Category: Cars

A Three-Fer.

Can you name them all (I DID take notes on this one, I promise!)

Here is the reverse view:

The copyright notice is wrong on these, as I’m pretty sure I took these photos in 1998. I flew from the UK to NYC to participate in the 1998 New England 1000 Vintage Rally with my dad. It was the first time I had rallied with him since I was a teenager in his old MG TD. It was also the first time I had seen the 65E, as he’d completed the restoration (the first one that is) while I was away in Europe. One of the stops on the rally was a museum in Maine, that housed this wonder. Anyone care to guess what it is?

I don’t know much about this Devin-bodied sportsracer, but I like the way it looks. Taken at the Don Garlits Museum of Drag Racing… somewhere in northern Florida. I have no idea why this car was located here, surrounded by drag racers. But, there were a few oddballs in there too, like a 1950 Volkswagen 1300.

OK, so not really, but I love playing Redline part of which is the editable cars. Somebody priduced this Bugatti so I can pretend I’m Pierre Veyron zooming around the Alps! 😉

I noted somebody is making a Jaguar XJ220… hopefully I can get an E-type built soon.

I love this photo. Taken on the Colorado Grand in the San Luis Valley.

Roger should know instantly what this car is, so I’m pre-disqualifying him from guessing. Anyone else wish to take a stab?
IIRC it was the street-legal version of a killer pre-war racer and LSR car. It has always been on my list of “10 cars I’d like to own/drive someday” after I saw grainy period photos of it in a book my dad owned about this particular marque. The idea of achieving it’s theoretical top-speed of around 140 MPH on those tall skinny tires somehow affected me deeply as a boy.

I bet Paul knows too, so go paint your Jaguar Paul! 😉

–chuck