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This is an extremely rare KPGC10 race car, originally sold by Nissan Prince Sports Corner and installed with numerous very rare originally racing parts. Its part of the GT-R Legend, Shigeru Watanabe’s private collection, updated and modified by Watanabe himself and in race ready condition. In August of 1968, Nissan Motor announced a new model for the first time since the merger with Prince Motor. It was the third generation Skyline (type C10). That October, at the Tokyo Motor Show, “Skyline GT Racing-type” was released as a reference exhibit. This car is equipped with a 2-liter straight-six DOHC “S20” which is a detuned GR8-type engine for the race-machine R380. In February, 1969, the commercial version Skyline GT-R (PGC10) was released. At the JAF Grand Prix held in May, the four works machine built at the Nissan Murayama Factory made their debut. The C10 won this race due to the disqualification of the Toyota 1600GT. The car showed unmatched power in the races that followed, beating ...

  Hemmings  - It was a match made in an automotive enthusiast’s heaven: beautifully proportioned, designer label sporting coachwork from Italy, precision-assembled in Germany, with sprightly, under-stressed mechanicals. This was the brief of Glas’ GT, a low-production 2+2 fastback coupe and cabriolet that was among the final offerings of this small but innovative Bavarian firm before it was consumed by its larger neighbor from Munich. More than half a century after the last GTs were built, this Glas remains a delightful interpretation of a mid-Sixties driver’s car from Europe. Hans Glas GmbH is an automaker that has faded into obscurity, but has a rich and varied history going back to 1860, when it was founded to make and service agricultural machinery. Thirty years later, the successful firm opened a second factory in what’s now Dingolfing. During World War II, Glas produced arms by requisition, but returned to its roots soon after, thanks to a spike in demand for its agricul...

  Puma Automoveis was founded in Brazil in 1963 by the Italian-Brazilian lawyer and car enthusiast Genaro Malzoni. The company’s initial focus was on producing sports cars for racing and road use, in an era when car imports were heavily restricted in Brazil forcing local manufacturers to use locally available parts. Puma specialized in building car bodies from fiberglass mounted on existing, readily available vehicle platforms, which made them lightweight, affordable and easy to maintain. The Puma 1600 GT was produced from 1969 to 1970, and the Puma GTE 1600 were successful brands, known for combining sporty looks with reliable, easy to service VW mechanics. It featured a two-seater, lightweight fiberglass body mounted on a shortened VW Karmann Ghia platform. Power came from a rear mounted air cooled 1,6 liter flat 4 engine. Due to its lightweight construction, the car offered an agile and responsive driving experience, with handling characteristics similar to early Porsches, This ...

  *Considered the most attractive of the post-war Frazer Nash’s, the Fast Tourer – or the Mille Miglia as it became known after the marques success in the 1950 Italian 1000 mile race – tended to be equipped for road touring, although most Frazer Nash owners viewed them as a dual purpose road and track car. There were only 11 built between 1949 and 1953. 421/100/166 was one of two so called ‘wide-bodied’ Mille Miglias, with the spare wheel moved from the front wing to inside the boot. This gave much more space in the cockpit, and made it a far more comfortable touring car.  Completed in July 1952 and registered YMC 81, it was finished in Bristol Maroon, with brown leather trim and silver bolt- on wheels. It was also finished with the short-style air scoop on the bonnet. The first owner was Mr Orr of Manchester in July 1952, selling it back to AFN in May 1953. AFN sold it in June 1953 to Jack Broadhead of Macclesfield. Broadhead entered a number of events, often to be piloted by...

* Amédée Gordini tuned cars and competed in motor races since the 1930s. His results prompted Simca (the French assembler of Fiat) to hire him for its motorsport program and to develop road cars. Their association continued after World War II. In 1946, Gordini introduced the first cars bearing his name, Fiat-engined single-seaters raced by him and José Scaron, achieving several victories. In the late 1940s, the company opened a workshop at the Boulevard Victor in Paris, entering sports car and Grand Prix races. Gordini and Simca started to diverge in 1951 because of political conflicts. Gordini competed in Formula One from 1950 to 1956 (with a brief return in 1957 with an eight cylinder engine), although it achieved a major success in Formula Two during that period Bleu de France and White stripes, with slight variation over the years. After its Formula One program ended, Gordini worked with Renault as an engine tuner, entering Renault-Gordini cars at the 24 Hours of Le Mans between 19...