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Jim’s Blog: The Newest Model is Here
Like most of you, I’m a car addict. I spend most of my time thinking about cars, or working on cars, or thinking about working on cars. But not this week. My wife and I just welcomed a baby girl into our household — Emma Jane Pickering, born 9/2/17 — and she’s shoved the car…
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Keith’s Blog: Going Where Dents are Encouraged
Dust. Thick, clinging dust everywhere. That’s a consequence of being 7th in line on a vintage Rover tour to far eastern Oregon. Every year or so, Doug Shipman of the Oregon Chapter of the Pacific Coast Rover Club puts together a summer tour. Camping out is a part of the equation. Our trip started in…
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Keith’s Blog: An Austin-Healey 100S and a World War II PT Boat
There was something for everyone at the 18th Annual Collector Car and Classic Boat Show on August 26-27. Held in Lake Oswego, Oregon – a suburb of Portland – this show from the Oswego Heritage Council always attracts great cars and great people. For example, an Austin-Healey 100S was on hand, amid a Bugeye Sprite,…
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Jim’s Blog: My Car Week
The Monterey auctions and events, otherwise known as “Car Week,” are a tradition for me — I’ve been going to these events for years, first for Sports Car Market, and since 2011, for American Car Collector as well. But this year was different. While the SCM and ACC team headed south for Pebble Beach last…
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Keith’s Blog: Broken Bradleys and Alfa Romeos – My Monterey Week
Monterey Mayhem is done for the year. Thousands of classic cars are streaming away from the Peninsula — some in trailers and some driven. During the week, I watched RM Sothebys sell an Aston Martin DBR1 for a record-breaking $22.55m, Gooding hammer a Porsche 917K for new record of $14m and Bonhams set a record…
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Keith’s Blog: Just 160 Miles to Go Until Monterey
As I write this, it’s Monday morning and Day Three of this year’s journey from Portland, OR to Monterey Car Week. Our 1967 Alfa GTV has covered over 700 miles and is packed and ready for the final leg. My co-pilot is SCM styling and design analyst Robert Cumberford, who started this trip from his…
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Jim’s Blog: Help Us Pick the Next ACC Car
ACC’s Viper GTS ACR Coupe has been a great car — in the few years we’ve owned it, we’ve covered a bunch of miles in it with no trouble — all it’s needed other than oil changes and periodic cleaning was a set of tires. But we’ll be putting it up for sale soon, as…
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Jim’s Blog: Finding the Payoff
Last Friday, I took a day off work and spent it at my dad’s house, wrenching on his 1968 Camaro. The car is in the absolute final stages of reassembly after restoration, so we worked on things like adjusting the hood fit, wiring the dash gauges, installing the front bumper, and bolting in the driver’s…
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Keith’s Blog: Three Alfas Start, Two Finish the Forest Grove Wine Tour
“Dad, there’s a big clunk from the front of the GTV.” That was my daughter Alexandra’s message to me as she headed home from Durant Vineyards in Dayton, Oregon. We were on the 15th Annual Wine Tour, held as a prelude to the Forest Grove Concours d’Elegance. I enjoy this casual drive every year, as…
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Jim’s Blog: When is it Time to Sell?
When it comes to classic cars, buying is the easy part — just lay down the cash and take home your new prize. Hopefully your significant other is on-board and you’ve got a place to keep the new car — but those are only details, right? We can work them out later. Selling, on the…