J.A. Ackley
Senior Editor at Classic Motorsports Magazine
Senior Editor at Grassroots Motorsports
Executive Editor at Outside Groove
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5 days ago |
classicmotorsports.com | J.A. Ackley
Maserati Mistral. AC 428. Ford Escort Monte Carlo. What do these three have in common? They were all penned by famed Italian designer Pietro Frua. This Ford Escort Monte Carlo debuted during the 1971 Paris Salon de l’Automobile. After that, it went through several owners. In 2003, the Ford was restored and its color changed from brown metallic to its current red metallic.
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5 days ago |
classicmotorsports.com | J.A. Ackley
If Porsche uses a car as its showpiece for its Exclusive Manufaktur program, you bet that example comes with some unique features. This Porsche 911 Type 930 is no exception. The 930 came with the G50 five-speed gearbox for just one year–1989–and this has it. Furthermore, it’s the only 930 Turbo 3.3 with a G50 finished in Satin Black Metallic over Lilac leather.
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1 week ago |
classicmotorsports.com | J.A. Ackley
This Rolls-Royce Silver Cloud III’s model year, 1966, is the same time when the Beatles put out hits such as “Yellow Submarine,” “Eleanor Rigby” and “Strawberry Fields Forever.” One of the men behind those legendary songs, John Lennon, owned this unique example of a Silver Cloud. What makes this Silver Cloud unique? It’s a drophead coupe. Rolls-Royce didn’t offer that. Instead, one would need to enlist a coachbuilder to create that.
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1 week ago |
classicmotorsports.com | J.A. Ackley
In 1992, a twentysomething woman won the lottery. One of her first purchases? This Honda NSX. Then, in 1996, she decided to make the NSX a bit more hers. She had Bruno Berard and his namesake Berard Automobiles Design customize it–to the tune of 160,000 francs. Some of those features include incorporating the rear lights of a Ferrari and indicators from an Audi RS 2. The Fikse wheels were later replaced by with ones from Tramont.
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classicmotorsports.com | J.A. Ackley
Legolas from The Lord of the Rings. Will Turner from Pirates of the Caribbean. This 1971 Aston Martin DBS V8. The common thread? Actor Orlando Bloom. Bloom is offering this car directly from his collection. The previous owner was “a notable British musician.”The Aston Martin retains its matching-numbers 5.4-liter V8, rated for 314 horses. It is one of 402 DBS V8 examples made between 1969 and 1972, and at the time was the fastest production car with four seats.
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