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Paul Wilson’s Top Ten

February 9, 2021 By pete

Story and photos by Paul Wilson

After seeing what fun Brandes Elitch and Sean Smith have had with their Top Ten stories, I can’t resist giving my own version. I had the good luck to live when most of the ‘50s and ‘60s sports cars were affordable, and so I’ve owned all of the cars on my list. Yes, those fuzzy, amateur pictures you’ll see are my cars. And some of my opinions have an antique flavor, too. When I had them, these were just cars, not Sacred Classics, so if they had flaws, it wasn’t blasphemy to point them out.

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Sean Smith’s Top Ten Prewar Sports Cars

February 2, 2021 By pete

Story and photos by Sean Smith

This time Sean Smith didn’t wait to see Brandes Elitch’s top ten prewar sports car list before he eagerly jumped into the fray with his idea of the greatest prewar sports cars. Will it ever end? Well, guess what. It ain’t over yet!

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Top Ten Postwar Sportscars

January 12, 2021 By pete

Opinion by Brandes Elitch
Photos by Hugues Vanhoolandt

Recently a newsstand “car guy” publication published an article titled “Ten Best Sportscars.” Fully a third of their choices were certainly not sports cars in any sense: a four door BMW sedan, a Japanese mainstream family car (Acura), and a McLaren FI, which by its name confirms that it is first and foremost a race car. This article was so off the mark that I have been getting emails asking me to come up with my own Top Ten list, which follows. [Read more…] about Top Ten Postwar Sportscars

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