More Vintage Stewart Warner Dashboard Gauge Sets From 1955

Car Craft magazine, February, 1955

Vintage NARDI Danese "TORINO" Speedometer

NARDI was an Italian company known for a few custom sports cars in the middle of the last Century, and probably even more famed for their steering wheels, which graced the cockpits of countless Porsches and Cobras of the late-fifties and sixties.

But they also made a handful of ancillary accessories, like horn buttons, gearshift knobs, and the very rare gauge.

This is a super-rare example of one such gauge, a NARDI Danese Torino -branded speedometer. Although a top-end of 200km an hour seems fine today, in say, 1950's Europe, 125mph was no joke, especially in a Fiat 500 which was a common recipient of these add-ons. 

In any case, these were like hens teeth, so enjoy the cool graphics of a 200-numeral speedo!

1926 PANHARD advertisement

Vintage 1920's Auto Racing Games For Kids

Even in the 20's and 30's, kids games jumped on the newest technology, which at that time was the burgeoning race car craze. Here are a few of these games, with the original neat cover art and inner pieces...

1932 SPEED Magazine RARE

Here's a glimpse at one of the rarest car racing magazines you'll ever find, the March 1932 issue of "Speed Magazine, World's Leading Auto Racing Publication". In it are articles on West Coast racers, the Sir Malcolm Campbell Bluebird, feature on a Miller Special and cool vintage photos...

1920's New Hampshire Racing Poster DePaolo Duray Shattuck

1974 Mopar LAMP NASCAR Winston-Cup Racing Catalog Junior Johnson

1971 Dodge & Plymouths and Michigan Racing

Michigan International Speedway 1971 Motor State 400 Program

The "NEW" 1952 Volkswagen Beetle

The history of the VW Beetle is a wild one. first imagined in 1938, it has truly filled the niche of the car for the people, selling millions of iterations of that unique first design.

1952 ws a milestone transition. Key changes were soon to be made, like dropping the split rear window for an oval, and moving soon into a new dashboard layout. 

And the revolutionary approach of the VW was even noted stateside, like in this vintage article from the era, published by Auto Sport Review magazine in their April issue that year.