Above image: The early E-type SuperFind in Sicily, with only 23,000km from new. I miss my fantastic early E-type! It is exactly 35 years ago today that I bought my Jaguar E-type, and I can tell you that I miss it...
For those of you who think they know all about Porsche and its cars, here is a fascinating story that may surprise. On my travels I came cross a cute red car with a double-bubble roof, sitting in Northern Italy....
When Stirling Moss’s attempts during the early 1950s to achieve Formula 1 success in British cars bore little fruit, he finally concluded that he had to look abroad for a competitive car. He turned to Maserati and got a 250F....
Record-breaking 2020 for UK-based specialist publisher Sir Stirling Moss’s scrapbooks laid the foundations for company’s success Motoring legends and top collectors pay tribute to Porter Press Porter Press International marked its 15th anniversary in style in 2020, publishing more books...
On 7 April 1954, XKC 051, XKC 052 and XKC 053 were sold to Ecurie Ecosse. The three cars were registered in Edinburgh the same month, becoming, respectively, LSF 420, LFS 672 and LFS 671. They were painted in the...
By Chas Parker For over 50 years, renowned motor sport and aviation artist Michael Turner annually produced a set of paintings depicting stand-out moments from that year’s Formula One and sports car racing season. The paintings were reproduced as a...
By Michael Kliebenstein During a SuperFinds book signing in Italy, a very friendly elderly man approached me. I was just about to sign his copy when, all of a sudden, he showed me his mobile phone, asking if I knew...
At the time, Stirling considered this his greatest drive. The Buenos Aires 1,000 Kilometres was a sports car race in which he was to share with Fangio the wheel of the new 4.5-litre V8 Maserati, the 450S. The organisers had...
This extract is taken from Chapter 4 of ‘Stirling Moss - The Definitive Biography Vol 1’, by Philip Porter The Bari GP was one of Stirling’s finest races to date. The grid contained the two 158 Alfas of Farina and...
By Richard Heseltine It is a car that appeared out of nowhere and vanished from sight almost as quickly. Who, precisely, commissioned the construction of this one-off Shelby Cobra remains open to conjecture, as does the identity of the man...
Can toys be SuperFinds? The answer is clearly yes, absolutely. Take this ultra rare first series Alfa Romeo P2 toy by CIJ for example. I found this model at exactly the wrong moment. I had no money to spare, was...
Early in the season, Stirling Moss was seriously injured at Goodwood, ending his career. The championship was therefore between Graham Hill, in the BRM P57, and Jim Clark, in his Lotus-Climax 25, with Hill taking four wins to clinch the...
