Hans Stuck behind the wheel of his Auto Union at the GP L’Acf.
via: Taurtoise
Category Archives: vintage
“L’Etoile Du Nord”
From the best international magazine in the world: Intersection. They never fail to impress me. More on them this week…
iPad: ROAD Inc.
The iPad is a pretty astounding device; sure you’ve heard the hype and the blah blah blah—-but the fact of the matter is, it is the premier mobile all-in-one multimedia device. If you’re not convinced, then you should check out just how many amazing motoring and automotive applications there are available. I have multiple folders full of stellar automotive enthusiast applications. The latest of which is called Road Inc.
I’ve always found it pretty amazing that automobiles (sometimes) have so much aesthetic importance given to them, yet automotive websites are so NON-aesthetically pleasing. Often I find them to look like an offshoot of ESPN or some tacky jock football page. The iPad, however, serves to provide a clean, interactive platform to make apps. A stylistic revolution is surely needed—-enter why i love the Road Inc. application so much.
To start, the app comes with various ‘veiled’ classics—each of which can have a packet downloaded into the iPad for free, upon the user’s interest in the automobile. After that comes a barrage of information, media, photography, 3D image renderings, essays, and a wealth of information about the car being looked at.
Earlier today, i downloaded the packet for one of my favourite all-time (race)cars—-the Bugatti Type 35b; here are just a couple sample screenshots i took earlier:
They supply a 360 degree rotatable image, to check the car out in its entirety.
There is beautiful attention to detail here; and you get the sense that someone has poured in plenty of time and energy to make this app a beautiful one to use for the motoring enthusiast. I salute Road Inc. for making something like this. Currently there are 50 cars available with a full data packet download of information. I really look forward to see Road Inc expand on this list in the future. The app is currently available in the iPad application store for $4.99.
Link: Road Inc.
Lancia Aurelia B20 Coupe.
in an ideal ‘dream car’ garage, i would definitely have one of these in my garage—the glorious 1954 Lancia Aurelia (B20) Coupe.
The two tone colours on this one is interesting, although I think i’d like a plain black one even more!
source: Bold Ride
foto of the day. quattros.
what a car…what a pic. these days i’m yearning for a Ur quattro more than ever…
(sorry about the quality of this photo….it’s pixelated, but too good not to post!)
sourced from audi sport and edited to remove a couple of heads.
video of the day. diablo in snow (redux).
Thanks to JON for sharing this video in the comments of the last “Diablo in Snow” post!
video of the day. S1.
all types of 5-cylinder wonderful. Audi S1, 2011 Rechberg Hill Climb.
(via Audi Sport)
Audi 90 IMSA GTO and Trans-am 200 quattro prints.
I can never get enough of the Audi 90 IMSA GTO, and these beautiful prints were done by an artist named Colin Carter. They are available to purchase in print form, autographed by Hurley Haywood, Hans Stuck, and the artist for a reasonable $69.
epic Alfa Romeo Montreal for sale.
I don’t know how much it will go for—-but it looks pristine. Totally restored and a beautiful shade of Blue. I’m not sure if the interior looked like that originally—-but I don’t care, it is stunning.
The Alfa Romeo Montreal is definitely one of my favourite Alfas ever made—maybe THE most favourite Alfa made as far as i’m concerned. This one hits all the right buttons.
Bertone (Alfa) Carabo.
I can’t think of another car where the LOGO of the model would match the shape of the car! Marcello Gandini’s 1968 cutting edge, wedge shaped Bertone Carabo had exactly that though!
Bertone’s comment on the car:
“At the end of the 1960′s Bertone focussed his creative energies on prototypes. The Turin designer’s creativity and daring reached its peak in 1968 with the Carabo, which was presented at the Paris Motor Show in October.
Built on the Alfa Romeo 33 chassis with a centrally-mounted engine, it became a style classic, known for its creativity and original features, some of which contribute to its legendary standing.
Design features like its tight lines, tapering front blending in seamlessly with the windscreen, and the air inlets and outlets.
And the original door mechanism, with doors opening upwards and forwards (a concept which reappears on the production Countach), and even the novel colour: iridescent green like a beetle (hence the name Carabo, in Italian, a type of beetle).”
(from Carbodydesign)
Let’s also not forget that the Carabo brought the world “scissor doors”….which was mostly a positive innovation, however often a negative one when it’s seen on 1987 Hondas parked at 7-11!
video of the day. Giulia.
While i’m not a fan of ‘store the car away from the Winter’….i suppose I can understand the sentiment for cars which are (A) are proned to rust or (B) don’t get used in the winter.
Either way this is a great video with multiple views of an owner spending time with his Alfa Romeo Giulia before putting it away for the winter. A simple, but charming video.
foto of the day. Type 37s.
1929 Bugatti Type 37s…in a row, with Type 35s in the background.
History of Abarth
Interesting that a video like this is supplied by “Chrysler LLC”….something I never thought i’d see a few years ago—-but anyways, Abarth is a great historical marque, and even though it is currently diluted in Fiat 500 form—-it’s always nice to appreciate some of the insanity Abarth produced in the past.
more vintage super8 footage.
i’m kinda getting obsessed with finding obscure race footage filmed on Super8 cameras!
artist of the day. Kaka 22.
I quite enjoy these coloured pencil sketches, from the Deviant Art page of Kaka 22
(shame about the big watermarks on them though….)
foto of the day. 90 IMSA GTO
One of my top 10 favourite race cars in history……the amazing Audi 90 IMSA GTO quattro taking on the corkscrew at Laguna Seca.
source: AudiSport
1974 Don Capasco Rally
Is there anything cooler than vintage Super8 rally footage? I doubt it!
Here’s the description of this video provided:
“In 1974 Australia’s first European-style special-stage rally was won rather fittingly by a 1973 Group 4 Alpine Renault A110, the first marque to win the World Rally Championship. The Alpine, Bernard Darniche’s Morocco-winning car, was driven to victory by 1970 Australian Rally Champion Bob Watson. This amateur movie, shot on Super-8 film and with the sound recorded on cassette tapes, has survived transfer to VHS tape, and now to a digital format. There are voice-over interviews with Bob Watson, Geoff Ross, the late Peter Brock, and Gerry Ball. The quality may not be the best, but this is an important part of the history of rallying in Australia.”
foto of the day. Night Alfas.
source: Steininge
foto of the day. hey, stop that.
Gotta love this photo of an Osca 1100 and Ferrari 166 battling it out like real men in 1949….with Dorino Serafini giving Mario Tadini the ‘look of death’! superb!
Pic from GOV
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