year old Alec Issigonis brought out his old cloth helmet and demonstrated the Lightweight in a historic display at the 1960 British Grand Prix at Silverstone ( Photo Gauld)
Story and photos by Graham Gauld and Jonathan Sharp
‘Wunderkind’ Adrian Newey and his first production hypercar, the Aston Martin-RB001, are making headlines. But Newey is following in the footsteps of another great designer, Gordon Murray, who set the modern pattern, so to speak, with the original McLaren road car.
But long before them was another wunderkind. Before he became famous as the designer of the ubiquitous BMC Minis, their equally ground breaking designer Alec Issigonis built his own advanced race car, the Lightweight Special.
Ian Jones about to unveil the Vanguard.
Story and photos by Jonathan Sharp
I thought that some of you might be interested in a small event that I was privileged to attend earlier this year.
I received an email that came from Emma at Gunhill studios: “You are invited to the Vintage Innovations launch of the freshly restored Vanguard RA4.”
The what?! Do they mean a Standard Vanguard saloon?
Straight onto the internet, oh not a saloon then!
