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Keith Martin
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Keith’s Blog: The GTV Gets To Go For a Drive
As you know, we’ve been wrestling for a few months to install a rear-seat shoulder harness in the 1967 GTV, so that we could put 5-year-old Bradley there in his booster seat. Early on we gave up on an inertia reel, opting instead for a belt that adjusted both at the shoulder strap and the…
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Keith’s Blog: Baguettes, Shoulder Harnesses and Jalopies
See You in Paris First, it’s not too late to call your pilots and get your Bombardier fired up for the trip to Paris. The annual SCM reception at Retromobile will be held on Wednesday, from 5:30 to 7:00. Join me, Wendie, Alex and sponsors Donald Osborne and Ed Fallon of Cave Creek Classics for…
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Keith’s Blog: The Three Amigos Are Ready to Rumble
It may be 45 degrees and raining outside, but there are stirrings in the SCM garage. Last Saturday, SCM’s SEO guru Michael Cottam and his six-year-old son Benjamin joined me and five-year-old Bradley for a quick shakedown of our 1973 Volvo 1800ES and our 1972 BMW 2002tii.
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Keith’s Blog: The Arizona Auctions as a Holiday / Looking for a Duetto
This was the first time in five years I wasn’t shooting episodes of What’s My Car Worth? in Arizona (the Velocity Channel funding for the next season will be released in a few weeks). Consequently, rather than being trapped at a single auction company from 8 am to 8 pm every day, I had the chance…
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Let’s Get On With the Next 25
I remember clearly when I decided to launch the Alfa Romeo Market Letter. It was 1988, and the market was beginning to heat up. I had recently left my day job as a manager of Ron Tonkin’s Gran Turismo in Portland, OR, where I sold Ferraris, Maseratis, Alfa Romeos and Lotuses. I devoured the various…
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Keith’s Blog: See You in Boca Raton
It’s 48 degrees and raining in Portland, so I’m looking forward to the 7th Annual Boca Raton Concours d’Elegance, happening February 22–24, where I’ll be Grand Marshal. I will join Chief Judge Dr. Paul Sable, one of the founders of “The Elegance at Hershey;” Honorary Chair Mike Jackson, Chairman and CEO of AutoNation; Honorary Judge…
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It Was a Very Good Year
As this is our December issue, it’s the right time to reflect on the past 12 months, and to project forward into 2013. Sports Car Market is by design a reflective magazine; we report on sales and events that have happened, and analyze and comment on them. Our world is large and all-inclusive, as we…
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Keith’s Blog: ACC’s 680-hp Mopar Is For Sale!
Wouldn’t you like 680 hp under your tree this Christmas? ACC is ready for its next project, and the 1963 Dodge 440 street-legal drag car is up for sale. It sports a 500-ci 680-hp all-aluminum Hemi and runs high 10s in the quarter at 123 mph. We’ve long been fans of BringaTrailer, so we asked Randy…
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SCM Is Selling Its Shark
By now you’re aware that SCM has more cars than it does garage slots, and that we have to trim the fleet. Sadly, each car was specifically chosen as an excellent example of the model, and we hate to see them go. Our 1982 633 CSi is for sale. It has just 94,000 carefully maintained…
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Keith’s Blog: Help Us Create our Next Television Spot!
We’re working on 15- and 30-second spots for SCM and American Car Collector. I’ve found that I am so close to the subject matter (collector cars, their pricing and ways to enjoy them) that I’m not always the best guy to tell someone else why they should subscribe. That’s where you can help out. Can…