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Lamborghini Museum: Where History Meets Horsepower
This past March, Sportscar Digest had the opportunity to visit the Lamborghini factory and display in Sant’Agata Bolognese, Italy. No Subscription? You’re missing out Get immediate ad-free access to all our premium content. Get Started
Breaking the Cycle: Gilbert’s Initiative to End Teen Violence
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Gilbert Goons: A Gang or Child’s Play?
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Where Have You Gone, Banner Health?
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Guest Editorial: Councilwoman Solange Whitehead needs to get her facts straight
If you’re a fan of Sonoran hot dogs, you may be happy to know that El Guero Canelo in Tucson, AZ, has recently been named one of the top 10 best hot dog joints in the United States. Don’t forget to try the bacon-wrapped stuffed wieners. Which originated in Hermosillo, the capital of the Mexican state of Sonora, and are widespread throughout Arizona. You can find them in various places in town, including at El Guero Canelo.
Both State Parties Chooses Their Leadership. What Differences Will We See?
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Rio Verde FootHills Water Update: They’re Suing the City, and It Could Have Been Avoided
Chaos at County Reorganization Meetings: What Does That Portend for Next Two Years? The political election cycle is a standard and predictable one: first there are primaries, then there are generals. Then there is either celebration or disappointment, followed by co-opting of credit or the pointing of fingers. And then…re-organization. Where the parties signal their level of satisfaction or anger with the direction of their party and choose their leadership accordingly.
The Race for Arizona GOP Chair: Who Will Lead the Party Back to a Victorious Path?
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Looking Forward: What Governor Hobbs’s Transition Team Told Us About How She Will Govern
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Guest Editorial: Julie Pace’s New Year’s Observations
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Subscriber Barber Historics Photo Gallery
Subscriber exclusive Photo Gallery from HSR’s May 19–22, 2022, Barber Historics, at Barber Motorsports Park. No Subscription? You’re missing out Get immediate ad-free access to all our premium content. Get Started
Sebring Spring Fling Subscriber Photo Gallery
Subscriber exclusive Photo Gallery from HSR’s April 6-8 ,2022, Spring Fling at Sebring ,Florida. No Subscription? You’re missing out Get immediate ad-free access to all our premium content. Get Started
Sebring, The Beginnings
America’s premier sports car endurance race started at an abandoned WWII Army Air Corps base in Florida. “The 12-Hours of Sebring” is one of the most important racing events in the U.S. Inaugurated in 1952, Sebring took its place among the ’50s-era international endurance races on which the World Manufacturers’ Championship was then based, these being the Mexican Road Race, Le Mans, the Targa Florio, the Mille Miglia and the Tourist Trophy.
"The Last Blast" Pays Tribute to Moss and the Mercedes-Benz 300 SLR
“Who do you think you are? Stirling Moss?” This, so the story goes, is what a policeman asked the legendary British racing driver following a particularly ‘daring’ overtaking manoeuvre on the streets of London. “Yes sir, I am” was the honest reply. VIDEO No Subscription? You’re missing out Get immediate ad-free access to all our premium content. Get Started
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.
Thruxton Historic Subscriber Photo Gallery
Subscriber exclusive Photo Gallery from the June 12–13, 2021, Thruxton Historic, at Thruxton Circuit, Hampton, UK. JAMES OWEN IN HIS VERY RARE 1959 ELVA MK V. JAGUAR E SNAKE AT CHICANE. JAMES COTTINGHAM & HARVEY STANLEY FINISHED A FINE 2ND IN THE STIRLING MOSS TROPHY IN THIS UNIQUE 1959 TOJEIRO ECOSSE JAGAUR. JOHN URE & NICK WIGLEY THREW THIS 1953 COOPER-BRISTOL AROUNF WITH ABANDON.
