1934 Super Cars
Alfa Romeo 8C 2300
Alfa was formed in Italy in 1910 and renamed to Alfa Romeo in 1915. The company soon found racing success when a brilliant mechanical engineer of Hungarian heritage was hired in 1923. The company was soon on the map with the cars leading by impressive......
Alfa Romeo Pescara Prototype
This one-of-a-kind 1934 Alfa Romeo Pescara Prototype was built to race at Le Mans. It has some very unique features for the time period, such as front and rear torsion bar suspension that is adjustable within on gram at all four wheels, an integrated......
Bentley 3.5-Liter
This vehicle began life much differently than it appears in modern times. It was given a sedan body by F. W. Plaxton of Scarborough. Scarborough is a well-known seaside resort, founded in 1919, and still in existence today. This cars body was later......
BMW 315
The early history of this particular example is not fully known. It is believed to have come to America after World War II. By the 1980s, it was in the care of Burnaby, B.C. Canada-based enthusiast, Mr. Sultan Karim. The current owner acquired the car......
Bugatti Type 51
The Bugatti Type 51 introduced a new DOHC cylinder head design and was available with either 2.0-liter or 2.3-liter engines and in T51A tune with 1.5-liter supercharged power. Production of the Type 51 began in 1931 and continued through 1935 with approximately......
Delage D8S
J. Fernandez and Howard Dutch Darrin got together in Paris after Darrins first business partner, Tom Hibbard, returned to the United States in 1931. Darrin did the design. South American-born Fernandez, a banker previously involved in the manufacture......
Duesenberg Model SJ
Duesenberg created the fictitious coachbuilder LaGrande to offer its customers a coachwork style body while helping to increase its margins. This supercharged example with chassis number 2131 and engine J-107, features dual carburetors, a rear cowl,......
Era R2A
The name ERA was short for English Racing Automobiles. Prior to World War II, the ERA Company had built a successful business designing and creating fast and dependable racers. Raymond Mays and Humphrey Cook were the co-owners. There were four iterations......
Ford Model 40 Special Speedster
Edsel Bryant Ford was born on November 6th of 1893 and passed away a short 49 years later due to cancer. He was the son of the legendary Henry Ford who had formed the Ford Motor Company Empire. Edsel was groomed to follow in the family business, and......
Hispano Suiza K6
The Hispano-Suiza K6 was introduced at the Paris Auto Salon in 1934. It was offered as a rolling chassis only, with a 5-liter straight-6 engine derived from an earlier Ballot engine design. The chassis was identical to that of the larger Hispano-Suiza......
Lagonda M45
Wilbur Gunn was born in 1859 and grew up in Springfield, Ohio. He arrived in England in 1891, where he met Mrs. Constance Grey, his future wife. She was a widower who had lost her husband in 1896. Constance and Gunn married in 1897. In 1898 Wilbur adopted......
Lancia Astura
Torino-based Lancia produced its first automobile in 1907 and was the work of engineer and racing driver Vincenzo Lancia. Lancia would build a reputation for its reliability and technical innovations. In 1922, Lancia introduced the Lambda model, which......
Mercedes-Benz 290
Daimler and Benz merged to form Daimler-Benz in June of 1926. The combined workforce numbered perhaps 20,000, yet combined production was barely 2,000 cars. Their automobile was still considered a luxury product. To this limited market, Daimler-Benz......
Mercedes-Benz 380K
This 1934 Mercedes-Benz 380K Sport Roadster is one of only seven built. There were only seven roadsters built between 1933 and 1934 with this stunning example being one of the last produced. Launched in 1933, the sporty Mercedes-Benz 380K was intended......
Mercedes-Benz 540K
This Mercedes-Benz was built for a World War II war hero an allied hero! His father was the first British airman to receive the Victoria Cross for heroics in WWI where he was finally shot down and died. His son received a flying license before he got......
MG N-Type NA
BLL 492, is one of the most famous MGs produced. Custom built on a bodiless NA chassis by engineer and ace race mechanic Wilkie Wilkinson for owner Doreen Evans, just 18 years old one of the most noted female rally drivers of the time. It is one of......
Rolls-Royce 20 / 25 HP
This Rolls-Royce is the show car displayed by Park Ward coachbuilders at the 1934 Earls Court Automobile Show in London. The car is the first design featuring a fastback body style, later adopted by most auto manufacturers in the late 1930s and......
Triumph Dolomite 8C 2400
The first thing one may say of the supercharged straight-eight Dolomite was that it was the greatest racecar Triumph ever built. There is simply no way to refute this statement unless, by some miracle, British Leyland fields a Formula One car and it......
Voisin C25
Gabriel Voisin was a man of many talents and professions. He was a mechanic, architect, engineer, aerodynamicist, inventor, and industrialist. Other talents and skills included poetry, philosophy, music, and art. In 1902 he built his first airplane......