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When the Type 308 was given a larger engine, its name was changed to the Ferrari 328. Introduced in 1985 at the Frankfurt Show, the Ferrari 328 (Type F106) was the third of the Italian manufacturers family of highly successful V8-engined road cars that....continue
After World War II, Frank G. Nichols left the Army and acquired a small garage business at Westham in 1947, soon moving into a larger facility. One of Franks mechanical engineers was Mac Witts, who had created an inlet over exhaust conversion for....continue
The Turner Mark 1 was first developed in 1959 and typically given a BMC-type power plant. In comparison to the prior Turner models, the MK1 had several substantial revisions both to the body and chassis. Production continued until 1960. 83 examples are....continue
Daphne Arnott, arguably the first woman to construct a race car, was born into a motorsport family. Her father designed the Arnott supercharger and her grandfather had run the Werner Motorcycle Company. In 1948, Daphne joined the family business and....continue
The Lotus Mark VI was Colin Chapmans first production car. It was built from 1952 through 1957 with over 100 examples built. It was inexpensive and very competitive, and the success was followed through the Lotus VIII and IX before arriving at the....continue
Tom Verrill, a University of Maine mechanical engineering graduate, worked in the aircraft industry before building road-going vehicles. The car he came up with was the Verrill Wolfwagen Roadster, which - as legend has it - was built to surpass the Bugatti....continue