Held for over 70 years in the Buess Family Collection of Brass and Steam cars A particularly original example Optional 25-inch wheels Gas-fired headlights 2-seat runabout body
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1938 Mercedes-Benz 540K Cabriolet Takes Best of Show at Cobble Beach
Over 100 classic cars were on display at the Cobble Beach Golf Link Resort on September 14 and 15 for the 7th Annual Cobble Beach Concours Weekend. Top honors of the event went to Robert S. Jepson, Jr’s 1938 Mercedes-Benz 540K Cabriolet. The car was originally built for Max Gumpel […]
Three Best Buys From Monterey
Usually, getting a good buy at one of the Monterey Car Week auctions is just as likely as having no traffic on California 68 between Monterey and Salinas on Friday morning. Yet it does happen. The following three cars — at three different venues — represent good buys for the […]
I Missed Monterey Car Week
For the first time in 31 years, I missed Monterey Car Week. On the weekend before the Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance, I can usually be found leading a ragamuffin “Catch Me If You Can” group of sports-car fanatics on a road trip down the Pacific Coast from Portland, OR, to […]
Trailer Insurance Woes
SCMer Lee Cross, a Shelby enthusiast who organizes the annual GT350 Tour, shared a very interesting story: I am passing along an incident as something that might present a topic with wide relevance to your audience; i.e., the legal technicalities that arise when a collector attaches a trailer to their […]
1975 Ferrari 312T Niki Lauda
1971 Datsun 240Z
1967 Porsche 911S Sport Kit/Rally Kit
1958 Ferrari 250 GT TdF Berlinetta by Scaglietti
Over the past six decades, the 250 GT Tour de France has become one of the most sought after and collectible of the classic Ferraris. Marrying advanced engineering with magnificent aesthetics, the TdF achieved a fantastic racing record, paving the way for future competition berlinettas such as the 250 GT […]
1953 Fiat 8V Supersonic by Ghia
The pedigree of every one of the 15 Ghia 8V Supersonic automobiles is unequivocal. However, this example comes with a celebrated history and provenance, rendering it ultimately rare. Conceived as the sports car for the elite, chassis 0043 was completed alongside its stablemate, 0039, by Ghia in 1953. Car 0039 […]