Retro
Retro cars and classic cars
1965 Shelby Mustang GT350R – Tribute
And old flame rekindled. Chris Easton’s 1965 Shelby Mustang GT350R tribute might not have cost the almost million dollars that an original would, but...
Returning to Vanishing Point – Dodge Challenger R/T 440
Returning to Vanishing Point. We celebrate probably the greatest American road movie ever while assaulting the Nevada desert in something like Kowalski’s Dodge Challenger...
1948 Dodge Kingsway – mystery car
1948 Dodge Kingsway – identity crisis II. This 1949 Dodge is a bit of a mystery car. Some think it’s a 1946 model and...
Death of a star, birth of a legend – Shelby Mustang
Death of a star, birth of a legend. On the death of Carroll Shelby, Tony Oksien looks back on the legendary second generation Shelby...
Buick Riviera – that Riviera touch
That Riviera touch! This month Tony waxes lyrical on the gentleman's muscle car, the executive express... the one and only Buick Riviera! American car styling's...
Howmet TX – from here to obscurity
Richard Heseltine. From here to obscurity. It's a gas, gas, gas... Richard Heseltine unearths yet another obscurity that you've never heard of: that gas-powered...
Allard J2 – from Clapham to Calcutta… and back
From top: flyweight Allard has storming pace; still on Belfast plates, J2 arrives at Alipore circuit in 1954 with new owner Jimmy Braid;...
Top ten Ferrari oddities
Top ten Ferrari oddities. Chinetti wasn't alone in trying something a little bit different, as Gary Axon discovers. Photography Lat/Marzotto family archive/RM Auctions/Ron Kimball/the...
Thousands flock to the 30th Auto Retro Barcelona in the Catalan
Thousands flock to Barcelona. The 30th Auto Retro Barcelona in the Catalan capital confirmed its place as one of Spain’s most important classic shows,...
Ferrari 365 GT NART Spider 1969
For me, the NART tries to combine a few too many disparate themes into one design: the swept-down nose, with its faired-in...
ERA E-type – the RN31 at Reims
Repainted in a light metallic green and riding on authentic 19in wheels, the sleek racer is a much-admired entry wherever it competes....
Swede dream – Ockelbo
From above: Lundgren in his V8-powered EL Special; perched on a 300SL during his outings with Mercedes; Ockelbo splits Lotus pair at Denmark’s...
