Classic Motorcycles Lost In Palisades Fire
Over a half century, I’ve almost done everything I wanted with motorcycles. I built, raced, and restored them, commuted and toured, rejoiced in getting...
In Memoriam: Bruce Kessler
Bruce Kessler died on April, 4. He marked his 88th birthday on March 23 and was a lifelong adventurer as a professional racer, successful...
Le Mans Classic: Out Of Line
The Le Mans Classic usually runs only once every two years. But with the centenary edition of the 24-hour race held this year, it’s...
Adventures In My High-School Corvette
I hadn’t had my ’57 Corvette long before it helped me accumulate a couple of tickets and a one-month license suspension. It was the...
Porsche RS: The Fascinating Duck Tail Story
Hardly any other abbreviation fascinates as much as Porsche's RS. Every model series has been crowned with it. Here is the story. Its age...
Paul Smith Shows His Stripes
Legendary fashion designer Sir Paul Smith turned 77 this year, but with three collections in furniture, fragrances and housewares, he's showing why he's rightly...
Peak French: Bugatti Type 35
Earlier this summer, we celebrated Bastille Night at the Hagerty U.K. Clubhouse at former RAF bomber base Bicester Heritage. We packed the Clubhouse with French...
McKlein Motorsport Classics: British Grand Prix 1960
In 1960, BRM sent three of their P48 cars to the British Grand Prix at Silverstone to be driven by Graham Hill, Dan Gurney...
Petersen Classics: 1977 Lotus Esprit S1 “Wet Nellie”
ESPRIT S1 “WET NELLIE” :Used in The Spy Who Loved Me (1977): When Q (Desmond Llewelyn) presents Roger Moore’s Bond with a Lotus Esprit...
Trevor Legate: A Life of Photography and Automobiles
I left school as an aspiring artist and was accepted by an art college in Sussex which, fortunately, had a photographic department; I was...
ROFGO Collection: McLaren F1 M14
Despite Denny Hulme’s victory at the Mexican GP, the 1969 season had been a disappointment, with the 4-wheel-drive M9A proving to be an expensive...
Automotive History: Hudson Hornet
If you think the replacement of bootleggers by professionals was the big tipping point in stock-car racing history, the latest documentary—embedded at the end...
