La rivista e il marketplace globale per gli appassionati di auto d’epoca, creati da appassionati.
La rivista e il marketplace globale per gli appassionati di auto d’epoca, creati da appassionati.
Some very interesting stories in our online magazine last week. From a moulded marvel to a Desert Giant. Enjoy your Sunday!
Believe it or believe it not but today is said to be the most miserable day of the year. We must admit that the news of the car as we know it having had its longest time does depress us sometimes, especially in the last couple of months.
Well, what can we say? It’s good to learn that new motor museums come up every now and then as the number of them closing their doors continues to grow. In the last couple of years we’ve seen quite a few. The next to stop is the Tupelo Automobile Museum, or so we understand.
Jensen’s aren’t known as radical cars. They were not outrageously styled relative to rival GTs from Aston Martin and Bristol, and did not stand out mechanically, either. The four-litre, triple-carburetted Austin straight-six was more than capable of pulling the car to almost 120mph.
One of the highlights of the Retromobile show in Paris next month will be a Berliet. Not just any Berliet. The name is the Desert Giant and that says it all. It is the T100 and it is huge! The truck is 5m high, 5m wide, 15m long and has a weight of 50 tons. It will take four days and three nights for the T100 to cover the 600 km between Lyon and Paris
The car is a Mercedes 180 of the 1950s or 1960s and it seems to have some nice optional extras fitted. But it’s the environment it is in we are most interested in for now. And who is the lady? Can you name that place?
One for the books was Tough to Crack Car Puzzle number 200. Not only was it a milestone since we started with the PostWar Puzzle, we also received a decent number of high quality answers. The car is a Hino Contessa 900 Sprint, license Renault.