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AIRCOOLED ART

VW Brasilia

Porsche 908/02 ex Jo Siffert, 1970

1955 Lotus IX, S/N 089

This Lotus IX, one of approximately twenty five built and the eighty ninth Lotus built overall, was delivered to Len Bastrup of Wilton, CT during June 1955. Over the next five years Bastrup had substantial success with the car even as it was later succeeded by new models.

For its first race Bastrup took the car to the SCCA National at Beverly Farms, MA and won two events over the weekend. For its second race weekend Bastrup brought the car to Thompson for the first time to compete in the Labor Day SCCA National. Bastrup again finished first and broke the existing class lap record by an impressive two seconds. Over the next four year the car had approximately thirty outings with roughly half of these at THompson. During this period, it also won races at Watkins Glen, Montgomery and Lime Rock Part including a victory on the opening day at Lime Rock in 1957. While the car won a number of races at Thompson, including its last race in Bastrup's hands in 1959, not every day was a success. While running near the front at the 1956 National Bastrup rolled the car in the downhill section. The damage was not too severe and they were back a month later to achieve a second in class. Source: A sign at Thompson Motor Speedway, June 2014.

Delage D6 3litre

Jag D-Type model maker's guide

Photo and a rare glimse of a different view of a famous time check stop where riders awaiting for their time to arrive to enter the check usually stop to chat, tinker with bikes and relive sketchy moments they just avoided. To the left of the picture is #276 – Cliff Coleman and #270 – A Bates AJS of Britain who waits for his minute to come up to get his card stamped. ISDT 1964

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Before and after adding the bodywork

1959 Stingray XP-87