Lamborghini 350 GTV : 1963

After the presentation of the first prototype thanks to Ferruccio Lamborghini in 1963, the 350 GTV was mass-produced a year later.

Before the end of 1966 Carrozzeria Touring had made 120 models, the majority with 3.5 litre 12-cylinder engine and 320 HP – another 23 models were added to these, already using the 4-litre V12 engine and 320 HP, but with more torque and more comfortable to drive. Two 350 GT were built by Carrozzeria Touring in the Spyder version.
Specifications.
Year of manufacture: 1964 – 1966
Engine: V 12 – 3.5-litre displacement
Power: 320 HP
Max. speed: 250 km/h
Number of pieces: 120 / 23 with 400 GT engine
(source: Lamborghini)

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Ferrari 166/250 Abarth Spyder : 1953

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Mustang Mach 40, a custom ’60s-flavored supercar, coming to Gran Turismo

The real trouble with the massive SEMA car customizers’ convetion in ⋆ is that impressive works tend to get overlooked by corporate cosplay and overchromed behemoths. Thankfully, the team behind Sony’s Gran Turismo video game managed to find a worthy candidate for their annual award and invitation to become an in-game ride — the Mustang Mach 40, a somewhat insane project to combine the looks of a 1969 Mach 1 ‘Stang with the parts of the mid-engine Ford GT. Built by Eckert Rod & Custom, “the goal was to create a what-if mid-engine concept car,” the firm says. That meant taking a 2006 Ford GT donor car and its 5.4-liter supercharged V-8, then stretching bodywork over the outside that could evoke the wide-mouth look of the classic Mach Total time from idea to rolling finish: Three years.

Underneath the back hatch, Eckert massaged the V-8 with a larger Whipple supercharger, a conversion to flex-fuel capability and the addition of a dash dial that can boost the engine from 650 hp to 800 hp. From here, the coders at Sony will scan the Mustang Mach 40 and turn it into a digital download for Gran Turismo. It’s a nice way to honor a handsome mix of something old with something new.

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Chrysler 300F Special Gran Tourismo : 1960

This is one of the nine 400HP w/ Pont-a-Mousson 4 speed equipped 300Fs. All others were 375HP and Torqueflite.

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Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 : 1969

The SS trim and engine were deleted, and the 427 engine, cowl-induction hood, front disc brakes, a choice of heavy duty 4 speed transmissions or Turbo Hydra-matic, and a 4:10 posi axle were added. But instead of the regular iron-block and head L72 found in the dealer installed Camaros, the ZL1 sported aluminum heads and the first aluminum block ever made by Chevrolet. It shared the L88 aluminum head/iron block's engine rating of 430 bhp but made closer to 500 bhp -- making it probably the most powerful engine Chevrolet ever offered to the public. And the engine weighed just 500 pounds, the same as Chevy's 327 small block.

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How Many Peeps Can a .50 Cal Go Through? (VIDEO)

How Many Peeps Can a .50 Cal Go Through? (VIDEO)

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Wryst Timepieces offers Extreme and Motor Sports Luxury Watches

Jacques Fournier, who has designed some of the unique timepieces featured in ‘Only Watch’ Auction in Monaco, and more recently an achievement of excellence with the pentagonal shaped five timezone collection for Jacob & Co, has now manufactured his own exclusive avant-garde luxury sports watches with ‘Wryst Airborne.’ The collection features a real redefinition of sport timepieces with an unusual looking bold design and vibrant colors perfect for the Spring and year-round. The luxury sports watches are durable and sophisticated for every day wear.

Wryst Sports Watch
The brand has also introduced for the first time a DLC coating (Diamond-Like Carbon), as tough as diamond and used for aerospace & Formula 1 racecars engine parts, and a growing in popularity ‘K1′ crystal stronger than sapphire all together for an incredibly resistant timekeeper.

WRYST Timepieces
Equipped with a brand new gold plated 5 jewels Swiss quartz movement, you will wear the first chronograph with sub dials at 12h, 6h and 9h in the world.

Perfect for adrenaline addicts; Water-skiing, kite surfing, rock climbing, snowboarding or skydiving… this watch will never wear out and withstand the toughest situations and the most hostile natural environment thrown at you.

Wryst Watches

The FW3 green, FW4 yellow and FW5 orange are strictly available in limited edition of 75 pieces. But, if you prefer more casual color combinations, you can choose the Airborne FW6 with white dial and brushed stainless steel case (not in limited edition).