Jefferson 500 Subscriber Photo Gallery
Subscriber exclusive Photo Gallery from VRG’s May 12-16, 2021, Jefferson 500 at Summit Point Motorsports Park, in Summit Point, West Virginia. Michael Patton and his MGB are hard on the brakes at the end of Summit Point Motorsport Park’s long front straight. Mike Lawrence (Caldwell D-13 Formula Vee) moves inside of Alec Shaefer’s 1964 Mini Cooper S. Justin Frick put on an exhibition of speed in his Buick powered Indy Lights car (1997 Lola T97/20).
OCG Pride Opinion Part #1: "Date Night"- The Significance of a Quiet Night Out
DC Pride #1 brought us the comic book debut of Dreamer, but was it worth the wait? (Credit DC Comics) This is a piece that I’ve been waiting to write for a very long time. Dreamer is a character that means a lot to many people within our community. A character born off the page, her debut in the tv show Supergirl garnered a vocal and vigorous fan following, especially amongst the transgender community.
VSCC Spring Start Subscriber Photo Gallery
Subscriber exclusive Photo Gallery from the VSCC’s April 17–18, 2021, Spring Start at Silverstone, UK. TALBOT LAGO PLAYTIME. MAX SOWERBY’S T120 FOLLOWS JOHN GUYATT’S T150C. THE HGPCA BRIGADE TESTED TRACK LIMITS – HERE JEFF UNDERWOOD LEADS IN THE SOUTH AFRICAN COOPER T56-59-ALFA. ALEX PILKINGTON’S ALFA ROMEO 6C 1750 TRIES TO GO AROUND THE OUTSIDE OF CHRISTOPHER BALL’S INVICTA S TYPE.
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.
OCG Opinion: All Eyes on Her - Wonder Woman is the Book to Watch
This whole month we’ve been getting our very first taste of DC Comic’s new “Infinite Frontier” publishing initiative. Although the number of titles DC puts out every week has been noticeably slashed, there’s still a lot that we’ve had to take in.
Is There an Afterlife?-BMW 328 Derivatives
Do you believe in the afterlife? Maybe you do, maybe you don’t – but this is a story of a car that lasted much longer on the race tracks of Europe and beyond than its makers could ever have dreamed. It is normal in motor racing for a car to have a limited ‘shelf life’: today that is often no more than one year but this tale relates the history of a car and an engine that survived more than two decades of competition and spawned a cornucopia of sporting racers well into the 1950s.
Elkhart Lake Vintage Festival Subscriber Photo Gallery
Subscriber exclusive Photo Gallery from VSCDA’s Sept. 18–20, 2020, running of the Elkhart Lake Vintage Festival at Road America.
New Zealand is Classic Car Godzone
If you are an old car buff, love beautiful scenery and friendly people, and want to visit a place where they speak English and you can drink the water, then New Zealand is the place for you. These are classics from various events in the land down under, the land down under. A friend and I stuffed ourselves into my Lilliputian 1966 Morris Minor convertible and headed south to take part in the annual Beach Hop cruise and show held in March.
Sebring Vintage Classic Subscriber Photo Gallery
Subscriber exclusive Photo Gallery from SVRA’s Feb. 27–29, 2020, Sebring Vintage Classic, at Sebring, Florida.
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.
Sebring Classic 12-Hr Subscriber Photo Gallery
Subscriber-exclusive Photo Gallery from HSR’s Dec. 7–8, 2019, Classic 12-Hr at Sebring, Florida.
1977 Porsche 930 Turbo
These days every modern 911 road car is turbocharged, but that wasn’t the case in the ’70s. Porsche was exploring the use of turbo technology with their racecars in the late ’60s and by ’72 they were developing a turbocharged 911. Originally, they were doing this to comply with homologation regulations similar to the ’73 RS. The FIA announced that Group 4 and 5 cars had to be based on production cars available to the general public.
Long Ago Lombank - The 1963 Lombank Trophy Meeting
Can you imagine the sheer agony if you were a Formula One fan and had to watch two dozen Grand Prix races of the sort we have been seeing over the last few years? Well, back in the early 1960s, there was an F1 race virtually every other weekend. In 1963, there were exactly 24 races to the F1 rules. Fourteen of them were non-championship events, and eight of these had taken place before the first round of the World Championship at Monaco in May.
