Sydney Allard is sometimes referred to a Britain’s Carroll Shelby. He was a man who created V8 powered sports cars that combined the best of British with the best of America, sports cars that had a…
AC 16/60 Doctor’s Coupe
There’s an unusual 1936 AC 16/60 “Doctor’s Coupe up for sale on eBay with five days left on the sale at time of writing. It is one of just three AC 16/60 cars known to exist…
Bentley 4¼ Liter Airflow Saloon
The Bentley 4¼ liter engine was created initially in March of 1936 by simply enlarging the Bentley 3½ liter. The 3½ liter engine’s bore was increased to 3½” (88.9mm) which gave the engine a capacity of…
Daimler Ferret Scout Car
I think the Daimler Ferret scout car was quite probably the inspiration for the Daleks of the British science fiction television series Doctor Who. A Dalek is a robotic looking creature that moves around shouting “exterminate”…
Bentley 4½-Litre Le Mans Sports “The Bobtail”
Walter Owen Bentley was right, and James Bond 007 chose the wrong car. W.O. Bentley was of the strong opinion that supercharging an engine was not a good idea and that simply increasing the engine capacity…
Ex-Sammy Davis Jr. Rolls Royce Camargue
For those who lived the high life of Hollywood Showbiz back in the halcyon days of Humphrey Bogart, Lauren Bacall, Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin and Sammy Davis Jr. money was mostly no object and life was…