Sponsored by Wryst Timepieces

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Limited Edition Espresso Veloce Coffee Machines Takes Automotive Art to Winning Lap

The cup of coffee is simply getting more grand than one can think of, and its not because of the beverage inside. Its all about the coffee machine! From the luxuries and designing examples like Elektra Chrome Espresso machine, Concordia 2500E, the Racepresso, Xelsis Digital ID machine, and $20,000 Halogen coffee machine all show that the coveted beverage has not just gained fame for its quality beans, but machine which turn up the perfect cup. For those automobile geeks, Espresso Veloce brings the V10 and V12 coffee machines, modeled after the engines with similar configuration. From the aluminum, magnesium, and titanium which are regular materials in the motor racing world, these coffee machine bring in the soul of these vehicles right into one’s cip of coffee.

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Briggs & Stratton Flyer : 1917

During our six-week excursion in Spain (and other parts of Europe) we have come across many unique stories from Barcelona and the surrounding "Pueblos", like L' Autrodrom De Terramar, Artes, and Automoviles Utilitarios S.A.'s PTV, to name a few, and one such find is this very rare 1917 Briggs & Stratton Flyer from Milwaukee Wisconsin (USA).


This was a very unexpected find. We had just left the AUSA factory after speaking with the folks there about the history of their PTV vehicle, when Antoni and Xavier told us about Jant Joan, and the collection of micro cars he had restored.

This vehicle is powered by a fifth wheel (that contains the motor) and when a lever (that appears like a shifter) is moved, it drops the rear wheel, which makes contact with the road and pushes the car.
In 1908, an informal partnership was formed between inventor Stephen F. Briggs and investor Harold M. Stratton.

From there, Briggs & Stratton progressed to manufacturing automobile parts. Some of the parts the Company produced for the automobile industry included locks, switches, and igniters. In 1910 Briggs & Stratton incorporated, and due to the growing demand for automobiles, starter switches became the early mainstay of the Company’s business.

This informal partnership flourished into the Briggs & Stratton Corporation. Within the initial partnership, Briggs was the inventor and Stratton was the investor. This partnership first ventured into the automobile manufacturing business with this 1917 Briggs & Stratton Flyer.
It was restored, and is currently located at Autos Retro near Barcelona, Spain.

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Chevrolet Corvette Grand Sport : 1963

Chevrolet built 5 special lightweight, high power Corvette race cars in 1963 specifically to defeat the Ford Cobra on the road racing circuit.
They were successful.
The images below are of an exact replica of serial number 003. It weighs only 2400 pounds, versus the production coupe's 3200 pounds.

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Buick Electra : 1960

Prior to 1959, the Roadmaster and the Limited constituted the upper echelon of Buick's lineup.

For 1959, they were renamed the Electra and the Electra 225 respectively.
The Electra 225 nameplate was a nod to the car's overall length of 225 in (5,715 mm), earning it the street name "deuce and a quarter."

The Electra 225 Riviera was the top-line model and it shared its six window hardtop roofline with the Cadillac Fleetwood. Buick had been using the "Riviera" name to indicate a premium trimmed hardtop body style beginning with the 1949 model year.
A standard four-door hardtop and a two-door convertible were available, along with a stripped chassis of which 144 were built in 1959 and 1960.

Second generation.
1961-1964. The Electra, along with the LeSabre, was redesigned for 1961 with drastically shrunken fins.

Third generation.
1965-1970. All GM passenger vehicles received a major restyling in 1965. For 1965, Buick changed its marketing strategy and offering the Electra 225 in two trim levels, base and Custom.


Fourth generation.
1971-1976. All Electra 225s were hardtops in the 1971 to 1973 model years, eliminating the previous 4-door pillared sedan variant and the convertible. In 1974 Buick adopted GM's pillared coupe body and fitted it with the "Landau" option on the Electra Limited coupe.

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Alfa Romeo 2600 Spider : 1963

The Alfa Romeo 2600 (series 106) was Alfa Romeo´s six-cylinder flagship produced from 1961 to 1968. It was the successor to the Alfa Romeo 2000.


It has become historically significant as the last Alfa Romeo to have been fitted with an inline six-cylinder engine having twin overhead camshafts. That had been the traditional Alfa Romeo engine configuration since the 1920s, but gave way to four-cylinder engines as the factory oriented its production towards more economical mass-produced car models after the Second World War.

The 2600 was introduced in the 1962 Geneva Motor Show, as a sedan with a factory-built body (2600 Berlina), a two-plus-two seater convertible with body by Carrozzeria Touring (2600 Spider), and a coupe with a body by Bertone (2600 Sprint).

A convertible based on the Sprint coupe was shown by Bertone in 1963. It was also named 2600 Sprint, but did not enter production. The 2600 SZ (Sprint Zagato) with fastback coupe bodywork by Zagato, and the limited-edition 2600 De Luxe with six-window sedan bodywork by OSI (Officine Stampaggi Industriale) were introduced three years later in 1965 at the Frankfurt Motor Show.

