Bugatti by the Road Mystery Solved

Wednesday, October 8th, 2008 Posted in Bugatti | 2 Comments »

Photo by John Sexton By Pete Vack Two weeks ago we ran a short article about a Bugatti that was left by the side of the road due to a breakdown. We were misinformed about the type of Bugatti ...

Broken Bugatti Enhances Landscape

Wednesday, September 24th, 2008 Posted in Bugatti | 9 Comments »

Where are you? The N14 outside of Molsheim? 1930? Late summer near Rheims, France? Or....

“Stinky”: Quail’s Most Interesting Car

Wednesday, September 24th, 2008 Posted in Talbot | 1 Comment »

The Lee T150C SS Talbot An unrestored classic among the finest restored classics on one of the world's most prestigious golf courses. Story and Photos By Brandes Elitch For the sixth year, Quail Lodge, a prestigious hotel and golf course ...

An American (race driver) in Paris, Part II

Wednesday, July 16th, 2008 Posted in Renault | 1 Comment »

By Patricia Lee Yongue Photos Courtesy of VintageMotorphoto Guillon, Garfield and Plessier are rewarded for their efforts. Read Part I In May and June of 1925, Renault took the world's twenty-four hours record at Montlhery, with Ellery Garfield and Robert Plessier at the ...

Ellery Garfield and the 100 mph Renault

Wednesday, July 9th, 2008 Posted in Renault | 3 Comments »

By Patricia Lee Yongue Photos Courtesy of VintageMotorphoto unless otherwise noted. Ellery Garfield in the 1920s. As a professor of American literature and culture specializing in the Lost Generation expatriates, I am usually on the trail of American writers in Paris. ...

Renault: To Race or Not to Race

Wednesday, July 2nd, 2008 Posted in Renault | 1 Comment »

By Patricia Yongue Our scholarly scribe, Patricia Yongue, explains a period of indecision about racing at Renault, while Dale LaFollette (vintagemotorphoto) provides the period photography. Renault driver Louis Raffolovitch passes the Allen Kingston car on his way to win the 24 ...

CG: The Original Anti-Alpine

Wednesday, June 18th, 2008 Posted in CG | 2 Comments »

Story and photos by Brandy Elitch The CG was made in both coupe and spyder configurations, but this spyder was recently spotted at the Retro show. The CG was a derivative of the Simca 1000 sedan, a very successful ...

A Look at the Facel Vega

Wednesday, May 21st, 2008 Posted in Facel Vega | 4 Comments »

By Brandy Elitch © 2008 The first Facel Vega, built in 1954, seen at Monterey last year. Facel Vega: Le Dernier Astre Francais. At the end of the second world war, France was destitute and virtually bankrupt. Much of its ...

Elitch on Alpines

Monday, March 24th, 2008 Posted in Alpine | No Comments »

By Brandy Elitch Dieppe is a small French port on the English Channel, more famous for its scallops than for its links to the automobile industry (although pre-WWI, the French Grand Prix was held there).

Deutsch-Bonnet at Sebring Part I

Saturday, March 22nd, 2008 Posted in Deutsch-Bonnet, French | 3 Comments »

A Franco-American Love Story By Philippe Defechereux © 2008 Part I This is the tale of a long love affair spanning two generations and reaching across the Atlantic Ocean. The object of love is a little French racer (photo below) made by Deutsch-Bonnet, ...