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People

History Detectives Caption Rare Photos

August 4, 2010

Dale LaFollette of Vintage Motorphoto sent us the five images for this story. In general, we knew a little about each photo but decided to send the photos to different historians to give us their detailed description of the photo. They are William Edgar, Michael T. Lynch, Willem Oosthoek and David Seielstad.

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Roy Smith: A Good Go

July 21, 2010

Alpine Renault author Roy Smith has had a go at all the fine and fun things in life
By Pete Vack
Photos courtesy Roy Smith
Roy Smith has given the motoring world three very special, often brilliant, and thoroughly delightful books about Alpine and Renault in the space of the same number of years. That’s an amazing [...]

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Last Week What We Are, This Week Who We Are

July 14, 2010

Since we are asking our readers for dollars, euros, pounds or what have you, here’s a brief on the guy behind the site. Then, please take the time to contribute $25 or whatever you wish, and keep VeloceToday coming to your inbox every week. It’s easy and safe. Simply click here for details.
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Knight and Day

July 7, 2010

The ups and downs of the sleeve valve engine

By Pete Vack
For the 1923 French GP, French car builder Gabriel Voisin and his ‘spiritual son’ André Lefebvre, entered four highly advanced race cars equipped with a 2 liter six cylinder Knight sleeve valve engine, which was a mainstay of his fabulous line of luxury cars. [...]

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Andrea Curami, 1947-2010

June 30, 2010

A Tribute by Dino Brunori
Last Thursday, June 24th, the author of so many of the books we cherish, Andrea Curami died suddenly of a stroke. He was only 63 years old. Our condolences to his wife Maria Cristina, his daughter Marianna and a beloved nephew, Ginevra.
“Tschao Dino”, “Ciao [...]

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Charles Addams: The Bugatti Years, 1960-1988

June 2, 2010

By Pete Vack
Read Part I, Charles Addams and His Cars, 1948-1960
In 1960, Charles Addams was about to embark upon the most lucrative years of his career as a cartoonist. By 1964 his income had almost tripled and the Addams Family was just making its debut on nation-wide TV. Like never before, Addams, an [...]

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Charles Addams and his CAR Toons

June 2, 2010

By Pete Vack
A deep interest in classic cars was bound to reveal itself in the art of Charles Addams. When the Tee and Charles Foundation began to collect and identify the Addams cartoons, they found over 70 related to the automobile.

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Gerald Roush 1941-2010

May 26, 2010

Gerald Roush, one of the major figures in the Ferrari world, died on Friday, May 21st, at the age of 68. On March 12th of this year, Roush suffered a stroke while en route to Amelia Island to judge at the Concours. He was recovering at an Atlanta facility when he suffered a [...]

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