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Bee Cam Design Tour of MBZ 300SL Gullwing and the NY Dealer Behind its Design

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Radford Racing Continues Wildhorse Motorsports August 2023

I am really excited about this news, announced Monday July 31, 2023 actually:

Radford Racing School announces major business expansion at Wild Horse Pass Motorsports Park, including NHRA-sanctioned drag strip, to remain open and part of the school’s growing business near Chandler, Arizona. By collaborating with the Wild Horse Pass Motorsports Park on the Gila River Indian Reservation to keep these courses open;

* 10-turn, 1.25-mile road course; the

* 11-turn, 1.1-mile road course with 3/8-mile straightaway; and the

* 1/4-mile NHRA-sanctioned drag strip open and available to Radford students.

Radford Racing School’s existing tracks include:

* 15-turn, 1.6-mile main track designed by champion racer Bob Bondurant in 1990, and recently upgraded and a

* .75mile kart track and

* 10-acre skills pad

Off-track, a newly renovated guest center, track-side student lounge, gift shop, and event center complete the Radford Racing School experience, which is shared by thousands of drivers from the around the world each year. Now that all tracks will remain open, Radford has the capacity to accommodate more students and classes, offer new automotive experiences, and the ability to bring major automotive and motorsports related events to the region. With this news, Radford Racing School is now the largest driving and racing school in the world, spanning more than 447 acres.

It's an extremely versatile facility, not to mention enormous. Here are a few photos from some of the events I've enjoyed at #WildHorsePass#MotorsportsPark near our little ranch, #FuelFest (sold out events!), #DragRacing, and a variety of #HistoricRacing instruction and practice. Thanks to #RadfordRacing for keeping it focused on #motorsports! #NHRA

I got to meet #AntAntstead of #Radford when I judged #CruisinForACure - that is a terrific, worthy cause btw - in September at the OC Fairgrounds! Way to go Ant Antstead!

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Bugatti Type 51 Grand Prix Champion Gets a Parisian-tailored Winter Suit

The wonderful history of this charismatic car, Nethercutt’s 1931 Bugatti, is significant in both motorsport and automotive design worlds. Having won the Monaco Grand Prix for the Bugatti factory team in the race’s 3rd year of existence, driven to victory by none other than Louis Chiron, was just the opening act for this Type 51. Today, hypercar enthusiasts know the 2023 Bugatti Chiron as the multimillion dollar successor of the Veyron, named after the 1930s champion driver. After proving its agility on many tracks, Grands Prix and rallies, with such legendary drivers as Chiron and Rene Dreyfus piloting, sn (serial number) 51133 was eventually purchased for slightly less competitive use, along the ‘Allee des Acacias’/ in the Bois de Boulogne in Paris where young gentleman drivers showed off their latest sports cars. According to Pierre-Yves Laugier, Bugatti Owners Club???? Interestingly, the coupé creator’s family’s railway carriage factory location ultimately became the Citroën factories and competitive driver Bith benefited from his father’s role as head doctor for the Paris Police - something that may have been helpful on occasion. Bith enjoyed a close relationship with his family and explains he never once had an accident!

With a love for speed, driving precision and engineering, 26-year-old heir André Bith would’ve known the barely distinguishable visual differences between the Type 35B and its successor, the Type 51. The DOHC, inline 8-cylinder (hemispherical) supercharged 2.3 liter motor produced 180hp, reaching speeds of 140mph in race trim! It was among the most powerful and tough racing engines of the 1930s, often making up over 2/3s of the entries in 1930s Grands Prix. The engine bay showed off demascened, engine-turned finishes and right angles, appearing artistically inspired by the contemporary art movement of Cubism. However, historian Griff Borgeson explains that “the Boss” (as company founder Ettore Bugatti was known), ‘would have no waste of materials nor effort.’ Of the 40 Type 51 and 51A produced, only 23 are known today, the other 17 were perhaps destroyed in war - or absconded in such chaos.

