At last count there are more than 1,200 billionaires walking the Earth. This means that regardless of wealth, there aren’t...
It’s confession time again. For my entire automotive collecting career, now entering its third decade, I’ve been both intrigued and...
1954 Chrysler Ghia GS1 When Bob Frumpkin drove up in his 1954 Chrysler Ghia GS1 Special, at the Marina in Santa Monica, California, where we had agreed to meet, office workers and the boatyard crew came out to have a look. Several of them took out their cell phones and...
Tommy Ivo’s career in Hollywood spanned nearly two decades. The pocket-sized actor/singer/dancer appeared in more than 100 movies and 200...
Mecum’s recent auction in Dallas, held Sept. 4-7, saw 743 cars change hands in just four action-packed days. Overall sales...
Phil Remington From hot rods on California’s dry lakes, to the Scarabs (both sports cars and Formula One), to the Cobras and Ford GT40s (Marks I, II and IV) all over the world, Phil Remington stood on the leading edge of racing technology for some seven decades until his peaceful...
The photo caption on page 31 of the November 1953 issue of Road & Track read: “A strange assortment of...
Pete Lyons Did you hear about the diesel backhoe that did 350 mph at Bonneville? Yes, really…sort of. Become a...
At some point in his time collecting, it occurred to Todd Werner that there was a reason the cars he was amassing had become so popular to begin with, and that reason was their racecar counterparts, specifically those that actually took to the racetracks with the precise goal of propelling...
Mecum Auctions made quite a statement at their inaugural Seattle auction, the weekend of June 14-15, with the record-setting sale...
Few early American racers did more than Ak Miller. He was a well-known hot rodder, successful long-distance racer, had more...
Imagine it’s 1973 and you’re an aspiring racer/car builder. Working out of your little shotgun shack, single-car garage, you’ve welded together a pretty sweet little sports racer. Your surfer buddy, who’s good with fiberglass, has fashioned you a sexy and light body to drape over your putative race winner. Despite...
Mecum Auctions’ inaugural Phoenix·Glendale collector-car auction was held March 14-17, at State Farm Stadium in Glendale, Arizona, and the results...
It’s hard to believe it is already January 2013! With the coming of the New Year comes renewed attention and...