When I was a kid, there were rumors of a ’69 Hurst/Olds hiding in a little old lady’s garage up the street from my house. It had belonged to her late husband, so the story went, and she never drove it. It was said to just sit behind that forever-closed […]
Month: May 2020
15: Gordon McCall
Gordon McCall is the President and CEO of McCall Events and Director of Motorsports at Quail Lodge and Golf Club in Carmel Valley, California. He is the co-founder of The Quail- A Motorsports Gathering and Quail Motorcycle Gathering. His company produces exclusive VIP events, one of the best-known being […]
From the Auction Desk: Mecum’s New (Again) Indianapolis Date
Individual people, companies and governments are constantly adjusting during the Coronavirus pandemic. Plenty of auctions have canceled outright or postponed events until large, public gatherings are allowed once again. We’ve tracked these changes closely in the SCM Newsletter. We’ve got another change, as Mecum has once again rescheduled their Spring […]
Keith’s Blog: One Road Trip, Two Dead Cars
“Scraping! Your tailpipe is scraping!” That’s what my daughter Alex was shouting at me as we pulled into a parking lot in Astoria, Oregon. The adventure we had planned seemed simple enough. My daughter, Alex, and her partner, Ross, would take our 1965 Volvo 122S. Bradley would join me in […]
From the Auction Desk: Barrett-Jackson Auctions Update
It appears that the last weekend in June won’t be the car-selling fest that I predicted after the initial wave of COVID-19 rescheduling. Barrett-Jackson announced on Monday morning that their June 24–27 Northeast sale, usually at the Mohegan Sun in Uncasville, CT, will not be held due to coronavirus concerns. […]
Jim’s Blog: Snowballs in Spring
If there’s ever a time for a car project to snowball out of control, it’s right now. We’ve all been there. Sometimes it’s as simple as a carb adjustment turned rebuild. Other times it’s a tune-up that turns into a top-end rebuild. Or maybe it’s that one little section of […]
RM Sotheby’s Adds 288 GTO to Online Only: Driving Into Summer Auction
RARE FERRARI 288 GTO LEADS ROSTER OF ITALIAN SPORTS CARS COMING TO RM SOTHEBY’S ONLINE ONLY: DRIVING INTO SUMMER AUCTION BLENHEIM, Ontario (5 May 2020) – RM Sotheby’s has announced the latest highlights for its Online Only: Driving into Summer auction, a time-based online sale set to open for bidding […]
14: Tom Cotter
Tom Cotter has been a car-crazy guy his entire life. After selling his company in 2001 he bought himself a 289 Cobra and drove across the United States with his pal Peter Egan. Yes, that Peter Egan. He wrote his first book, Homan-Moody, The Legendary Team and then wrote a series […]
From the Auction Desk: Barrett-Jackson Online Auction This Week!
Starting on Friday, you can get your springtime Barrett-Jackson fix. Barrett-Jackson’s Online Only Auction runs through May 17. Barrett-Jackson’s Palm Beach sale, previously scheduled for April 16–18, is now scheduled for October 15–17. I’m sure more than a few of us missed their usual April appearance on the auction calendar. […]
Keith’s Blog: Twist and Shout – The Saga of the Broken Key
Don’t try to solve the wrong problem. That’s the moral of this story. I keep most of my various car keys and condo garage fobs on separate lanyards. It makes it easier to grab a set when I am headed out the door. Last week while re-organizing and decluttering, I […]