Nethercutt’s sn 51133 survived both world wars and thanks to their thoughtful stewardship, was reunited not only with its Parisian tailored finery but also its doting owner who originally commissioned the alluring coupé ‘build’ back in 1937. At age 91, Bith fondly remembered driving the open, spartan 1931 racecar he purchased in 1935. Its pedigree already established having been driven to team victories and then owned by the dashing, scarf-wearing celebrity driver, Louis Chiron, who received the car as payment from ‘The Boss.’ The cold French winter of 1936 had Bith looking for a solution and he found inspiration in his pal Jean Bugatti’s Type 57SC Atlantic when they met for lunches. Notably there were just 4 Atlantics built on a wheelbase longer than the Type 51, between 1936 and 1938. The 2010 transaction for nearly $40million made it the most valuable car in the world - and one remains missing…

Bith began sketching with designer friend André Rolland. They found lightweight Duralumin was the latest and greatest material but at the time but few had worked with it. They were delighted to find an Italian craftsman at Dubos Carrosserie was eager and competent to work with new aluminum alloy’s lightweight, high mechanical resistance. Dubos agreed to do the project for just 20,000 FRF- IF Bith committed to putting the car in many concours and design/styling competitions. Bith explained to “Bugatti Magnum” Hugh Conway that he paid 18,000 FRF to Chiron in 1935 for the 1931 racecar. His mechanic Mr. Schaeffer spoke highly of the brothers Dubos, and did some modifications such as centering the gear lever on the box, fitting a Citroën TAV handbrake to the aluminum dashboard and adding a dynamo to charge the battery. Bith specified seats, not a bench, and no speedometer - the result was a far more uniquely tailored and useful car than a brand new Type 51 which would’ve cost 165,000 FRF then. One USD bought 22.24 French francs in April of 1937 equating to USD $7,419.- which is ironically about the same factor as the inflation rate change from then to now. $1 then purchases about as much as $21 today, making today’s prices 20.96 times higher. A new Type 51 today might be priced between $155,000 to $165,000 IF the car market remained the same, however, one new Bugatti Chiron model today is priced at USD $3.25million!

In April of 1937 Dubos began work on sn 51133 near The Boss’s preferred coach builder at Rue de Debaracdere, in Paris’ District XVII, on Rue de Sablonville - so they might’ve shared talent and materials. Dubos was respected for bodying Talbot Lago, Delahaye, Renault and Avions Voisin - such as what won Amelia this year. The Carrossier would have no issue expediting a 6-year-old racecar turned coupé - since the brand new Bugattis were bodied nearby. The Nethercutts wisely and fortunately were able to involve Bith in everything possible from historic documentation to even locating a steering wheel affectionately mounted on Bith’s wall. After owning a great many wonderful cars, Bith calls sn 51133 his Queen and came across an interesting discovery at the Bagatelle Concours of 1991. The same contest which his car won in 1937, shown by Miss France who wore a Drecolle dress the same violet blue as the car. A fellow who stood admiring one of the world’s 4 Bugatti Type 57SC Atlantic - the very car that inspired Bith originally - shared information about the disposition of his long lost Dubos coupé. It was now cherished by a fellow who enjoyed driving it in his Colorado Grand event, and once again, after being painted, black, white and black again, bore a similar violet-blue paint color as when Bith sold it.

The Type 51’s diminutive racing footprint needed an enclosure that wouldn’t slow it down much but would keep Bith and his ladyfriend warm as they sped up to 130mph outside Paris in the wintertime… Decades of using hammers and rollers enabled the Neuilly-sur-Seine facility to beautifully execute the hood and fenders in Duralumin, thanks to their Italian talent, and the body in lightweight steel. Bith was true to his word and entered the car not only in the Bagatelle but also Ponte d’Auteuil Concours d’Elegance and the Motor Exhibition of October 1937 at Earls Court, not to mention the Paris-Nice Rally et al. The Dubos coupé was featured in the October issue of “The Autocar” and the November issue “The Automobile Engineer” according to Pierre-Yves Laugier who explains it featured a Type 57 steering shell. Referring to it as the “Bugatti 57 Sport” he explains it was incorrectly attributed to Saoutchik in the magazine articles of 1937, no doubt of great consternation to Dubos. Bith was heartbroken when, in 1938 a gas attendant filled the tank with ordinary rather than super, and his attempt to remediate the mistake, seemed instead to ruin the engine. The car was sold and began to suffer.

The chassis retained value to various drivers and collectors while some appreciate the Dubos body which was separated from the car in the 50s and became a Pebble winner in its own right, with faithfully fabricated chassis and engine. Nethercutts were thrilled to relocate the body in 2000 at a Monterey auction and set about reuniting sn 51133 with its custom tailored, Atlantic-inspired, lightweight, tastefully finned Parisian suit. It is worth noting how Nethercutt’s curator Skip Marketti has dutifully communicated with the variety of owners, drivers and restorers relevant to this car - taking a thoughtfully objective, investigative approach to information gathering as restoration decisions were deliberated. What may seem overly tedious in some contexts is wise when the rarity, design excellence and accomplishments of a vehicle deserves a level of scrutiny that’s more museum-like or archival sciences while a more artistic, expressive approach may be appropriate in another project. In fact, the interests of a brand or cities’ industrial history can come into play when very rare, valuable works uniquely represent a nation’s contribution. Some collectors have even wondered whether a nation could invent reasons to require the repatriation of a particular collectible - all of which we mention simply to honor the stewardship and recognize the different sorts of context faced by restoration projects. Family honor can always play a role in such endeavors - inspiring great record-keeping, accuracy and quality at every step of the process.

