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Up and Running…

A freshened up MotorsportCollector.com has been uploaded to a new server and is now fully operational.

After downloading everything from the site’s previous home, Jeff took the opportunity to upgrade the software and add a few new features while we made arrangements with our new host:

  • The new MotorsportCollector.com sports a cleaner appearance on your Mac or PC and a much more convenient format for your mobil device.
  • We’ve removed hundreds of outdated pages created by our Adobe PageMill software over the past 20 years.
  • Our recently added ‘Blog’ is now our Front Page and links to our Secure Online Shopping section.

We’ll be fine tuning things and adding more than 100 new items over the next few days. I hope you like what you see.

Thank you for your patience these last couple of weeks. Your comments, as always, are appreciated.

  • Paul
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Our New Home:

We are currently uploading MotorsportCollector.com to our new server. Hopefully we will be back to normal by the weekend.

  • Paul
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We’re Back!

We are back online after our web host blew a server earlier this week. No data was lost or hacked. Sorry for the inconvenience.

– Paul

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Available Once Again: ‘Mon Ami Mate’ by Chris Nixon

Transport Bookman has just released a limited reprint of the late, great Chris Nixon’s 1991 award winning dual biography of Mike Hawthorn and Peter Collins.

Thanks to favorable exchange rates, you can pick up a copy at the lowest price ever!

“Mon Ami Mate”
The bright brief lives of Mike Hawthorn & Peter Collins
by Chris Nixon

$89.95 Reserve 

 
Mon Ami Mate is Chris Nixon’s double-biography of two of Britain’s finest racing drivers of the 1950s, Mike Hawthorn and Peter Collins, who formed a remarkable friendship during their two seasons together at Scuderia Ferrari. With the help of dozens of people who knew them, Nixon has traced the lives of the two remarkable men from childhood, through their racing careers to their untimely deaths, examining along the way their relationships with families, friends and team-mates, and also their passions for boats, planes and girls.
May 2017 Delivery
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Now in Production at BBR:

1/18 scale Ferrari 315 S ( s/n 0684)  1957 Mille Miglia Winner
Piero Taruffi

“Fitted with a V12 engine with four chain driven overhead camshafts, a significant improvement from the previous engine with a single overhead camshaft per cylinder bank. The new engine, in addition to being more powerful,  is also nine pounds lighter and proves to be more reliable”.

The Mille Miglia was Italy’s classic long distance run, normally carried out on roads open to traffic, was held twenty-four times from 1927 until 1957, when a horrific accident claimed the life of Ferrari driver Alfoso de Portago, his navigator, Edmund Nelson and 9 spectators – including 5 children.

Limited Edition of 200 with Display Case – $325.00 – Reserve HERE

Limited Edition of 500 – $299.00 – Reserve HERE

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The Latest Spark Model Announcements:

This afternoon, we uploaded information on the latest 1/43 scale new product announcements from Spark Model to the website. Some great historic F1 and Le Mans in this batch. Click HERE for the complete list. Please order by May 3 to guarantee delivery.

Watch your in box for a fresh Email Update later today.

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Just Released:

Ford GT40 Owners Workshop Manual

1984 onwards (all marks)

by Gordon Bruce

The Ford GT40 is one of the most famous of all sports racing cars. Built by Ford to challenge the supremacy of Ferrari at Le Mans, the GT40 first raced in 1964, and went on to win Le Mans four times in a row, from 1966 to 1969. Here, in this new Haynes Manual, is a unique perspective on what it takes to own, restore and maintain a GT40, as well as an insight into the engineering and construction of this legendary racing car.

Hardbound | 160 pages

Take 20% off the $39.95 cover price:  

$31.96 – Order HERE

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In Stock:

The Le Mans Model Collection, 1949 – 2009 – 3 Volume Set

This trilogy of books contains a remarkable collection of models which is the property of the N Collection and comprises every single car that raced at Le Mans between 1949 and 2009 – over 3,000 cars.

Here, for the first time, one can see and compare all the various makes and models, from the famous to the obscure. Not only are there three views of every model, but the salient facts are given as to who drove each car, whom the entrant was and how each performed.

Key content:

– Every car that raced at Le Mans over six decades

– Salient details of over 3,000 cars and over 30,000 facts

– Featuring 9,000 photographs and 61 specially commissioned paintings plus an introductory resumé of every race

– Three views of each model

The collection includes 565 cars from the 1950s, 522 from the 1960s, 533 from the 970s, 513 from the 1980s, 446 from the 1990s and 506 from the 00s

Book 1 – 1949 to 1969 – 354 pages

Book 2 – 1970 to 1989 – 324 pages

Book 3 – 1990 to 2009 – 296 pages

Hardbound with Slipcase | 9,000 photos

$295.00 – Order HERE