Editorial

Following on from last week's comments on the new Ferrari GT 2+2 someone must be listening out there because an extra press release was issued and I quote - "This layout also leaves substantial space available for the 2+2 cabin, which will comfortably accommodate four occupants, who can enjoy the quiet and refined delights of the interior…" So it will be a bigger car than the outgoing model, and a potential Bentley Conti rival.

Seen at Goodwood last weekend, as part of the 'Supercar Run', Crewe's latest attracted a great deal of attention, and finished in a metallic black/brown with cream leather interior looked very desirable indeed. So much so that Porsche must have done a bit of head scratching, for their Carrera GT was also on show and, when your correspondent was around at least, it was not getting the same interest. Ditto the 'new' Ford GT. I think the problem was that people just did not realise that, in an abundance of riches, these very significant cars were there to be touched and photographed.

That's the trouble with Goodwood, it is so extraordinary that reality is put on hold and you enter a sort of twilight fantasy world where anything can happen. Like meeting Jim Hall, THE Jim Hall, the man that created the Chaparrals. Or Nino Vaccarella and Art Merzario, legends walking straight out of the history books.

We did manage to exchange a few words with the great Sicilian, but he had an appointment you see with a Ferrari 312PB and, actions clearly speaking louder than words, let his driving do the talking, exiting the collecting area as if he was transported back in time.

Just like the rest of us that weekend.

Steve Wakefield
Managing Editor

This week in Classic Driver

NEWS

Piers Courage book - 'Last of the Gentleman Racers' - launched at Goodwood

The Piers Courage book launch took place on Saturday 12th July 2003, in the Cosworth marquee during the Goodwood Festival of Speed. The launch was attended by an array of motor sport personalities and racing drivers including Sir Frank Williams, Patrick Head, Lord March, Murray Walker, Jacky Ickx and fellow team mates and frien...

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EVENTS

Goodwood Festival of Speed 2003 - Review

Characterised by the extremes of English Summer weather, this time 30°C heat rather than torrential rain, the Goodwood Festival of Speed 2003 once again wowed the big 100,000+ crowd with its unique blend of nostalgia and fierce competition, all placed in the most perfect English garden party setting...

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Viva Vaccarella - Sicilian legend re-united with Ferrari 312PB at Goodwood 2003

The Goodwood Festival of Speed saw one of Italy’s greatest road-racing drivers not only re-united with the type of car he drove in the 1973 Targa Florio, the F1 engined, ‘boxer’ 3 litre Ferrari 312PB, but also with his co-driver in that greatest of races, Arturo Merzario. Nino Vaccarella, winner of the Targa for Ferrari in 1965 and Alfa in 1971, is the legendary Sicilian lawyer from Collesano who, in the 60s and 70s, made this race his own due to unique local knowledge of the 45 mile course – and world class driving ability...

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AUCTIONS

11th July 2003 Bonhams at Goodwood Festival of Speed - Review

The Tec-Mec Maserati did not sell, but Bonhams were able to give the 1964 ex-Alan Mann Lotus Cortina a new home, rumoured to be someone closely linked with the original team. Mediterranean temperatures in the Bonhams marquee saw bidding for many of the lots on offer, a highlight of which was the 1971 ex-London Motor Show Ferrari 365GTB/4 Daytona Berlinetta for £102,700...

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Barons at Sandown Exhibition Centre, Esher, Surrey 29th July 2003 - Preview

Highlight of Barons’ next Sandown sale is an Alvis Speed Twenty SC Tourer that has the 2762cc six-cylinder engine offering a higher top speed and more torque than the standard car. This is an extremely rare Speed Twenty, being the only known example to be bodied by John Charles and Co is estimated at £24,000 – 28,000...

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23rd July 2003 Bonhams at Lords Cricket Ground - Preview

Bonhams have assembled a thirty car lotlist at the home of English cricket, Lords in St John’s Wood North London, next week preceded by the usual sale of automobilia. With a predominantly pre-war entry, one of the highlights is a 1932 Lagonda 2 litre supercharged Low Chassis T3 Tourer at £33,000 – 37,000...

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Coys 28th July 2003 Royal Horticultural Halls, Westminster - Preview

Seventy odd car lots feature on Coys’ visit to the Royal Horticultural Halls on 28th of July. Included in the Sale is a large part of the German Montabaur Collection, which comprises mainly British cars, including several pre and post-war MGs. In addition Coys have once again assembled a list of cars for every size of pocket with Jaguars, Ferraris and Porsches aplenty...

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21st June 2003 Coys at Chiswick House - Review

Coys report the 1930 Alfa Romeo ‘The Baron Franchetti’ 6C 1750 Zagato Spyder achieving the highest price, £230,850, at their recent Chiswick House Auction. We previewed it as being a marathon, but a good proportion of lots are listed as sold, many of which achieving some big figures, such as the 1957 Mercedes-Benz 300SL Gullwing, for £124,6...

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