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37e Elfsteden Oldtimer Rally 2025
Molkwerum, the Netherlands.

Video: youtu.be/Rw2BOinMhho

Lost in the 50s Cruise Night, Pasadena, MD, May 10, 2025.

Chesapeake City Lions Club Car Show, Chesapeake City, MD, August 24, 2024.

From the Simeone Foundation Automobile Museum's Web site:

"Anthony Lago had added new energy to the Talbot name with race victories in an open-wheel configuration prior to the outbreak of the war in Europe in 1939. After the war, France was in disarray. Many considered Talbot Lago to be the first expensive, high-performance car made after the war, when, with his new engineer Marchetti, Lago transformed a large prewar engine to 4.5 L and produced a series of stock cars.

"For the Grand Sport, Talbot Lago upgraded their luxury model with double overhead valves, increased horsepower, aluminum heads, and a variety of other performance oriented modifications. He produced approximately 26 Grand Sport automobiles (the number is in question) with greater performance, lighter chassis, and dramatic styling all done by outside coachbuilders because in the Grand Sport series only custom bodies were available from a variety of stylists.

"Some of the first Grand Sport cars were designed for racing. It is not known whether the car in question in our collection was one of these, but it does have modifications seen only on racing cars . . .."

DH-11-57 is a pink Chrysler Sport Coupe W57 Windsor Hardtop , first registered on 30 June 1957, in the Netherlands on 8 May 1992. © Bert Visser

This third generation Caprice was driving to fast for me to catch him.
The Caprice is related with Biscayne, Bel Air and Impala models.
This 3rd generation Caprice was designed by Bill Mitchell (Cleveland, US, 1912-1988).

Eight different engines.
Production Chevrolet Caprice series: 1965-1996.
Production 3rd gen. Caprice: Sept. 1976-1989.
Production Caprice Sport Coupe this version: Sept. 1976-late 1979.
Danish reg. number not visible.

Number seen: 1.

Copenhagen, Aug. 4, 2021.

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Remember when those came about ?
Personally I thought they were super cool.

Remember when those came about ?
Personally I thought they were super cool.

Remember when those came about ?
Personally I thought they were super cool.

Remember when those came about ?
Personally I thought they were super cool.

Remember when those came about ?
Personally I thought they were super cool.

From the Simeone Foundation Automotive Museum's Web site:

"The newly formed Stutz Company made its racing debut at the first Indianapolis 500 on May 10th, 1911 where it placed 11th “without a single mechanical adjustment averaging 62 3/8 miles per hour for 500 miles.” Proud of this achievement their slogan “the car that made good for a day” lasted for several years. Their subsequent racing record was dramatic and in 1911 and 1912 they performed well in many of the many races held at Fairmount Park, Santa Monica, Bakersfield, San Jose, Belmont Park, Elgin, Brighton Beach and the Vanderbilt Cup to mention just a few. They placed 4th and 6th in the 1912 Indianapolis. Initially powered by a 50 horsepower Wisconsin engine in 1913 they introduced a bigger six-cylinder motor, but this was not competitive.

"For the 1915 racing season the Automobile Association of America reduced the engine capacity limits from 7.3 liters to just under 5 liters and some stock cars were now no longer speedway eligible, as was the intent. This engine limit was also larger than the standard European and in response Mercer made the 450 cc motor. Duesenburg made a larger engine while Peugeot, Mercedes, Delage, Sunbeam, were still in the fray. With the help of the Wisconsin Engine Company, Stutz designed a 4 cylinder 298 cubic inch motor with 130 horsepower at 2800 RPM, keeping the tried-and-true Stutz transaxle.

"American drivers such as Bob Burman, Barney Olfield, and Ralph DePalma purchased foreign cars to compete in the great 1915 Indianapolis 500."

"To qualify for the 500 it was necessary to run two laps at a minimum average speed of 80 mph. Consequently, 18 of the original 40 entrants were eliminated but the large capacity foreign cars qualified. The race was exciting with the Stutz contingent of Anderson and Cooper forcing the lead. Tire consumption was a problem, but the engines performed admirably. Because of a tire and mechanical failures, the best the Stutz could do in 1915 was a third and a fourth place (Anderson and Cooper). Stutz’s fortunes were not great in the remaining 1915 races after which Harry Stutz absquatulated competition."

From the Simeone Foundation Automotive Museum's Web site:

"They made the first Mercer in Trenton, New Jersey in 1910, financed by the Roebling family who built the Brooklyn Bridge among other great construction efforts. It is surprising that in the days of the giant displacement engines, that a relatively small 4.9 liter engine could be such a world beater, particularly compared to the collection’s 7 liter National speed car or the Stutz Bearcat.

"By 1913 they had gained a four-speed gearbox which made 80 miles an hour possible and apparently at the time it wasn’t hard to soup her up to 100. Because of their low center of gravity and wide track their maneuverability was unparalleled. During their first year they were engaged in six races of which they won five outright, and they finished twelfth and fifteenth in the 1911 Indianapolis 500. You may recall that Stutz bragged about being “the car that made good in a day”, because of finishing eleventh. It was its the maneuverability, advanced design, and a car ahead of itself that made this a true performance giant.

"Sporting cars were just coming into being. Perhaps the earliest was the American Underslung who, in 1907, were the first to produce only sports cars. By 1911 others appeared and by World War I many manufacturers had a legitimate sports car with performance options capable of competing credibly in road races.

"The statistics do not reveal the magnificence of this car and its handling characteristics. Excellent balance, a rare 4-speed gearbox, and lightweight are the timeless endearing charms."

IN ENGLISH BELOW THE LINE

Un SEAT 124 Sport Coupe, versio rally, a la exposició Motor Clàssic III de 2024, a Sabadell.

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A vintage SEAT 124 Sport Coupe in a Rallie livery, in the Motor Clàssic III meeting, in Sabadell.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SEAT_124_Sport

From the display:

"The Karmann Ghia, designed by Luigi Segre, received updates in 1971, including a power boost to 49 hp and larger chrome bumpers.

"This late-model example features period-correct aftermarket upgrades like an Empi exhaust, ISP West gauges, and Porsche wheels."

At the Southeast Gassers Association race at Shadyside Dragway near Shelby, NC on April 13, 2024.

IN ENGLISH BELOW THE LINE

Fotografia feta amb la Hasselblad 500 C/M, fabricada el 1979; objectiu Carl Zeiss Planar f2.8/80mm; pel·licula Ilford Delta 400 revelada durant 9:30 minuts en D76 sense disoldre.

Un SEAT 124 Sport Coupe, versio rally, a la exposició Motor Clàssic III de 2024, a Sabadell.

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Picture taken with a Hasselblad 500 C/M, made in 1979; Carl Zeiss Planar f2.8/80mm lens; Ilford Delta 400 film developed in stock D76 for 9:30 minutes.

A vintage SEAT 124 Sport Coupe in a Rallie livery, in the Motor Clàssic III meeting, in Sabadell.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SEAT_124_Sport

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Old Fiats not including 500's, are very rare and obscure here in Canada but I know where to go to see a rare Fiat that I have never seen before. Like this late 70's 128 Sport 3P coupe/hatchback.

Old Fiats not including 500's, are very rare and obscure here in Canada but I know where to go to see a rare Fiat that I have never seen before. Like this late 70's 128 Sport 3P coupe/hatchback.