It’s great that the Bugatti Type 35 makes the number one slot. It would be better if you actually used a photo a Bugatti, instead of ... what? An Amilcar???

There were probably a number of pilots in their late teens, but many of them had a few years of college before enlisting. So, they would have been in their early twenties. Maybe 22 or 23 years old. Still very young.

That seems an absurdly high number to recreate 2 Type 50 Bugatti engines,(the type used in the original pre-war plane) given that there are a number of businesses in the UK that supply almost any part for Bugattis that an owner might need. Including “brand new” complete engines. All made from the original Bugatti…

Thanks for the link to story of the “McLaren Orange”. I hadn’t come across that before. I just remember reading that Bruce McLaren was very pleased with the fact that his 1966 LeMans winning Ford GT MkIIb was painted black and silver for New Zealand.

Does anyone know why Bruce McLaren chose Papaya Orange for his race cars? The racing colors of New Zealand are black and silver. I’m not complaining, the orange is a great color. Just curious.

This is bragging, I know, but can’t help myself. I worked for a good friend of mine for a few years and we had a Ferrari Daytona as a “company car”.(His daily driver was a 930 Turbo.)We used the Daytona to run errands around town. It was not a lot of fun in town with the heavy steering and heavy clutch, but on the…

From my own personal experience, I can say that 944's are not good winter cars. My car, however, is handicapped by not having snow tires. I have been told by my mechanic friend that four good winter tires and some extra weight in the rear cargo area can make a big difference. That's probably true of a lot of cars.

Mercedes-Benz built by the Steinway Piano company.

Does this count? Steinway, the piano company, built Mercedes-Benz automobiles, under license from Daimler, here in the US.

The Audi 5000 was a pretty good car. I had one for a number of years and maintained it. Then it reached a sort of "tipping point", very suddenly. The automatic transmission needed a rebuild, as did the power steering rack. The electric windows and sunroof quit working and so did the A/C. It would have been a huge bill…

Driving a RHD car in the US takes some getting used to.... about an hour or two. The only hassle is pulling out to check oncoming traffic before you pass a slower car. you're a little more exposed, unless you have a passenger you can trust. I had a RHD Lotus Elan for many years and it was a blast.

Part of the story about P/1027 that wasn't mentioned is that Phil Hill did the all the driving in the GT40 for the filming. It's handling must have been " a bit off" with those heavy cameras shifting the center of gravity to somewhere near the roof line. Phil Hill has mentioned that it a tough job, but, paid very well.

From what I have read about the GT40 and other mid-engine GT cars, it was easier from an engineering standpoint to get the shift linkage past the engine and to the transaxle. Ford tried to build a GT40 "Street car" with a center mounted shift and left-hand drive and the shift linkage was considered less than ideal.

I have to agree with you about the Elan. It was the car that "put Lotus on the map" so to speak. The Elite was good, but didn't do well in the marketplace. The Elan really made Lotus a serious car company and probably funded a lot of racing from its' sales. Coincidentally , my first Lotus was exactly like the photo…

I would go along with everything you've said, except the engine photos do look like it has fuel-injection, instead of carbs. The 412P was sort of the "Customer" version of the 330 P4, which was the Factory Team cars. The 412P didn't have all the latest "tweaks" of the Factory cars. My best guess is that Pininfarina…

You could be right. I recall a rumor that the car was built on a spare Ferrari 330 P4 chassis and running gear, with the 4 Liter, 4 cam, fuel-injected engine. I checked all my Ferrari books, but haven't been able to substantiate the rumor.

Actually, it's very easy to get ANY part you want for a 30's Bugatti, providing you have the money, of course. Parts are being remanufactured in the UK by a number of companies and the Bugatti Owners Club has many of the original blueprints and has had spare parts made from the drawings. Need a Type 35 crankshaft? No…

How about the Marcos GT with a chassis made entirely of Marine plywood? It did have a conventional fiberglass body.

V-12's are nice, but, V-16's are even better. My personal favorite is the 1931 Miller V-16

There was a company that made EXACT replicas of GTOs' using a 3-Liter Ferrari V-12 and many other Ferrari parts and a handmade aluminum body. I think the company was called Farve, but not sure. Ferrari sued them to stop production. At one time the Farve replicas were selling for around 200K. A lot less than 38.1 Mil.