Blogs
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This Week’s Classic Mystery Photo
The monthly Mystery Photo has been an SCM tradition for 25 years. Each week, we’ll share one of our “greatest hits” photos from the past and give you a fresh chance to provide a witty and provocative caption. Each week’s winner will be announced in the Newsletter. To get the new SCM Mystery Photo in…
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This Week’s Classic Mystery Photo
The monthly Mystery Photo has been an SCM tradition for 25 years. Each week, we’ll share one of our “greatest hits” photos from the past and give you a fresh chance to provide a witty and provocative caption. Each week’s winner will be announced in the Newsletter. To get the new SCM Mystery Photo in…
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Jim’s Blog: Big Money – The Most Expensive American Cars Sold at Auction
Summer sets the stage for some of the biggest collector car auctions of the year, and those auctions tend to bring some really high-end cars to market. And when those cars sell, they tend to bring big dollars as well. Here’s a list of the top five American cars ever sold at auction, sourced from…
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Keith’s Blog: LeMay, One Year Later
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 the public. This is cause…
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This Week’s Classic Mystery Photo
Funny photos deserve funny captions. Share your wittiest words in the comments section below, and we’ll announce our favorite in next week’s newsletter — We’ll make you famous!
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This Week’s Classic Mystery Photo
Funny photos deserve funny captions. Share your wittiest words in the comments section below, and we’ll announce our favorite in next week’s newsletter — We’ll make you famous!
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Keith’s (and Tony’s) Blog: A Long Lunch Break With the SCM Gang
This week it’s really Tony’s Tale. I decided a couple of weeks ago that it would be good to exercise some of the SCM fleet, specifically the four-doors we have in the basement. As I was busy being the hovering “mother hen” and shepherding the gerbils down the freeway, I asked Tony to be both…
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Jim’s Blog – The Five Coolest Screen Machines
We’re deep in production of ACC #10 this week – it’s set to ship to the press in early June. One of this issue’s profiles is of a well-known star car from the silver screen. Which one is it? I’m not giving it away here – you’ll just have to wait to see. Of course,…
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Keith’s Blog: The Status of the SCM Garage
There’s been a lot of change in the SCM garage the past few months, and all of it for the good. In the recent past, we’ve been sampling cars that have always intrigued us, to see if they had staying power once they were daily drivers. I’ll be the first to admit that collector-car hot…
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Keith’s Blog: Hail Alfas, Farewell to the Rover
Our 1989 Range Rover has been a memory-making machine, from the moment Alex and I picked up the car in Manhattan Beach from SCMer Jeffrey Stout and drove it back to Portland. It’s been a car for all seasons; I recall the last Pacific Coast Rover Club snow run, its wheels furiously churning up the…