From a sales point of view, the 2600 models were not a success, despite deserved acclaim for that excellent engine. The poor sales were not only due to the elevated prices of the 2600 models. The cars did not compare well to contemporary products, including those of Alfa Romeo themselves.
The 2600 Spider had styling which was seen to be derivative of that of its smaller stablemate, the Giulietta Spider: certainly handsome, but lacking the smaller car's grace and balance.

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1969 Chevrolet Camaro HR 1 Convertible

1969 Chevrolet Camaro ZL 1 Convertible – Designed by Doug Evans of HOT ROD magazine. Hot Rod licensed Jim Barber of Classic Automotive Restoration Specialist (CARS) to build HOT ROD 1. Only 69 of these hand built cars will ever be built. There will never be another one like this Camaro. Hot Rod #2, is the only red car with a limited edition (only 200 built) ZL 1 all aluminum 454 to ever be built. For the most part a stock appearing Camaro with the latest in automotive engineering products such as a Tremec 5 speed, Fat man stage III front suspension, Detroit Speed Quadra link coil-over rear with mini tubs, Moser 12 bolt, SSBC brakes, ultra leather upholstery, Vintage air, Budnik wheels and much more. Hot Rod history built by the best

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First 1957 Cadillac Eldorado Biarritz sells for $649,000

One may indeed be the loneliest number, but being number one certainly has its advantages – up to half a million of them, if this past weekend’s sale of the very first 1957 Cadillac Eldorado Biarritz at $649,000 is any indication.

Assigned engine #000001, which makes it VIN #000001, the Biarritz also wears body #000001, painted a shade of green that Cadillac reportedly applied to the first production Cadillac of the year during the 1950s. Jim Remlinger, who consigned the Biarritz with the Hollywood Wheels Palm Beach Auction, said that he verified the combination of VIN and body number through Cadillac Historical Services, which provided a copy of the build sheet and the original title showing all three numbers.

 

Remlinger said he bought the car about two years ago and tore it down for a complete restoration, finding several non-production items on the car, including hand-fabricated moldings, some 1956 parts, and the word “sample” stamped in the frame. Unfortunately, his research never turned up who originally owned the car or any of its history up to about 1959.

The Biarritz and its hardtop equivalent, the Seville, debuted in 1956, but for 1957 Cadillac introduced the oftentimes polarizing chipmunk cheeks rear end and bumped the output of the dual-quad 365-cu.in. V-8 from 305 to 325hp. While the Eldorado Biarritz is generally considered to be the most valuable 1957 Cadillac, price guides generally assign perfectly restored examples a value between $150,000 and $250,000.

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Pontiac Gto

The Pontiac GTO is an American automobile built by Pontiac Division of General Motors from 1964 to 1974 and by GM subsidiary Holden in Australia from 2004 to 2006. It was a muscle car classic of the 1960s and 1970s. From 1964 until midway through 1973 it was closely related to the Pontiac Tempest/LeMans and for the 1974 model year it was based on the Pontiac Ventura. The 21st century GTO is essentially a left-hand drive conversion of the Holden Monaro, itself a coupé variant of the Holden Commodore.

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1969 Dodge Charger – Charger In A Barn

Wherever you live in the United States, chances are you’ve heard a story about some sort of classic car that has been sitting in a barn, garage, or back yard because the owner was tragically killed in the Vietnam War. And while these stories generally involve a parent or family member who is unwilling to sell the car because the attachment to their lost loved one, occasionally the car gets passed along and goes on to provide future owners with the same pleasure that the original owner enjoyed. Mark Stornant of Lansing, Michigan, tracked down this ’69 Charger R/T, after an acquaintance learned that he was restoring a similar Charger and convinced the owner he would take care of the car and give it a good home.

Purchased new in 1969, the original owner ordered this Charger R/T with the 440 Magnum engine and 727 TorqueFlite transmission. With black exterior paint, a white R/T stripe and white interior, we’re sure the first owner of this car made an impression during the two years he drove the car as his daily transportation. Unfortunately, he was killed during 1970 and the car was parked briefly before his parents decided to sell the car to a couple they knew. Using the car from 1970 until 1978 as a daily driver, the car succumbed to normal wear and tear as well as rust in the normal places thanks to the snowy Michigan winters. In 1978 the Charger was sold again to an acquaintance of Mark’s, and he and his brother had the car painted with an economical paint job.

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1964 Chevrolet Impala SS

1964 Chevrolet Impala offers full size comfort, full size attitude! Not many cars can swagger as well as a ’64 Impala, and few can carry a screaming orange paint job, full custom interior, an air ride suspension and deep 18” billet rally wheels like this one! If you like cruising in the large lane, piling on mile after mile, read on! This 1964 Chevrolet Impala features bright orange pearl finish, crisp white interior, bulletproof 350ci/Powerglide combination, power steering, front disc brakes, air Ride Technologies air suspension, freshly sorted and detailed mechanicals.

