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The DMV Reunion
I celebrated a birthday recently, which was marked in part by an obligatory journey to the local DMV to get my license renewed. The good news was that I weigh nearly 30 pounds less than I did eight years ago when I last renewed, thanks to my dai...
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from the February 2005 Issue written by Keith Martin
The SCM Superbird
We don't do things halfway here at SCM. I'll offer as proof my first muscle car purchase: A 1970 Plymouth Superbird, Vitamin C orange with a black vinyl interior.The year was 1989, and the following advertisement appeared on the front page of th...
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from the January 2005 Issue written by Keith Martin
Getting Our Kicks
I'm going to blame this one on Ed Welburn, General Motors design chief. The two of us were kicking tires at the RM Amelia Island auction last March, and came across a 1966 Sting Ray coupe. Welburn mentioned that it was nearly exactly what he wan...
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from the December 2004 Issue written by Keith Martin
Giuliettas, GTs and Gullwings
Imagine a car collection to be like a well-stocked wine cellar, with each flight contributing its own particular palate, body and boquet. During the past few months, I've had the opportunity to drink deeply from three quite different appellation...
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from the November 2004 Issue written by Keith Martin
You Can Never Have Too Many Rotors
The SCM E-type has come and gone, but its brief time with us was memorable.White with black leather, it was a 1967 4.2-liter Series I coupe. My co-conspirator in this latest adventure was Dave Stewart, of Aurora, OR, whom I met when he attended ...
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from the October 2004 Issue written by Keith Martin
Forever Young
Austin-Healey was really a one-trick pony, a company that produced a single design and a few variations on that theme. From the first svelte, unadorned 100-4, with its graunchy three-speed gearbox and fold-down windshield, to the final ornate an...
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from the September 2004 Issue written by Keith Martin
Ferraris as Everyday People
I remember the first time I saw a Ferrari being used to haul lumber. It was in the late '80s and I was in the midst of rebuilding my front porch. I'd driven my 1983 Jeep Grand Wagoneer to the local lumberyard for a couple of sheets of plywood. I...
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from the August 2004 Issue written by Keith Martin
Monterey, Then and Now
It was July of 1985, and the Monterey Historics were just a few weeks away. The featured marque was Alfa Romeo, and for the first time in a decade, I didn't own one. My 1969 boat-tailed Spider with rusty floors had just gone away, and I was desp...
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from the July 2004 Issue written by Keith Martin
Lucky Drives Again
It was 18 months ago that SCM Legal Analyst John Draneas and I bought a 1965 three-cylinder, two-stroke Saab 96 on eBay, plucked it out of a barn in Rimini, MT, and tried to drive it home to Portland.Readers may recall that we covered 400 of the...
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from the June 2004 Issue written by Keith Martin
E-Types, E55s and XR-75s
I recently spent two weeks streaking across Florida in a Mercedes E55 AMG, one of today's definitive high-performance full-size sedans. From its 469-horsepower supercharged V8 to its crisp-shifting, manually-controllable automatic transmission, ...
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from the May 2004 Issue written by Keith Martin
 
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