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4/9/10 UPDATE: Three new arrivals
today:
The 2009 World Superbike
Double - DVD Set ($29.95). The
two disc Official Review is packed with stunning action footage
from all 28 races, bringing you comprehensive highlights of the
entire season. Ducati's Noriyuki Haga started the year as title
favorite, with hopes he could finally land that elusive fist
World Championship. However, he would be challenged all the way
by the spectacular Texan Ben Spies, who took his Yamaha to victory
after victory. 420 minutes of action for just $29.95!
The Ferrari Phenomenon:
An Unconventional View of the World's Most Charismatic Cars by
Matt Stone & Luca Dal Monte ($39.95).
How much do you really know about the world's coolest,
most exciting carmaker? Why did Enzo Ferrari favor purple ink?
Why didn't Mario Andretti ever become a full-time Ferrari driver?
Which Hollywood actress inspired a shade of silver paint that
is still available from Ferrari today? And where's the best place
for an authentic meal when you're visiting Maranello?
In this book, the Authors offer
a unique perspective on the iconic car manufacturer. They begin
with a revealing biographical sketch of Enzo Ferrari himself,
then explain the founding of the company in Modena and its move
to Maranello. The book concludes by profiling the new generation
of executives responsible for the company's success today and
a tour of the dramatic contemporary architecture of the Maranello
campus.
In 'The Ferrari Phenomenon',
the Authors approach their subject in a manner that's a bit less
serious - and a little more fun. The book explores the lighter
and lesser-known sides of Ferrari, not only through conventional
chapters and text, but also in shorter, quick-reading pieces
such as lists, quotes and detailed photo captions. The result
is an original account that will give even die-hard tifosi new
insight into the exciting and colorful world that is Ferrari.
We like it! $39.95.
1967 Shelby Terlingua Ford
Mustang (1/18 Scale by Greenlight
$59.95): A tribute to Jerry Titus and the 1967 Ford Mustang
that campaigned in that year's SCCA Trans Am Championship under
the Carroll Shelby Terlingua Racing Team banner.
According to Shelby friend and
co-conspirator Bill Neale, 'Jerry was a bit of a maverick and
Shelby wanted his car to really show up on the grid so we painted
it 'Gawdalful Yellow' with a black hood'. The combination of
outrageous looks and serious performance in a car driven by such
a cocky, talented driver made the team very popular - and successful.
Shelby's Terlingua Racing Team
led Ford to the 1967 Trans Am Manufacturer's Championship with
Titus taking the 'unofficial' Driver's title. Terlingua, Texas
became the site of the World Championship Chili Cookoff and the
'Racing Rabbit' logo, paw raised ('no peppers') lives on to this
day.
Greenlight has produced a 1/18
scale Limited Edition (1500) of the Terlingua Mustang. $59.95
plus shipping. Limited Supply.
4/6/10 UPDATE: The Minichamps
1/18 scale LeMans Winning Peugeot has arrived. Pre orders
ship today. We have just a few left at $99.00 each plus shipping.
Next week's arrivals from Spark and Bizarre include the two 1/43
scale models pictured above: (L) The John
Surtees 1966 Can Am Championship winning Lola T-70 and (R)
the Gulf
Porsche #20, familiar from Steve McQueen's 'LeMans' but actually
the Jo
Siffert / Brian Redman Porsche 917K from the 1970 24 Hours
of LeMans. $55.95 each.
Check out all 8 of the new arrivals
HERE.
4/1/10 UPDATE: 2010 SPARK CATALOG ITEMS:
Items from the 2010 Spark Advance Order
list that have been pre-ordered by TMC have been added to our
Online
Shopping section. As we've said in the past, popular Spark
models sell out very quickly, so please reserve asap. If you
wish to order a model that is on the 'main' Advance Order list
but is not listed in Online Shopping, give me a call.
2010 Spark Catalogs will be
here by the weekend. $7.00 plus postage. Order HERE.
3/31/10 UPDATE:
 ORDER A COPY OF
'PHIL HILL - A DRIVING LIFE' BY APRIL
18 AND WE'LL ENTER YOUR NAME IN A DRAWING FOR A PHIL HILL SIGNED
COPY OF 'AMERICAN CHAMPION BY GRAHAM TURNER.
In his World Championship year,
Phil Hill led a Ferrari 1-2-3-4 sweep of the Belgian Grand Prix
at Spa-Francorchamps. To commemorate that victory, we commissioned
a painting from English artist Graham Turner and published a
Limited Edition of 500 prints, which Phil Hill graciously signed
back in the early 1990s.
