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Magneto issue 31
Cover story: 1966 Le Mans Ford GT40s reunited
Sixty years after the Ford GT40’s legendary Le Mans 1-2-3 finish, Magneto celebrates by capturing the three victors being driven together for only the second time since 1966. David Lillywhite sets the scene for Preston Lerner incisive take on the cars, the drivers, the strategy and the controversy…. Photography by Sam Chick and Olgun Kordal with Sam Butcher on drone.
1929 Daimler Double-Six Low-Chassis Corsica
In the 75-year history of the Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance, has there ever been a more imposing best of show winner than this gargantuan 1929 Daimler Double-Six? Its multi-layered story is even more compelling than its appearance. Written by David Burgess-Wise with photography by Petr Michalek.
Pebble Beach Road Races
As the world-famous concours marks its 75th year, author and award-winning historian Marcus Bicknell looks at this manicured and urbane event’s rather more visceral origins – the Monterey Peninsula’s remarkable road races, which were held from 1950 to 1956.
1949 Talbot-Lago T26 Grand Sport
Peter M Larsen tells the full story of Talbot-Lago chassis 110109 and its spectacular Saoutchik coachwork, exploring the romantic deterioration and heroic 10-year resurrection of this incredible ex-Baillon Collection barnfind. Photography by Petr Michalek.
Fiat Abarth 750 Record Pininfarina
This particular Pininfarina-bodied Fiat Abarth streamliner, chassis E 1351, has been identified in several books and across the internet as ‘La Principessa’, the famous Fiat Abarth 1000 Record Pinin Farina that set a 72-hour world endurance record in September 1960. Trouble is, it didn’t even have a body until 1963 (at the earliest!). Wayne Batty goes in search of the real history of Carlo Abarth’s most extreme streamliner. Photography by Sam Chick.
Dakar-winning Dacia Sandrider
After seeing it being built, watching it win on debut and cheering it on in the Dakar, David Lillywhite and photographer Orgun Kordal gate-crashed – not really! – a test session in searing heat at the Sweet Lamb Motorsport Complex rally stages in the dramatic hills of Mid Wales. Anything for a go in the 2026 Dakar-winner machine.
Top 50 Hot Rods
A supreme fusion of creativity, style and performance, hot rods in all their guises represent the ultimate in automotive blue-sky thinking. Richard Heseltine profiles our 50 favourites.
Bizzarrini 5300 Aperta Lusso
60 years ago the great Giorgetto Giugiaro designed an open-topped Bizzarrini 5300. The drawings have lain in the archives ever since. Dusted off and spruced up by Giugiaro himself, Bizzarrini has only gone and built it. We drive the brand-new, classic-look, modern carbon-bodied Aperta Lusso from Turin up into the Alps.
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