The 1959 AC Ace-Bristol – Simple but Handsome British Roadster of the 1950s A forerunner to the legendary AC Cobra,...
1948 – 1952 Veritas Rennsport In the immediate post-war period, very few companies were prepared to make race-cars and hardly...
In the 1950s Victress was a fiberglass specialist that built a variety of bodies. The S1A was their race design...
1956 Volvo P 1900 Sport The Volvo Sport ,a convertible with a plastic body, entered production (the first prototype had...
1954 Oldsmobile F-88 Roadster In the late fifties, Harley Earl, Bill Mitchell, Ken Pickering and Zora Duntov were creating a...
1953 Oldsmobile Fiesta Convertible Offered at Gooding & Co’s 2010 Scottsdale Auction and was not sold with a high bid...
1959 Old Yeller II The Old Yeller story is one of passion, performance and determination. At the center of these...
1957→1959 OSCA FS 372 Officine Specializzate Costruzioni Automobili (OSCA) produced just a few examples of the FS 372 which was...
1950 OSCA MT4 One of the ideal Italian sports was the OSCA developed by the Maserati brothers. The model famously...
1950 OSCA MT4 Vignale Berlinetta One of the ideal Italian sports cars was the OSCA MT4. It was developed by...
1958 Echidna Special John Staver, Ed Grierson and Bill Larson were responsible for the Echidna, a racecar named after an...
1954 Edwards America Convertible Built on Olsmobile running gear by engineer Norman Timbs, the Edwards America was envisioned by Sterling...
1959 Elva Courier The main road car, introduced in 1958, was called the Courier and went through a series of...
1959 Elva Mk V Frank Nichols’ first sports-racer was built in 1954, designed by Mick Chapman, competing immediately, and successfully,...
1956 Enzmann 506 Between 1956 and 1961, some 100 cars were built in Schupfen by the Enzmann Brothers. Most were...
Like many great manufacturer’s, Pasquale Ermini raced in other cars like Bugatti and Talbot before creating his own. He became...
1954 Kaiser-Darrin Convertible In the mid-fifties there was a rush to produce a roadster in America that would rival the...
1955 Kurtis 500KK Some exciting sports car were built on the potent KK chassis that was typically reserved for Champ...
1955 Kurtis 500S In December 1953, Road & Track wrote the following: “Frank Kurtis of Glendale, California, deserves full credit...
1955 Kurtis 500SX One of the last cars offered by Kurtis was the 500SX. They were based off the 1953...
1955 Ghia Streamline X Coupé Built at the request of Chrysler executive Virgil Exner, the Gilda was an exercise in...
1953 Gordini Type 24S To compete with the Maserati 300S, Mercedes-Benz 300SL, and Aston Martin DB3S and Austin Healey 100,...
1955 Imperial Convertible Being chairman of board can have its perks and Kaufman Thumra (K.T.) Keller knew all about it....
Chryslers top car in 1958 was the Imperial Crown which was only rivaled by the Cadillac Eldorado Biarritz. It was...
1959 Imperial Crown Convertible In 1957 the Imperial series was heavily revised, and featured prominent tailfins. In 1958 these fins...
1955 Imperial Newport With understated elegance and a well-deserved reputation for excellent engineering, the Imperial marked the pinnacle of the...
1951 Nash-Healey Roadster Young Americans fell in love with a new breed of sports car after World War II and...
1952 Nash-Healey Roadster The Healey story began in 1946, just after WWII. Early cars featured a sturdy chassis, independent front...
1954 Jaguar D-Type Continuing their successful motor sports program, Jaguar created the D-Type as a logical progression of the XK120C,...
1954 Jaguar D-Type Prototype Before Jaguar started to produce the D-Type, a small group of pre-production cars were made starting...
1957 Jaguar E1A Following much of the same design principles as the D-Type, E1A was Jaguar’s first move towards the...
1950 Jaguar-Parkingson Special After crashing his XK120 chassis 670191 in the Pebble Beach Road Races, Don Parkingson kept the remains...
1957 Jaguar XK-SS The XK-SS is the limited edition road going version of the D-Type. Most changes on the car...
1958 Jaguar XK150 S Bertone Coupe In Detail engine Inline-6 displacement 3442 cc / 210.0 in³ bore 82 mm /...
1957→1959 Jaguar XK150 3.4 Roadster The third and final model in the XK line was the XK150. Easily identified by...
1959→1967 Jaguar Mark 2 Jaguar’s mid-size four-door sedan, known in England as a Saloon was the Mark 2 which was...
1959 Jaguar Mark IX The Jaguar Mark IX (pronounced mark nine) is a large luxury saloon car produced by Jaguar...
1951 Jaguar XK120 LT2 Silverstone Jaguar was keen to race their new XK120, so much so the factory produced several...
1951 Jaguar XK120 Martial Oblin Coupe In Detail submitted by Richard Owen engine Inline-6 displacement 3442 cc / 210.0...
1950 Jaguar XK120 Open Two Seater After making a lasting impression in the automotive world, Jaguar was forced to reconsider...
1952 Jaguar XK120 Record Car In 1953 Sir William Lyons set out to prove the XK120 was on of the...
1952 Jaguar XK120 Supersonic May 30th, 2007- During the 2005 Retromobile show, we ran into a Ghia bodied Jaguar XK120...
1955 Jaguar XK140 ‘Royale’ IN 1955, this dramatic show car was envisioned by Charles “Andy” Anderson who wanted a new...
1954 Jaguar XK140 Zagato Coupé During the post-war period, Jaguar, and its founder, William Lyons, wanted to add more prestige...
1957 Cadillac Eldorado Brougham The Eldorado Brougham — designed in 1954 as Cadillac’s dream car for the General Motors Motorama...
1956→1962 AC Ace-Bristol Despite being one of Britain’s oldest car manufacturers, AC made its best impression with the Ace as...
1951→1951 Abarth 205 A With its elegant lines and sleek roof line, this small Abarth has continued to cause a...
1955 Abarth 207 A Designed for the export market, the Abarth 207 A Spider was purpose built as a small...
1951→1956 AC Ace Despite being one of Britain’s oldest car manufacturers, AC made its best impression with the Ace as...
1954 AC Aceca Introduced in 1954, the Aceca was a fastback version of AC’s seminal Ace roadster. Built as an...
1954→1963 AC Aceca-Bristol Introduced in 1954, the Aceca was a fastback version of AC’s seminal Ace roadster. Built as an...
1956 AC Ace Zagato Coupe Chassis #BEX 477 was shipped in 1958 to a Swiss dealership owned by Patthey. He...
1956→1959 BMW 503 Coupé At the International Motor Show in Frankfurt in 1955, BMW presented not one, but two spectacular...
1959 Cadillac Cyclone XP-74 The Cyclone, a 1959 show car with an aircraft-inspired design, explored futuristic technology. An early version...
1956 Cadillac Eldorado Biarritz In 1956 Cadillac introduced the Biarritz name to distinguish their Convertible from the newly named Eldorado...
1957 Cadillac Eldorado Biarritz IN 1958 Cadillac unveiled the Biarritz name for their line of Eldorado Convertibles. Throughout the subsequent...