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2004 BMW M3 CSL
Delivered new to Japan One of 841 LHD M3 CSLs produced Accompanied by its original service book Truly one of the most desirable BMWs built thus far into the 21st century, the M3 CSL is a must-have automobile in any collection of BMWs, and this example will not disappoint.
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1991 RUF CR4 “Black Devil”
Nicknamed the “Black Devil” One-off custom order by RUF’s Japanese importer Signed and inscribed “Diablo Negro” by Alois Ruf Jr. Features Porsche Classic in-dash navigation system and custom car cover
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1965 Ferrari 275 GTS
The fourth of only 200 examples built. Displayed on the Ferrari Stand at the 1965 Brussels Motor Show. First owned by noted Ferrari enthusiast Donald Andrews. Presented in original colors and retains matching-numbers engine. Documented by Ferrari historian Marcel Massini.
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1975 Lancia Stratos HF Stradale
Lancia’s production records coordinate chassis 829AR0001832 with Bertone Body 397 and confirm the original colors of Azzurro with “Sereno” carpets, black Alcantara seating surfaces, black seat shells and dashboard and black flocked door panels. Body 397 left Bertone’s Grugliasco Works on October 21, 1974, and Lancia completed assembly about 12 weeks later, on January 9,…
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1936 Bentley 4½ Litre Vanden Plas Tourer
This is one of six WO Bentley 4½ Litre cars assembled by the Service Department from New Old Stock and reconditioned parts in 1936. Of the six RC Series 4½ Litre cars completed, chassis RC41 is the only one to retain its original coachwork (the other five have been rebodied as Le Mans-style Tourers). As…
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1953 Hudson Hornet Sedan
Steve McQueen, at one time the world’s highest-paid actor, a racing driver, motorcycle enthusiast and pop-culture icon, needs little introduction here or anywhere else. McQueen acquired, drove and raced dozens of fabulous cars. McQueen purchased this Hudson Hornet 7C sedan in the mid-1970s, and it was registered in his name in August 1977. This Twin…
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The Next Gen Wave
We are in the middle of a sea change in the collector-car world. In my three decades of publishing Sports Car Market, I have never seen anything like it. Much has been written about the changing of the collector-car guard, with Millennials and Gen Xers rapidly joining Baby Boomers as front-line buyers and sellers. It’s…
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The Stealth Claim
Legal Files” has written many times about the concept of diminished value — where even a perfectly repaired car is still worth less than it was before the damage occurred. This month, I’m enlisting the help of Mike Shoemaker, a Houston-based attorney who conducts a national practice representing car and aircraft owners when their vehicles…
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The Overlooked Porsche — So Far
As a rule, it’s the overlooked cars that make the best Affordable Classics. That’s certainly the case with the Porsche 924. The more-developed 944 that came along later has completely overshadowed Porsche’s first water-cooled car. It’s well past time to take another look and find the appeal and the value in one of the last…
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1968–69 Repco Brabham-Cosworth BT26/BT26A
This is the Formula One Brabham in which — on September 20, 1969 — star Belgian racing driver Jacky Ickx won the Canadian Grand Prix at Mosport Park, Ontario. It is also the actual car in which Ickx finished 2nd in that same year’s Mexican Grand Prix, 3rd in the French, 5th in the Dutch…