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Old Car Tricks
"Push? We're going to push the car?"It was a balmy day in the Pacific Northwest, so I had decided to take out our orange and black 1979 Triumph Spitfire. My 15-year-old daughter, Alex, was pleased with my choice, as the previous owner had put la...
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from the November 2006 Issue written by Keith Martin
A Six Pack of Sense and Sensibility
We at SCM have long maintained that a well-filled garage is like a well-stocked wine cellar. Just as different times of day, different events, and different meals call for different pourings, so, too, do different motoring adventures require dif...
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from the October 2006 Issue written by Keith Martin
Somebody Stop Me!
Perhaps SCM should be in the soft adventure business. But rather than offering a chance to parachute off mountaintops attached to a safety-line, or fly a Russian Mig with an instructor who will keep you from nosing into the ground, we have somet...
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from the September 2006 Issue written by Keith Martin
A Steering Wheel as the Circle of Life
"How did you get started with cars?" is a question I'm often asked.While I have been fortunate to have a variety of careers and occupational passions, cars and machinery came first.My earliest memories of the mysteries of the internal combustion...
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from the July 2006 Issue written by Keith Martin
Riding High
Sometimes ignorance is bliss, and other times it leads to nothing but trouble.Our 1978 911SC is a perfect case in point. Relatively pampered, in mostly original paint, and with 177,000 miles on it when it joined our stable last year, it rode low...
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from the June 2006 Issue written by Keith Martin
Going to the Mat with a Paddle
"That's a good piece, you should buy it."The auction catalog description read, "Persian Heriz carpet, geometric central medallion and stylized floral decoration on madder red ground with ivory spandrels, 9' 6" x 11' 9". Estimate: $700-$900."Offe...
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from the May 2006 Issue written by Keith Martin
Another Soft Adventure
The two emotions dominating the market today are exuberance-especially from new collectors-and wariness, from those who have seen this all before.I've just finished participating in the three-day, Miles Collier-hosted symposium, Connoisseurship ...
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from the April 2006 Issue written by Keith Martin
It's Not a Bubble, It's a Wave
For the past decade, we've been watching the price of real estate escalate, seemingly without an end in sight. Some houses seem to double every decade, and, despite the increases, there appears to be no shortage of eager, willing buyers. So why...
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from the March 2006 Issue written by Keith Martin
The Year of the Car
The 2006 North American International Auto Show in Detroit heralded the return of the car. As gas prices soar, customers are looking for-and manufacturers are competing to offer-products that are decidedly European in flavor. Compact size, styli...
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from the February 2006 Issue written by Keith Martin
You Can Go Home Again
If knowledge is power, SCMers are about to become an even more formidable group of collectors. The information on all 40,000 cars in our database will soon be available to you 24/7, from anywhere in the world, via your handheld devices.Starting ...
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from the January 2006 Issue written by Keith Martin
 
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