Basic transportation design has always intrigued me. The United States started the revolution with the Model T. The British got it so right with the small and mighty Mini. The Germans built the influential VW Type 1 Beetle. All simple, innovative and inexpensive iconic cars to serve the masses that positivley changed the automotive landscape [...]
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Mickey Thompson's 1960 Bonneville Record Run
70's Porsche Documentary
1969 24 Hours of Le Mans Video
2009 Coronado Speed Fest
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Dick Thompson reunited with the Corvette he raced in the 24 Hours of Le Mans 50 years ago. NY Times FROM NY TIMES: “I didn’t think I’d ever see this car again,” said Dick Thompson, the roadracing dentist who in 1960 had co-driven the white No. 2 Corvette in the 24 hours of Le Mans [...]
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So, a few legendary Australian Touring Car champions get together for a Ford Falcon 500 commercial in 1978. Great idea, show the champs swiftly driving the Falcon and let them convey verbally how they’d not be winning if it were not for the large nimble sedan ….. Right? Wrong, Ford had a grander plan for the [...]
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FROM THE AP: General Motors has replaced the advertising agency that brought you such memorable campaigns as “See the USA in Your Chevrolet” and “Like a Rock” after more than 90 years of work. Campbell-Ewald, headquartered in the Detroit suburb of Warren, will be phased out of the Chevrolet account during the next few months, replaced [...]
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This documentary, produced in the early 90’s, focuses on one of the most legendary and controversial sanctioned motorsport competitions, Group B rally. It was created specifically for manufacturers to show off their engineering capabilities– and they went all out. Rally supercars made of lightweight exotic materials, complex tube chassis’ and high revving turbo engines pushing 500+hp [...]
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This vintage ’90 video was produced by Ford’s marketing group to train unenlightened salesmen on the performance capabilities of the first generation Taurus SHO. 1990 was the second production year of the now cultish four door sleeper.
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This Kremer Porsche 935 K-3 was the overall winner of the 1979 24h of Le Mans FROM INDIANAPOLIS BUSINESS JOURNAL: The 7th Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled that the Indianapolis Motor Speedway Foundation Inc. is the rightful owner of a classic 1979 Porsche on display at its Hall of Fame Museum.
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FROM RUSH PR: James was the first person to use the new web site to purchase one of only 2,000 virtual square-yards of the track. The Brooklands Museum Trust who are behind the web site aim to raise £250,000 by selling ‘custody’ of unique square-yard pieces from the world’s first purpose-built motor racing circuit. Individual squares [...]
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FROM USA TODAY: A legendary Formula One driver like Stirling Moss was not about to let a silly little setback like a fall down an elevator shaft keep him from buying one of his dream cars. Despite being hospitalized in his native Britain with two broken ankles and an injured back, the 80-year-old Moss purchased an [...]
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1964 Aston Martin DB5 FROM THE AUSTRALIAN: Harold Beach’s association with the high-performance car industry began in the 1920s and 30s when he worked on Rolls-Royce, Alfa Romeo, Bugatti and Bentley cars. In the early 1950s he joined Aston Martin Lagonda, and made a great contribution to the development of its cars over nearly three decades. He [...] |
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