DRIVEN TO WIN: THE AUTOMOBILE IN COMPETITION

Posted on September 9, 2024 by MartynL

New exhibit - DRIVEN TO WIN: THE AUTOMOBILE IN COMPETITION -celebrates over 100 years of motorsport history, showcasing 11 iconic racecars. The Petersen Automotive Museum’s newest exhibit, DRIVEN TO WIN: THE AUTOMOBILE IN COMPETITION, is now open in the Charles Nearburg Family Gallery. The display showcases more than 100 years of motorsport history across a variety of competitive disciplines and highlights the technologies that propelled winning racecars across the finish line. Vehic...

GM’S MARK REUSS CHECKS OUT TEAM ZORA USA CORVETTE!

Posted on September 8, 2024 by MartynL

Corvette historic racer Jake Angel blogs about sharing a common interest when GM’S MARK REUSS CHECKS OUT TEAM ZORA USA CORVETTE! On the last day of racing at the Rolex Monterey Motorsports Reunion at WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca, I had a well-dressed visitor in the paddocks. While I have been racing two Corvettes – ’60 Fuelie & a Corvette Challenge car – for years and follow GM Corvette Racing, I was not aware of who he was. He was wearing a white button-down shirt with a Corvette...

1966 CHEVY 396/427 MARK IV: BIGGER IS BETTER

Posted on September 6, 2024September 6, 2024 by MartynL

Chevrolet raises the performance bar with big-block Mid & Full-Size models: 1966 CHEVY 396/427 MARK IV: BIGGER IS BETTER. After teasing enthusiasts with a very-late and very-limited-production Z16 Chevelle SS powered by a proprietary 396/375 Mark IV big-block, Chevrolet followed up with a newly-styled ’66 Chevelle SS396 with less horsepower! First introduced with base 396/325 and optional L34 396/360 hydraulic-cam motors, it was a while before they quietly offered the L78 396/375 so...

THE HISTORY OF JAGUAR

Posted on September 3, 2024 by MartynL

Nick Aylieff blogs about THE HISTORY OF JAGUAR, and the heritage and horsepower of one of the automotive world’s iconic marques. Jaguar, a name synonymous with luxury and performance, began its journey in 1922 as the Swallow Sidecar Company, founded by William Lyons and William Walmsley in Blackpool, England. Initially producing motorcycle sidecars, the company quickly expanded into the automobile market, launching its first car, the SS1, in 1931. The sleek design and superior performance ...

1965 FORD 427 GALAXIE

Posted on August 30, 2024 by MartynL

Ford enthusiasts in 1965 may have been more interested in Mustangs and Fairlanes, but the 1965 FORD 427 GALAXIE surprised a lot of Ponycar and Musclecar owners on the street and strip! 1965 was a year of firsts and incredible accomplishments for Ford on racing circuits worldwide. No other American carmaker - and few European manufacturers - even came close to Ford’s seemingly unstoppable assault. Ford cars and engines prove to be unbeatable on the world’s toughest proving grounds: Dayto...

1964 FORD MAGIC SKYWAY RIDE MUSTANG

Posted on August 28, 2024 by MartynL

Ted Ryan, Ford Heritage Brand Manager and Archivist, revisits the Ford-Walt Disney Company connection and showcases the 1964 FORD MAGIC SKYWAY RIDE MUSTANG. Well, that was fun! The Ford Motor Company Archives arranged the loan of one of the original “Skyway Mustangs” to the Walt Disney Company D23 Ultimate Fan Event, held in Anaheim, California. I was invited to talk about the Magic Skyway ride, which used twelve all-new Mustang convertibles to take visitors on a nearly half-mile, 12-minute rid...

2024 PEBBLE BEACH CONCOURS D’ELEGANCE

Posted on August 25, 2024 by MartynL

A surprise Best of Show winner at the 2024 PEBBLE BEACH CONCOURS D'ELEGANCE knocks some of the polish off Pebble's shiny traditions! For 73 glorious years, the world's finest automobiles have been assembled on show lawns and fairways in Pebble Beach, a sophisticated seaside town in Monterey County, CA. These flawless machines of impeccable provenance and engineering excellence – like the 1932 Röhr 8 Type F Streamliner, above – are painstakingly prepared, polished and pampered, sometimes for yea...

BALDWIN-MOTION & THE GREATEST CAMAROS

Posted on August 20, 2024August 20, 2024 by MartynL

Joel Rosen, the dyno-tuning speed merchant from Brooklyn partnered with Baldwin Chevrolet, creating BALDWIN-MOTION & THE GREATEST CAMAROS. It’s been more than four decades since Joel Rosen and the partnership between Baldwin Chevrolet and Motion Performance, Baldwin, LI, NY, built and delivered the last Baldwin-Motion Supercar - an L88-powered 1974 Corvette. Yet fans are still in awe of the Man from Motion and his outrageous big-block Chevys that set NHRA-AHRA national records and c...

’67 BARRACUDA: PLYMOUTH’S POTENT PONYCAR

Posted on August 16, 2024August 16, 2024 by MartynL

Whatever the ’67 BARRACUDA: PLYMOUTH’S POTENT PONYCAR lacked in power, it more than made up with slick styling and ride & handling! Suddenly the Ponycar market was chock full of new style and power choices. Not long after the ’67 Camaro’s public introduction a potent 302-inch small-block in Z28 trim and big-block 396 engines with up to 375 horsepower appeared. Plymouth upped the ante with a redesigned and very slick Barracuda in fastback and notchback coupe and convertible body styl...

PORSCHE 911 TURBOS REIMAGINED BY SINGER

Posted on August 8, 2024August 8, 2024 by MartynL

SINGER PORSCHE TURBO 911REIMAGINED @ PEBBLE BEACH

Rob Dickinson’s Relentless Pursuit of Excellence spawns PORSCHE 911 TURBOS REIMAGINED BY SINGER. A new personalization program allows Porsche 911 owners to restore their turbocharged Coupe, Targa, or Cabriolet through Singer’s classic turbo services. Singer highlighted the extent of its collaboration with owners through a Family Portrait showing four Porsche 911s reimagined to reflect individual preferences for Coupe, Slantnose Coupe, Targa, and Cab. Examples will be shown during Monter...