Hemmings Daily: Leonidis, Miles Collier's aero-bodied MG racer, to appear at Amelia Island

1935 MG PA/PB Leonidis. Photos by Peter Harholdt, courtesy The Revs Institute, unless otherwise noted. It began life as a factory-prepared MG PA race car, driven in the 1935 24 Hours of Le Mans by Margaret Allen and Coleen Eaton. Later sold to American racer Miles Collier, chassis number 1667 would become a familiar sight in Automobile Racing Club of America (ARCA) competition. Now part of The Revs Institute collection, the unique aero-bodied MG will be displayed as part of the Prewar MGs class at the 2018 Amelia [View in Browser | Subscribe]( [Hemmings Daily] Friday, January 26, 2018 [Leonidis, Miles Collier's aero-bodied MG racer, to appear at Amelia Island]( [Leonidis, Miles Collier's aero-bodied MG racer, to appear at Amelia Island]( Posted by Kurt Ernst - 1935 MG PA/PB Leonidis. Photos by Peter Harholdt, courtesy The Revs Institute, unless otherwise noted. It began life as a factory-prepared MG PA race car, driven in the 1935 24 Hours of Le Mans by Margaret Allen and Coleen Eaton. Later sold to American racer Miles Collier, chassis number 1667 would become a familiar sight in Automobile Racing Club of America (ARCA) competition. Now part of The Revs Institute collection, the unique aero-bodied MG will be displayed as part of the Prewar MGs class at the 2018 Amelia... [Read More]( [Sponsor]( [Hemmings Find of the Day - 1988 Ford Falcon XF ute]( [Hemmings Find of the Day - 1988 Ford Falcon XF ute]( Posted by Daniel Strohl - Editor'' note: The purpose of the "Find of the Day" is to promote interesting cars from our classifieds. These are not the actual ads, so to view more images or contact the seller with questions, click on the hyperlink (underlined green text), which will take you to the classified ad itself. Unrestored Australian 1988 Ford Falcon XF ute for sale on Hemmings.com. From the seller's description: The Falcon XF was introduced in 1984; the third version of the Australian-made Ford Falcon. Produced as a Sedan, Panel ...[Read More]( [Last "Sinkhole" Corvette, now restored, returns to display on anniversary of collapse]( [Last 'Sinkhole' Corvette, now restored, returns to display on anniversary of collapse]( Posted by Kurt Ernst - Teaser of the 1962 Corvette, pre-restoration. Photos courtesy National Corvette Museum. And then, there was one. Nearly four years after a sinkhole under the Skydome at the National Corvette Museum in Bowling Green, Kentucky, swallowed eight Corvettes, restorative work on the final damaged car a Tuxedo Black 1962 model has been completed. To mark the sinkhole's anniversary, the last of the "Great Eight" Corvettes will return to the exhibit floor four years to the day after the cave-in. The aftermat...[Read More]( [Sponsor]( [This or That - Season Two: 1970 Chevrolet Camaro or 1971 Pontiac Firebird]( [This or That - Season Two: 1970 Chevrolet Camaro or 1971 Pontiac Firebird]( Posted by Matt Litwin - 1970 Chevrolet Camaro (top); 1971 Pontiac Firebird (bottom). Images by the author. This or Thatis not a comparison report between two vehicles, but rather a feature that enables us, in an idyllic world, to add a collectible vehicle into our dream garage on a weekly basis, but with a catch: We can only pick one vehicle fromthis pairing and it has to be for enjoyment purposes rather than as an investment. Featured in this edition ofThis or That are a pair of pony cars: a 1970 Chevrolet Camaro and a 1971 P...[Read More]( [Boston, Massachusetts, 1968]( [Boston, Massachusetts, 1968]( Posted by Daniel Strohl - Date: circa 1968 Location: Government Center, Boston, Massachusetts Source: City of Boston Archives on Flickr What do you see here?...