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A nice variety for you this week in Geneva Supercars, GT Supercar race in Australia, Graham Gauld reflects on rare sights and classic coincidences at auto shows, and we bring you a special article on the brilliant classic Alfa 1900CSS Touring many now underestimated And given its due, you can subscribe to VeloceToday for a year without using PayPal so do it now.
The alloy body CSS Alfa 1900 tour is a head restraint.
To appreciate the Alfa 1900, new car first postwar of the company, we Americans need a historical perspective it wasn t built for us, it was built for the Italians, and Italian conditions both its creators fully understood except in cities, Italy had no speed limits, and all the Italian tried to imitate Nuvolari or Farina when he got behind the wheel, he would push each compared to the red line, take all over the limit, of Hurl the car on mountain roads potholed, brake at the last moment, but wait ride in comfort, and never have the car missed him, he wanted it to be quite nice and spacious for his family.
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Vignale Goccia Gauld took this picture in 1957, to find the same car at a car show in 1999, as well as fish and Pinin Read more.
As you probably know that there was a car show in Geneva last week, where all the attention seemed to be on supercars with the strange and wonderful aerodynamics; Everything looked terribly serious expression editor Pete asked me if I had to attend the show, but he had to admit he was for twenty years I attended the great salons of Geneva and Paris.
I knew that Pete will be a lot of pictures of the Geneva event other corresponding wasn so not too worried However, comments Pete reminded me of an interesting show I attended in 1999 was organized by the collector Italian well-known Franco Lombardi in his hometown of Genoa and I knew I had to be there, I was not disappointed, therefore, to put you in the mood motor Show let me talk about three cars there -low.
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choose Renault was the Trezor VeloceToday for Best of Show.
There are a few years, people of knowledge predicting the end of the supercar A visit to the Geneva Motor Show this year would quickly disabuse anyone of these pessimistic thoughts, because the predominant feeling I came away with is that the supercar is king and is not just the obvious traditional manufacturers of these types of cars that display their goods to a hungry market, but a clique increasingly niche manufacturers jumping on the bandwagon and offering ultra-expensive, ultra exclusive fodder for those with fairly deep pockets looking at the many options available, there is clearly a large number of people with pockets deep enough to support such growth in this market sector.
Manufacturers are increasingly aim for the money-no-object clients, so that we get to see is a jaw dropping range ever, very inconvenient, but quite sensational car Read more on Geneva Auto Salon 2017.
Tony Bates in the Mercedes AMG GT3 GTS succeeds but Lambos are in pursuit.
Italians Clipsal 500, South Australia, 2-5 March 2017.
He was at the Lamborghinis to fly the flag of Italy in the first round of the Australian GT Championship on the circuit of Adelaide Street during the Clipsal 500 V8 Supercars last year weekend only Ferrari 430GT3 of Brenton Griguol, had been replaced by his Reiter Lamborghini Gallardo -engineered R-EX, joining six others that had been breathed by the Bavarian company with Huracan Jim Manolios Dean Canto, the Sant Agata cars were the most numerous in the field of 26 cars in learn more about Clipsal 500 Lamborghini up Australia.
Much of this edition is dedicated to VeloceToday John Surtees, who died March 10 at age 83 Surtees touched our lives and we showed courage, determination and strength in the face of immense tragedies and triumphs Graham Gauld Jim Sitz, Hugh Vanhoolandt and Jonathan Sharp do Tribute while the publisher republish an exclusive interview with Surtees 2001 also, Jonathan Sharp covers the London Show, and we present 1958 Lancia trucks.
Surtees driving a Ferrari F1 Surtees died March 10, 2017 at St George Hospital in London from respiratory failure at the age of 83 Graham Gauld picture.
Gauld, Sitz, Remember Vanhoolandt Sharp and John Surtees ____________________________.
I know John Surtees since he started racing in 1960, he has always been a good and helpful friend who will answer your questions honestly probably more than most racing drivers Read more about John Surtees, a tribute.
John waits for the signal to leave the assembly area at the Goodwood Festival of Speed in 2014 to demonstrate the Ferrari 158 NART, now part of the collection Jonathan Sharp picture George Barber.
