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9/28/07 UPDATE: Hollywood legend Tony Curtis was in the Chicago area last weekend to emcee a screening of 'Some Like it Hot' at the Hollywood Boulevard Theatre. During the autograph session that preceeded the film, we asked Curtis to sign this original half-sheet theatre poster from his 1954 auto racing film 'Johnny Dark'. His response was an enthusiastic 'Boy, did I love making this picture'. We've returned the poster to its all acid free frame (UV resistant glass) and returned it to its place of honor here in our Downers Grove Gallery. SOLD
NEW BOOKS:
RACING SPORTS CARS: Memories of the Fifties
Top Drivers Remember Tracks and
Roads by Art Evans
A very personalized history of sports car racing during the 1950's.
The latest release from historian Art Evans combines more than
200 period photographs with the tall tales of more than 60 sports
car drivers - some world class racers, some not - as they recall
their experiences in the wild and wooly early days of American
road racing. This 274 page book consists of 50 chapters, each
dedicated to a different marque. Softbound. $39.95
FERRARI: Stories from Those Who Lived
the Legend
by John Lamm.
A great new 'coffee table' book for those of us who never get
tired of looking at great photography and those blood red cars
from Maranello. Photographer/Writer John Lamm, assisted by the
excellent book design work of Chuck Queener, tells the Ferrari
story through the words of the people who were instrumental in
creating the legend and mystique of the world's most famous marque.
It is a virtual oral history of Ferrari, with hundreds of historic
and modern day photographic images. Hardbound, 288 pages. This
book is scheduled to arrive in October, priced at $60.00. Reserve
your copy at TMC by Saturday, October 6 for just $49.95
plus shipping!!
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9/27/07 UPDATE: Retired Grand Prix ace
John Watson was the Grand Marshall at the Zippo US Vintage GP
at Watkins Glen earlier this month. The Ulsterman graciously signed
a few things for us at our track display between monsoons Sunday
afternoon. Items include an original 1983 Marlboro British Grand
Prix event poster, a few Michael Turner portfolio prints of his
Martini Brabham Alfa Romeo challenging James Hunt's McLaren (both
seen above) and a few copies of Alan Hummel's new book 'Penske
Racing'. Watson scored Team Penske's only Grand Prix victory in
Austria, a year after the death of Mark Donohue after an accident
at the same event. Only 2 copies remain as we go to 'press'. Prices
below.
JOHN WATSON SIGNED ITEMS:
1983 Marlboro British Grand Prix Poster................$125.00
Penske Racing Team by
Alan Hummel.................SOLD
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Michael Turner Portfolio Print - 1977 British GP......$40.00
FERRARI: Stories from Those Who Lived
the Legend by John Lamm.
A great new 'coffee table' book for those of us who never get
tired of looking at great photography and those blood red cars
from Maranello. Photographer/Writer John Lamm, assisted by the
excellent book design work of Chuck Queener, tells the Ferrari
story through the words of the people who were instrumental in
creating the legend and mystique of the world's most famous marque.
It is a virtual oral history of Ferrari, with hundreds of historic
and modern day photographic images. Hardbound, 288 pages. This
book is scheduled to arrive in October, priced at $60.00. Reserve
your copy at TMC by Saturday, October 6 for just $49.95
plus shipping!!
9/21/07 UPDATE: Sorry for the lack of updates this week. Repairs to my primary computer are taking longer than I expected so I've switched back to my 'old reliable' 6 year old iMac 'lamp' to bring you up to date. First in line are two new books we expected back in July but just landed on our shores this week. After taking a quick look through each of them, I can strongly recommend both to those of us who are interested in Formula One history. We're offering both titles at special pricing for a limited time.
9/12/07 UPDATE: Back home after a very wet weekend at Watkins Glen.
LAST CALL: If you wish to order a Dan Gurney signed copy of Dan Gurney's Eagle Racing Cars from TMC, you must do so by the close of business tomorrow, Thursday September 13. IF YOU PRE-ORDERED A COPY PRIOR TO SEPTEMBER 1 AND DID NOT CONFIRM THAT YOU WANTED A SIGNED COPY, AN UNSIGNED COPY WILL BE SHIPPED TO YOU SHORTLY.
