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This Week’s Classic Mystery Photo
“Klaus was successful with the sunlight to energy conversion phase but struggled with the energy to forward motion phase.” — Capecodders The monthly Mystery Photo has been an SCM tradition for 25 years. Each week, we’ll share one of our “greatest hits” photos from the past and give you a chance to provide a new…
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Chad’s Blog: Snakebit on the Road to Reno
Driving to Reno in a Viper. That idea separates people into two camps: “How much is this going to suck,” and “Who needs to pack? When are we leaving?” Add to that our car’s stiffer ACR package and the divide deepens a little more. It’s not hard to guess which camp ACC Editor Jim Pickering…
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Jim’s Blog: Firing it Up in Reno
Virginia Street in downtown Reno is one of the main cruising strips for Hot August Nights. But each day of the event, traffic is redirected elsewhere and the road becomes a huge car show, with hundreds of vintage hot rods, muscle cars, street rods, and trucks, posed in the sun for what seems like a…
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Jim’s Blog: 500 Miles to Hot August Nights
August is just a couple of days away, and for ACC, that means it’s road trip time again. Associate Editor Chad Tyson and I are hitting the highway for Hot August Nights on Thursday, and this time we’re going in style — in our low-mile 2000 Dodge Viper ACR. A lot of people think I’m…
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This Week’s Classic Mystery Photo
Woman to friend: “Remember those three guys in grade school who were always trying to look under our skirts?” — Spider Mike The monthly Mystery Photo has been an SCM tradition for 25 years. Each week, we’ll share one of our “greatest hits” photos from the past and give you a chance to provide a…
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A Great Weekend at the Concours of America
It’s been five years since I’ve been to the Concours d’Elegance of America (formerly known as Meadow Brook). I’d heard good things about the new location, and when Concours Chairman Larry Moss asked if I would be interested in being co-emcee, I eagerly accepted. As Michigan has been the location of so many car manufacturing companies,…
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Forest Grove Concours Weekend: A Celebration of Cars and People
There’s nothing better than a great car event that happens in your own backyard. No packing, no airports, no rental cars, no hotel rooms – just go into the SCM garage, pull out your favorite car (and a couple for your good friends) and head out. This was the 42nd year of the Forest Grove…
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This Week’s Classic Mystery Photo
“Always use caution when purchasing custom hot rods. Skullduggery is sometimes involved.” — Spider Mike The monthly Mystery Photo has been an SCM tradition for 25 years. Each week, we’ll share one of our “greatest hits” photos from the past and give you a chance to provide a new witty and provocative caption. Each week’s…
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Jim’s Blog: Kicking Tires with Jay Leno
Last Tuesday, ACC Auction Editor Tony Piff and I were at the Burbank airport. It was 9 a.m. We’d just flown in from ACC HQ in Portland and were standing in the sun, waiting for a pickup at the arrivals curb. Five minutes later, around the bend comes a beautiful ’55 Buick Roadmaster and the…
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Keith’s Blog: Ferraris and Cobras — Behind the Wheel at RM
Last week, I savored a four-wheeled gourmet experience at RM headquarters in Chatham, Ontario (Canada). CEO and founder Rob Myers invited me to spend a couple of days at RM, and a generous buffet line of cars awaited my arrival. Gord Duff, one of RM’s top car specialists, showed me around, and he immediately offered…