by Mike Gulett- The Lamborghini Faena one-off concept by Pietro Frua was the only four-door Lamborghini in 1978. It looks a little like an Espada because it is based on a Series 2 Espada which Frua stretched 7 inches to a total length of 18 … [Read more...]
Ugly Car Department: The 1973 Phantom VI Rolls Royce by Frua
July 27, 2020 By 6 Comments
The Italians don’t always do it better... by Wallace Wyss - OK time was, as late as the '60s, you could go to the ultimate luxury brand, Rolls Royce, and order a chassis and then send the design over to a distinguished Italian coachbuilder … [Read more...]
The Mystery Cobra Still Confounds Historians – AC MA200
May 30, 2019 By 4 Comments
by Wallace Wyss - Now some historians lay into A.C. Cars Ltd, the fabricators of the Cobra, saying they were crude builders, with no finesse, no modern engineering. Some of that’s true. But there is one prototype that is out and … [Read more...]
The AC Cobra Mk. IV
October 1, 2018 By 2 Comments
The most fun was the Angliss-Shelby fight - in the pages of CAR magazine… by Wallace Wyss - The AC Cobra, as most Cobra fans know, was developed from the AC 2.6 which was a later model developed from the AC Ace, which had gone into production … [Read more...]
Interesting Collector Cars For Less Than $50k USD-Volvo 1800
February 14, 2017 By 5 Comments
by Mike - Previously we have featured the Porsche 928, the Datsun 510 Sedan and the Jensen Interceptor as examples of collector cars that can be had for less than $50,000 USD. Today it is the Volvo 1800 series. Volvo 1800 Sturdy and … [Read more...]
AC And The AC 428 Frua – An Evolution Of The Cobra
February 23, 2015 By 11 Comments
by Mike - AC has an interesting history going back to the very early days of the 20th century, with a list of some wonderful cars that carried the AC badge including the AC Bristol and the AC Ace, which transformed into the AC Shelby Cobra with … [Read more...]
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