NO EXCHANGES, PLEASE.
Signed copies are $85.00 plus shipping. Call 800.722.8630 or click on the SECURE ORDER FORM to reserve your copy.
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FERRARI GRAND PRIX MOMENTS Formula One Photographs 1954-1966 Jesse Alexander Foreword by Phil Hill 96 pages, 80 B&W and 13 color photos. $75.00 |
SPYDERS AND SILHOUETTES The World Manufacturers & Sports Car Championships in Photographs, 1972-1981 Janos Wimpffen 400 pages, 340 color and 120 B&W photos. $149.95 |
CAN AM CHALLENGER The Cockney F1 Mechanic Who Designed and Built America's Best Can Am Cars Peter Bryant Foreword by Jackie Oliver 400 pages, 137 B&W and 23 color photos. $49.95 |
PENSKE RACING TEAM 40 Years of Excellence Alan Hummel Foreword by Tom Sneva 272 pages, 125 color and 95 B&W photos. $44.95 |
9/4/07 UPDATE: Four of the year's best new books are now in stock at TMC. Call 800.722.8630 or click on the SECURE ORDER FORM to reserve your copy. I will have stock of all of all four titles (along with unsigned copies of 'Dan Gurney's Eagle Racing Cars') with me at Watkins Glen this weekend. See you there!
8/29/07 UPDATE: I am pleased to confirm that Dan Gurney has agreed to sign copies of John Zimmermann's new book 'Dan Gurney's Eagle Racing Cars' for The Motorsport Collector in the next few weeks.
A limited quantity of Eagle books are on their way to All American Racers to be signed by Gurney and Author John Zimmermann next month.
Signed copies will be available on a strict 'one to a customer' basis for $85.00* plus shipping. Reserve your copy now!!
UPGRADES:
Those of you who have placed advance orders for 'Dan Gurney's
Eagle Racing Cars' may upgrade their order from a 'standard' copy
to a signed copy by giving us a call or dropping us an email.
UNSIGNED copies will be shipped to anyone not responding by September
10.
This is a rare opportunity to obtain an important book on the history of our sport, signed by the author and by an American racing icon. I'd like to personally thank Dan and Evi Gurney, Kathy Weida at All American Racers and John Zimmermann for taking the time to make this opportunity possible for TMC customers.
*The $10.00 additional charge for signed copies has been added to cover the cost of shipping the books to and from the west coast for signing.
8/24/07 UPDATE: Good news from CMC: Their spectacular new 1/18 scale Bugatti Type 35 ($269.00) and the long anticipated Juan Manuel Fangio 1957 German GP version of their classic Maserati 250F ($263.00) are both due to arrive in their warehouse today. We expect delivery next week and have started processing advance orders today. Although most of our initial shipment of both pieces is already spoken for, you can still reserve one of these great new replicas for immediate delivery if you place your order by this Monday morning (August 27). Use the Secure Order Form above, or give us a call at 800.722.8630 or 630.515.1440.
Revell Monogram continues their series of historic and classic slot cars presented in boxed Limited Editions with a Jim Clark Lotus Cortina and a David Hobbs BMW 320, as pictured below. Both are in stock. Additional photos HERE.
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8/23/07 UPDATE: Yet another shipment of great new stuff (and a few significant restocks) from Spark, Red Line, Bizarre and Minichamps today. Highlights include Red Line's 1/43 scale Ferrari 365 GTB/4 Daytona ($99.95), the 2006 McLaren Mercedes MP4/21'Test Cars' of JPM and Kimi in both 1/18 ($79.95) and 1/43 ($39.95) scales from Minichamps and the first 2007 LeMans release, the number 7 Peugeot 908 HDi FAP from Spark ($49.95). Photos of all 10 new arrivals HERE.
