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July 21, 2022

Following the Mille Miglia
A thousand miles in the tyre tracks of the greats

In its original guise, the Mille Miglia involved the bravest of drivers racing a thousand miles from Brescia to Rome and back, on public roads, sometimes in almost total darkness. It was thrilling, but fraught with danger.
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July 21, 2022

Classic Nostalgia 2022
Classic Nostalgia, held this past weekend at Shelsley Walsh Hill Climb, was yet another great reminder of why the glory days of motorsport are so worth celebrating. Listening to the melodic shriek of the V16 in BRM’s 2021 P15 as it carried out its demonstration runs up the hill was spine-tingling – you don’t get that with electric.
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June 30, 2022

Morning with a McLaren F1 GTR
Saturday, 25 June 2022, three randomly chosen winners of our Ultimate McLaren F1 GTR Prize Draw were invited to spend a morning at Kiklo Spaces with Chris Vassilopoulos and his F1 GTR #02R. Alan, Graham and Andy had qualified to...
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June 29, 2022

Wind Tunnel Wonder
This year marks the 50th anniversary of the inauguration of Pininfarina’s wind tunnel in Grugliasco, near Turin, Italy. Judging by how many other coachbuilders have come and gone over the years, half a century is already a considerable time for an automotive design house to survive, but the (ongoing) Pininfarina story goes back a long way before 1972.
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June 29, 2022

9600 HP, a man and a bee
About a year ago, I had a call asking if I would be happy to provide my E-type, 9600 HP, for a Netflix production starring Rowan Atkinson. Not surprisingly, I did not hesitate.
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June 14, 2022

The C-type Replica Scandal – An Update
As I have not written about this matter for many months, and I know there is a great deal of interest in the classic car world, I thought an update and further statements might be helpful.
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June 9, 2022

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.
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May 26, 2022

Concorso D'Eleganza
Seeing pictures of Aston Martin’s superbly restored Bulldog taking the Coppa d’Oro at this past weekend’s Concorso d’Eleganza Villa d’Este prompted a bout of nostalgia as I recalled a trip to Lake Como made a decade ago.
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May 26, 2022

Monaco Magic
It was wonderful to be back in charismatic Monte Carlo for the Monaco GP Historique. This was the 13th and I must have been to about the last 10, with the exception of last year’s when it was well nigh impossible for Brits to attend.
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May 11, 2022

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 to feature; it could only...
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April 26, 2022

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 Goodwood. Whether it was the Members'...
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April 25, 2022

Bowmaker Racing Team
Britain’s early appetite for Formula 1 success has been superbly documented in recent Porter Press publications, Vanwall – The Story of Britain’s First Formula 1 Champions, and BRM – Racing for Britain. Of course, there were other British outfits from the era whose star shone at least as brightly, Cooper, Team Lotus etc.
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