1924 Super Cars
This 1924 Alfa Romeo RLSS-TF was given the TF designation for racing in the touring-car class of Grand Prix events such as the Targa Florio. The list of drivers who piloted this machine includes Enzo Ferrari and Alberto Ascari. This boattail vehicle......
This CGS Amilcar was nicknamed the poor mans Bugatti in its native France and was among the most successful small sports cars of the 1920s. The CGS of 1924 scaled 992 pounds and Amilcar promoted its small sports cars with a million-franc racing budget.The......
The Amilcar was a French automobile manufactured from 1921 to 1939. The most famous model of all was the CGS Grand Sport of 1924 which featured a 1,074cc engine and four-wheel brakes. This, in turn, evolved into the more sporty CGSS Grand Sport Surbaisse.Amilcar......
Walter Owen Bentley was well known in the motorcar world when he introduced his first three-litre model at the 1919 London Auto Show. Racing successes earned Bentley world-wide prestige. In fact, these automobiles won the grueling 24-hour race at Le......
A true supercar is one that offers the comforts expected for the road combined with the kind of performance needed for the track. Ettore Bugatti, however, demanded one other element from each of his designs—elegance. Many automakers could design......
The Mercury Body Corporation began building bodies for Ford Model Ts in Louisville, KY, in 1921. From 1921 through 1926, just over 1,600 were manufactured. Mercury Body Corp. went bankrupt in 1926. This classy boattail body is a favorite among speedster......
The Isotta Fraschini automobile bears the name of its founders, Cesare Isotta, and Vincenzo, Oreste and Antonio Fraschini. Before the Milanese friends and brothers founded Automobili Isotta, Fraschini %26 Company in 1900, they assembled Renaults.They......
Harry A. Miller created some of the more advanced designs and engineering marvels of the early 1900s. He was born in Menomonie, Wisconsin, in 1875. His fathers German surname was Mueller when Harry was old enough, he changed his last name to Miller......