Happy 2019 !

Things are starting to return to normal after the long (for some) Holiday break.

We are currently taking advance orders for the 2018/2019 European import  Book, DVD and Blu-ray season reviews.  Please reserve your selections by mid-week so we can  bring in enough stock to fill your order. Click HERE for the list of titles.

We will also be confirming early 2019 shipments from our major suppliers, since quite a bit (how unusual) of promised new releases never made it in 2018 as planned. You can find confirmed items in this morning’s  new ETA – January 2019 section near the top of the main menu in Online Shopping.

We also have a handful of 2019 Calendars available.

First delivery of the week includes a restock of the beautiful  1/18 scale 1958 British Grand Prix winning Vanwall from Replicarz Exclusives.

Looking forward to an exciting 2019 racing season and the privilege of suppling serious enthusiasts with the best and most interesting new (and estate) models, books, artwork and memorabilia for another year.

– Paul

1/18 Replicarz Exclusives

New from Replicarz Exclusives:  The Stirling Moss 1957 British Grand Prix winning Vanwall in 1/18 scale. Shipping in late December along with three 1/18 scale Indy Cars.

Check out the list HERE.

2019 Motorsport Classic Calendar

Motorsport Classic 2019 Calendar (McKlein)

The motorsport of the 1950s, 1960s and 1970s was a time full of adventure. The world’s best sports car drivers proved their sprinting skills for the Le Mans starts while in Formula 1, cunning engineers tried to give their twelve-cylinder Grand Prix cars more downforce with giant wings held by struts that were as thin as a matchstick. And in rallying, the drivers drove non-stop from Liège to Sofia only to return home after a one-hour break. The calendar “Motorsport Classic 2019” captures the atmosphere of these wild and unrestrained years and brings it to your home or office thanks to twenty-five compelling black and white images. At the same time, this calendar has kept true to its principles by offering you the choice of two spectacular images per month. Thus it is able to show the full variety of motor sport of that era from Formula 1 to sports and touring car racing and rallying. All of these pictures come with a short description of these unique moments from bygone days.

See photos below.

Technical details:
Size: 67 x 48 cm
Number of pages: 26
Images: 25 (a choice between two images each month)
Extras: Spiral binding, shrink-wrapped and sent to you in a special cardboard box

Limited Supply!

$69.95 – Order HERE

 

Ferrari Dino 246 F1 ‘Post Race’ Limited Editions from Tecnomodel

Tecnomodel has announced a special series of ‘Post Race’ Limited Editions of their 1/18 scale Ferrari Dino 246 F1. The original production of the Hawthorn and Collins versions were completely sold out in advance of their release earlier this year
These smaller editions are sure to do the same. Reserve early.
 – Paul
BTW – We spoke to Tecnomodel this morning. They expect delivery of all four 1/18 scale McLaren M6 Limited Editions in January. Very few pieces remain. Reserve HERE.

Author Signed Copies Available:

ENZO FERRARI:

POWER, POLITICS, AND THE MAKING OF AN AUTOMOTIVE EMPIRE

by Luca Dal Monte       Foreword by Luca di Montezemolo

AUTHOR SIGNED COPIES – $49.95 – ORDER HERE

Until now, no biography has truly captured the entire scope of Enzo Ferrari’s remarkable life and its impact on automobiles, motor racing, and Italian industry and culture. Drawing on more than a decade of original research, author Luca Dal Monte uncovers a wealth of new facts about Ferrari’s origins, ambitions, business practices and private life.

The book revisits all the highlights of Ferrari’s rise to greatness: his driving career in the 1920s; his management of racing teams for Alfa Romeo in the 1930s; the launch of his own company and team in the late 1940s; and his unprecedented successes building cars for the road and race track in the following decades. But it also examines lesser-known and sometimes hidden aspects of Ferrari’s career, from his earliest failed business ventures to his political dealings with Italy’s Fascist government, Allied occupiers, and even Communist leaders. It also lays bare the internal politics of the Ferrari company and team, both led by a man who manipulated employees, drivers, competitors, and the media with a volatile mixture of brute force, paranoia, and guile. And it sheds new light on Ferrari’s personal relationships with women – most notably his wife Laura and longtime mistress Lina Lardi – as well as the tragic death of one son and the long-unacknowledged birthright of another.

The Ferrari that emerges from these pages is an extremely complex man – one who could be ruthless and unashamedly vulgar, but also unexpectedly vulnerable. But no matter what challenges he faced in business, at home, or on the race track, Ferrari never lost his essential optimism and unwavering faith in himself.

This is the definitive biography of Enzo Ferrari, one that makes previous accounts obsolete. As a native Italian and longtime Ferrari employee, Luca Dal Monte gained access to public and private archives and conducted scores of interviews with members of Ferrari’s inner circle, as well as reviewing the personal papers of Enzo Ferrari and many other insiders.

Hardbound | 954 pages | 100 b&w, 33 color photos