One of these signed copies will
be awarded to a buyer of 'Phil Hill: A Driving Life' on Monday,
April 19. We will draw one name at random from all collectors
who purchased their copy here at The Motorsport Collector by
midnight, Sunday night, April 18, 2010 and award them a copy
of 'American
Champion' .
The winner's name will be posted
here at Noon Monday, April 19.
 COMING NEXT WEEK:
PHIL HILL - A DRIVING LIFE
by Phil Hill and John Lamm
Though he's best
remembered as the first American Formula One champion and a three-time
Le Mans winner, Phil Hill (1927-2008) also enjoyed a long career
as an automotive writer. Hill was a regular contributor to Road
& Track magazine, writing vivid, first-person accounts of
his experiences driving everything from the earliest horseless
carriages to the most modern road and race cars. Phil Hill: A
Driving Life gathers the best of these stories, each of them
accompanied by dazzling photographs from Hill's friend and colleague
John Lamm.
The book starts
with the very first car, a three-wheeler built by Karl Benz in
1886. From there it's on to a classic Packard touring car from
1915, the first-ever MG, the revolutionary rear-engined Auto-Union
D-Type, and many others. Several chapters find Hill reunited
with cars that played a significant role in his racing career.
From the 1950s there's the Jaguar XK120 that gave him an early
win at Pebble Beach in 1950 and the Maserati 250F that he drove
in his first Grand Prix at Reims in 1958. A decade later there
are the Ford GT40s he helped develop, 1963's ill-fated ATS 100
Grand Prix car, and the unique, high-winged Chaparral 2F that
yielded his last professional victory at Brands Hatch in 1967.
And there are also Phil's recollections of other great drivers
he drove with and against, including Juan Manuel Fangio, Stirling
Moss, Olivier Gendebien, and Dan Gurney.
Whether he's writing
about a rare vintage race car, a hard-fought victory, or an old
friend, Phil's essential qualities of intelligence, curiosity,
and integrity always come through. Phil Hill: A Driving Life
provides a unique perspective on automotive history from a true
champion.
Hardcover / 11
1/2" x 13 1/2" / 192 pages / $75.00 PLUS SHIPPING /
ORDER
HERE!
SOLD
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3/29/10 UPDATE: Acquired over the weekend: a sold out,
GMP 1/18 scale replica of the Sunoco Lola T-70 coupe driven to
victory at Daytona in 1969 by Mark Donohue and Chuck Parsons.
SOLD.
3/26/10
UPDATE: Word from Minichamps
that we will have the 1/18 scale 2009 LeMans winning Peugeot
908 HDI FAP of David Brabham, Marc Gene and Alex Wurz next week.
$99.00. Reserve one HERE.
This week, GMP
announced that they will release a 1/18 scale 1965 Corvette Stingray
- with a miniature 396 stuffed under the hood - in blue later
this year. Price is $279.95. Click HERE
to pre-order.
We expect delivery
of the 1/18 GMP 1965 Red Corvette Convertible in the next couple
of weeks. There's still time to reserve one of those as well.
Click HERE.
3/24/10 UPDATE:
We had lots to talk about in this week's Email Update:
CRAIG WARWICK GICLEE
PRINTS
We've always admired the talents of English artist Craig Warwick.
Warwick is one of the finest portrait artists in the motorsport
art field and his montage pieces - as you can see by the images
above - are quite extraordinary.
Here are two of
Warwick's latest giclee releases; Dan
Gurney and his 1967 Belgian Grand Prix winning Eagle Weslake
(left) and Mario
Andretti with his 1978 World Championship winning JPS Lotus
79. Both images are available in Limited Editions of just 25
giclee prints each. Each print measures 30" x 24" and
is hand signed and numbered by the artist.
Craig Warwick Giclee
Prints are priced at $225.00 plus shipping. Click the links above
to order. Canvas prints are also available. Contact us for further
information.
 Two
exciting new photo books celebrating some of the finest racing
and road cars ever produced will be available here at TMC in
a couple of weeks:
'Art of the Formula 1 Racing Car' features studio photography of 18 of
the the most beautiful and successful racing cars in history,
including the Maserati 250F, Lancia D-50, Mercedes Benz W196
streamliner, Lotus 49 & 72, Tyrrell 003 & P34, Ferrari
312T3 & F1-2000 and Williams FW14. Photographer James Mann
captures the essence of each of these glorious machines with
an accompanying text by Stuard Codling and Gordon Murray providing
an excellent historical and technical profile. $45.00 / 208 pages
/ 350 photos & illustrations.
