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Vintage Racing Advertising

Austin-Healey 100 Available for Your Inspection

About once every twenty years a motor car appears that is truly exciting! The new Austin Healey 100, acclaimed “The Sports Car ofthe Year,” is just such a car. Now we have it for your inspection.
Consider these specifications: Speed: Capable of 110 miles per hour! Acceleration: 0-60 m.p.h. in 10.5 seconds! Mileage: Up to 25 miles per gallon. Record-breaking Austin A-90 overhead valve engine has twin S.U. carburetors. Synchromesh transmission has three forward speeds plus overdrive! Wire-spoke knock-on wheels. Adjustable windshield. Heater. Defroster. Tonneau Cover. Tachometer. And all these wonderful custom features cost you absolutely nothing extra!
Best of all – this magnificent motor car sells for only $2,985 including Federal taxes!

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Vintage Racing Advertising

Thanks for my Life

“Thanks for my life…” says Gordon MacKenzie: leading racing driver.
Gordon MacKenzie tells how his GenTex crash helmet saved his life!
GenTex helmets is still around, but mostly focused on military helmets.

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Video Vintage Racing Advertising

Why Walk When a Delahaye is Available?

Ordinarily I wouldn’t subject you to an 11 minute Johnny Walker ad, but maybe if advertising as short film as love letter to vintage racing is a success we’ll see more of these and fewer terrible ads. Will it join the Ferrari Shell spot and Castello Cavalcante in the pantheon of great classic racing ads? Only time will tell. But I’m sure I’ll want another look at that French Racing Blue beauty.

Cameos from Jenson Button and Mika Häkkinen are a fun bonus as well. But of course that gorgeous Delahaye 135 somehow manages to steal the spotlight from even Jude Law. Enjoy.

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Vintage Racing Advertising

You Will Love it More!

Nardi AdDo you like to drive?
With a Nardi steering wheel you will love it more!

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Vintage Racing Advertising

Fine Craftsmanship and Superlative Performance

1st at Le Mans
The Finest Car of its Class in the World: Jaguar
With a record speed fo 93.5 M.P.H.—record distance of 2,244 miles and a record lap of 105 M.P.H. Jaguar has again justified its rapid rise to fame as “The Finest Car of its Class in the World.”
No less spectacular has been the post war rise in popularity of Jaguar in the U.S. where people who enjoy fine craftsmanship and superlative performance are buying more and more Jaguars.
Hoffman
New York
487 Park Avenue • PL 90-7036
Broadway at 62nd St. • JU 6-0664
Chicago
Esquire Building • FR 2-6976

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Vintage Racing Advertising

Renowned for Headgear

Everoak Helmets Advertisement

Wise heads wear Everoak (impact tested) safety helmets. B.S.I. Approved
Everoak T.T 62/-
Everoak Ace 48/-
Cork Everoak 61/-
Standard Everoak 52/6
Made exclusively by
Everitt W. Vero & Co. LTD., London, S.E.22
Renowned for Headgear!

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Automotive Art Racing Ephemera

Topps World on Wheels: Connaught

Connaught trading card

More from the Topps World on Wheels bubblegum card collection. This time, Connaught.

From the card’s reverse:

Horsepower: 107
A tiny factory in England, producing only about two cars per week, makes the Connaught. The body is very light and is built for speed. It has cycle fenders, outside exhaust pipes, bucket seats and a good finish. The price of the Connaught is $5,500! the basis for this car is a Lea-Francis engine. Under the cowl is a two and one half gallon gas tank.

Anyone have $5,500 I can borrow?

More Topps World on Wheels here.