1958 Volkswagen Karmann Ghia Lowlight Coupe
When you think of Volkswagen you don’t often use of the word rare, but in this case, with a 1958 Karmann Ghia Lowlight Coupe, it is the right word. Volkswagen wanted to be a part of other markets. They needed something other than their ubiquitous Beetle, something with more flair, something that would capture the buyer’s imagination. No Subscription? You’re missing out Get immediate ad-free access to all our premium content. Get Started
The Birth of Jomar
Ever hear the name TVR? Well, without Raymond Saidel, Trevor Wilkinson may never have brought TVR to the production car phase of its life. In 1950, Ray Saidel sold his share of the Sky Service of New England (a charter flying service he had started after WW II) and took control of the Merrimack Street Garage, when his father Morris Saidel passed away. Ray kept flying for pleasure and as a member of the civil air patrol, while at the helm of Merrimack Street garage.
From the Land of Tulips-The DAF Daffodil
The Dutch name DAF—Van Doorne Automobielfabriek(Van Doorne’s Automobile Factory)—is world-famous for its beefy trucks. But some familiar with its massive long-haul semis might be surprised to learn that DAF produced compact and small family cars from 1959 to 1974.
Grümmer-A Coachbuilding Dynasty
There is a saying, “an apple never falls far from its tree” and similarly a carrossier needs strong antecedents. The Grümmer family had been in the saddling and coachbuilding business long before the creation of the Grümmer company in Clichy, France, in 1924. The oldest traceable origins of the family have been found in the region of Oldenburg, Lower Saxony.
1959 MGA
The ubiquitous MGA. In 1955, it marked a radical change from the aging lines of the MG TF, a style that had been carried on with minor changes since before WWII. Where did this quantum leap spring from? No Subscription? You’re missing out Get immediate ad-free access to all our premium content. Get Started
The Aston Martin that Made Good
On the 26th of May 1957, English cars and a gent from Huddersfield named David Brown attained a long-sought goal. Since the war this short, bespectacled industrialist had spent hundreds of thousands of pounds on machinery to perpetuate the name “Aston Martin.” On that day he had the pleasure of watching his latest Aston racing car trample the cream of Italy’s sports machines on one of the world’s most testing road courses: the Nürburgring.
Bugatti Type 57 SC Atlantic
The Bugatti Type 57 SC Atlantic Coupe is not just one of the legends from the French automaker but perhaps the greatest. Only four of these cars were created between 1936 and 1938, with three of the extraordinary coupes still in existence. No Subscription? You’re missing out Get immediate ad-free access to all our premium content. Get Started
London Classic Car Show Photo Gallery
Subscriber Photo Gallery from the February 14–17, 2019 London Classic Car Show. On `Grand Avenue` 1929 Bentley 4 ½-Litre Sports Vanden Plas passes a 1938 Lagonda V12. Sought after when new, there were only 1200 made, now sought by collectors this 1971 Ford Capri MK1 1600 GT XLR. 1916 Curtiss V8 110 hp aeroplane engine fitted to this 1921 GN Curtiss Special featured in the `Need for Speed` display. `Grace & Pace`1939 Lagonda V12 Drophead Coupe`.
Bobtail-1956 Cooper T39
The story of the Cooper Car Company is well known where father and son team Charles and John Cooper in 1946 set up shop in the south-west London suburb of Surbiton. John was keen on motor racing and the first cars built were comprised of joining the front ends of two Fiat Topolinos. Seems simple enough, but the surprising step taken by the Coopers were to use a JAP motorcycle engine in the rear driving the gearbox by way of a chain.
1963 Porsche 356B Super
At the end of September, I spent a week in a RSR Project 911 driving from Colorado to California and ending up at Rennsport Reunion VI.You would think I would have had enough of Porsches for a while.Wrong!Especially, when I got a chance to spend some quality time with a 1963 356B Super. There were big changes to the 356, when the B series came around.The coupes received a larger rear window. They all received larger engine covers with twin intake grills.