[Read More]( [Sponsor]( [HemmingsPRO]( Seller Listings [1942 Chevrolet Master Deluxe]( [1942 Chevrolet Master Deluxe $16,750]( [1948 Chrysler]( [1948 Chrysler $39,900]( [1957 Chevrolet 210]( [1957 Chevrolet 210 $42,000]( [1960 Ford Sunliner]( [1960 Ford Sunliner $6,900]( [1958 Chevrolet]( [1958 Chevrolet $89,990]( [1958 Chevrolet Impala]( [1958 Chevrolet Impala $110,000]( [Learn More]( [This Day in Automotive History] THIS DAY IN AUTOMOTIVE HISTORY 1/26/1920: Lincoln Motor Car Company founded 1/26/1979: "The Dukes of Hazzard" debuts UPCOMING EVENTS [Hot Rods and Hatters 7th Annual Car Show Festival]( February 2, 2018 - Lockhart, TX [47th Annual Tri-State Swap Meet]( February 3, 2018 - Denver, CO [The Jersey Show]( February 3, 2018 - Edison, NJ [Auto Swap Meet]( February 3, 2018 - Peconic, LI, NY [18th Annual Groundhog Gala]( February 3, 2018 - Sanford, FL [Just Sell It Automotive Swap Meet]( February 4, 2018 - Glendale, AZ [See All Events]( [Sponsor]( FEATURED CLASSIFIEDS Sponsored By: [Sponsor]( [1954 Chevrolet 3100]( [1954 Chevrolet 3100]( [$18,500]( [1962 Chrysler 300]( [1962 Chrysler 300]( [$29,950]( [1965 Plymouth Fury 3]( [1965 Plymouth Fury 3]( [$18,500]( [1986 Buick Grand National]( [1986 Buick Grand National]( [$23,000]( [1959 Edsel Corsair]( [1959 Edsel Corsair]( [$19,300]( [1953 Studebaker Champion]( [1953 Studebaker Champion]( [$26,500]( [1978 Lincoln MK 5]( [1978 Lincoln MK 5]( [$4,500]( [1959 Rolls-Royce Silver Cloud I]( [1959 Rolls-Royce Silver Cloud I]( [$74,000]( PROMOTED LISTING [1951 Ford Victoria]( [1951 Ford Victoria]( [$39,500]( PROMOTED LISTING [1989 Mercedes-Benz 560SL]( [1989 Mercedes-Benz 560SL]( [$19,900]( [Chevy 409 Rebuild (Block #3857656)]( [Chevy 409 Rebuild (Block #3857656)]( [$10,200]( [View All Classifieds]( FEATURED IN THE BLOG [Remembering the many attributes of the 1998 Trans Am and Formula]( [Remembering the many attributes of the 1998 Trans Am and Formula]( [Viva el Vocho!]( [Viva el Vocho!]( [See All Featured Blog Posts]( FOLLOW US: [Get RSS Feeds of Hemmings Blog]( [Follow us on Twitter]( [Join us on Facebook]( [View our Flickr pool]( [View Newsletter Archives]( WEEK IN REVIEW Thursday, January 25, 2018 [A century later, Ford's River Rouge plant remains a monument to industry]( [A century later, Ford's River Rouge plant remains a monument to industry]( Posted by Daniel Strohl - Photo by Joe Clark for EPA's Documerica, via Library of Congress. Springwells was aptly named. Situated along the Rogue Rouge River just southwest of Detroit's city limits, the farming community operated around plenty of marshes. Few would peg it as prime real estate for one of the world's most influential factories, but Henry Ford had a vision, one that he turned into reality 100 years ago with the River Rouge complex. It wasn't just the marshlands and pastures prone to flooding that led others to scoff at Fo...[Read More]( [Hemmings Find of the Day - 1962 Chevrolet Impala SS]( [Hemmings Find of the Day - 1962 Chevrolet Impala SS]( Posted by Daniel Strohl - Editor's note: The purpose of the Find of the Day is to promote interesting cars from our classifieds. These are not the actual ads, so to view more images or contact the seller with questions, click on the hyperlink (underlined green text), which will take you to the classified ad itself. Drag raced 1962 Chevrolet Impala SS for sale on Hemmings.com. From the seller's description: Concours rotisserie restored award winning 1962 Chevrolet Impala SS 409 "lightweight" 1 of 3 known to exist. Extremely rare f...[Read More]( [McLaren Opens F1 Service Center in the U.S.]( [McLaren Opens F1 Service Center in the U.S.]( Posted by Terry Shea - All images courtesy of McLaren Automotive Inc. North America. The McLaren F1 is the superlative of supercars, a much-admired design that no one has dared truly imitate. Extremely lightweight, constructed with pioneering techniques and materials that would embarrass most top-end race car manufacturers, and ridiculously powerful when it debuted in 1992, the F1 pushed the production-car top speed record over the 240 mph barrier in the 1990s when the previous record holder couldn't even top 220 mph.* And, yet, it w...