McLAREN CAN-AM RACERS: THEN & NOW!

Legendary Can-Am racecars from the 1960s-1970s will join the latest model 12C  to climb the Goodwood Hill this summer. As part of 50th anniversary celebrations, McLaren will showcase a selection of iconic models from the company’s heritage collection at this year’s Goodwood Festival of Speed. Alongside some of the most famous vintage racecars and championship-winning models will be the latest McLaren 12C GT Can-Am Edition. The McLaren name is synonymous with Can-Am racing throughout ...
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FORD MODEL-A SPEEDSTER: FUN RACER!

Competing in Pre-War Speedster Racing Group road racing events offers great wheel-to-wheel excitement and low operating costs. Built using a ’31 Ford chassis and engine, #28 Speedster is actually titled as a Model A and plated for street use in Florida. The grille shell is from a ’28 Ford and the chassis has been pinched front and rear to allow the hood line and boat tail rear to be covered. Front axle has been dropped four inches and the rear spring cut two inches. Hiding much of the ste...
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RODS & CUSTOMS IN ROANOKE: MDC CAR SHOW!

 M. M. “Mike” Matune, Jr. checks out the biggest small car show in Roanoke, VA. Do you remember car shows before they became Concours and lifestyle events? That’s when Car Guys (and Gals) gathered together to show off their passion, before poseurs, jet setters and cubic dollars took over. Back in the day, shows were in military armories, civic centers and exhibition halls and gray hot dogs and watered down Coke were sold. That’s before they became destinations, hosted on manicured fai...
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MERCEDES-BENZ AMG SILVER ARROW: NURBURGRING!

Michael Schumacher to drive 2011 Formula 1 Silver Arrow on  Nürburgring Nordschleife.   Formula 1 record-breaking world champion Michael Schumacher will take to the track in  the run-up to the 24-hour race at the Nürburgring next month. It will be the first  outing for a modern Formula 1 Silver Arrow at the Nürburgring Nordschleife since  Juan Manuel Fangio’s victory in 1954! On Sunday, May 19th, before the start of the 24-hour race, seven-time Formula 1 world...
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ZAGATO DESIGN: PRIVATE TOUR!

Some of the most beautiful as well as functional automotive designs have come from this Milanese design studio. Established in 1919, Zagato is a legendary automotive and lifestyle products design company most famous for producing iconic, limited-edition Zagato-branded sports and GT cars. Founded by Ugo Zagato, it is now headed by his grandson, Andrea Zagato and his wife, Marella Rivolta-Zagato. Marella is the daughter of Piero Rivolta, best know for Iso sports-GT cars from the 1960s. T...
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CARS & COFFEE AT KATIE’S: CAPITAL AREA CAR GUYS!

Our M. M. “Mike” Matune, Jr. joins the local enthusiasts for Saturday morning coffee in Great Falls, VA. Cars & Coffee events are popping up all around the country as car guys seek a place to meet other enthusiasts in an informal setting. They are bound by a common passion for the automobile in all its forms. Here in the Washington, DC Area, we are blessed with a number of such events, including Cars & Coffee at Katie’s Coffee in Great Falls, VA. Held each Saturday morning from 6...
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FORD GT40 ROADSTER: THE MISSING LINK!

Ford Advanced Vehicles built four GT40 roadsters in 1965, two went to Shelby American for race testing; two have been missing for years. Mike Gulett blogs about the rare roadsters at My Car Quest. It all started with the handcrafted Ford X-1 sports racer, above, top, a lightweight, open-cockpit version of the Mark II GT40. It was run with very limited success in classes for modified sports cars. Ford Advanced Vehicles used the X-1 and subsequent GT40 roadsters to test ZF transaxles, as the...
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BUICK: 11 DECADES OF PERFORMANCE & INNOVATION!

A quick trip through 110 years of Buick production, visiting some of the fastest & most significant vehicles including the latest Riviera Concept. Buick vehicles today are built in state-of-the-art facilities around the world. The Enclave luxury crossover's Lansing Delta Township plant was the industry’s first LEED Gold-certified manufacturing facility. The brand has evolved in many ways since 1903, when the first Buick was hand-built in a small barn behind David Dunbar Buick’s Detroit...
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’67 OLDS W-30 4-4-2: SERIOUS SUPERCAR!

Our friends at Wild About Cars blog about Gene Horn’s Ram-Air Oldsmobile that has all the goodies available from the factory. In 1967, Oldsmobile built 24,833 Cutlass models with 4-4-2 badging, including approximately 500 with race-engineered W-30 Ram-Air induction. (NHRA data for 1967 W-30 Olds shows 502 units.) The Ram-Air cars are immediately recognizable by the front-end headlight area intake scoops, connected to hoses in the engine compartment that bring cool fresh air to the single Qua...
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