In the market for a vintage racer that's both thrilling to drive and as safe as a bank vault? Why not try a vintage NASCAR Stock Car?
Old race cars might live in grainy black and white, but bringing them into today’s world can require some hardnosed detective work–and some tough decisions.
Dave MacDonald had the chops to become a motorsports legend. A fiery crash at Indy ended everything. Dr. Ernie Nagamatsu has since recreated MacDonald’s red Corvette Special.
Driving a Brass Era race car–like this E-M-F–is like driving a time machine to the earliest days of motorsport.
Mike Sedlak reunited with this Ford Mustang more than 50 years after it had changed his life.
We needed parts.
We couldn’t find those parts.
Fine, we figured, we’ll make those parts ourselves.
Our Elva project needed some crucial components to mate its engine to …
Our next task for our Elva Mk VI sports racer was to run brake lines. Before we could do that, however, we would need to hang the front suspension. …
The cooling system of our Elva Mk VI sports racer perhaps served as our biggest mystery. Until just recently, we couldn’t find any photos showing how the maze …
Back in the day, race cars didn’t have kill switches that would instantly disable a car’s electrical system. Today, though, virtually every sanctioning body mandates these switches.
While at the …
Coventry Climax engines are famed for use in race cars, but not all of them had such glory. Our FW was designed for a water pump.