Pete Vack Photos Jonathan Sharp and Hugues Vanhoolandt.
On October 25, 1964, as he won the Formula One World Championship driving for Ferrari, John Surtees managed what no man has done before or since, becoming a World Champion on both two wheels and four Catching the indestructible aged 67 champion at Amelia Island Concours in 2001, we got an exclusive interview with the champion and learned firsthand the perils and pleasures experienced in the race for both Ferrari MV Agusta and This interview first appeared in Forza magazine in 2001 and we reproduce the full text below for the first time in VeloceToday it's part than 1 2.
It is still recognizable, although most of the pictures you can see it from the 1960s The eyes are sharp, clear and blue, and he has a little less hair he once did, it is also energetic than ever his complexion, once much concern Ferrari Team Manager Dragoni, is as pale as it always has been, he speaks calmly, slowly, containing every word with a similar focus to actor Michael Caine, also south London now living in Edenbridge, Kent, John Surtees is very comfortable with himself, at ease with the past, feel comfortable with this, and confident in the future.
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John at speed past the house Goodwood Jonathan Sharp picture.
Pete Vack Photos Jonathan Sharp and Hugues Vanhoolandt.
On October 25, 1964, as he won the Formula One World Championship driving for Ferrari, John Surtees managed what no man has done before or since, becoming a World Champion on both two wheels and four Catching the indestructible aged 67 champion at Amelia Island Concours in 2001, we got an exclusive interview with the champion and learned firsthand the perils and pleasures experienced in the race for both Ferrari MV Agusta and This interview first appeared in Forza magazine in 2001, and we reproduce the full text below for the first time in VeloceToday This is part 2.
At the end of the year, Ferrari was knocked on the door of John Surtees Courageously, he turned down M. Ferrari, politely, of course, and probably the only driver outside Stirling Moss to do it working on a new Lola and found sponsorship with Bowmaker for the 1962 season, and knew he wanted to go to Ferrari 100 feeling confident and capabilities by the end of 1962 he was again approached by Ferrari Surtees recalled this time, he related to his years of motorcycle in terms of satisfaction, motorcycle career was better because I made less mistakes of the track I knew all the people with racing, I did not know a soul, never really seen a race car, I found out the hard that you could trust and who you couldn t more of the Italian Odyssey Part 2 John Surtees.
This 1953 alloy bodied 212 by Vignale was provided back to Franco Cornacchia who commissioned the spec race car with side sliding windows plexiglass and no Cornacchia bumper was a Ferrari agent and also the owner of Scuderia Guastalla In the hands Franco's car won the 1953 Coppa Intereuropa in Monza in 1954, the car was converted into 225 spec and continued to be run until 1956.
London Docklands was once the place where hundreds of ships carrying thousands of tons of freight and goods around the world would be unloaded on the docks.
Now it houses the Millennium Dome, or the O2 as it is now called; Canary Wharf hosts the bankers and the ExCel exhibition center is a major contemporary showroom with an address of the Royal Victoria Dock and London where the Classic Car Show was held on 23-26 February.
The London show was actually two shows in one classic The London Car show offers the big parade avenue car across the hallway was the first Motorsport historic international exhibition had access tickets to both Read more about London Classic Car Show 2017.
This is the second half of the folio Lancia 1958, which shows an unusual side of Lancia And as we reported last week, the note stamp dealer Falvey Motor Sales Company, which despite or because of its location near Detroit, was a favorite meeting place the 50 sports car set and located on the famous drag strip of Woodward Avenue Eric Davison told the story of Falvey for VeloceToday in Requiem for a Salesman It Lanciana bit came from Robert F Pauley, engineer for Chrysler, which also dragged Falvey s and wrote many articles for leading VeloceToday such as Detroit Odyssey Pauley Giovanni Savonuzzi found this book in 1958 in Falvey's when Lancia was on top of their game.
In one of his finest short stories, Graham Gauld said on the strange fate of Jean Behra; Roberto Motta wrote on price Portello Alfa Museum; a folio rare corresponding Lancia dealers who connects VeloceToday; a new book about Rudolph Uhlenhaut reveals man and his career all here for you.
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