The Makes Championship racers of 1969–74 are not for the faint of heart or weak of pocketbook Chassis number: AR11572010 – 4th overall at Le Mans with Nino Vaccarella and Andrea de Adamich – Confirmed as a 1972 Alfa Romeo Autodelta team car – Driven by Andrea de Adamich in […]
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2009 Ferrari 599 GTB Fiorano Coupe
A man once told me he never saw a Brinks truck in a funeral procession. That’s reason enough to consider a 599 Chassis number: ZFFFD60B000167984 Presented in Rosso Corsa livery, the 599 GTB Fiorano offered here has covered a mere 22,000 km since it was purchased. Fitted with red […]
1959 MGA 1500 Roadster
MGAs may be starting to catch up with Austin-Healey values, and this might be a good time to buy Chassis number: HDA4361077 The MGA was produced by the MG division of the British Motor Corporation from 1955 to 1962. The MGA replaced the older T-type cars and represented a complete […]
1967 Maserati Quattroporte Sedan
An Italian sports car with four doors and a rear seat was as unimaginable then as Porsche building an SUV would be years later Chassis number: 1071462 One of the world’s fastest luxury saloons of its day, this early Quattroporte was first registered on September 29, 1967 with the cherished […]
The Future of Collecting
Dear Mr. Martin, I’m a 20-year-old college student from Dallas, TX. I’ve been a car guy since birth. A few years ago I stumbled upon television coverage of Barrett-Jackson and Mecum, and that’s when I discovered my passion for the collector car market. However, whenever I watch televised car auctions, […]
1963 Chevrolet Corvette 327/340 HP vs 1969 Chevrolet Corvette L88
We examine two special Corvettes and find originality alone doesn’t drive value Editor’s note: Originality is only one component of value. To demonstrate that, we had our Corvette expert, Michael Pierce, take a look at two of the cars that crossed the block in Scottsdale. The cars included a 1963 […]
1969 Plymouth Road Runner 2-door hard top
Chassis number: RM23H9G157810 This ’69 Road Runner is a very original car presented in original factory optional F3 Frost Green Iridescent exterior paint with white vinyl interior. The 383-ci V8 engine is backed by a D21 4-speed transmission. The car is equipped with the Air Grabber hood, rear wing, factory […]
1969 BMW ‘Spicup’ Concept Car
BMW regularly took turns down dead-end roads, and this strange and wonderful car is one of them Chassis number: V0010Engine number: V00102800Coachwork by Carrozzeria Berton The concept, or show, car emerged after World War II as a means of generating publicity and gauging the public’s reaction to often-radical ideas for […]
1964 Ford Thunderbolt 2-dr sedan
The buyer has a significant piece of Ford’s Total Performance Era sitting in the garage — and is ready to hunt Super Stock Mopars Chassis number: 4F4K167198 Ford’s Total Performance program was well under way when Lee Iacocca hired Dearborn Steel Tubing Company to build a batch of special […]
1956 Tojeiro-Butterworth AJB Racer
I have no idea how much fun it might be to drive, but I can guarantee it won’t have a chance against the Lotus 11s and Cooper Bobtails Chassis number: TAD354Engine number: B44 Archie Butterworth of Frimley Green, Surrey, was a wonderfully extroverted engineering personality involved in the resurgent years […]