Tag: Vintage Race Cars
Historic Vintage 1930 Rolland-Pilain Grand Prix Race Car
The aluminum body of this very rare car was built in Argentina on a French Rolland-Pilain chassis with a 4-litre 8-cylinder Continental inline engine, 4-speed manual transmission, 4-wheel hydraulic drum brakes and an all aluminum
Rare Mille Miglia Race Car in Palermo, Italy
Visiting Palermo, Sicily, a few years ago, while I was nosing round the old harbor area, I hit the jackpot stumbling across a specialty garage. Outside that garage, when I told the garage owner that
1935 Pirrung Special FWD Indy Race Car at Circuit of the Americas
Built by three-time Indy 500 winner Wilber Shaw, the first appearance of the epic Offenhauser DOHC 4 cylinder race engine, based on the world-beating Miller race engine. Shaw drove it to second place at the
1963 Corvette Grand Sport Tribute in Bastrop Texas
Sadly, only five original Grand Sports were built in 1962 to compete against AC Cobras before GM brass pulled the plug when they learned of Zora Arkus Duntov’s secret program known as The Lightweight. These