[Read More]( [Recommended Reading Changing Gears: The Development of the Automotive Transmission]( [Recommended Reading Changing Gears: The Development of the Automotive Transmission]( Posted by Richard Lentinello - Changing Gears: The Development of the Automotive Transmission by Philip G. Gott The automatic transmission is the most complex automobile component ever created. Although I understand the foundation of its design, I never fully understood exactly how the many multi-faceted elements that make up an automatic transmission really function, so I bought this book to learn more. As you would expect of such technical information, it's not the most entertaining car book you'll ever read, but the author's prose ...[Read More]( [Toronto, Ontario, 1980s]( [Toronto, Ontario, 1980s]( Posted by Daniel Strohl - Date: circa 1980s Location: King and Duncan streets, Toronto, Ontario Source: City of Toronto Archives, via blogTO What do you see here?...[Read More]( Wednesday, January 24, 2018 [Cutaway 1965 Corvette tops $1 million in Scottsdale sale]( [Cutaway 1965 Corvette tops $1 million in Scottsdale sale]( Posted by Kurt Ernst - As 1965 Corvettes go, the Le Mans Blue coupe that crossed Barrett-Jackson's Scottsdale stage as lot 1413 isn't particularly quick, and it certainly won't post impressive handling numbers. In fact, it doesn't run at all, but as a one-of-one cutaway 1965 Corvette demonstrator, it represents an interesting and valuable piece of Corvette history. On Saturday, January 20, the cutaway Corvette sold for a fee-inclusive price of $1.1 million, which put it in second place in the annual Arizona sale's top-10. The blue ...[Read More]( [Hemmings Find of the Day - 1940 Cadillac Series 75]( [Hemmings Find of the Day - 1940 Cadillac Series 75]( Posted by Daniel Strohl - Editor's note: The purpose of the "Find of the Day" is to promote interesting cars from our classifieds. These are not the actual ads, so to view more images or contact the seller with questions, click on the hyperlink (underlined green text), which will take you to the classified ad itself. One-off Brunn-bodied 1940 Cadillac 75 for sale on Hemmings.com. From the seller's description: It was December 1939, almost 74 years ago, when wealthy Ohio industrialist Elroy J. Kulas placed his order for the last custom-bu...[Read More]( [Thirty-five years later, there's no van cooler than the A-Team's GMC Vandura]( [Thirty-five years later, there's no van cooler than the A-Team's GMC Vandura]( Posted by Daniel Strohl - Image via IMCDB. Yeah, the scripts were repetitive, the violence cartoonish, and the continuity near-nonexistent. So what, we children of the Eighties tuned into The A-Teamevery week for one thing only: to see B.A. Baracus' red-striped GMC in action, and the show never disappointed, which is why 35 years after the show debuted, we're still painting red diagonal stripes over any black vehicle we can find. Sure, there were plenty of other eye-catching cars filling screens at roughly the same time: KITT, the he...[Read More]( [1963 Iso Grifo A3/L prototype sets auction price record in Scottsdale]( [1963 Iso Grifo A3/L prototype sets auction price record in Scottsdale]( Posted by Kurt Ernst - The Iso Grifo A3/L prototype hammers at $1.6 million to set an auction record. Photos by Mike Maez unless otherwise noted; all photos copyright and courtesy of Gooding & Company. The Iso Grifo, like the Iso Rivolta IR 300 that preceded it, was the Italian automaker's attempt to blend Italian style and American V-8 power to create the ultimate grand-touring automobile. First shown as a prototype at the 1963 Turin Motor Show, the Iso Grifo would see production from 1965-'74. Last week in Scottsdale, chassis 420...