Cars
Racing Sam
Sat Mar 16 2013 14:18:22 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Anyone for a time warp 1978 Datsun 510 Station Wagon? Said to be all original other than tires and battery, and shows 18,800 miles on the odometer. The engine bay and interior shots are pretty amazing, and even the hubcaps looks perfectly straight. Find it here on eBay in Grand Prarie, Texas. Special thanks to BaT reader Mike F. for this submission!
Racing Sam
Fri Dec 21 2012 19:27:49 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Behind the Wheel: Valentino Balboni Tests Countach! Old test drivers never retire: they just look cooler. Mr ‘Prova’ plates himself, Valentino Balboni, sets aside new car duties for a trip down memory lane as he puts an original Lamborghini Countach LP400 through its paces on roads he knows like the back of his tanned hand. Just watch out for errant tractors…
Racing Sam
Fri Dec 21 2012 19:30:17 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Simon Kidston tames the Aston Martin V8 Vantage 6.3. Collectors get excited about magic numbers: 36 GTOs, 29 alloy Gullwings, 19 DB4GT Zagatos…we all know and revere them. Talking of Astons, there’s only one classic V8 Vantage which sports these two magic numbers on its derrière, and this is it.
Meet the ‘6.3’ engined bruiser which the mad boffins at Aston Martin Works Service have sprinkled their magic upon, and watch- or better still listen- as the surrounding mountains reverberate when a young Italian racer is let loose in it. Trimmed with as much wood and leather as a luxury hotel, and with the same aerodynamics, it’s a throwback to another era and could only be British. We doubt that even Daniel Craig in a new Vanquish would see which way our undercover Italian driver disappeared with it, but the bar of Gstaad’s famed Palace Hotel is probably a good place to look…Cheers!