Global Economics and Local Tomfoolery
The headlines have been relentless. “Dow plunges another 600 points.” “Consumer confidence slips...
from the December, 2008 Issue
Gazing Into the Crystal Piston
The Monterey vintage week takes up about four months of every year. There are two months of...
from the November, 2008 Issue
Just Be Glad It Runs
"Have you noticed the oil streak that runs across the golf course and ends up under your Alfa?”...
from the October, 2008 Issue
SCM at 20—Now a Survivor®
In 1988, I had just finished a stint as a sales manager for Ferrari dealer Ron Tonkin at his...
from the September, 2008 Issue
Do You Know the Way to Monterey?
More than 20 years have passed since my first vintage-car-themed Monterey visit. The tale below...
from the August, 2008 Issue
Cobras, Cobras Everywhere
Driving a 427 Cobra with sidepipes and an open exhaust is a ticket to be the badboy you always...
from the July, 2008 Issue
The Shadow of the Internet
It’s a miserable, wet, 45-degree day in Portland as I compose this. And for the first time in a...
from the June, 2008 Issue
The Future as History
As I look at these pictures of my children, Alexandra and Bradley, taken 16 years apart, I wonder...
from the May, 2008 Issue
The End of No Reserve
At times, being at the epicenter of a collector car weekend is like sitting in a command bunker....
from the April, 2008 Issue
The Swede Meets the Italian
First, I’d like to thank SCMers Craig Wood, of Brighton, Michigan, and Donald Sanders, of...
from the March, 2008 Issue
Leaving 1990 in the Dust
For the first time in two decades, we’re considering pulling a tattered banner out of storage and...
from the February, 2008 Issue
Mucking out the SCM Stable
You might think that with all the transactions we track, and all the conversations we have, the...
from the January, 2008 Issue
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