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Keith’s Blog: Keels & Wheels 2014
There’s something about the highly polished hull of a vintage wooden boat set against blue water that is alluring and exotic. Part of what makes Keels & Wheels so attractive to me is the combination of restored wooden boats and the tantalizing array of collector cars, all sharing the grounds of the Lakewood Yacht Club in…
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This Week’s Classic Mystery Photo
“You know you’ve successfully melded classic luxury with R.V. utility when you’ve got bars on the windows.” — Deez N. 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…
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Keith’s Blog: 600 Miles in a 49-year-old Alfa
Every spring the Alfa Romeo Owners of Oregon hold the “Old Spider Tour” to celebrate and commemorate the occasion of club founder Bob McGill buying his 1958 Alfa Spider from Rambo Motors. This year there were six old spiders (three Giuliettas and three Giulias) plus another 16 or so cars, ranging from GTVs and Duettos…
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This Week’s Classic Mystery Photo
“Unsatisfied with the sleeping compartment on his company rig, Wayne took matters into his own hands.” — Deez N. 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…
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Jim’s Blog: Viper ACR — The Next ACC Car
ACC’s ’63 Dodge is gone, and now our ’64 Nova is, too. What does that leave us? A couple of empty parking spaces, that’s what. Well, that was the case until we made a deal on our next magazine car, which is waiting to be delivered to us now. As I mentioned back in February, we…
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Keith’s Blog: Buy, Discover, Spend, Persevere
A couple of weeks ago, restorer Bill Gillham finished up fettling our Alfa Giulia Super and sent it over to Dan Sommers at Veloce Motors for a mechanical checkover. Here’s the note I just got from Dan: Keith, In my earlier note I talked about the list getting longer as I spent more time around…
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This Week’s Classic Mystery Photo
“No radio, but there is a nifty music box that plays when you open up the hood” — fuzzydice 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…
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This Week’s Classic Mystery Photo
“Other than the half mile turning radius, the cornering is fantastic.” — Richard Morrison 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…
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Keith’s Blog: La Jolla Takes it Up a Notch
Every car event has its own flavor, from the industrial magic of Pebble, where the world’s greatest cars emerge to be ogled by some of the world’s most influential collectors, to Concorso Italiano, where the smiling-face chaos begins when the first Fiat arrives and ends as the last Ferrari exits the field. The most successful…
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Jim’s Blog: Kicking Tires at the Portland Swapmeet
I don’t need any more car parts, but I just can’t stay away from the Portland swapmeet. I go every year, and I always tell myself I’ll keep my money in my pocket. But even though I set out with a solid plan to not buy anything, I don’t usually leave empty-handed. Portland’s spring swapmeet…