SPECIAL OFFER: Order a copy of 'Art of the Formula 1 Racing Car'
by April 1 and save $10 off your next order of $60 or more. ORDER
HERE!
'Phil Hill: A Driving Life' is a compilation of the 1961 World Champion's
vivid first-person accounts of his experiences driving everything
from the earliest horseless carriages to the most modern road
and race cars as they originally appeared in Road & Track
magazine. Each article is accompanied by the photography of John
Lamm. A wide variety of motor cars are discussed in the book
- everything from Karl Benz's first three-wheeler (built in 1886)
to the Chaparral 2F in which Hill scored his final professional
victory in 1967. Phil also reflects on some of the great drivers
he drove with and against during his impressive career, including
Fangio, Moss, Olivier Gendebien and fellow Californian Dan Gurney.
$75.00. 192 pages. ORDER
HERE.
Some great new
stuff from Spark and Bizarre are due in about a a week. Click
HERE
for the full list.
3/19/10
UPDATE: The latest arrival
from Spark is this 1/43 scale Mika
Hakkinen Lotus 102D from 1992 ($59.95). Spark's entire range
of classic F1 cars is very impressive. Have you tried one?
3/18/10
UPDATE: The 1/43 scale TrueScale
Miniatures Tyrrell Project 34 'Six-Wheelers' are scheduled to
arrive here at TMC on Monday. The two car sets are sold out but
the two individual models, Jody
Scheckter's 1976 Anderstorp Winner (left) and Patrick
Depailler's 1977 'First National City Travelers Checks version
are still available for $68.00 each plus shipping.
Click on the links
to order.
3/9/10
UPDATE: Just in from Minichamps,
the 1/18 scale Martini Racing Porsche 917/20 that took Herbert
Muller to the 1974 Interserie Championship in Europe. This car
was, in fact, Porsche 917/30 chassis number 001, that started
life as a test mule for the all conquering Penske Panzer which
dominated the Can Am season in 1973 with Mark Donohue at the
controls. Chassis 001 was loaned out to various European teams
to contest the Interserie in 1973 and 1974 and now exists as
a museum piece. It was dubbed a 917/20 because it mated 917/30
front bodywork to the tail section off a 917/10. The model is
presented as the 1974 Nurburgring Supersprint winner. Great detail.
More photos HERE. SOLD OUT
3/4/10
UPDATE: We've made our selections
from the 2010 Minichamps Catalog program and listed them HERE
on our Online Shopping website. As most Minichamps collectors
are already aware, accurate delivery dates are virtually impossible
to come by. We could see some of these models this year, others
maybe 2-3 years down the road. We are accepting orders for what
is listed and will not charge for reserved models until delivery.
If you saw something on the original 13
page list of new Minichamps additions but it's not listed,
give me a call and we will try to get one for you.
Spark Model has
just released a breathtaking 2010 New Product list, featuring
a wide range of racing cars in 1/18 and 1/43 scale. HIghlights
included the 1968 and 1969 LeMans Winning Gulf Ford GT40 #1075
in both 1/18 and 1/43 scale, a 1/18 Jim Clark Lotus 25, 1/43
Scarabs, a 1/43 Gurney McLeagle, 1/43 Trans Am Camaros, and many,
many other pieces that have been on wish lists for years.
You can see the
entire Spark 2010 Catalog list HERE.
Advance orders will be accepted on the entire line. We will post
our selections to Online Shopping later this month.
3/3/10
UPDATE: First examples of
GMP's spectacular 1/8 scale Lowenbrau Porsche 962 are shipping
now. We have one piece available for delivery later this month.
Contact me for details. Check out the full photo set HERE.
Jim Clark / Lotus 25 Climax V8 / 1962
British Grand Prix at Aintree
17" x 21.5" / Artist Signed.
$150.00 plus shipping
2/20/10
UPDATE: Originally published
as an open edition litho in 1962, Michael Turner's study of Jim
Clark at work is now available as an artist signed giclee print.
A copy of the original litho edition occupied a place of honor
above the double World Champion's trophy case in the Clark family
home (see photo below). Each print made to order by and hand
signed by the Artist in England. please allow 2-3 weeks delivery.