[Read More]( [A tale of two Eagle-faced Firebird-appearing watches]( [A tale of two Eagle-faced Firebird-appearing watches]( Posted by Thomas A. DeMauro - Photo by Thomas A. DeMauro Have you ever lost something, bought a replacement, and then found the thing you lost soon thereafter? I can't count how many times I've done that with car parts and supplies, but those items aren't as interesting to discuss or see as these two Fossil watches. Back around 2007, while I was the editor of High Performance Pontiac magazine, my family and I were traveling to a Pontiac event down south that required a long drive from our Western, Pennsylvania, home. During the trip,...[Read More]( [Marysville, California, 1950s through 1980s]( [Marysville, California, 1950s through 1980s]( Posted by Daniel Strohl - Date(s): various Location(s): various around Marysville, California Source: postcard photos via Alden Jewell What do you see here? ...[Read More]( Tuesday, January 23, 2018 [Preston Tucker's Tucker sells for $1.8 million at Arizona sale]( [Preston Tucker's Tucker sells for $1.8 million at Arizona sale]( Posted by Kurt Ernst - Tucker 48, chassis 1029. Photos copyright Darin Schnabel, courtesy RM Sotheby's, unless otherwise noted. The short film Tucker: The Man and the Car (not to be confused with Tucker: The Man and His Dream, which debuted 40 years later) introduced the Tucker 48 to American audiences in the fall of 1948. A silver Tucker, chassis 1029, starred in the original film, and with good reason: It reportedly was the automobile selected by Preston Tucker for his personal use. Last week, Tucker 48 chassis 1029 crossed the auc...[Read More]( [Hemmings Find of the Day - 1966 Alfa Romeo GTAm replica]( [Hemmings Find of the Day - 1966 Alfa Romeo GTAm replica]( Posted by Kurt Ernst - Editor's note: The purpose of the "Find of the Day" is to promote interesting cars from our classifieds. These are not the actual ads, so to view more images or contact the seller with questions, click on the hyperlink (underlined green text), which will take you to the classified ad itself. From the seller's description: 1966 Alfa Romeo GTV/ GTAm replica Based on a clean GTV, this GTAm conversion has had no expense spared during restoration. Chassis was stripped down and any compromised metal removed and rep...[Read More]( [The first Mercedes-Benz 300 SL Roadster exported to the U.S. cracks the top-10 at Scottsdale sale]( [The first Mercedes-Benz 300 SL Roadster exported to the U.S. cracks the top-10 at Scottsdale sale]( Posted by Kurt Ernst - 1957 Mercedes-Benz 300 SL Roadster. Photos courtesy Bonhams. Based upon the racing car of a similar name, the production Mercedes-Benz 300 SL debuted as a gullwing-door coupe in 1954. Three years later, a roadster variant followed, and for years these cars have been climbing in value nearly as fast as their enclosed-bodywork brethren. On January 18, a restored 1957 Mercedes-Benz 300 SL roadster, said to be the fifth built and the first exported to the United States, sold for a fee-inclusive $1.51 million at Bonha...[Read More]( [Nitro Revival, a celebration of vintage dragsters, moves to Laguna Seca]( [Nitro Revival, a celebration of vintage dragsters, moves to Laguna Seca]( Posted by Kurt Ernst - 2017 Nitro Revival at Barona Drag Strip. Photo by Pam Conrad, courtesy Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca. In 2017, a new event honoring vintage dragsters and the racers who piloted them came to the Barona Drag Strip in Lakeside, California. Now in its sophomore year, the Nitro Revival cacklefest is picking up stakes and moving to Northern California, where it will become part of the Spring Classic at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca, taking place from May 18-20. The feature events of this year's Nitro Revival happen on Satur...[Read More]( [1966 Chevrolet Corvair homecoming - Starting over]( [1966 Chevrolet Corvair homecoming - Starting over]( Posted by Don Homuth - Rex Johnson, drivetrain builder, in his shop. Photos by author. Earlier this month, I sent a retrospective piece to Kurt Ernst, at Hemmings Daily, discussing how 2017 was a mixed bag. I didn't get to the July event in Forest Grove, Oregon, since the difficulty of getting the drivetrain properly done took too much time. Surely, it could be done by early 2018, well before the show deadline--up until everything changed over the weekend of January 13. By way of review, I bought that 1966 Chevrolet Corvair Corsa co...