1954 Jaguar D-Type Prototype Before Jaguar started to produce the D-Type, a small group of pre-production cars were made starting...
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1954 Maserati 250S The Maserati 250F was a racing car made by Maserati used in 2.5 litre Formula One racing...
1954 Porsche 550 RS Spyder As their first dedicated sports racing car, the 550 RS Spyder was raced to Porsche’s...
1955→1959 Maserati 300S Between 1955 and 1959, twenty-six 300S Maserati cars were built with three versions of increasing sophistication. By...
1955 Schaghticoke-Manning Special Built as one of the the many Chuck Manning kit cars, this Schaghiticoke Special was build by...
1955 Stovebolt Special After undergoing a number of changes, this ex-Formula 2 car was rebuilt in Tacoma, Washington into the...
Maserati 150S Barchetta Built around a 1.5-litre, 4-cylinder engine, the 150S was Maserati‘s smallest sports race car. With purposeful engineering and...
Maserati 200SI Barchetta Replacing the Maserati A6GCS/53 was the 200SI of 1955. The car was named after the Sport Internazionale...
1956 Chevrolet Corvette SR-2 Design mid-1956 for Harlet Earl’s son Jerry, the SR-2 was put into racing duty in 1957....
1956 Ferrari 500 TR As a replacement to the 500 Mondial, the TR was Ferraris first Testa Rossa. Translated to...
1956 Ferrari 625 LM When the 1958 LeMans regulations limited displacement of the prototype catagory to 2.5 litres, Ferrari fit...
1956 Ferrari D 50 In Detail submitted by Richard Owen type Racing Car engine V8 position Front valvetrain DOHC 2...
1956 Porsche 550A RS Spyder On June 10, 1956, 50 years ago, the company now known as Dr. Ing. h.c....
1957 Aston Martin DBR1 Ten years after David Brown bought Aston Martin, he would finally achieve his racing ambitions and...
1957 Aston Martin DBR2 As a more powerful version of the DBR1, the DBR2 was used to take on the...
1957 Chevrolet Corvette SS XP-64 Developed in secret for the 1957 Sebring 12 Hours in March, the SS was built...
1957 Fiat Abarth 500 Coupé Zagato Building on the success of their 750 Zagato Coupé, Abarth worked on a 500cc...
1957 Ford Thunderbird D/F-Code Phase I For the 1957 Daytona Speed Weeks, Ford prepared an amarda of special cars including...
1957 Maserati 250 F Designed for the 2.5 litre Formula 1 regulations new for the 1954 season, the 250F followed...
1957 Maserati 450S Costin-Zagato This one-of Maserati Coupe was developed for Le Mans and it was the only Maserati 450S...
1957 Scarab Mk. I Lance Reventlow’s Scarab Mk. I was one of the first American Specials and also the first...
1957→1959 OSCA FS 372 Officine Specializzate Costruzioni Automobili (OSCA) produced just a few examples of the FS 372 which was...
1958 Dick Williams Sports Special In 1958 Dick Williams envisioned and constructed this Sports Special as a candidate for his...
1958 Echidna Special John Staver, Ed Grierson and Bill Larson were responsible for the Echidna, a racecar named after an...
1958 Ferrari 412 Monza Indianapolis Ferrari’s 412MI was purpose-built to compete with American cars at the Indianpolis 500 and the...
1958 Ferrari 412 S American and European sports car racing differed quite a bit in the fifties. Competition in the...
1958→1959 Devin SS After producing Fiberglass bodies for a number of different chassis, Bill Devin eventually made his own turn-key...
1958→1959 Lister Knobbly In February of 1958 Brian Lister debuted his Lister-Jaguar prototype which later became known as the Knobbly....
1958→1961 Lola Mk1 Right on the tipping point of success or failure, Eric Broadley took the bold step to sell...
1959 Cooper Type 39 ‘Bobtail’ In 1955 Cooper introduced their mid-engine Type 39 ‘Bobtail’ two years before their similar F1...
1959 Cooper Type 49 Monaco Mk1 By 1953 Charles Cooper and his son, John were already converting their successful grand...
1959 Lister Costin After a fire at Jaguar’s own Browns Lane Plant destroyed the competition department in February 1957, Lister...
1959→1959 Scarab Mk. II After the first Scarab proved itself to be a winning platform, additional cars were made with...
1960 AMT Piranha CRV-II One of the most interesting cars made in the sixites was this AMT Piranha. AMT was...
1960 BMW 700 RS The economic boom at the end of the fifties involved rising demands of prospective BMW customers....
1960 Jaguar E2A After a successful decade of racing, Jaguar created a E2A, a new prototype that would lend its...
1960 OSCA 750 S Intended for the Sports 750-class and Sports-850 classes of endurance racing, the OSCA 750 competed successfully...
1960 Porsche 718 RS60 Spyder Despite being made for the small engine displacement classes, Porsche nearly won the 1960 Manufacturers...
1961 Chaparral 1 In 1961 Jim Hall worked closely with Troutman and Barnes as well as Chevrolet to develop his...
1961 Porsche 718 RS61 Spyder The 1961 Porsche RS was one of the last Spyders made by Porsche that used...
1962 Panhard et Levassor CD Le Mans Charles Deutsch and aerodynamics engineer Romani, made plans project for a Grand Tourisme...
1962 Porsche 718/8 W-RS Spyder During four active years as a sports car prototype, this 718 RS Spyder, chassis number...
1963 Chevrolet Corvette GS-II After the American Manufacturer’s Association (AMA) ban on direct factory involvement in competition, companies like Chevrolet...
1963 OSCA 1600 SP One of the last competition cars produced by OSCA was the 1600 SP. This was essentially...
1963 Shelby Cobra 289 ‘Dragonsnake’ Shelby offered the Dragonsnake as a ¼-mile drag car that came equipped with several distinct...
1964 Bobsy SR3 Built from triangulated aluminum tubing, the Bobsy chassis were much lighter than their Elva and Cooper counterparts....
1964 Fiat Abarth 1000 Berlina Corsa After modifying Fiat’s 500/600 line for nearly a decade, Abarth became one of the...
1964 Ford GT40 Prototype In the early sixties, Henry Ford decided that his company would brand its products with motoring...
1964 Lancia Flavia Sport Zagato In 1964 the Lancia Factory in conjunction with Zagato prepared a race version of their...
1964 Nissan Skyline 2000GT Thinking that victories on the racing circuit would spur sales, Prince mounted the G7 engine from...
1966 Porsche 906 Carrera 6 Developed for endurance sports car racing, the 906 was a street-legal racing car that raced...
1964 Shelby Competition Cobra 289 ‘FIA Team Car’ For the 1964 World Sportscar Championship Shelby prepared five roadsters for the...
1964→1965 Shelby Cobra Daytona Coupe In 1963, the Shelby Cobra roadster had already proven itself by smashing the Corvette on...
1965 Alan Mann GT40 Mark I Lightweight In 1965 Alan Mann racing ordered the ultimate version of the GT40 Mark...
1965 BMW 1800 TI/SA The 1800TISA was produced in 1965 specifically for works team in the mid-1960s. Only 200 such...
1965 Ferrari 365 P2 At the time, the 365 P2 was the ultimate version of the Ferrari 250LM³. It shared...
1965 Lola T70 Mk1 Spyder To compete in the American series such as the USRRC and SCCA Can-Am races, Eric...
1965→1966 Fiat Abarth OT 1300 While the Ferrari GTO was heralded for winning the Division 3 World Touring Car Championship,...
