Blogs
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Keith’s Blog: Could It Be the Vacuum Line?
My son Bradley’s 1982 Chevrolet Corvette continues to create its own adventures. He spent a weekend at Sauer’s Machine and Racing, a shop in Medford, OR. His grandfather, Dick Ewing, who dragged-raced a C1 Corvette and was known for his ability to work wizardry with nitrous injection, works as a technician there. Bradley drove himself…
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Buy, Sell, Hold: Spotlight #68 – Tim Quocksister – President at Silver Arrow Cars
On this week’s episode of Sports Car Market’s Buy, Sell, Hold: Spotlight, Tim Quocksister od Silver Arrow Cars joins us to discuss his company’s origins, doing business across borders, Bring-a-Trailer tips and the in’s and out’s of buying and selling his favorite model: the Mercedes-Benz 300 SL WATCH ON YOUTUBE OR LISTEN ON ALL MAJOR…
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Keith’s Blog: The Drive to Monterey
It’s been 30 years since SCM made our first 2,000-mile roundtrip from Portland to Monterey Car Week. For many years, we drove a van with boxes of magazines strapped to the roof. More recently we have shipped our materials ahead and flown down. However, my son Bradley turned 16 this past June, and was most…
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Keith’s Blog: See You in Monterey
For the first time in four years, I’ll be in Monterey. I’m going to keep an abbreviated schedule this year, arriving on Wednesday in time for our annual SCM contributor’s meet-up, and departing Saturday morning. I’ll be bringing my son Bradley with me, and he is all agog about seeing the cars advertised in SCM…
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Keith’s Blog: Belts and Suspension
My son Bradley and I have just finished another classic car tour weekend. We were participating in the Northwest Classic Car Challenge, hosted by the Alfa Romeo Owners of Oregon. Restoration shop Vintage Underground were the primary sponsors. There were a nice mix of classic and modern cars in this 34th running of the event.…
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Buy, Sell, Hold: Spotlight #67 – Monterey 2023 Preview Special with SCM Contributor Daren Kloes
Monterey Car Week 2023 is here! This week, on a special presentation of Buy, Sell, Hold: Spotlight, SCM Contributor Daren Kloes joins us to cover all things Monterey. He and host Darin Roberge talk collections, trends, Monterey’s potential market impact and analyze top lots in all of the upcoming auction catalogs. WATCH ON YOUTUBE OR…
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Buy, Sell, Hold: Spotlight #66 – Jake O’Gorman – Car Specialist at RM Sotheby’s
The road to Monterey continues, as Sports Car Market Magazine’s Buy, Sell, Hold: Spotlight, sits down with RM Sotheby’s Jake O’Gorman. He and Host Darin Roberge recap LeMans and Carrara Collection results and dive into their incredible catalog of Car Week 2023 offerings. WATCH ON YOUTUBE OR LISTEN ON ALL MAJOR PODCAST PLATFORMS Join us…
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Keith’s Blog: The As-Delivered Corvette Bootie
My son Bradley is now in his second month of ownership of his 1982 Collector’s Edition Chevrolet Corvette. His immersion into the world of Sharks continues. For 1980-82 third-generation Corvettes, the National Corvette Restorer’s Society has a judging and restoration manual that has well over 300 pages. With SCMer and NCRS Senior Judge Michael Pierce…
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Buy, Sell, Hold: Spotlight #65 – Hans Wurl – Specialist at Gooding & Co
On this week’s episode of Sports Car Market Magazine’s Buy, Sell, Hold: Spotlight, Gooding & Company’s Hans Wurl returns to recap their Mark Smith Estate Auction Sale, talk differences between a couple of significant Ferraris, announce early offerings for the company’s return to London and preview their incredible Monterey Car Week Pebble Beach Auction catalog.…
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Keith’s Blog: Strutting With the Sporto
The 911 Sportomatic project is moving along nicely. We purchased it last October from the “for sale” corral at the Hershey swap meet. The path to bringing it back into service has been a convoluted one. SCM Editor-In-Chief Jeff Sabatini took the car on a 400-mile round trip to Sisters, OR, a few weeks ago.…