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The 1970s were not the best of times for any carmaker, and Lotus was no exception. Formula One was still for the most part going swimmingly, but the road car business was not an easy one. Chapman was still ambitious as ever, though, and Lotus made an even more complete break with their kit car past in 1974 when they introduced the Elite, a car that had been in planning since the late '60s. It may have shared its name with the Climax-powered Elite … [Read more...]
In a time when the Germans hadn't yet cornered the market on lively but luxurious four door sedans, the choices available for such a car were a bit more diverse. Among the interesting cars around was one that is surprisingly almost forgotten today: The Rover P6. Marketed as the Rover 2000 in the United States, the car was a step below Jaguar on the luxury car ladder, but was still fairly advanced for the day with four wheel disc brakes (inboard … [Read more...]
Today, we primarily know the Brabham name from Formula One. Australian racing hero Jack Brabham had a stellar career as a driver, winning the World Championship in 1959, 1960 and 1966. The last of those was of course in a car bearing his own name, and he will probably always remain the only person in Formula One to ever accomplish such a feat. Later, during the 1970s and 1980s, the Brabham Grand Prix team soldiered on under the ownership of … [Read more...]
Even though the Kougar we just featured is rarer and faster than the Jaguars it borrows its parts from, it is no icon. The E-Type, on the other hand, was destined to be a legendary car from day one and this example, located in Denver, Colorado, looks to have been treated as such, also since day one. An almost completely original XKE Roadster with less than 35,000 miles on the clock, it is an interesting case of preservation at its finest. … [Read more...]
Kougar started building sports cars, usually Jaguar-based, in the late 1960s, and the company is actually still around today. They look a bit like some of the old HWM-Jags from the '50s, but have more up to date '60s mechanicals from the E-Type and Jaguar's sedans of the period such as the Mk II. Performance was brisk, to say the least, as the Kougar's light weight made the most of Jaguar's well-proven XK engine and the E-Type's innovative … [Read more...]
For the 1958 model year, Jaguar replaced their graceful XK140 with the aptly named XK150. Styling was less dramatic and therefore less interesting than the 120 and 140 that came before it, and although the "120" in XK120 stood for the car's impressive top speed, the same could definitely not be said of the XK150. The very hottest versions could only manage around 130. That said, it was still a step in the right direction mechanically, with … [Read more...]
Any Morgan fan is going to take one look at this car, located in San Francisco, California, and point out that the body and year don't match up. This Plus 4 is advertised as a 1957, but has the flat radiator shape that disappeared for 1954. The "Flat Rad" cars have been interesting oddities among crowd of cowled radiator machines that have been the Morgan way for almost six decades now, and as a result some people like them a little bit more. … [Read more...]
Lotus Europas can be kind of a mixed bag. Rougher driver quality examples can be had for dirt cheap, and even the very best Lotus Twin Cam-powered cars will barely crack $30,000. And for whatever you end up paying, you're getting the legendary Lotus name, one of the best handling road cars of the 1960s, and one of the first mid-engined sports cars ever put on sale. … [Read more...]
They say that pets live longer when they have a sheltered, indoor life. It's not exactly the same with cars, but this Jaguar E-Type Fixed Head Coupe, located in Santa Barbara, California, just goes to show how far proper storage goes in the preservation of a vintage automobile. Presumably a one-owner car with 14,000 original miles, it had been in dry, heated storage for 30 years and even when it was new the owner only used it sparingly on nice … [Read more...]
Like the legendary engine builder Cosworth, the less famous car company called Marcos was named through combining the names of its founders. Designers Jem Marsh and Frank Costin started building rather whacky racing cars in 1959, but arguably their great achievement came in 1964 with the absurdly low, 43-inch tall Marcos GT. Built with a partly plywood chassis and available with the engine out of the Volvo P1800 sports car, the GT was pretty … [Read more...]
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