Time after time, Race Week amazes and this year did not disappoint. While the mood was somewhat more cautious than usual, the joyous occasion of the 70th anniversary of the Pebble Beach Concours D’Elegance – postponed last year because of the pandemic – brought much to look forward to. Also, there were several other changes, …
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Monterey Race Week – The winning combination
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The Kraantje Lek Memorial in the Netherlands – another great occasion to celebrate
The Dutch Vintage Sports Car Club (DVSCC) organized a short route around Overveen and Zandvoort in the spirit of Maus Gatsonides, a great local hero and Monte Carlo winner: . The tour, called the Kraantje Lek Memorial (KLM – talk about branding…) was reserved t0 pre-war cars and was scheduled to drive around the region. …
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The BelleVue ’50s make it big with Classic & Sports Car
It’s another feature-packed issue of Classic & Sports Car – 512BB, Bora, DuPont – you name them it has them – and we’re therefore thrilled that our friend Mick still found the way to slot our BelleView ’50s our latest (re)creation into its gear section. With quite a complimentary review, we might add. But then …
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Grazie Mille (that was easy…)
It was that time – just slightly off the regular timetable of the 1000 and everyone (at least everyone we know) were looking at whether things would work out – and how? – for the Mille Miglia. Last year’s edition had to be dramatically curtailed because of the pandemic and this year’s good signs about …
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Classic & Sports Car reviews our new Rio!
What’s the expression about lightning not striking twice – guess what?, it’s wrong. And the other thing – it’s great to have friends in high places – thank you very much Mick – so that we can bring you news of our latest efforts in the very same issue that covers such matters as the …
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BAM! Octane does us the honors (again)!
And yes, the latest edition of Octane – the one with the “Holy Trinity” on the cover (no, it did not -as much as we wanted to, we would have even probably paid good money -well, $4 at least- for such a qualifier) refer to your favorite clothing brand but rather to some incredible feature …
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Cavallino Classic from the inside….
While Mariano (and Julia – his wife – who keeps him somewhat in check) is now firmly in the distributor seat for the USA, he still had to honor some of the commitments he had made before taking on the Suixtil mantle (what a pun 😂). First on that list, oh yes, there will be …
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The Carrera Paneuropeana – classic Porsche event….
For those who have been following us for a while, you will be well-familiar with this yearly party thrown together by Alexander – our Dutch distributor – who, time after time, manages to find new and exciting routes where most of us would just scratch our heads and give-up. His tasks was certainly made harder …
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The 3rd edition of the AXA Sydney Harbour Concours d’Elegance was just held!
James, our friend (and Australian Ambassador), has just done it again! While the entire world goes mad and runs around like headless chickens, he keeps calm and collected and (thanks also to an environment Down-Under where the pandemic has been masterfully contained) organized a Concours d’Elegance that would be the envy of the world by …
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The Leaky Tap gets the grease – no, wait….
And there you have it… mixed metaphors simply don’t work. And still, there is much to be said about the Leaky Tap – the Kraantje Lek, in Dutch. Yes, it is a restaurant – located nor very far from the Zandvoort track, where F1 racers used to meet-up for a good time (or three) before, …
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