Alfa Romeo Archives

Tron Ferrari 637 Indy & Alfa Group C in 1/43

Rumors of Ferrari competing in Indycar brought up memories of the last time this happened. The Tron Ferrari 637 Indy is a faithful model in 1/43 scale.

Events Miscellania

The greatest racing archive of all time

May 7, 2020 fittiLotus72 1645 Views Alfa Romeo, bmw art car, bmw art car alexander calder, classic cars, colin chapman, enzo ferrari, F1, ferrari, Formula 1, Formula One, imsa, indy 500, indy car, indycar, jimmy clark, LeMans, lotus, mario andretti, Michael Schumacher, Monaco, motorsport art, old cars, Porsche, Porsche 917, Ronnie Peterson, uop shadow, watkins glen

I came upon this Twitter feed while doing reference research for a model car project. What I found was easily the greatest racing car archive of all time.

Collecting Memories Models

More fun models from Fine Work

April 23, 2020 fittiLotus72 291 Views Alfa Romeo, audi, bmw, bmw art car frank stella, bugatti veyron model, corvette, F1, ferrari, fine work, Fine Work models, Formula 1, Formula One, Gift Guide, Lamborghini, LeMans, lotus, Model cars, model cars by fine work, old cars, Porsche, Porsche 917, race car models

We’re back with more fun models by Fine Work from Japan. These strangely stunted models are pretty good renditions of the race and street cars they portray.

Collecting Memories Models

Superb built models by Frédéric Suber

October 24, 2019June 6, 2020 fittiLotus72 775 Views 1/12 scale model cars, 1/43rd scale model cars, 1/43rd scale modle cars, 1/43rd scale race cars, Alfa Romeo, aston martin, classic cars, F1, ferrari, Formula 1, Formula One, frederic suber, gulf porsche, jps lotus, LeMans, lotus, mclaren, michael turner, Model cars, Models, Monaco, Porsche, Porsche 917, suber factory

Models by Frederic Suber are the workings of a true master. Model building on a higher level, belonging in the museum of model cars. Or a fine art museum.

Art Collecting Memories

Motorsport art by Simon Ward

October 17, 2019October 17, 2019 fittiLotus72 685 Views Alfa Romeo, Ayrton Senna, F1, ferrari, Formula 1, Formula One, gulf porsche, jackie stewart, Jo Siffert, jps lotus, LeMans, lotus, michael turner, Monaco, motorsport art, motorsport art by simon ward, Porsche, Porsche 917, race car art, race car posters, simon ward, Spa, toyota

The motorsport art by Simon Ward is reminiscent of that of Michael Turner’s. Realistic with a touch of style, Ward also delves into the contemporary on occasion.

Art Collecting Memories

Motorsport art by Shin Yoshikawa

September 18, 2019September 18, 2019 fittiLotus72 1129 Views Alfa Romeo, bmw, bre datsun 510, breakaway drawings, ferrari, Ford GT40, LeMans, lotus, Motorhead Gift, motorsport art by shin yoshikawa, Porsche, race car art, race car posters, shin yoshikawa

The cutaway motorsport art by Shin Yoshikawa looks back to an earlier advertising age for inspiration. In the late 1960s and early 70s, Shell Oil commissioned a few cutaway drawings of racing cars, including a Ferrari 330 P4 and Chaparral 2F.

Miscellania The Gift Guide

Cars and Coffee Cups 3 — Racerhead Gift Guide

June 7, 2019June 7, 2019 fittiLotus72 460 Views Alfa Romeo, BMW 3.0 CSL, classic cars, F1, Formula 1, Formula One, Gift Guide, Hippie Porsche 917, isotta fraschini fiat, LeMans, Martini & Rossi, Motorhead Gift, old cars, race car art, racerhead, the racerhead, The Racerhead Gift Guide, theracerhead.com, vanderbilt cup, Williams fw36, Yuriy Shevchuk

Cars and Coffee Cups 3 goes a step beyond with new and artful holders for high-octane beverages. This time we look at vintage, classic and contemporary race cars.

Events Miscellania

Cars and coffee at Newport

May 20, 2019May 20, 2019 fittiLotus72 581 Views Alfa Romeo, audrain auto museum, auto museum, auto show, bmw 2002, car and coffee at the elms, car show, cars and coffee at newport, cars and coffee sponsored by audrain museum, classic cars, datsun, dodge charger, ferrari, fiat abarth, ford fairlane, ford woody, jeepster, mclaren, mercedes gullwing, mustang, Porsche, porsche 911, shelby truck, vw thing

It was a great day for Cars and Coffee at Newport, Rhode Island. It was the second such meeting for 2019, held at The Elms Mansion.

Miscellania The Gift Guide

2019 motorsport calendars – Racerhead Gift Guide

November 18, 2018January 10, 2019 fittiLotus72 665 Views 2019 motorsport calendars, Alfa Romeo, Autocourse, F1, ferrari, Formula 1, Motorhead Gift, motorsport art, Paul Oxman, Pete Lyons, race car art

Lots of folks see physical wall calendars as archaic. If you are one of those, you might be wrong. 2019 motorsport calendars serve as photo archives and make great gifts for motorheads.