Every red-blooded car collector has at some point (or many points) in their life looked at some cool little race car and wondered, “Hey, wouldn’t it be fun to buy that and go racing?” Certainly, many people have over the years, but for those who haven’t jumped in, the prospect […]

We’ve heard all sorts of stories about restorations gone bad, but here’s a new twist. We recently received the following email from an SCMer. I never thought I would have a subject that you might want to share with your readers, but here goes. I ‘have’ a 2000 Jaguar XK8 […]

There’s been a lot of discussion recently of original, restored and preserved collectible cars. Let me throw another set of trade terms into the pot: as-built versus modified. While I was once a stickler for the former, as my needs and the driving environment have changed, so have my thoughts […]