[Read More]( [Washington, D.C., 1974]( [Washington, D.C., 1974]( Posted by Daniel Strohl - Date: May 1974 Location: Washington, D.C. Source: Jim Pickerell photo for the Environmental Protection Agency, via Library of Congress What do you see here?...[Read More]( Monday, January 22, 2018 [World's largest electric shovel, Big Brutus, added to National Register of Historic Places]( [World's largest electric shovel, Big Brutus, added to National Register of Historic Places]( Posted by Daniel Strohl - Photo courtesy Big Brutus, Inc. Big doesn't begin to describe Brutus. Other mechanical shovels scattered around the towering piece of machinery look like toys. On the flats of southeastern Kansas it stands out for miles. So big it can't move, nor has it in decades, which has thus led to its inclusion on the National Register of Historic Places. Technically a Bucyrus-Erie Model 1850B electric dragline shovel, Big Brutus was built in 1962 (at a cost of $6.5 million, or about $51.6 million in today's dollars) for...[Read More]( [Hemmings Find of the Day - 1958 Pontiac Bonneville sport coupe]( [Hemmings Find of the Day - 1958 Pontiac Bonneville sport coupe]( Posted by Kurt Ernst - Editor's note: The purpose of the Find of the Day is to promote interesting cars from our classifieds. These are not the actual ads, so to view more images or contact the seller with questions, click on the hyperlink (underlined green text), which will take you to the classified ad itself. From the seller's description: For Sale is a beautiful, highly sought after and rare 1958 Pontiac Bonneville Series 2547 Custom Sport Coupe, one year only body style. I'm including a little history on this 1958 model 2...[Read More]( [At age 88, Sir Stirling Moss announces his retirement]( [At age 88, Sir Stirling Moss announces his retirement]( Posted by Kurt Ernst - Sir Stirling Moss at the 2015 Mille Miglia. Photos courtesy Mercedes-Benz. Consider this: In his active years as a driver, Sir Stirling Moss won 57-percent of the races he entered, across a variety of series. Though a serious accident at Goodwood in April 1962 cut short his driving career, Moss never really retired from motorsports, serving as an racing's beloved international spokesman for the next five-plus decades. At age 88, following a difficult recovery from a 2016 respiratory infection, Sir Stirling has fi...[Read More]( [The childhood joy of Mechanical Servants]( [The childhood joy of Mechanical Servants]( Posted by Jim O'Clair - I can remember commuting from Albany, New York, to Springfield, Massachusetts, every Thanksgiving as a child and traveling the NYS Thruway and the Massachusetts Turnpike to get there. Being part of a large family, we sat in the rear-facing third seat of our Ford Country Squire station wagon, and we knew that inevitably one of us seven kids would at some point during the trip need to use the facilities at one of the rest areas. There was one at New Baltimore on the Thruway, and two others in Blandford and Ludlow, Mas...[Read More]( [San Antonio, Texas, 1961]( [San Antonio, Texas, 1961]( Posted by Daniel Strohl - Date: January 1961 Location: Fredericksburg Road and Flores Street, San Antonio, Texas Source: UTSA Libraries What do you see here?...[Read More]( Sunday, January 21, 2018 [Chasing Big Daddy - from New Jersey to Florida over 40-plus years]( [Chasing Big Daddy - from New Jersey to Florida over 40-plus years]( Posted by Hemmings contributor - I'll never forget "Big Daddy" Don Garlits burning up the track in his "Swamp Rat-I" dragster. It was a warm spring night in 1962, as my buddies and I, tired and sweaty, stood for hours at the edge of the Atco (NJ) "Dragway" waiting for our idol, Garlits, to beat his quarter-mile record. It had been a long journey in my 1951 Mercury on two-lane blacktops to reach Atco, a south-Jersey hamlet--the movie Eddie and the Cruiserswas filmed thereon the western edge of the "Pine Barrens." The black Merc, paint...