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Ford Falcon 70,000 Mile Durability Trial 1964
Packard Custom Coach Built Cars from the 1930's
Rolls Royce Coachbuilt Cars of the Early 1930s – Classic 20/25 Models
In the early 1930s, Rolls-Royce motor cars were rarely delivered with a finished body. Instead, the company supplied a rolling chassis which would then be sent to one of the...
Bizarre Motorsport - Motor Steeplechase
Bentley - Unique Coach Built Models
Kit Cars and Specials from the 1950's and 60's
In the UK there were loads of companies making lit cars in the late 1950's to early 1960's. Some were quite beautiful, some hideous!
Here's a sample of a few bodies that were made for Ford 8/10 hp, Austin 7's, Morris Minors and other donor cars.
Trumbull Motor Car Company 1913-1915
Napier 1908 Grand Prix Tourer.
This Napier Grand Prix Tourer was built in 1908 for the French Grand Prix held in July 1908 in Dieppe Northern France. The French organisers, The Grand Prix de l’Automobile...
Follow Your Dreams
1894 drawing of an early Australian Automobile In 1894, the Australian Coachbuilder and Saddler publication claimed that they had not heard of any Australian Automobiles being built. However, they claimed...
THUNDERBOLT LAND SPEED RECORD CAR DESTROYED IN NEW ZEALAND
The year is 1939 and in November the New Zealand Centennial Exhibition opened in Rongotai, Wellington. One of the main attractions was “Thunderbolt”, the Land Speed Record car driven by Captain George Eyston.
Let’s first back track a few years earlier to 1935. Malcolm Campbell had just become the Land Speed Record (LSR) holder and the first man ever to drive faster than 300mph. At Bonneville Salt Flats in Utah he achieved a speed of 301.129 mph.