F3 by Radical Ducati

This precious retro racer comes from a 1963 Ducati 125 TS donor Bike. Its frame has been converted to a cantiléver rear suspension system. The custom sub frame is new. The upside down fork is from a Derbi GPR 50. The mechanics is heavily modified and rebuilt with a Ducati 250 short stroke engine (ported heads, hi compression piston, lightened crankshaft, no alternator, straight cut gaer pinions lightened, metallic  outside oil lines, racing camshaft, big valves, dual spark) fuelled by an Amal 32 mm carburetor. The tank is from a vintage Ducati 160 Sport… But the list of changes and custom made components is endless… You can check it out on the Radical Ducati website. The final result? Espectacular! Pictures by Del Perro.

Questa preziosa retro racer deriva da una Ducati 125 TS del 1963. Il telaio è stato trasformato con una sospensione posteriore tipo cantilever. Il telaio sottosella custom è nuovo. La forcella rovesciata arriva da una Derbi GPR 50. La meccanica è stata pesantemente modificata e ricostruita con un motore Ducati 250 a corsa corta (teste abbassate, pistone ad alta compressione, albero motore alleggerito, niente alternatore, pignone cambio alleggerito, condotti metallici dell'olio esterni, albero a camme racing, valvole maggiorate e doppia accensione) alimentato da un carburatore Amal 32 millimetri. Il serbatoio è di un Ducati 160 Sport d'epoca... Ma la lista dei cambiamenti e dei componenti su misura è infinita... Potete verificarla sul sito Radical Ducati. Il risultato finale? Espectacular! Foto di Del Perro.

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Porsche 356 ‘Continental’: A short story about a well-known name

Yes, Porsche, too, built a ‘Continental’. It was way back in the mid-1950s and was a special version of the ‘pre-A’ 356, specifically aimed at the North American market. The Ford Motor Company, however, was none too pleased...

Like so many successful marketing ideas of the time, it came from the German company’s North American importer, Max Hoffman (the man who also brought the world the 356 Speedster and the Mercedes 300SL ‘Gullwing’).
As a means of clearing stock of soon-to-be-outdated 356 coupés and convertibles, he suggested naming them ‘Continentals’, to emphasise the international, sophisticated European nature of the advanced sports cars from Zuffenhausen.
All Continental-badged cars were the top-model, 1500cc version, with many extras.


The chrome badge was in Porsche’s characteristic script, set on the top of each front wing. The cars were well equipped, too – a foretaste of special editions from all manufacturers in years to come.


Very few of these special 356s were built, though, as Ford was none too keen on Lincoln’s well-known ‘Continental’ name being applied to any other car. Legal proceedings, settled in favour of the Blue Oval, meant that only a handful of 356 Continentals were produced. For 1956 the name changed to ‘European’. This example, a 1955 pre-A 356 Cabriolet, is a genuine Continental and the concours-ready car is in its original colour scheme of Terra Cotta with Yellow Earth interior – a combination specified by its first owner, Robert Jackson.

The car, available for sale at Classic Driver dealer Driver Source, has been the subject of the most meticulous restoration. Concours- and event-ready, it carries a 21st Century price of USD 379,000.

Related Links Further information on this 1955 Porsche 356 Continental can be found in the Classic Driver Marketplace

Text: Jan Richter(Classic Driver)
Photos: DriverSource