Blogs
Keith’s Blog: Making Restoration Decisions
Last week I wrote about the decisions I was making concerning the restoration of our 1961 Giulietta Sprint Speciale.
We need the car ready by the SCM 30th Anniversary Tour in July. Which means it should be on the road by the 1st of June to have time to shake it down before the tour.
Which further means that we need to start making decisions about the direction we want the restoration to take now.
Materials have to be Read More
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Video of the Week: See the 1958 Ferrari 250 GT Series I Cabriolet that Gooding is bringing to their 2018 Scottsdale Auction
Keith’s Blog: Getting a Restoration Right
The SCM 1961 Alfa Sprint Speciale is in transition.
When we bought it at Auctions America in Fort Lauderdale in March of 2015, it had been stored for at least 30 years in the Cayman Motor Museum.
Its engine was frozen — upon disassembly, it appeared the head gasket blew, and the car was pushed into a corner to sit for decades.
At least it had the correct engine (AR00120.00778) for the chassis (10120.177277).
It appears the car had been Read More
Keith’s Blog: New Year’s Resolutions for Car Collectors
It’s a new year and a time for a fresh start.
For some of us, car collecting is like being stuck in a pounding surf, where each wave that hits sucks $5,000 out of your pocket.
For others, it’s a daily lesson in collector car math — buy a car for $50,000, put $50,000 into it just to make it decent — and then sell it for $50,000.
But maybe if we are just a little smarter and more thoughtful Read More
Video of the Week: See the 2016 Monterey SCM Insider’s Seminar
Video of the Week: The Porsche From the Winter of ‘53
Keith’s Blog: The 12 Cars of Christmas — Part Two
Last week I picked the first six cars I’d like to find under the Christmas tree. There’s no linear order to these selections. These are just cars I like — and that represent a specific point of view in the world of collector cars.
Last week’s six were the Mazda Miata (Best First Sports Car), Ferrari 308 GT4 (Best First Ferrari), 1974 VW Thing (Most Ridiculous Four-Seater), 1967-68 Ford Mustang (Best Affordable Pony Car), Hyundai or Kia (Best Modern Econobox), Read More
Video of the Week: Welcome back to the 1970s: The VW Thing and Cheez-Its