by Mike - A Ferrari 750 Monza Spider race car is up for auction at the RM auction in Paris on 5 February 2014 and was not powered by the custom Offenhauser engine commissioned by George Tilp. It is the Ferrari Monza that George Tilp once … [Read more...]
Archives for January 2014
This Ferrari 750 Monza Spider Once Was Powered By A Custom Offenhauser Engine? – No It Was Not
January 20, 2014 By Leave a Comment
The ’67 Ferrari 330 GTS With Grime, Spots Of Surface Rust And A Blackened And Cracked Windshield Sells For More Than $2 Million!
January 18, 2014 By 4 Comments
by Mike - This just in - a Tweet from Gooding & Co, Well done! Lot 149, the 1967 #Ferrari 330 GTS, sells for a final $2,062,500. #Scottsdale #Auctions The original Post is: A Ferrari Sleeping Beauty Has A Coating Of Grime, Spots Of Surface … [Read more...]
Lost In Arizona – One Iso Grifo
January 16, 2014 By Leave a Comment
by Mike - Wallace Wyss author of the "Incredible Barn Finds" series (Enthusiast Books, Hudson, WI) says he would like to write about his former red 351-Ford powered Iso Grifo 5-speed Series 2. Wyss says, I bought the car from a banker in … [Read more...]
The Most Stately Offenhauser Engine – The George Tilp Offy – Once Owned By Phil Hill
January 14, 2014 By 18 Comments
by Mike In the 1950s what would you do if you had a lot of money and you wanted to own and drive race winning cars? First you would buy the best car you could find, then you would get the best drivers like Phil Hill, Dan Gurney and Richie Ginther … [Read more...]
Silicon Valley International Auto Show, 2014 – The Models
January 13, 2014 By 4 Comments
by Mike - The Silicon Valley International Auto Show is held at the San Jose (California) Convention Center every year about this time. I go every year because going to Los Angeles, Detroit or Geneva is a lot of trouble. I rarely write about … [Read more...]
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