#bugatti #vintage #historic #race #classic car #racecar #type 51 #dubos body #concours

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COUNTACH EXPERIENCE OFFERS FRACTIONAL SHARES WITH NFT AND BALBONI-DRIVEN RIDE-ALONG TO SOME INVESTORS

(Atlanta, Georgia) March 31, 2023 — ’87 Countach Experience, a CryptoIntelXcompany, announces a unique approach to investing at the intersection of cryptocurrency and tangible assets. Fractional shares of a 1987 Lamborghini Countach are being offered in March of 2023. The Non-Fungible Token (NFT) acts as a receipt for the fractional ownership share. As the name implies, Countach Experience will distribute ownership experiences from the restoration process to NFT holders. Valentino Balboni and his cohorts built Countach in the Lamborghini factory back in the 1970s and 1980s, bringing their firsthand knowledge to this restoration dream team. As the process unfolds, video updates and behind-the-scenes interviews will be exclusively available to the NFT holders. Countach Experience is also offering factory and shop tours with a ride-along bonus in Italy for some initial investors.

Real estate developer Chip Bulloch started CryptoIntelX.com in 2023 to analyze, educate and speculate in the developing space of cryptocurrencies. His successes in real estate have focused the company at the junction of digital and ‘real world, physical,’ tangible assets, increasingly called ‘phygital.’ Applying blockchain concepts to his real estate investment background, he studied tokenization and fractional share issuances for use in land development projects. Bulloch felt the time was right for CryptoIntelX.com to craft a bridge between digital and tangible investments by complementing the fractional share of an actual collectible car with a receipt secured by blockchain; resulting in the Countach Experience NFT.

Fractional or corporately owned collectible car investments aren’t new. The shares offered constitute a share of ownership in a vehicle, conveying a proportionate amount of benefit and risk, usually without the responsibility of maintenance or restoration management. Similar fractional collectible car offerings generally aren’t secured by a blockchain component nor convey the same experiential considerations. They also appreciate only by the variable of market fluctuations while other manageable variables do exist; condition/restoration, campaign/awards, confirming neutral or positive unknown history.

By applying tokenization to this Italian investment vehicle - instead of digital art as many NFT have been thus far - the fractional share of the Countach is among the growing number of tangible asset backed NFT. Upon finding that the legendary Lamborghini factory test driver Valentino Balboni could do the restoration, Bulloch realized others might like to participate in the ownership experience. Bulloch is also the producer of the 2004 cult classic documentary reviewing Lamborghini history, “Lamborghini Experience - 40 Years of Excellence,” so he recognized the serendipitous nature of the project was worth sharing. NFT provide an ideal platform for sharing the ownership experience in a way otherwise reserved for traditional car ownership.

Fifty-one (51) of the 100 shares will be held by Mr. Bulloch, six (6) remain of the first ten packages offered at USD$8000 per share. Another 10 will be offered in a second tier, differently packaged. Countach Experience shareholders can trade or auction their shares. Assets that, by nature are indivisible into smaller units may still be tokenized to enable smaller, more liquid denominations with the distribution of ownership benefits and risks without owning the entire asset. Similarly, fractionalization makes large assets more accessible to a group of like-minded investors, while also breaking down the investment into smaller units of risk, benefit and commitment that can appeal to a greater number of investors. It can be a great way for investors who aren’t ready to commit to an entire project single-handedly yet still enjoy a process like restoration with a close, invited group, yet incurring little if any management expectations and maintaining some level of liquidity.

A reasonably bullish valuation considering the car’s 20+ years of single ownership by a serial Countach owner who happens to be the producer of a Lamborghini documentary, added to Valentino Balboni’s restoration team’s factory pedigree all add to the car’s provenance. Balboni and Bulloch can be relied upon to optimize this exotic design icon, making a USD$700,000 to USD$800,000 USD valuation reasonable, yet the additional owner-exclusive experiential components are valuable on their own merit. Custom automotive art, video production, and blockchain projects require liquidity, expertise, and curatorial creativity. Mr. Bulloch’s team’s perspective delivers well-informed content, providing exclusive access to NFT shareholders and potentially a limited release later to a wider audience. Factory, shop, museum tours, and ride along with Valentino Balboni are available to the first ten shares, and though one must make their own way to Italy, it’s an experience otherwise not for sale.

