Author: Hedi Sersoub
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Low Drag
Following Jaguar’s five wins in the Le Mans 24 Hours with the C-type and D-type, the hugely well received E-type in 1961 had a lot to carry and as usual, road car production took priority over a return to motorsport. Knowing that competition improves the breed, and with no racing programme to focus on, Jaguar’s…
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The Extraordinary Goodwood Revival
Revival British Summer This year, Goodwood Revival as not failed to give us one of the most unpredictable weather we could have imagined. Good thing is that nothing stopped the enthusiasts to bring their best self to the events once again, from all over the world we have seen incredible people sharing soaking smiles and…
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The Royal Feeling
The Concours of Elegance has once again brought together a selection of the rarest cars from around the world – many of which will never have been seen before in the UK. Here is a selection of what we have seen this past weekend. Uniquely, the Concours of Elegance winner isn’t selected by a panel…
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“You like her Old?” – “She likes you Smart!”
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Don’t Call Me Baby!
Another tribute to Zagato Art Work. The Alfa Romeo Tubolare Zagato (TZ) coupé or referred as ‘baby GTO’ was conceived in 1959 to replace the SZ using most of the Giulia series assemblies, but with a radical tubular space frame chassis and lightweight Zagato body. These advanced traits made the TZ much more purpose-built for racing than the…
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Online Store Opening Soon
The Online Store Opening is coming up! Here is a teaser about what is coming up at The Mechanists – when talents meet artisans
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60’s Masterpiece!
Based on the magnificent styling of the 330 P3 with a slightly shorter chassis, with the P designating Ferrari sports prototypes produced during the 1960s and 1970s. The P4 was introduced in 1967 and featured a 4.0L V12 engine redesigned by Franco Rocchi and delivering 450hp while weighting only 792kg! The engine…
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Some British Muscle!
The stunningly styled Triumph GT6 was born in 1966 and was the result of a desire from Standard-Triumph to design a GT version of the Spitfire 4. The Spitfire 4 was designed by Giovanni Michelotti, and it made sense for Triumph to commission him to work on their new GT project in 1963. Triumph approved the…
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Le Mans winning Car 1951
Clearly, the XK120 was never going to be competitive against pure sports-racing cars and something had to be done to maintain the head of steam and the precious publicity it was accumulating. The 24 Hours race of Le Mans had the right ingredients as it was technically demanding, famous in America, conveniently close and with…
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Pete Brock “The Boy behind the Daytona Coupe”
He was the first paid employee at the Carroll Shelby School of High-Performance Driving at the age of 21. Involved in a couple of race cars designs such as the De Tomaso P70, but the Daytona Coupe was the Ferrari ass-kicker race car. Brock said that Shelby seemed immune. Either he didn’t understand what I…
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Oui Monsieur, La Déesse!
Some initiative, avant-garde, communication, these are the main features of a French company founded in 1919 by a real entrepreneur, visionary for his time: André Citroën. Each of its cars was a formidable technological leap for the entire automotive industry. With the DS (followed by ID), the firm gave carte blanche to its study office…
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Purpose Made
The Man knew how to play with curves Malcolm Sayer – 1916/1970 Aircraft and car designers, Sayer is the man behind the curves of the C, D and E-type Jaguar – only! What a GENIUS! Back in the days, they were simply doing their job at the best they can could – not especially well…