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Jonathan Sharp at Salon Prive, 2021

September 13, 2021 By pete

My favorite car of the show, this 1937 Talbot Lago T15 Cabriolet by Worblaufen – FRITZ RAMSEIER & CIE.

Story and photos by Jonathan Sharp

Writing in the 16th edition of the Salon Prive event guide, the 12th Duke of Marlborough stated that the Salon Prive team had once again risen to the occasion with an incredible line up of exquisite cars to enjoy. The Bagley brothers, Andrew and David, put together a wondrous programme with what seems like effortless elegance. I could not have put it better myself! [Read more…] about Jonathan Sharp at Salon Prive, 2021

Amilcar: The Poor Man’s Bugatti

December 7, 2011 By pete

Vintage Motorphoto’s Dale LaFollette recently found this remarkable, captivating photo of the Indy Delage. Click to enlarge.

All photos in this reveiw are from the book “Amilcar”

Book Review:
Amilcar by Gilles Fournier, Translated by David Burgess-Wise
Dalton Watson, 2006
300 pages 84 page French supplement
500 black and white photos, diagrams, and advertisements
Two volumes, hardbound with dust jackets and slip case

Review by Pete Vack

“Once an Amilcar, always an Amilcar!” declared Gilles Fournier, the author of the only serious book on the subject. Amilcar—its name reputedly an anagram of founders Emile Akar and Joseph Lamay–was a small displacement “cyclecar” built in France between the wars that according to Stan Grayson in Automobile Quarterly “…possessed undeniable charm and a healthy dose of that intangible quality that makes some cars stand out.”
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