The Shelby Racing Company’s 1968 McLaren M6B, driven by Peter Revson during the ’68 Can-Am season. Images courtesy Bonhams. Shelby had its hands full in 1966-’67, helping to deliver back-to-back wins...
Gardner Special photos via Bonhams; Manta Ray photos via Mecum Auctions. At first glance, the 1949 Vince Gardner Special and the 1952 Manta Ray seem to share little other than their custom bodies and...
1948 Alfa Romeo 6C 2500 Competizione Berlinetta. Photos courtesy Bonhams Auctions. Following its 1947 Mille Miglia victory, Alfa Romeo understood its aging 8C 2900 B Berlinetta would soon be outpaced...
Photos courtesy Bonhams, except where noted. Were anybody to compile it, the list of American auto enthusiasts who had the resources and the rationale to approach an Italian coachbuilding house in th...
1964 Shelby 289 Cobra, CSX2328. Photos courtesy Bonhams. Launched in 1962, Carroll Shelby’s Cobras quickly earned a reputation as fast and fearsome in competition, yet not every Cobra delivered turne...
1995 McLaren F1. Photos by Pawel Litwinski, courtesy Bonhams. Billionaire auto magnate Herb Chambers is looking to cash in on one of his best investments: a one-of-a-kind British sports car from his ...
CSX 3359, the second-to-last 427 Cobra built. Photos courtesy Bonhams. Carroll Shelby was good at building fast cars, and his proficiency as a salesman is the stuff of legend. Record keeping wasn’t r...
1964 Lotus 34, chassis 2. Photos courtesy Bonhams, unless otherwise noted. It was driven in period by A.J. Foyt, Dan Gurney, Parnelli Jones and Jim Clark. With Jones driving, Lotus 34, chassis 2, ear...
All six Group B cars, and the Group 4 Lancia Stratos in the foreground, head to auction at no reserve this August. Photos by Pawel Litwinski, courtesy Bonhams. Thirty years after the demise of the Wo...
Contemporary photos by Pawel Litwinski, courtesy Bonhams. A rare E-type Lightweight, one of the three cars to carry the Cunningham colors in the team’s final appearance at Le Mans in 1963, will be on...
1931 Bugatti Type 51. Photos courtesy of Bonhams. At first glance, the Bugatti Type 51 Grand Prix car looks nearly identical to the company’s earlier Type 35, a car that dominated European motor raci...
Photo courtesy Bonhams. When Fred Yeakel first bought his Bill Thomas-built Cheetah, it sported not just its original body and chassis, but also a relatively recent restoration. So, of course, he pul...