by Mike - After the article yesterday by Wallace Wyss about the Peter Monteverdi Ferrari Coupe I received the message below with photos from Jim Carpenter, the owner of the Monteverdi Ferrari body. If anyone can help Jim with his questions … [Read more...]
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Monteverdi’s Ferrari Coupe
June 9, 2016 By Leave a Comment
He raced it, he rebodied it to his design but alas it’s back to a spyder. by Wallace Wyss - Ferrari is a firm that built its reputation on V12 cars. But to those new to the marque, it is always a surprise that there were four … [Read more...]
The Bespoke Ferrari Station Wagon: Forever Wandering The Earth, Will It Ever Find Love?
June 7, 2016 By 4 Comments
by Wallace Wyss - Some new to Ferraris think the FF was the first "station wagon" shape applied to a Ferrari. By the factory, yes, but there's been others by other coachbuilders. One I recall is back in the Sixties, there was a perfectly good … [Read more...]
Why Race An Iso Rivolta?
June 4, 2016 By 6 Comments
by Alan Collett - After 15 years of racing an Aston Martin it eventually dawned on me that the costs of extracting race winning power from an Aston engine were getting to be too great for my budget. I wanted to compete in the pre-1965 Touring Car … [Read more...]
The Psychedelic Cobra
June 2, 2016 By 6 Comments
They say if you can remember the Sixties, you weren’t there. by Wallace Wyss - I was, and I don’t actually remember hearing the name Tara Browne, or the Right Honorable Tara Browne to use the proper nomenclature. But, back then I did hear, … [Read more...]
One Shot at Glory: Or How I Passed Up A Million Dollar Car When It Was Only $30,000
June 1, 2016 By 4 Comments
by Wallace Wyss - In my Incredible Barn Finds books (available from Enthusiast Books, Hudson, WI) I tell some pretty embarrassing stories about my own car buying faux pax. Like selling my first Mercedes Gullwing for $2,500 (they are … [Read more...]
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