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Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance 2020 Special Classes
Past Pebble Beach Concours Best of Show winners will return to the 18th Fairway during the 70th Anniversary Concours on August 16, 2020. Other Special Classes for the 2020 Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance are: Porsche 917, 90 Years of Pininfarina, Early Electric Vehicles, Talbot-Lago Grand Sport, Carrera Panamericana, Miller and Iso Rivolta. Click here for…
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Culling the Collection
I’m thinning the SCM collection. My mentor Martin Swig once said, “We don’t choose the cars, the cars choose us.” As I prepare to send these cars on to their next caretaker, I reflect about how each car chose me and came into my life. Why now? I just have too many cars and not…
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Legal Traps for the Unwary Seller
They say that all good things come to an end — and now it’s time to sell your collector car. While it may seem like an easy thing to do, there are a lot of potential legal land mines waiting for you when you become a collector-car seller. Auctions The first thing to come to…
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The Car That Made BMW
If there was one car that did the most to cement BMW’s reputation in North America, it was the 2002. Actually, scratch that. There is one car that made BMW’s reputation, and it’s the pretty-much-legendary 2002. This still-affordable and very plentiful 2-door sport sedan transformed staid BMW into an affordable performance brand. The 2002 family…
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2008 Honda S2000 Convertible
Nerd culture is king. “Star Wars,” “Avengers,” “Stranger Things” — these nerdy franchises are atop the popularity charts, as in vogue as it gets. As nerd culture spreads, it touches every facet of society — even sports cars. Of the sports cars produced over the past two decades, none is nerdier than the Honda S2000.…
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1980 Ferrari 512 BB Coupe
One of 929 produced Delivered new in Italy Circa 13,000 kilometers from new Ferrari Classiche certified “The fact that the Boxer was down 4 mph on the Lamborghini Countach’s ‘fastest ever’ maximum speed was unimportant. The Ferrari 512 Boxer wins a more important award, as the best all-round sports and GT car we’ve tested. The…
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1961 Maserati 3500 GT Vignale Spyder
This example of Vignale’s elegant open-top interpretation of the 3500 GT spyder was originally finished on February 23, 1961. Several months thereafter, an English lord chose to buy the unsold Maserati. The car was then delivered to Mrs. Teresa Mitarachi at her address in London in July. As originally ordered, the spyder was Bianco Andalusia…
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1926 Bentley 3 Litre Red Label Speed Model Tourer
Leading marque authority Clare Hay’s definitive work, Bentley — The Vintage Years, records that chassis PH1469 was completed in April 1926 and was first owned by JWC McLaren. The car left the factory fitted with engine number PH1470 (the same as it has today) and was registered as GD 2250. One of 513 Speed Models…
