I’m in one of the conference rooms at LeMay — America’s Car Museum, waiting for a meeting of the marketing committee of the Board of Trustees, of which I am a member. I’ve been involved with the museum in a variety of ways since its first public meetings over a […]
I’ve never counted the number of cars that have passed through my garage over the past four decades, but they’ve numbered in the hundreds. They’ve ranged from mundane 1965 MGBs to exquisite Maserati 3500 GTs. Sometimes there have been 20 cars at my place, other times just one. Fishing for […]
The Monday after Monterey Classic Car Week feels like a ceasefire. During the previous five days, over $300m cars had been hammered sold – and those are only the public transactions. (We’ll have complete coverage in the next issue of Sports Car Market.) But on Monday, all was quiet. Our […]
The Monday after Classic Car Week in Monterey is strangely quiet. No herds of Lamborghini Aventadors pushing their way through traffic. All the real Cobras are gone; you know if you see one today it’s a Tupperware special. I’m staying on through Thursday, to participate in the BMW CCA annual […]
It was over a year ago that we persuaded SCMer Ned Scudder to part with his beloved Turkis-colored 1972 2002 tii. And on Wednesday, Wendie is planning to drive it from Portland to Monterey. But the path from acquisition to “in service” hasn’t been easy or short. The car was […]
In all the years I’ve had Alfas, I’ve never driven one to a National Convention held anywhere other than Portland. When it was announced that this years’ convention would be in Santa Rosa, CA (55 miles north of San Francisco), I thought about going. When I was asked to be […]
If the collector-car market were a cappuccino, its frothy foam would spill over the sides of the cup and cascade to the tabletop like a miniature Niagara Falls. Is there a major auction that doesn’t set a few world records? Even Toyotas are now worth more than a million dollars. […]
The 2013 edition of the local Porsche Club tour, Northwest Passage, took place this past weekend. SCM, Chubb Collector Car Insurance and Sunset Porsche-Audi were the sponsors. We invited two good friends from L.A., Mark Berns and Jaime Gesundheit, to join us and offered them our 1967 GTV. As they […]
One of my favorite sounds this time of year is the door to the SCM under-office garage opening and closing. Most often, it means that one of the SCM cars is either heading to the shop or returning, getting ready for the tours ahead. For instance, this morning Subscriptions Manager […]
I’ve been involved with LeMay — America’s Car Museum in a variety of ways over the past decade, from casual observer to board member. Under the leadership of President and CEO David Madeira, fundraisers generated over $85m, the museum was built, and a year ago last weekend, it opened to […]
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