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2009 Coronado Speed Fest

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Internal Leaked Document on Lotus Evora

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70's Porsche Documentary

Le Mans 1969

1969 24 Hours of Le Mans Video

Mini-layland 1978 Layland Mini Propaganda

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F1 legend Moss recovering after elevator shaft fall

 FROM FOX SPORTS:  British motor racing legend Sir Stirling Moss was recovering in the hospital Monday after he was nearly killed falling down an elevator shaft at home.
Moss tumbled 30 feet and broke both his ankles, suffering four broken bones, gashes and four chipped vertebrae.

He underwent surgery to have pins and plates attached to his [...]

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VIDEO – 1967 Ford Mustang Shelby Commercial

 Vintage Shelby mustangs are “not fat and round”.  Bold statement?  Nope, it’s a solid fact according to Carroll Shelby, who narrated this excellent 1967 Ford commercial.    

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Bugatti Salvaged From Lake Makes $368,320, Three Times Estimate

FROM BLOOMBERG:  A wrecked 1920s Bugatti sold at a Paris auction last night for 260,500 euros ($368,320). Bidding was encouraged by the car’s history: It had spent more than 70 years sitting at the bottom of a Swiss lake.

The 1925 Brescia Type-22 fetched a hammer price of 230,000 euros. Its total price with [...]

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New Flashback Porsche Advertisement is Our Kind of Entertainment

It’s a shiny new Porsche advertisement that I find entertaining.  Go ahead, press play to see for yourself.

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VIDEO- Brilliant Austin Mini Assembly Film

This vintage BMC narrated clip of the first generation MK1 Mini assembly is as entertaining as it gets.  It shows the build from the scattered beginnings to a competed car being driven out of the factory. The great detail and insight shown solidifies the fact that Sir Alec Issigonis is a mecanical genius.

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The Ford Logo That Almost Was

 FROM THE NY TIMES:  The Ford logo designed by the heavyweight champion of logo designers, Paul Rand, who did those of IBM, ABC, Westinghouse, UPS, Next Computer — and Enron. In 1966, Rand was hired by Henry Ford II to rethink and modernize the familiar scripted oval Ford logo.

But Henry Ford II decided not to [...]

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VIDEO – 70’s Aurora Slot Car Commercial

This 70’s slot car track is killer.  Is it wrong that I want this more than today’s hottest car racing video games?   So, Kris Kringle, do me a favor and get me something I really want for Christmas – get your elfs on it stat, pal.

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1973 Porsche 911 2.7 RS Informative VIDEO

A 1973 Porsche 911 2.7 RS Touring is one of the ultimate Porsche classics.  It was a simple lightweight track scorcher in its day. The larger flat-6 displacement and brakes, reworked and stiffened suspension with wide rear wheels and fenders set it apart from a standard 911.  Oh, and let’s not forget that [...]

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1957 Theatrical Introduction for the Fiat 500 – VIDEO

In 1957 Fiat launched what would become their most iconic car, the “Nuova 500″. It was Fiat’s economy city car rendition of the prosperous VW Beetle.  Successful, they were. The 500 proved to be a practical and popular vehicle throughout Europe and

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Mickey Thompson, 1960 Bonneville Record Run – VIDEO

Mickey Thompson

In 1960 a 32 year old hot rodder drove a backyard built, quad Pontiac powered car to 406.60 mph on the legendary Bonneville Salt Flats.  The shaky run propelled the young man, Mickey Thompson, into the spotlight as he became the first first American to break the 400mph barrier.