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...
By Martin Emmison First published in Sports Car Market, June 2004. With any collectible there is always an issue of authenticity, whether art, antiquities, baseball cards or automobiles. In the collector car world, relatively minor disputes over correct engine numbers...
The Rt Hon Alan Clark was a Conservative politician, Government Minister, military historian and author, and diarist but, above all, he was a car enthusiast through and through. A man of strong opinions, and not afraid to express them, he...
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...
We recall a historics star who developed his own strain of competition Ferrari Fabrizio Violati is perhaps best remembered for his famous – some might say notorious - Maranello Rosso collection of historically-important sports and racing cars. His name features...
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 Martin Emmison First published in Motor Racing News c. 2012 ANSWER: when he races another gentleman’s car on an unwritten ‘you bend it, you mend it’ gentleman’s agreement … and then bends it! We are all aware that most...
