SCM Executive Editor is taking over my blog for the Christmas holiday. He’s sharing a memory of his mother — and a sensational Matchbox garbage truck — from Christmas 1967: I carry 57 years of Christmas memories around in my head — including the first time I ever kissed a […]
Hear an Aston Martin DB4 Vantage warm up on a winter day:
As the year comes to a close, this is a good time to survey the SCM fleet. Compared to years past, there is very little heavy lifting going on. The only car sidelined with engine issues is our 1996 Autozam AZ-1. We blew the head gasket on the Autozam on […]
Check out Motorweek’s video of the 2005 Ferrari 612 Scaglietti:
The holiday season is here, and that means it’s time to hunt down a good gift for the car person on your list. That’s sometimes pretty tough, especially when the person you’re shopping for seems to already have everything. I’ve got several people just like that on my list this […]
Fun with an element of danger — that’s a forest run in a vintage Land Rover. On Saturday afternoon, I got separated from the other 20 Rovers in my Caravan. I came to a fork in the road and had to make a decision. I made the wrong one. Every […]
It was a hectic day. I had just picked up the Bertone 308 GT4 from Matt Crandall at Avant-Garde Collection. Its throttle had been sticking, which made driving in rush-hour traffic more exciting that I wanted it to be. Matt’s ace mechanic Chris Smith attended to it quickly. It turned […]
It’s November, which means the new year is going to be here before we know it. With it come the annual Arizona auctions, which kick off the collector car market each year in a big way. What cars are going to see increases this year? We’ll have to wait and see, […]
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