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Like a Kid in a Candy Store
I grew up in the Parkside District of San Francisco, with a view of the Pacific Ocean from the bedroom in the back of our house. There was a bakery shop around the corner on Taraval Street. Each day on the way home from elementary school, I would stop in. The baker would squirt some…
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1956 Elva Mk 1/B Sports Racer
Elva sports racers — designed by Frank Nichols — enjoyed considerable success during the 1950s and 1960s on both sides of the Atlantic. A Kentish garage owner, Nichols had commissioned a Ford-engined special with which to go racing, and the result, the CSM, was first seen in 1954. Nichols put his next creation into production…
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1997 Acura Integra Type R
This one-owner, unmodified 1997 Acura Integra Type R is number 37 of the 320 made for the U.S. market that year and has 1,191 actual miles. It has its original Championship White paint, and the interior is black suede with red stitching. The Type R engine comes hand-ported by factory Acura tuners to produce nearly…
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1970 Mercedes-Benz 300SEL 6.3
The 6.3 we are proud to offer recently received extensive mechanical work, which was conducted to bring an already well-preserved car to tip-top shape. The drivetrain was an area of particular focus for those involved in the project, and the engine was taken out to be thoroughly overhauled. The transmission was also treated to a…
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1960 Ferrari 250 GT Pinin Farina Coupe
Matching-numbers car (chassis, engine, gearbox, rear axle) Cognolato restored the car in the mid-2000s, and the engine was done by Corrado Patella Winner of the Prix d’Élégance at the 2014 Zoute Concours d’Élégance By the early 1960s, road-car production had ceased to be a sideline for Ferrari and was seen as vitally important to the…
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1951 Alfa Romeo 6C 2500 SS Villa d’Este Coupe
Aright-hand-drive car, like all Alfa Romeos prior to the 1900 model, chassis 915910 was completed with a Villa d’Este coupé body by Carrozzeria Touring. It is believed to have stayed in Sicily for most of its life, although its early history is not known. In 2006 the car was discovered in Sicily in barn-find condition…
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1934 Aston Martin 1½ Litre Mark II Short Chassis
Manufactured by Robert Bamford and Lionel Martin, the first Aston-Martins (the hyphen is correct for the period) rapidly established a reputation for high performance and sporting prowess in the years immediately following The Great War. Unfortunately, the management’s concentration on motor sport, while accruing invaluable publicity, distracted it from the business of manufacturing cars for…
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1909 Stanley Model Z Mountain Wagon
Former Antique Automobile Club of America First Junior and Senior Award winner Beautiful Mountain Wagon re-creation by Stanley enthusiast Carl Amsley Restoration completed in the early 2000s by Daryl Kendall New boiler installed in 2009
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Limited-Edition Supercars Tempt Trouble
Recently, 24 Champion Porsche customers were shocked to discover that the approximately $2.5 million they had given to Champion as deposits on 911 GT3RS cars and other highly-allocated Porsche supercars was stolen — and no cars were ordered. Actually, the problem was that they didn’t give the money to Champion Porsche, which is located in…
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Thirty Years, 1,000 Miles
On July 12 of this year, the last of the classic cars on the SCM 30th Anniversary tour arrived at the posh Heathman Hotel in downtown Portland, OR. For the previous four days, these 1950s and 1960s sports cars, all owned and driven by SCM subscribers, explored the backroads of Oregon. Stops included Timberline Lodge…