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1978 SEAB Flipper Microcar
As Europe tried to recover from World War II, manufacturers began producing small cars to satisfy the need for personal transportation. There were cycle cars, micro cars, bubble cars. They were cheap to build and buy, and they were economical to drive. As manufacturing was re-established and “real” cars began coming off the assembly lines, more people turned to larger, more comfortable automobiles.
Racer to Roadcar-1956 Austin-Healey 100 BN2
It’s usually the other way around. A roadcar becomes a racecar. This 1956 Austin-Healey 100 was rescued from a certain fate of returning to the earth as it sat and rusted after an apparent career as a racecar. There was a time when an old racecar was only that – an old racecar. Thankfully, Charles Warner loved to build nice Healeys, and saw the potential in this Healey 100. It became the eighteenth, and last, Austin-Healey he restored.
The Dreams of Engineers
The hunt for interesting automobiles to profile often leads to some very unusual vehicles. One-off vehicles do not lend themselves to the standard profile format, but they are much too interesting to ignore. The subjects of this article are three of those unusual automobiles.
1965 Alfa Romeo Giulia Sprint Speciale
Mike Glore has an interesting collection of automobiles. While it is mostly British, with an emphasis on Lotus, he also has two Alfa Romeos. Both were online purchases, and both came with unexpected challenges. The story of his Alfa Romeo JrZ was detailed in Vintage Road & Racecar in December 2018 (1971 Alfa Romeo Giulia Junior Z). The challenges in that story were mostly about getting a car from the Canary Islands to Louisiana.
Shelby GT350H - Hertz Rent-a-Racer
1966 Shelby GT350H When Ford introduced its new Mustang in 1964, it was an immediate sensation. By itself, it created an entire new class of automobiles. It wasn’t a muscle car, and it wasn’t a sports car; it became known as a “Pony Car.” Still, some called it a “secretary’s car” and criticized its lack of power. That was partially corrected with the high performance 271-hp, 289-cid V8, but there was still a segment of the car buying public that shunned the car.
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