Click HERE
to order.
2/19/10
UPDATE: If you grew up in
the Chicago area, there's a good chance you saw your first auto
racing at Raceway Park, a short paved oval located in Blue Island,
on the city's South Side (I did!).
Raceway Park, the
'World's Busiest Track' officially opened its doors to Midget
racing on September 24, 1938 and operated for more than 60 years.
The first race was won by Harry McQuinn, who went on to compete
at Indianapolis, ultimately becoming the Speedway's Chief Pit
Steward.
In 1948, 'The World
Famous Motordrome' added Stock Car races to its regular program.
The track became a popular attraction in the 1950s, 1960s and
1970s, with race programs scheduled 3 or 4 nights a week.
After falling on
hard times, Raceway closed in 2000 and was torn down the following
year but has not been forgotten.
Kalwasinski and
Beck have put together an excellent tribute to the glory days
of short track racing in Chicago.
Paperback / 128
pages / 200 B&W photos / $21.99 -Order HERE.
2/9/10
UPDATE: Click HERE
for photos of some forthcoming models from TrueScale Miniatures
on display at Nuremburg's Toy Fair this week. Also on the model
front, we've posted ordering information for next week's shipment
of new Spark and Bizarre 1/43s on our 'new' New
Die Cast Page and we've added the impressive 2010 lineup
from CMC to our Online
Shopping site.
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JUST
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AUTOCOURSE 2009/10
BY ALAN HENRY
$54.95
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2/2/10 UPDATE:
Our 'regular' shipment of Autocourse 2009/10 has arrived from
the UK. As we mentioned to Email Update subscribers a couple
weeks ago, there has been a price reduction from $59.99 to $54.95.
Most advance orders will ship today (at the lower price) and
those of you who are picking up your books here in Downers Grove
will be getting a phone call or email shortly.
Copies are available
for those of you who did not place an advance reservation. Click
HERE
to order.
Click HERE
for the next blog item located on our Recent
Additions Page!
'ARTISTRY IN MOTION' is a striking image of Jim Clark and
his Lotus 33 at speed during their 1965 World Championship winning
season, published in a very exclusive edition of just 100 giclee
prints.
Each giclee is personally
printed, then individually signed by artist Graham Turner on
either canvas or heavy art paper.
Print Numbers 1-20: Reproduced on canvas, stretched on wooden
stretcher bars just like the original painting. Canvas size 32"
x 20" (no border). $325.00 plus shipping. Click HERE
to order.
Print Numbers 21-100: Reproduced on heavyweight paper. Overall
print size (including border) 24" x 17". $175.00
plus shipping. Click HERE
to order.
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FEW SETS REMAIN:
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MICHAEL
TURNER
CHRISTMAS
CARDS
$14.95
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FORD GT 40
GICLEE PRINTS BY
MICHAEL
& GRAHAM TURNER
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'1966 LeMans'
by Michael Turner
17" x 20" Giclee
Print
$150.00
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'1967 LeMans'
by Graham Turner
17" x 20" Giclee
Print
$150.00
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'1969 LeMans'
by Michael Turner
17" x 20" Giclee
Print
$150.00
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'1969 LeMans'
by Graham Turner
12" x 16" Giclee
Print
$125.00
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ALTHOUGH WE DO KEEP A LIMITED
STOCK ON HAND,
TURNER GICLEE PRINTS ARE PRODUCED
TO ORDER IN ENGLAND.
PLEASE ALLOW 2-3 WEEKS FOR DELIVERY.
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NOW
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ART SHIRTS BY NICOLAS
HUNZIKER 
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CMC 1/18 SCALE
PHIL HILL
1961 ITALIAN GP MONZA
$318.95
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THE BROTHERS RODRIGUEZ
BY CARLOS EDUARDO
JALIFE-VILLALON
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HANS LISKA: SKIZZEN,
SZENEN, SITUATIONEN MIT MERCEDES BENZ IN ALLER WELT
BY CHRISTOF VIEWEG
GERMAN
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ADAC 1000km RENNEN
NURBURGRING LANGSTRECKEN
WM SEIT 1953
by Thomas Nehlert
GERMAN
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MONOCOQUES & GROUND
EFFECTS:
The World Manufacturers
and Sports Car Championships in Photographs, 1982 - 1992
by
Janos Wimpffen
$149.95
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McLAREN:
The Cars 1964 - 2008
by William Taylor
$75.00
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