Designed by Gordon Murray, the co-designer of the McLaren F1, the Lotus Elan was the car that moved Lotus up from being a name in racing circles to being a respected name in road going sports…
1969 Lotus Elan S4 Barn Find
’57 Chevy Gasser: The resurrection of “Superstition”
The sixties were not like these first two decades of the twenty first century. People had just fought a war to keep freedom of thought and freedom of speech alive and well. Winston Churchill had been…
1986 Maserati Biturbo Zagato Spyder Barn Find
The Maserati Biturbo has been described as the car that destroyed the Maserati brand name in the United States, a description that likely has a ring of truth about it. It was a car that was…
1928 Citroën AC4 Barn Find
The Citroën AC4 and its sister the AC6 were produced from 1928 until 1932 in various body styles including the “Berline” (i.e. saloon or sedan), torpedo, faux cabriolet (i.e. fake convertible), cabriolet decapotable (convertible) as either…
British Drag Racing: The Early Years
It is commonly thought that Americans invented drag racing, and in Britain that there were a few people who thought that was an absolutely spiffing idea so they adopted the American idea and re-created drag racing…
1964 Riley Elf MK II
Back in the post war days of the fifties and sixties the British decided that the American idea of “badge engineering” would be a good way to keep all the traditional British marques current whilst keeping…
