The 65th annual Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance raised $1,900,461 for charity. The amount was announced at a luncheon honoring the charitable partners of the Concours. “While we strive to set the bar high for concours everywhere, celebrating great automobiles and the people behind them, we also want to do our best for the […]
Month: November 2015
1991 Jaguar XJ 220 Offered at Silverstone’s NEC Classic Motor Show Sale
Silverstone predicts a 1991 Jaguar XJ 220 showing just 5,782 miles will bring between $455k and $530k at the NEC Classic Motor Show Sale. The auction takes place November 14–15 in Birmingham, U.K. Other notable lots include a 1992 Ferrari 512 TR, a 1956 Porsche 356A cabriolet and a 1979 Aston Martin V8 Volante with manual transmission. View all […]
Exploding the “Needs-Nothing” Bugeye
It was just two months ago that I bought Bradley his first car, a 1960 Bugeye. I drove the “needs-nothing” car home 65 miles from White Salmon, WA, made a short list of minor items in need of attention and gave Bradley a ride around the block. The car didn’t […]
100 No-Reserve Cars at Leake Dallas
No fewer than 100 cars will sell without reserve at Leake’s Dallas sale, taking place November 20–22. No-reserve highlights include a 1963 Alfa Romeo 2600 Sprint, a 1967 Bentley T1 and a 1967 Nissan Patrol. View all the no-reserve lots here. View the full run list here.
Meet Keith Martin at Keno Brothers’ “Rolling Sculpture”
SCM Publisher Keith Martin is going to New York City for The Keno Brothers‘ “Rolling Sculpture” auction. Martin will attend the preview and symposium on Wednesday, November 18, and the auction on Thursday, November 19. The symposium is titled “At the Crossroads of Art, Engineering and Technology, the Many Facets of […]
Jim’s Blog: Tending the Fire
Winter is coming soon, and while most collector cars are getting put away, others are getting put to work. For my 1972 Chevy truck, when the leaves start falling, it’s firewood time. Executive Editor Chester Allen’s lovely wife Heather owns a fruit orchard in Sundale, Washington. For a couple […]
Meet Keith Martin and Donald Osborne at Desert Concorso
Sports Car Market Publisher Keith Martin and Editor at Large Donald Osborne return to Desert Concorso as co-emcees on November 15. The sale takes place in Palm Springs, CA. To learn more, buy tickets or register your car, visit www.desertconcorso.com. The award classes for Desert Concorso 2015 are: Best All-around […]
Keno Brothers Partners With U.K. Auctioneer Simon Hope
Simon Hope, founder and managing director of H&H Classics — a long-established U.K. classic car auction house — will headline a new concept in classic and luxury car auctions in a landmark partnership with the Keno Brothers in New York. “We needed to assemble a world class team,” said Keno Brothers […]
The 911 Makes a $2,500 Visit to the Mechanic
A few issues cropped up on SCM’s 2001 Porsche 911 Turbo after the 1,000-mile Northwest Passage tour this summer. The airbag warning light came on, and a few days later the PSM/ABS light joined it. Then I began to hear a low whirring sound from the engine. And now the […]
Tank Swap
The average muscle car is over 40 years old now, and it’s easy to forget that it lived a full life during that time — a life that likely filled its original fuel tank with rocks and rust scale. If you’ve ever run an old car out of gas, you […]