The collectible car community is familiar with auctioned vehicles for use in the real world. Internet gamers are more familiar with online auctioned NFTs which often represent digital artwork secured by blockchain for use or trade in the metaverse. For further car community context, the highly publicized Barrett-Jackson NFTs auctioned in 2021 and 2022 included no portion nor physical access to any vehicle - just the promise of owning an exciting moment on the block by way of digital content secured by blockchain. Some would argue that no event or moment in time can be owned. Others found it confusing to see imagery of a car on the famous car auction block without an actual car or tangible automotive item or ephemera being sold.

Tangible assets generally have holding and improvement costs in addition to market changes. Holding costs may include legal, monthly maintenance, storage, and insurance expenses. Like the 4C’s of diamond evaluation, collectible cars have 3 main variables: desirability, provenance, and condition. Restoration can require shipping a car overseas and finding correct rare parts, skills, services, and records. Adding historical documentation can add some value to older cars if unknowns exist, but restoration is generally the most significant improvable variable. The condition can be forcibly increased or decreased (independent of market fluctuations) through restoration, while the value of a tangible asset such as real estate or vintage vehicles is also impacted by the market or its desirability.

In collectibles, supply is limited by the production volume of a past model year, usually a well-known number. Attrition reduces the total number of extant examples of a model, with restorable “barn finds” very rarely adding to the total number of cars. Usually, available supply for a particular model is limited to only a handful of examples offered in a given year, with only some transactions publicized by auctions. Restoration of such assets requires deep and siloed subject matter expertise to obtain optimal value, yet often there are few experts respected for a particular marque or even model.

Countach Experience offers not only a share in the financial outcome but also the pleasures, artful discoveries, mechanical intricacies, and camaraderie of such projects without the unknown headaches and stress that usually arise in the management and funding of such undertakings. The car and restoration team tick the boxes for provenance and condition, and its design, desirability, and market trends in investing and collectible cars all appear quite favorable. Demographics and historical significance of the design will synergize with beautifully crafted imagery to enhance this historic offering.

While the Countach Experience investment is available only to accredited investors, and risk always exists, its insured value is USD$750,000 - should a claim require proportionate distribution. Unlike the Sam Bankman Fried debacle, wherein funds disappeared entirely, the risk is reduced by the asset’s insured, real-world existence. While digital-asset-backed cryptocurrency NFTs have their market ups and downs, some might say that a physical Lamborghini currency is worth more than a fiat currency - definitely more fun to own.

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#phygital #currency #carrency #car-backed #tangible asset backed #nft #crypto #asset backed crypto #tokenized #fractional #countach #countach experience #lamborghini countach restoration

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What a lovely hybrid revival from the late 50s by Zagato themselves, 9 coupé & 9 speedsters upon 356 chassis as Ferry had specified decades before at the behest of Claude Storez, a Prince among racers. Sadly a crash in the one produced in period lead to Storez demise and the racecar’s disappearance. In 2015 Zagato fabricated these 18 cars, 3 with Carrera engines, (one Speedster), completing them according to in period craftsmanship. Sean Smith and Ben Branch of Silodrome have done superb articles on one of the examples. Here is a selection of images of their / and other “Sanction Lost” #Zagato 356 designed by Zagato in 1957, fabricated by Zagato then and 2015-7.

#zagato #porsche 356 #carrozzeria #timelessvehicles #porsche #carsofinstagram #classiccar #porscheclassic #carculture #car design

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From a quintessential #custom T #roadster to #gullwing to Stewart & Stevenson or angry sand rail to #McLaren #P1... #Barrett’s diversity is only outdone by its volume - 1800 cars for #2022!