8/22/07 UPDATE: Published in Italy by Automobilia, 'Ferrari Catalogue Raisonne Opera Omnia 1946-90' contains just about everything you ever wanted to know about Ferrari in that time frame. We've found a mint copy of this epic 3 volume set, still in the original wrapping. Priced at $750.00, you won't find a better copy at that price anywhere. -SOLD
Spark is preparing another 'must have' item for all of us Can Am and Mark Donohue fans. It's a 1/43 scale miniature of the McLaren M6B campaigned by Penske Racing for Mark Donohue in the 1968 Canadian American Challenge Cup Series. After the 1967 season, Roger Penske purchased Bruce McLaren's Can Am Championship winning M6A and upgraded it to M6B and 'Sunoco Special' specs. Donohue dominated the 1968 US Road Racing Championship series (contested in the spring and summer as a 'tune up' for the 'Autumn Thunder' of the Can Am) with this car . In the mean time, Penske also purchased an unraced Team McLaren spare M6A, (installing a 427 Chevy engine) to use as Donohue's Can Am contender. With it's dark blue paint job and elegant pin striping, it was one of the most beautiful cars ever to compete in the series. Expected soon, reserve yours for $49.95 plus shipping. (Thanks to Road America Historian Tom Schultz for giving me the correct scoop on the Sunoco M6Bs.)
8/17/07 UPDATE: More than 20 new models (along with a few restocks) arrived from Minichamps, Spark and Bizarre today. Highlights include the models pictured above. From left: Bobby Rahal's Wolf WR1 as driven in the 1978 Canadian Grand Prix in Montreal (1/43 Minichamps $39.95), Bruce McLaren's M6A Chevrolet as raced in the 1967 Can Am Series (1/43 Spark $49.95) and the Bruce McLaren/Phil Hill Ford GT in its first outing at the ADAC 1000km at the Nurburgring in 1964 (1/43 Bizarre $49.95). More photos on the New Die Cast page. See the complete list of new arrivals below. We'll be uploading photos today and tomorrow.
SPA-430013 ZYTEC 06S #2 LM 2006 LMP1 NIELSEN ANDERSEN A
SPA-430035 LOLA B06/10 AER #19 LMP1 LM 2006 EVANS OWEN B
SPA-430147 COURAGE BELMONDO #36 LM 2006 LMP2 C.Y. GOS
SPA-430148 COURAGE BELMONDO #37 LM 2006 LMP2 BONVET
SPA-430242 LOLA MG EX264-AER #25 LM 2006 WINNER LMP2 C
SPA-430656 LANCIA LC2 N4 LM 1985
SPA-430657 LANCIA LC2 N5 LM 1985
SPA-430678 AUDI R10 #2 WINNER 12H SEBRING 2006 McNISH/KR
SPA-430679 AUDI R10 TEST CAR 2006
SPA-430955 PORSCHE 996 RSR #21 GT3 ZOLDER '06 PENDERSS
SPA-431110 MCLAREN M6A #4 CHAMPION CAN-AM 1967 B.MCL
SPA-BZ0012 GREEN MONSTER ART ARFONS W.L.S.R 1964 432 M
SPA-BZ0156 LOLA T292 #32 LE MANS 1976 15TH PLACE RED TR
SPA-BZ0235 ALFA ROMEO B.A.T 9 1955
SPA-BZ0258 THRUST 2 RICHARD NOBLE LAND SPEED RECORD
SPA-BZ0269 FORD GT40 140 1000KM NURBURGRING 1964 (GT
SPA-430242 LOLA MG EX264-AER #25 LM 2006 WINNER LMP2
SPA-430676 AUDI R10 TDI #8 1ST LM 2006 BIELA/PIRRO/WERNE
SPA-430704 RUF PORSCHE RT 12 RED
SPA-430970 PORSCHE 996 GT3 RSR #80 LE MANS 2006 VAN OV
SPA-BZ0172 LOLA T298 BMW LAMBRETTA #20 LE MANS 1979
SPA-BZ0233 SOCEMA-GREGOIRE TURBINE 1952 BLUE WHITE
SPA-430176 CORVETTE C6R N4 TEAM GLPK CAR SPORT 3RD
SPA-430911 PORSCHE 911 R 1965 SILVER
SPA-BZ0234 ALFA ROMEO B.A.T 5 1953 FIRST SHOWN AT TURIN
8/16/07 UPDATE: Time to catch up:
NIGEL MANSELL WILLLIAMS STEERING WHEEL: Here's a unique item: This Personal Formula 1 steering wheel was produced for the Williams team to Nigel Mansell's specifications just before Nigel jumped ship to race in the CART series in 1993. It was never used but signed and inscribed by Nige during the Budweiser Grand Prix event at Cleveland in 1994.
