Coldplugs.com - Sports cars in the fifties and sixties

New England Sports Car Racing at Thompson and Lime Rock, A Lotus Eleven Le Mans team car, an OSCA, and more....

History of Berkeley sports cars in the US

Dealer material, racing, owner stories, and obscure technical references

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Thanks to all who have commented, corrected, and contributed - John Coelho

What's new?

December 2009

Updated Berkeley dealers list.
Updates and corrections to Berkeley racing page.
Updated BEC contact information.
Added sample pages from a Berkeley CKD Assembly Manual and a Berkeley Dealer's Time Standards Manual. Click here.

September 2009

Nice shot of Jim Bean's Brabham added on the other tracks page.

August 2009

More small updates to the Berkeley (dealers and racing) section.
Minor updates to Old Pics.
Caption updates for Lime Rock photos.
New photos and changes to organization in the Thompson pages.
New mystery cars - do you recognize the Alfa Veloce or the AC Ace? Also an update on the Kieft Sportscar.
Updates to most Berkeley sections, including new photos of Mark Schoenlein's newly restored cars.

July 2009

Numerous small updates and caption corrections in the Berkeley section.
New  photos of the ongoing restoration of the Berkeley raced by Milton Schaefer.
Added photos to the Berks Today section and the Berks racing section.

Several new pictures and revised captions in the Thompson pages. I also added a page devoted to "Thompson Topics" postcards and would like to thank David Meisner for his contribution to this.

 Racing in New England - Organized by track. Currently Thompson, Lime Rock, and "Others". Mostly period photos, some good, some not so good. (7 September 2009)
 

Our cars whole and in part, lots of other cars. There are sure to be some surprises.Old Pics - Our used cars, parts, boats,  planes, two dealerships, a girl, 2 NY International Car Shows, and more.  Original basis for this site. All period photos. (3 August  2009)
 

Resources for the Berkeley crowdBerkeley! - Berkeleys in America. Our history project. 13 December 2009)

 

Unusual and humorous (4 November 2007)

 

Have you seen this car?Help Wanted - You have answers? We have questions (24 August 2009)

 

Picture of the  month quarter, some new, some recycled - Indulge me (17 February 2008)

 


 Links and Credits 5 February 2008

 

Coldplugs in the news (4 February 2007)

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