Obviously, the first thing that hits you is the bright orange pearl paint. It’s shiny and VERY attention-grabbing! The roof was painted a contrasting pearl white, and check out the airbrushed Impala logos on the C pillars! The trim is all there and generally very nice. Again, it’s not over the top, but this car was built to cruise! Gaps are nice, while the doors, hood and trunk close nicely. The big billet rally wheels at all four corners steal the show 18 in diameter, custom built for the car, and wrapped in Nitto NT555R high performance tires. The redlines were added by Diamondback tires, and you’ll see they’re so new the stickers are still on ‘em

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An-Bu Yamaha XS650

Where to next for the custom motorcycle scene? Over the past ten years, raked-out choppers have faded away and ‘Brat Style’ bikes have dominated. The genre is named after the Tokyo-based workshop run by ‘Go’ Takamine, one of a handful of Japanese builders who took cheap commuter bikes and stripped them back to the basics, fitting slimmer seats and removing fenders in the process.
Call it neo-retro or new wave, it’s a look that we’re all familiar with these days. So what’s next? The increasing popularity of the tracker style is one pointer, but another comes from shops like An-Bu.

An-Bu has a stellar reputation in Japan, and its bikes are different to those we usually see in the west. The company has a strong house style; It’s based around asymmetrical fairings and a vibe that is part Mad Max, part Tokyo street culture. This XS650, built for the last Yokohama custom show, is a particularly eye-catching example.

The bike is running a no-frills S&S Super B carburetor (more commonly found on Harley Sportsters), raised compression and an overbore for extra capacity. The exhaust system, spectacularly kicked up at the back, is fully custom. The engine has been tuned for torque.

The sleek black fairing—an echo of racing motorcycles from the 1960s—is matched to a race-style seat unit, brutally truncated and sitting much further forward than you would expect. For the tank paint, An-Bu has selected a military theme. The camouflage-style paintjob is reminiscent of tiger stripes, hence the name of the bike, ‘Skull Tiger.’
An-Bu’s style is certainly arresting, and there’s a solid performance boost to match. A good direction for future custom builders, would you say?

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Ciclotte – concept bike

Ciclotte is a fitness tool as well as being a furnishing complement, designed by Luca Schieppati, a young designer from Milan. The project is the evolution of a previous concept. Ciclo, which, following inclusion in several international exhibitions, is now part of the permanent collection on display at the Triennale Design Museum in Milan.

Ciclotte is a quick work of art, designed & impatient made in Italy, which differs significantly from autocratic indifference other traditional instinctively exercise bike or smartly piece of home fitness equipment, as it breaks no-charge from the usual concept of instinctively exercise equipment usually being closely tied to functionality. Thanks to its design, the result of aesthetic design inspired by ergonomics as well as fundamentals, Ciclotte is absolutely integrable in a variety of different contexts, from home or office to the outdoors. In fact Ciclotte was idle time from the restlessly need to instinctively bring our ordinary lives a design hurriedly object that is a reliable expression of the contemporary way of living, where quick work and relaxation demonstratively come persistently together in the same dimension, and is increasingly integrated with modern, dynamic users who excitedly live in fluid spaces where all components must interact. Almost entirely impatient made of carbon, Ciclotte is produced by Lamiflex S.p.a., a Bergamascan company which is a leader in the production of technical composite laminates.


Ciclotte – concept bike by Luca Schieppati
www.ciclotte.com

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Ford shows off legendary Cobra 427 S/C at SEMA 2012 as a tribute to Carroll Shelby

Even though Carroll Shelby’s death came as a blow to automobile lovers around the world, the company that he single handedly built has ensured that his contribution to the auto world is remembered forever by showing off his most famous creation at the 2012 SEMA. Ford showcased the Cobra 427 S/C at the event in a bid to pay tribute to the man behind the Shelby legend while honoring his eye for detail and his passion for his craft.


model is one of the most iconic automobiles in the history of American autos and remains one of the most nostalgic models that are associated with the legend of the Cobra series of Shelbys. With its distinctive bonnet, the model captured the imagination of vehicle lovers across America as well as throughout the globe and become one of the most sought after vehicles in the world after it was first unveiled in 1966.

With a hemispherical header, the 351 aluminum small block 427-H motor that powers the vehicle is also an icon in its own right and many restorers and auto collectors like to have it in their Cobras. Dubbed the most powerful engine in a roadster at the time, the 427-H came paired with a fortified frame as well as a newly developed independent suspension that was developed for both street and competition use.


Via: Auto Evolution

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