First $1,000 takes it.
LEWIS HAMILTON 'FIRST WIN' DIECAST FROM MINICHAMPS: Minichamps has formally announced that they intend to release commemorative Lewis Hamilton First Win Limited Edition McLaren Mercedes MP4/22s in both 1/18 and 1/43 scale in the 'first quarter' of 2008. We're told that these 2006 Canadian Grand Prix specials will sport a different aero package than the 'standard' 2007 Minichamps versions. SRP is pegged at $99.00 and $52.00 respectively. Pre-orders are now being accepted by TMC.
EAGLE BOOK NOW IN STOCK!! Unsigned copies of 'Dan Gurney's Eagle Racing Cars' by John Zimmermann are now in stock at TMC. $75.00 plus shipping.
NEW DVDs:
LeMANS: IN THE LAP OF THE GODS
Want to know what it's really like for a small team to compete
with the factories at LeMans? TMC is importing this award winning
behind the scenes documentary following the efforts of privateer
racer Martin Short as he attempts to make his dream of a podium
finish in the 24 Hours of LeMans a reality. Independent film maker
John Matthews was allowed unprecedented access by Short and the
LeMans organizers to chronicle the hour by hour story of this
courageous effort. Experience 200 mph speeds on Mulsanne with
dramatic on board footage and tense pit stop action in this terrific
two part, 90 minute film. $34.95. First shipment due late
August.
TALES OF THE RAT FINK
Fun biographical documentary of the 'World's Greatest Kustom Car
Builder' Ed "Big Daddy" Roth. 'Big Daddy' never thought
of his creations simply as shells of molded sheet metal or fiberglass.
He always wanted you to see the engine too, because the only American
Art Form - the Automobile - is not an object. It's a kineticism.
It's materials are speed, momentum, excitement and freedom. The
voices of John Goodman, Ann-Margret, Jay Leno, Brian Wilson, Matt
Groening, Tom Wolfe, Steve Austin, Robert Williams, Paul LeMat,
Billy F. Gibbons and The Smothers Brothers help bring this 'Animentary'
(animated documentary) to life. 76 minutes. $19.95. In
Stock.
MINICHAMPS 1/18 SCALE
MASERATI GHIBLI
One of the most beautiful road car diecasts we've ever seen is
this 1/18 scale 1969 Maserati Ghibli in Blue Metallic with a Tan
interior. If you missed it the first time, an encore shipment
is expected to arrive from Minichamps this fall. $84.95.
Reserve now.
'FANGIO' by ALAN FEARNLEY
- NOW SIGNED BY STIRLING MOSS!
'Pairings' of autographs on items can be very important in terms
of future value. In other sports, it could mean Ruth and Gehrig
together on a baseball or Bird and Magic together on a basketball.
In motorsports, the signatures of Juan Manuel Fangio and Stirling
Moss would rate near the top of any all-time list of desirable
'pairings'. Although Fangio passed way in 1995, there is still
a chance for you to aquire a dramatic piece of artwork signed
by these two all time greats.
In 1990, this Alan Fearnley painting, entitled 'Fangio', was published in a Limited Edition of 500 signed and numbered prints. It commemorated Fangio's victory in the 1955 Argentine Grand Prix. Each copy was hand signed by Juan Manuel Fangio at that year's Monaco Grand Prix. Recently, Stirling Moss has added his signature to a small quantity of these already highly desireable prints. They are now available for $1,000.00 plus shipping.
