Blogs

The Happy Hypocrite!

Before the pandemic, I was invited to be a judge at the Valletta Concours d’Elegance, which was subsequently postponed twice but finally took place on Sunday, 29 May.

SuperFinds Diorama

By Michael Kliebenstein From the earliest stages of my SuperFinds book project I had it in mind to create a model display that related specifically to the book. There was no doubt about which car t...

Group C Porsche Party

By Serge Vanbockryck For as long as I could remember I’d heard nothing but the best possible comments about the motorsport events that the Duke of Richmond and his team organised each year in Goodw...

Hill's most thrilling Silverstone win

When it comes to Graham Hill and BRM’s title-winning year, it’s the excellent victories at Zandvoort, Nürburgring, Monza and East London that get all the plaudits, and rightly so, given that these...

Moss vanquishes the Ferraris

The Mediterranean shimmered brightly on race day although by mid-morning clouds had built up from behind the Alpes Maritimes, as they had done on the previous two days. Eventually, the sun disperse...

Classified Treasure

While searching through his collection of old German magazines, our great friend Michael Kliebenstein came across this lovely advertisement placed circa 1971 by then sole Lamborghini importer and G...

A Chronometric Wonderland

By Michael Kliebenstein Fine instruments are the windows to the soul of classic and vintage cars. Seeing a huge, beautiful Jaeger tachometer with an original matt cream dial face for the first time...

Disc Jockeying at Le Mans

There can be no doubt that Jaguar’s use of disc brakes at Le Mans in 1953 provided the cars from Coventry with a tangible performance advantage. The winning 3.4-litre C-type finished a full five l...

Michael's Superfinds - Classic Cabin Fever

While driving my 1962 Jaguar E-type Roadster on a dreary winter morning, I realised that my passion for classic sports cars and their interiors started very early on in life.  Above: An early morn...

1959 Nürburgring 1000Kms in Aston Martin DBR1 with Jack Fairman

by Philip Porter In 1958, Moss had had to regain the lead once and later build one when his advantage had been wiped out by his slower team mate. A year later, he chose Jack Fairman to partner him ...