Race 427 Shelby Cobra at South 1st Performance
At the top of my fantasy list. Pure power. Really, really want to steer this beast with its loud pedal. Yahoooo. Link at right.
Category: Race Cars
Jaguar XKE at Circuit of Americas Vintage Races
Iconic car, iconic DOHC straight six. Don’t miss this year’s vintage races at Circuit of the Americas. I could not find it on their homepage but get details here. See more than 600 cars racing
1930 Rolland-Pilain Vintage Grand Prix Race Car
An earlier post featured this car at last fall’s car auction at the Convention Center. Discovered in S. America, this Rolland-Pilain vintage race car has a price of almost $200k. I took these newer pictures
1934 Chevrolet Racer at Austin’s Historic Races
Lovely 1934 Chevrolet vintage race car powered by the advanced OHV straight six that Chevy used from 1929 into the 70s. Don’t miss this year’s vintage races at Circuit of the Americas, October 10-12. More
1970 Mustang Drag Car in N. Austin
No engine but huge rear tires. In yard behind Custom Car Crafters in N. Austin, link at right.
Alpine-Renault A110 Berlinette Rally Car at Motoreum
Using a Renault rear engine, these lovely small cars dominated the rally circuit in the early 70s.
Rally Champ Alpine-Renault A110 at Motoreum
This car dominated rally car racing 45 years ago — rear engined, 123 hp, 1600 lbs. Lovely car. More info on Alpine cars. I was unaware of this car, now want one. See link to
$4.2 Million 1950 Cisitalia Abarth 204 A Spyder Sport at Motoreum
The last Cisitalia, the first Abarth and the last car raced to victory by the legendary Tazio Nuvolari, described by Ferdinand Porsche as “the greatest driver of the past, the present and the future,” sold by Motoreum
1925 Bugatti Type 35A at COTA Vintage Races Last Fall
Jewel-like engineering with a 3 valve per cylinder, 2.0 liter overhead cam straight-8 engine. Could rev to 6000 RPM, 95 HP.