PENSKE RACING TEAM: 40
YEARS OF EXCELLENCE by ALAN HUMMEL
Winners of more than 250 major races of all types and disciplines
over the past 40 years, Team Penske has been one of the most dominant
influences in the development, growth and direction of auto racing
in the United States as both a sport and a business. Hummel, who
grew up near Penske's original shops in Newton Square, PA, has
been following the exploits of Penske Racing since the late 60s
along with his father, a long time Sun Oil employee. In this book,
he documents the fascinating history of this unique organization,
focusing on the talented drivers and innovative engineering that
have been responsible for the team's spectacular and enduring
success. The book also highlights the key events that have defined
American motorsports during this timeframe, including the rise
and fall of US sports car racing in the 1960s and 1970s, the politics
of the USAC-CART split in the late 1970s and the CART-IRL battle
that unfolded 20 years later, and the phenomenal transformation
of NASCAR from its moonshine roots into the mainstream commercial
phenomenon that it is today. 272 pages, 125 color photos, 95 black
and white photos. Hardbound. $44.95 Due to arrive next
week.
Photos of some new pieces from Spark are now available HERE.
Lots more great stuff coming in the next few weeks. Stop back on Friday and Saturday for information on new diecast arrivals from Spark, Bizarre and Minichamps - including a 1/43 scale Wolf WR1 driven by Bobby Rahal in the 1978 Canadian Grand Prix.
8/14/07 UPDATE: The question we were asked most at the Road America ALMS race last weekend was "where are the 1/18 R10's?" Well, here they are! And are they spectacular! Spark's 1/18 scale resin Audi R10 2006 LeMans winner ($119.95) arrived today, complete with a handsome presentation box. More photos HERE and more Spark and Minichamps new arrivals later today.
Thursday and Friday watch for additional postings to our New DieCast page as we catch up on what arrived while we were at Elkhart. A significant shipment from Spark and Bizarre (more than 20 new pieces) is expected later this week. Stop by on Saturday from 10am to 3pm for the best selection.
EAGLE BOOK UPDATE: We expect to have unsigned copies of 'Dan Gurney's Eagle Racing Cars' ($75.00) in stock by the weekend. We hope to make an announcement regarding signed copies later this week, but if all you require is an unsigned book, let us know by emailing us HERE and we'll get a copy right out to you.
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8/4/07 UPDATE: An advance copy of John Zimmermann's eagerly awaited 'Dan Gurney's Eagle Racing Cars' arrived here yesterday. From what we can see, slowly flipping through 208 pages of pure gold, is a long overdue tribute to Gurney and his band of engineers, designers, fabricators, mechanics, drivers, staff and family. It's an important chronicle of the Formula One, Indianapolis, IMSA, SCCA and USAC winning machines that emerged from a non-descript building in a quiet industrial park in Santa Ana, California.
In other words, if you are a fan of road racing or Indianapolis racing in the 60s, 70s, 80s and/or 90s, your library will not be complete without a copy of this book.
Our first shipment of 'Dan Gurney's Eagle Racing Cars' ($75.00) is due to arrive in a couple of weeks. As many of you know, we've had several conversations with the Author and the staff at AAR regarding signed books. While we are still working out the logistics, we hope to make an announcement regarding the specifications, cost and delivery date for signed books by the middle of the month. Watch this space or sign up for our Email Updates for further information.
PLEASE NOTE: Everyone
who has a copy of 'Dan
Gurney's Eagle Racing Cars' on pre-order
with TMC will be given first priority on an 'upgrade' to a signed
copy as soon as the details are worked out.
8/3/07 UPDATE: Visitors from Argentina have introduced us to a spectacular selection of books (and one DVD) that tell the story of motor racing and a love of fine automobiles in South America. Check them out HERE!
8/2/07 UPDATE: New from
Auto Art's 1/18 scale Millennium Collection is the Ford GT LM
Spec II Test Car with a cool carbon fibre finish ($109.95)
In stock. More photos on the New Die
Cast page. Also, restocks on Auto Art's 1/18 1991 LeMans winning
Mazda 787B ($149.95) and the Longtail Gulf Porsche 917
($94.95) that was released last month.
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