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What a weekend of #CarCulture in #SoCal! #Porsche #MetersManx #Husqvarna and #Jaguar @SteveMcQueenCarShow to #Lucid at #ElectrifyExpo to #FormulaDrift (at Los Angeles, California) https://www.instagram.com/p/CecxG4Yr_sJ/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

#carculture #socal #porsche #metersmanx #husqvarna #jaguar #lucid #electrifyexpo #formuladrift

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I’d take this green car for a road trip! https://www.instagram.com/p/Cb_us07rAfi/?utm_medium=tumblr

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#highline #high st #cars coffee #Scottsdale #car enthusiast #ASTON suv #ferrari

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Celebrate love every day! ❤️Regardless whether there’s a Brewster or some faster coach hiding in your garage😍 https://www.instagram.com/p/CZ-uruOFmnt/?utm_medium=tumblr

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#concours #annualcarshow #concoursinthehills

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#RMSothebys #JaguarLeMans

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Wow, among the most alluring cars at Barrett this year is this #McLaren #P1.

Also on the docket at #BarrettJackson this year we see NFTs in the shape of the eponymous Birdcage! The link is below of this example #MaseratiBirdcage Tipo 61 NFT - No reserve, right?

BarrettJackson offers quite a selection of cars & showmanship, including a huge “Lifestyle Pavilion” featuring Automobilia/ephemera (cool/historic car stuff like period correct signage), home products & non-automotive collectibles. The NFT’s (non-fungible tokens) being featured as a collection though - is the oddest docket item I’ve seen yet. Will a 1960 #Maserati #Tipo61 Birdcage appear on the block? This particular lot wasn’t ‘real’ or was a re-creation anyway... Online prices are lower than purchasing upon arrival.

https://barrett-jackson.com/.../2022-NFT-1960-MASERATI...

#carauction

#biggestcollectorcarauction

#collectorcars

#ScottsdaleAuctions

#maserati

#mclaren #mclarenp1 #p1

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Wow, on the docket at BarrettJackson this year we have NFTs! Here’s an example Maserati Birdcage Tipo 61 NFT - No reserve, right?

BarrettJackson offers quite a selection of cars & showmanship, including a huge “Lifestyle Pavilion” featuring Automobilia/ephemera (cool/historic car stuff like period correct signage), home products & non-automotive collectibles. The NFT’s (non-fungible tokens) being featured as a collection though - is the oddest docket item I’ve seen yet. Will a 1960 #Maserati #Tipo61 Birdcage appear on the block? This particular lot wasn’t ‘real’ or was a re-creation anyway... Online prices are lower than purchasing upon arrival.

https://barrett-jackson.com/.../2022-NFT-1960-MASERATI...

#carauction #biggestcollectorcarauction #collectorcars #ScottsdaleAuctions #maserati

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A good year at #TheQuail, the #Bugatti Type 64 dad designed for Peter Mullin was there, I was there representing #GrandPrixClassics’ #Porsche904 & got to meet Mr. #Rivolta.

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Nobody wants airport nor logistics delays, meanwhile, so many have been coerced into feeling or being financially/personally invested in 5G and related tech. So, while this mainstream media story heralds additional microwave spectrum in our environment as a potential problem for av-nav or airplane/jet navigation, it comes amidst NonMSMedia reports about teslaphoresis and injectable graphene bio/nano-tech being the cause of clotting and other negative heart events that seem to be strangely impacting athletes during exertion along with otherwise/formerly healthy youth and young adults - even to the extent of becoming a CDC/FDA warning on the injectable “solution.”

Dr. Pablo Campra and the Spanish researchers of '5th Column' have other concerns about upgraded EMR, which as another publication, Australian National Review explains; ..."La Quinta Columna has shared a summary of the intra-body nano-network that forms after each inoculation the population receives. The author of this summary is Mik Andersen, owner of the research blog Corona2Inspect, who’s a renowned scientist who has chosen to collaborate with La Quinta Columna and Dr. Pablo Campra’s research under a pseudonym.

This nano-network described by Andersen is the one that would allow the neurostimulation of the population through a network designed for this purpose."

Even several direct acquaintances of mine have either lost sons tragically or prematurely lost fathers who were healthy, another had a son nearly die from strange, massive aortic clot following his "safe and effective inoculation." ('to what' one might ask - along with a look at "teslaphoresis" of internal rectennae or iohumanity rather than #IoT...)

While air navigation may be a more easily reported potential complication of 5G - it bears mentioning that there's been (0) ZERO safety testing done on the targeting/beam forming wireless broadband, and its wider bandwidth technologies that have so quickly been either erected or put into low earth orbits with little if any public acknowledgment let alone permission. People are simply told they’re not experts and they need 5G to be happier consumers.

#aviation #businessaviation #faa #tech #5g #safety #research #network #microwavefrequencies #mmw #nano #theylive

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-01-02/at-t-verizon-reject-u-s-request-for-delay-in-new-5g-service?TrucksFoT

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