C-type Jag was in the 1953 Carrera Panamericana... wow, no one would likely think of racing this fine of a car on roads that rough now

found on http://winningmakes.blogspot.com/2010_09_01_archive.html

great race car photos from the 1960's on eknude.tumblr

Watkins Glen 1957. Briggs Cunningham Jaguar D-Types.

see many more at http://eknude.tumblr.com/

the 1903 Packard Gray Wolf, because extraordinary race cars that achieve land speed records were named and famous, once upon a time

photos from http://theoldmotor.com/

read about (and see a gallery of the modern recreation of the race car that broke Wintons land speed record for the 5 mile course at Daytona Beach at http://www.conceptcarz.com/vehicle/z15142/Packard-Model-K-S-Gray-Wolf.aspx

Most famous Locomobile ever, the "Old 16". Winner of the 1908 Vanderbilt Cup, it beat the worlds best, and here Paul Newman pays tribute. Is that cool or what!?!

found via http://theoldmotor.com/

1908 New York to Paris great race entry, the Protos finally shows up online to show me wth that car was

Found on http://www.autopuzzles.com/

Original photos of this Protos at the start of the race: http://justacarguy.blogspot.com/2011/03/new-york-to-paris-race-of-1908-great.html

the other entries were the Züst representing Italy, three cars (De Dion-Bouton, Motobloc, and Sizaire-Naudin) representing France, and Thomas Flyer competing for the United States

If the rally race cars of the Paris to Peking, and the New York to Paris races interest you too, here are the Spyker http://justacarguy.blogspot.com/2011/07/1907-spyker-charles-godard-and-jean-du.html

Zust http://justacarguy.blogspot.com/2011/08/zust-from-1908-new-york-to-paris-race.html

and the Italia http://justacarguy.blogspot.com/2010/08/winner-of-1907-paris-to-peking.html

Update Aug 16th: I just found the OldMotor.com has posted a photo taken during the race while they came through Ogden Utah: http://theoldmotor.com/?p=9927

read about the passenger, he was hired by each of the great race entrants to guide them from Ogden Utah to Nevada, as he had been a surveyor for the railway

Duesenburg on Pikes Peak, 1916

found on http://hellformotors.tumblr.com/

the 1907 Spyker that competed in the Peking to Paris great race

Found on http://www.cardesign.ru/forum/diskussii/obschenie/1352

 the Italia that won the race is here: http://justacarguy.blogspot.com/2010/08/winner-of-1907-paris-to-peking.html

The challenge to drive from Peking, China (modern day Beijing) to Paris, France in 1907, using totally untested automobiles, was taken up by five men:
- Prince Scipione Borghese, accompanied by his mechanic Ettore Guizzardi. They were further accompanied by Italian journalist Luigi Barzini, Sr.
- Charles Goddard, accompanied by journalist Jean du Taillis.
- Auguste Pons and Octave Foucault, his mechanic.
- Georges Cormier.
- Victor Collignon.

On the 30th of August, twenty days later, the Spyker, followed by the two De Dions, arrived in Paris. Charles Goddard wasn’t behind the wheel of the Spyker; due to money-troubles, he wasn’t able to finish the race! But his car won second place and that was probably good enoughfound on http://scheong.wordpress.com/2010/02/25/peking-to-paris-the-original-amazing-race/

Finally another great Trans Am race car transporter

Found on http://www.gt40s.com/forum/original-gt40s/30147-original-race-car-transporters.html

a Frazer Nash was at the LA Roadster Show, it's odd that I've seen 3 of these, and this one has the coolest racing badges

Enzo driving the Targa Florio in 1922

read about it if you like, very dry, dull, and biographical view of how and why he was there http://forix.autosport.com/8w/targa.html

Quite cool and unusual photos from 21studs.tumblr

The above gave me so many laughs, I've never heard of anyone putting divorce signs on a car to make fun of the "Just married" signs that are common. I wonder what would be proper to drag behind the car... the newlyweds drag tin cans, what would divorced people drag? Lawyers maybe?
I just read an article on this Franklin, I think it was in Hemmings Classic
Well, from the start of Ford to the late 40's anyway

see more at http://21studs.tumblr.com

The auction effect on value when the car doesn't sell

An R model '65 Shelby Gt 350 Mustang has been bouncing from auction to auction and has had bids from 1 million, down to $475,000 and isn't selling. The owner must have wasted a lot of money on auction house fees, and isn't through bleeding money in hopes of selling at a profit. It's going up at auction again this August at Russo and Steele, http://www.russoandsteele.com/press_release.html?prid=97

Car #530.... one of only 35 produced (1 of 25 still remaining) was shipped to Lima Peru on 7/29/66 and raced extensively on the South American circuit. It was the South American Champion in it's class and the Peruvian National Champion in the late 60's.

Raced by purchaser Bratzo Vicich, the car was the South American Class Champion during the late 1960s as well as the Peruvian National Champion as late as 1973. A second South American owned the car and ran it actively until 1980. Returning to the United States in 1984 in the care of George Stauffer, the car has had numerous American owners since and was campaigned with the Sportscar Vintage Racing Association with whom it has a permanent medallion as well as other well-known sanctioning bodies. Restored not long ago by Kurt Vogt of Cobra Automotive and in a museum for a number of years

image from http://vintageperformance-autosales.com/gt350r.html who for an unknown reason is trying to sell the car before the auction

The gilded age of racing famous cars

The Marmon Wasp http://justacarguy.blogspot.com/2009/08/winner-of-first-indianapolis-500-race.html

The Thomas Flyer that won the Great Race New York to Paris 1908 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1908_New_York_to_Paris_Race

Locomobile Old 16 Special (in the first 1/3rd of ) http://justacarguy.blogspot.com/2008/07/online-concours-de-elegance-is-best.html

Alco Black Beast

Corbin Cannonball (2nd to last photo in ) http://justacarguy.blogspot.com/2011/03/great-photos-from-wwwatomicantiquescom.html

Packard Grey Wolf