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Keith’s Blog: Car Knitting, SCM-Style (Part One)
The past three years have been a non-stop series of car adventures, one after the other. Unable to drive a manual-shift car since my stroke, I’ve pivoted and started exploring cars with automatic gearboxes. While my entire life I have looked at these two-pedal cars with disdain, my life has changed and my choice has…
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Keith’s Blog: Monterey: Everyone’s a Winner
Monterey Car Week exuded the vibes of automotive passion back in full swing. Even 700 miles away at SCM World Headquarters in Portland, the energy was apparent. Unofficial auction results totaled more than $460m, besting 2015’s previous high of $394m. SCM had a full team on site, led by Executive Editor Jeff Sabatini. From the…
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Guest Blog: Bringing “Das Blaue Bombe” Home
A few weeks ago, at the conclusion of this year’s SCM 1000 Tour, SCM Publisher Keith Martin announced that the theme for the 2023 edition would be Cars of Germany. Precisely one millisecond later, his network of enablers started passing along leads. After a few false starts, SCMer Ron Rader connected Keith with award-winning restorer…
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Buy, Sell, Hold: Spotlight #21 – Monterey 2022 Preview Special with B. Mitchell Carlson – SCM Contributor
Monterey Car Week 2022 is here! This week, on a special presentation of Buy, Sell, Hold: Spotlight, SCM Contributor B. Mitchell Carlson stops by to preview all things Monterey. He and host Darin Roberge talk collections, new events, potential market impact and take a deep dive into all the upcoming auction dockets. Join us every…
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Keith’s Blog: Why Own it if it Doesn’t Change Your Life?
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 throwing, we can proceed with…
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Keith’s Blog: The SCM Citroën DS21 is Moving On
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 Warner and SCM Contributor Ken…
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Buy, Sell, Hold: Spotlight #19 – Hans Wurl – Car Specialist at Gooding & Company
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 events and what it takes…
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Keith’s Blog: Three Takeaways From the SCM 1000
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 Amelia Island founder Bill Warner…
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Keith’s Blog: Another Day in Traffic Hell
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 Tauber, was a friend from…
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Buy, Sell, Hold: Spotlight #17 – John Kraman – Lead TV Analyst & Company Relations Director of Mecum Auctions
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 most exciting offerings from their…