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Gear Racing Ephemera

Luggage to Fit Your Classic

After you’ve finished restoring your vintage sportscar, after you’ve accessorized it in period options, after you’ve carefully placed your “Last Open Road” decal on the rear window, you’re ebay searches are likely to turn to some of the rarer accessories for your ride; the factory luggage. Manufacturers continue the tradition today and everyone from Ferrari […]

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Vintage Racing Advertising

This Is It. The New One. The Hot One.

Humming tires. Snarling engine. Whistling wind. Triumph GT-6.This is it. The new one. The hot one. That fastback sports car that offers more than just a sloping rear. This is the 6-cylinder Triumph GT-6.From its sleek-bodied Grand Prix racing prototype, we retained the proven performance of four forward synchromesh gears. Rack-and-pinion steering. 4-wheel independent suspension. […]

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Vintage Racing Advertising

A New ’61 Corvette For the Keen Type

I’m a little disappointed that even in ’61 the ad copy led with luggage space and seat adjustability. Get to the performance info, people! ’61 CorvetteNew form and fineness for America’s only sports car.There’s a winging new shape for the ’61 Corvette, and beneath these crisp contours, you’ll discover new refinements that reach right down […]

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Vintage Racing Advertising

With a Full Range of Extras and Speed Equipment

Buy Something Different.This is not one of the ordinary “Run of the Mill” Sports Cars, but a car built to give you that little extra. RACE PROVED CHASSIS AND SUSPENSION THAT REALLY HOLDS THE ROAD.The sleek body, with its sound all-weather equipment, is roomy and comfortable, and possesses a generously proportioned luggage boot. The instrument […]

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Vintage Racing Advertising

Jaguar XK-E. Now with Ignition Warning Buzzer.

XK-E CoupeA sleek, classic masterpiece, praised by the Museum of Modern Art. Large rear window door opens for plenty of luggage.Principal Dimensions: Wheelbase 96ins. Track, front 50 ins., rear 50 ins. Overall length 176-5/16 ins. Overall width 65 1/4 ins. Overall height 48ins. Ground clearance (lade) 5 1/2 ins. Dry weight 2,570 lbs. Fuel 16 […]

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Ferrari Gear Racing Ephemera

…And Everything in Its Place

If you’d told me a few months ago that I would lose three hours to digging through the archives of a blog about bags and wallets I’d have… Well, I’d have completely believed you because that’s exactly the kind of thing I nerd out over. What I wasn’t expecting, was to find that the crew […]

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Classic Sportscar For Sale

Available in Massachusetts: 1953 Cunningham C3

This Cunningham C3 is the first of the mere handful of Briggs Cunningham built cars designed for the road and is simply astonishing. This Vignale-bodied beauty, chassis 5206, is often referred to as “the prototype”, being the first of the 20 coupes assembled and its unique stance (it’s 2 inches shorter than the others, and […]

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Gear

Lovely Race Team-inspired bags.

These leather satchels from Caracalla Bagaglio stir the soul. Big enough to carry your helmet and race suit and boots.. or as carry-on luggage for a weekend away, the Commemorative Motorsport collection are handsome and look purposeful. I’ve been seeing these advertised in Octane and elsewhere for quite some time now, but I haven’t been […]