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Shelby Mustang GT500 Fastback 1968. - source Bring a Trailer.

For the 1961 Turin Motor Show, Carrozzeria Boneschi prepared an Alfa Romeo 2000 Sprint Coupé designed by Rodolfo Bonetto using his Linea Tesa principles. The emphasis on sharply defined lines was a stark contrast to prevailing design trends of the period, foreshadowing the stylistic shifts of the subsequent decades.

When the Prince Motor Company was an independent car maker, their design head, Takeshi Inoue, collaborated with Italian Franco Scaglione to create a sports car based on a shortened Prince Skyline saloon chassis. The Prince Sprint 1900 Prototype was presented at the 10th Tokyo Motor Show in 1963. The company’s precarious financial position prevented it from entering production, and Nissan had no interest in reviving the project after their takeover in 1966.

German aerodynamicist Luigi Colani created a small coupé based on the rear-engined BMW 700 in 1963. His version was the world’s first vehicle with a self-supporting synthetic monocoque car body. Weighing only 350kg, the diminutive sports car with a 697cc two-cylinder boxer engine and a Cd factor of 0.22 could hit speeds of 200km/h.

Designed by Marcello Gandini at Bertone and first presented at the 1969 Geneva Motor Show, the BMW 2800 Spicup was a proposal for a targa-style sports car. The name is a portmanteau of “spider” and “coupé.” The concept was based on a shortened BMW E3 platform. The roof panels slid out from a compartment in the roll bar.

1968 Ford GT40

The 2023–2025 Nissan GT-R Nismo (R35) represents the final and most advanced iteration of the legendary Japanese supercar before its production ends in 2025. The main changes during this period affected aerodynamics, cooling, and chassis settings.

The Alfa Romeo B.A.T. 9d (Berlinetta Aerodinamica Tecnica 9) is a legendary concept car unveiled in 1955. It marked the final culmination of a celebrated trilogy of aerodynamic studies commissioned by coachbuilder Bertone for Alfa Romeo. The car was designed by the renowned Franco Scaglione and built on the chassis of the Alfa Romeo 1900.

With a weight of 850kg, an FIA approved roolbar, a hydropneumatic syspension, carbon brakes and a ground-effect floor pan the Grand Prix is a genuine race car. A production version of the Grand Prix will be available in 2004. Links are already being created with Renault Sport to help maintain a supply of competition-based parts.

101 Bristol 401 Farina Cabriolet (1948) MCR 718 by Robert Knight Via Flickr: Bristol 401 (1949-53) Engine 1971cc S6 OHV Chassis 401/ 210 Production 611 (plus 23 Bristol 402 Cabriolets) Registration Number MCR 718 (Southampton - please refer to text) BRISTOL ALBUM www.flickr.com/photos/45676495@N05/sets/72157623759876288… MCR 718 Coach-built Bristols are a particularly rare breed, with just 38 rolling chassis delivered to various companies for bespoke bodywork; Most notably Touring, Langenthal, Vanden Plas, Beutler, Ghia-Aigle and Pinin Farina and almost identical bodies were also fitted to Lancia and Alfa-Romeo chassis in the immediate post-war period.. This 401 is one of seven such cars bodied by Farina. Bristol Cars production records show that chassis number 401/ 210 was built in 1948 with engine number 400/ 85B/ 1342 and despatched out from the factory on 9 August 1948.the finished car returned in January 1950 and AFN promptly prepared it for sale, fitting 22mm torsion bars, replacing all four wheels and swapping the original 85B/1345 engine for the current BSC/1572 unit. registered as UMD 603 and owned by AFN Ltd. It was fitted with a replacement engine at a recorded 2, 246km. According to Bristol Cars, the Farina was subsequently purchased by Lord Jersey, who also owned a Bristol 400, and taken to the island of Jersey, where he had an estate. It was registered as MCR 718 at Southampton on 24 February 1955, presumably when it returned to the mainland. by 1968 it was in the hands of Roger Pearce Harvey who began a long term restoration, in 1989, consigning the car to TT Workshops.In 2011 it was sold unfinished to Jonathan Bradburn, whose father had been a partner in the Wolverhampton Bristol agent, Bradburn & Wedge who completed the restoration to a high standard, and was also able to re-unite the Farina with its original engine, which was found in Switzerland The Bristol 401 saloon and Bristol 402 cabriolet are British luxury sporting cars, produced between 1948 and 1953 by Bristol Cars, they were developed from the Bristol 400, which continued in production alongside the 401 and 402 until 1950. Although mechanically the 401 and 402 used an improved version of the BMW M328 hemi-head engine used in the Bristol 400, though upgraded with the use of Solex carburettors improving output by 5bhp to 85 bhp, the styling and construction of light alloy panels over a steel tube frame on a body by Carrozzeria Touring of Italy, was a huge advance. Its body was also more spacious than the 400 and was a full five-seater. The 401 and 402 featured distinctive with their headlights moved quite a distance into the centre of the body on either side of the narrow grille, which resembled BMW a little less than did the 400. They were also deeply curved at the front: this, along with the then-unique recessed door handles. Diolch am 98,520,946 o olygiadau gwych, mae pob un ohonynt yn cael eu gwerthfawrogi'n fawr. Thanks for 98,520,946 amazing views, every one is greatly appreciated. Shot 09.10.2022, at Bicester Heritage, Autumn Scramble, Bicester Aerodrome, Bicester, Oxon 166-101

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