[Read More]( [Hemmings Find of the Day - 1974 Jensen Interceptor III]( [Hemmings Find of the Day - 1974 Jensen Interceptor III]( Posted by Kurt Ernst - From the seller's description: 1974 Jensen Interceptor III Luxury Grand Touring Coupe. Built in Birmingham, England. Very rare automobile; only 6408 built between 1966-1976, with just 1779 being Series III. Only 843 imported to the US and 77 to Canada. This car is copper / brown, only 194 made in this color. A/C, Power Windows, Power Steering, Stereo. Powered by Chrysler 440 ci with 280 Hp. 3 Speed, automatic Torqueflite A727. Wishbone independent front suspension. "Live" rear axle. Four wheel disc brakes. ..[Read More]( [Four-Links - Istanbul Auto Festival, RIP Robert Edwards, round-the-world 2CV, Sab Hori]( [Four-Links - Istanbul Auto Festival, RIP Robert Edwards, round-the-world 2CV, Sab Hori]( Posted by Daniel Strohl - More than a few years ago, we visited with some fine car folks in Istanbul during one of the Hemmings cruises. Now we learn that some of those same folks have organized the first Istanbul international classic automobile festival. Best of luck to you all! * This week we also learned that Robert Edwards, one of the driving forces behind the American Dreaming project we've written about previously, has died. Here's hoping that project will find some way to continue without him. * British couple Chang Luo...[Read More]( [Hemmings Find of the Day - 1975 Oldsmobile Cutlass Hurst/Olds]( [Hemmings Find of the Day - 1975 Oldsmobile Cutlass Hurst/Olds]( Posted by Daniel Strohl - Older restoration 1975 Oldsmobile Cutlass Hurst/Olds for sale on Hemmings.com. From the seller's description: Restored in 1987, the stock 455 was bored out to 462 cu. in. and was rebuilt with mostly 1970 spec parts, including cam and dual valve springs. Heads and manifolds were match ported, connecting rods were flash ground and shot peened, camshaft was indexed and the engine was balanced. Most major replaceable components were replaced. During reassembly, the distributor was re-curved and the Rochester carburetor...[Read More]( LAST WEEK'S MOST READ [Dan Gurney, 1931 - 2018]( [Dan Gurney, 1931 - 2018]( Posted by Kurt Ernst - Dan Gurney (R) with A.J. Foyt at Le Mans in 1967. Photo courtesy Ford Motor Company. If Dan Gurney wasn't the greatest American racing driver of all time, he was certainly in the running for the honor. With successes in Formula One, Indy Car, NASCAR, IMSA and Sports Car Club of America competition, he achieved 51 wins and 47 podium finishes over a career that saw him pilot 51 makes and over 100 different models. On Sunday, January 14, Dan Gurney died of complications from pneumonia, age 86. Gurney's Formula On...[Read More]( LAST WEEK'S BEST DISCUSSION [Ford introduces 2019 Bullitt Mustang alongside long-hidden 1968 original]( [Ford introduces 2019 Bullitt Mustang alongside long-hidden 1968 original]( Posted by Kurt Ernst - The Bullitt hero car alongside the 2019 Bullitt Mustang at the 2018 North American International Auto Show. Photos by Ronan Glon, unless otherwise noted. The Highland Green 1968 Mustang GT fastback that starred alongside Steve McQueen in Bullitt is, quite possibly, the most famous Ford Mustang on the planet. To capitalize on this, Ford built Bullitt tribute models during the Mustang's fourth and fifth generations, and, for the 50th anniversary of the film in 2018, introduced a sixth-generation Bullitt Mustang at ...[Read More]( Hemmings Motor News will not sell or share your e-mail address with other companies. For more information about this newsletter, email webmaster@hemmings.com or write to: Customer Service, Hemmings Motor News, 222 Main St., Bennington VT 05201. If you do not want to receive this newsletter from Hemmings Motor News, you can [change your email preferences here](.