The Check Engine light came on again on the SCM 2000 Land Rover Discovery II. (You might ask if they ever actually stay out.) When I asked our Rover guru, Doug Shipman of Ship’s Mechanical about it, he suggested I get a code reader. “Once I see what code it’s […]
We’re shuffling the SCM collection (menagerie?) again. Our 1971 Citroën DS21 Pallas has been an extraordinary car. Since we bought it last August, we have put 1,500 miles on it. Most recently it completed the SCM 1000 without any issues. It was driven by Amelia Island Concours d’Elegance Founder Bill […]
The road to Monterey Car Week 2022 moves on, as Buy, Sell, Hold spotlights Gooding & Company Car Specialist Hans Wurl. He and host Darin Roberge discuss Gooding’s exciting Pebble Beach offerings, a preview of the upcoming London sale, the calculated and ethic approach that Gooding takes to creating their […]
We’ve just completed our fourth SCM 1000, a thousand-mile tour for pre-1975 cars. There will be more about it in upcoming issues of SCM. But with my bags barely unpacked and the SCM cars still being put away, here are the highlights. First, riding with SCM contributor Ken Gross and […]
I played hooky from work last week and took our 1971 Jaguar E-type V12 coupe for a 150-mile drive. Our lunch destination was Skamania Lodge, the home base of the 2022 SCM 1000. It’s about 50 miles away. There are a couple of ways to get there. My co-driver, Lou […]
Buy, Sell, Hold continues down the road to Monterey Car Week 2022 as we spotlight Mecum Lead TV Analyst and Company Relations Director John Kraman. He and host Darin Roberge talk his early days with the auction juggernaut, the mega miles he travels, his most memorable Mecum moments and the […]
When we asked Somer Hooker to be the SCM Concours Ambassador, I envisioned his role as finding cars at events that deserved SCM recognition. I didn’t realize he would also start sending me links to cars for sale that he thinks might interest me. For instance, this vintage 1965 BMW […]
Buy, Sell, Hold starts down the road to Monterey Car Week 2022 with a spotlight on Broad Arrow Group’s Partner and Senior Car Specialist Alexander Weaver. He and host Darin Roberge discuss Broad Arrow’s inaugural Monterey Motorlux auction event, run down their list of exciting offerings and introduce you to […]
I recently completed the 2022 SCM 1000 AMG Invitational. There were 25 performance Mercedes of various vintages entered. The star car was the 2009 SLR McLaren Stirling Moss entered by Wynn McCaw. The event was set up exactly the same as SCM 1000 Classic events we have put on in […]
Buy, Sell, Hold returns this week with a spotlight on Meccanic Shop Founder and Bring-a-Trailer Legend Anthony Serra. Anthony and host Darin Roberge talk the inception of Meccanic Shop, what makes the best (and the worst) Bring-a-Trailer cars, how he became a platform super seller and the importance of creating […]
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