The House of Beutler
In Switzerland Ernst and Fritz Beutler made a good living from special bodies on both Volkswagen and Porsche chassis. Ultimately Porsche took a close interest in what the brothers were doing because it had 2+2 ambitions of its own. The Swiss brothers Beutler stepped on the stage of Porsche-car history at the beginning of the first act, when Gmünd-built 356s were being sent to Switzerland, some as completed coupes and some as chassis.
Triple Treat-Andial's 1981 Hat Trick
As Rolf Stommelen climbed behind the wheel of the front-running Andial/Meister Porsche 935K3 after co-driver Derek Bell had pitted to refuel and take on four new tires, rising American star Bobby Rahal found himself leading Mid-Ohio’s $50,000-to-win “all-comers” Lumbermens 500 in the Group 6 Red Roof Inns Ralt RT-2 he was sharing with patron Jim Trueman. As Rahal closed on the rejoining Stommelen he seemed to be thinking about lapping the German before making his own second pit stop.
Scaglione & the SS
Franco Scaglione was a truly remarkable man, even by the standards of most Italian car designers. From drawings of the Lancia Aurelia B50/1 for the Carrozzeria Balbo in 1951 to the Intermeccanica Indra of 1972 and the immortal Alfa Romeo Tipo 33 Stradale—which has every right to arguably be described as the most beautiful car in the world—he has stunned the world’s motoring commentators on many occasions with his shapes and creations.
The Ford GT
Fair disclosure—I’ve wanted to write about this car for years. The Ford GT appeared, in 2005, as a production offering from what was still a very conservative company. At that time, the world had yet to be inundated by smart phones, there was no Alexa, no Siri, no Uber and driving a car was still considered a big part of the human lexicon of personal enjoyment. The Ford GT was expensive, but it wasn’t outrageously so.
Design, Computers and the Importance of Touch
This is technically the first issue of Vintage Roadcar as an online-only periodical. While many of us will miss the paper magazine, I felt it was important to take a moment to recognize the significance of this transition both in how cars are talked about, perceived by the public, and how they are designed and developed. When I graduated from Art Center College of Design in 1987, there was one computer on campus. It was called the “Aesthedes” and it was enormous.
Engines & Automobiles - The First Trials
Who invented the motor car, or automobile? There have been several claimants to this title over the years; some justifiable, others hoping for a bit of glory. What is not in doubt is that Gottlieb Daimler and his associate, Wilhelm Maybach, were joint creators of the first lightweight, powerful, internal combustion-powered engine that used a liquid fuel, petroleum or paraffin, rather than a gas.
Going Supersonic
During the first half of the Twentieth Century Fageol Motors and the later Fageol Twin Coach Company were innovators in the American truck and bus industries. Founded by the brothers Rollie, William, Frank and Claude Fageol, the company revolutionized the bus industry with a low center of gravity, unibody construction, diesel power and doors forward of the front axle.
Showcase - Holiday Gift Guide
The GARNY leather tool bag was influenced by the traditional 1930s design. Handmade from U.S.-sourced vegetable-dyed leather. The dark brown is harness leather, will turn to a slightly lighter, reddish brown color. Leather thickness is 8-10 oz., 3.2mm-4mm. The side panels are saddle stitched the traditional way with two needles, using waxed nylon threads. Hard wares are solid brass with satin finish and Chicago screws. One main compartment can accommodate hand tools etc.
The Mighty Monsterati
Lots of car buffs have fantasized about designing and/or building their own four-wheeler at one time or another. Fewer have had the courage and stamina to actually follow their dream and construct one. Time and money were always the main obstacles. Building a sports racer that could compete with the best that Italy and England offered in the 1950s was an even harder proposition. Yet, one Texas college student, with little money and almost no help, succeeded very well in accomplishing this feat.
An Impossible Dream
That was Mario Andretti’s comment after the drive of his life…an impossible dream. He said so after he had just won the 1970 12 Hours of Sebring for Ferrari in the most incredible nail-biter of a race, which had more than 57,000 spectators exploding with excitement, especially during the last 45 minutes or so. The event was the second round in the year’s International Championship of Makes.
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