For years, I’ve had readers of Vintage Racecar comment, “I love your magazine…I wish you did something like this on...
Vintage Roadcar Columns
Despite what have been arguably the worst economic times in over a generation, the mantra of the auction world for...
Whether you read about it in Vintage Racecar—or almost any other automotive publication—over the past year, chances are good that you’ve already heard about our Associate Editor John Nikas and the remarkable Austin-Healey named Grace. Last year—as a fairly last-minute, “wild hair” idea—John decided that he would take a friend’s...
It seems strange to me that I’ve become an Alfa enthusiast, as I apparently have come to the party relatively...
As you’ll read in this month’s news, Bloomberg News recently confirmed that a 1962 Ferrari 250 GTO has been sold...
As you’ll see, throughout both sides of the magazine, this month we recognize and celebrate the 60th anniversary of Mercedes-Benz’s SL line of sports cars. Born in 1952, as a way of returning Mercedes-Benz back to international motorsport, the SL line of cars has continually evolved, every year since. While...
Driving in to the office the other morning, I was listening to a comedian on the radio. His name is...
I don’t know if it was coincidence or not, but at least a half dozen times—throughout the course of this...
Another little piece of our motoring heritage is about to be banished to the rubbish bin of automotive history. Like the kerosene lamp, the 8-track cassette deck and the squeezable air horn, General Motors has recently announced that starting in the 2014 model year, there will no longer be an...
It’s hard to believe it is already January 2013! With the coming of the New Year comes renewed attention and...
As brought home in living color on your television screen—or sadly perhaps your front room if you live on the...
With all the hustle and bustle of the holidays and the prospects of another Scottsdale auction week, it may have slipped under your radar when it was announced that the Walter P. Chrysler Museum, in Auburn Hills, Michigan, had closed. I would have missed it as well, were it not...
As you’ll read in various sections of this month’s issue, the 2013 season got off to a surprisingly hot start...
Gentlemen, please put the pens down. Now, place your checkbooks on the table and slowly back away from the podium…no...
100 years ago, almost anyone could become a car manufacturer. The automobile—and the advance in technology to create it—was in its infancy, creating a near level playing field for anyone with an idea and the desire to try their hand. As the years went on, and the segment transitioned into...
Living in Southern California, we’re admittedly pretty jaded when it comes to the classic cars we see on the road,...
Not sure why, but I seem to be having a number of automotive epiphanies lately, as a result of driving...
Thorough Events Ltd, organizer of last year’s inaugural UK Concours of Elegance at Windsor Castle, has announced an equally prestigious new location for the 2013 event. Photo: Tim Scott Taking place from September 5-7, the 2013 Concours of Elegance will be held in St. James’ in Central London, in an...
I have to confess to being Corvette prejudiced. Growing up I was never a fan of the Corvette, in fact...
Last November, in this space, I addressed the hot button issue of where tomorrow’s enthusiasts and collectors will come from....
You may recall that back in April I wrote on these pages about the unprecedented pace that the collector car hobby had gotten off to this year, at what has historically been the largest collector car sale in the world, Scottsdale. This past January, in the arid Arizona desert, five...
Volkswagen recently sent out a press release announcing that production of the iconic T2 VW Bus would soon be coming...
I stumbled across a story the other day that caught me off guard. It was a report that a three-man...
If you think about the classic car community, as a whole it is obsessed with categorizing things. It’s difficult to be just a “Car Guy.” When we talk about people within the community, we say he’s a “Ferrari Guy” or he’s a “Muscle Car Guy” or he’s a “Concours Guy”...
I pulled my Alfa over into a little layby, off the twisty road that climbs from the Pacific Ocean, up...
It’s hard to believe that the bane of every Lotus Elan owner has just turned 25. It was early February,...
Can you hear that sound? It’s me, beginning to climb way out on a limb. Like most enthusiasts, I was anxious to digest the results of this year’s Scottsdale and Amelia Island auctions. For the past 12-24 months, not just the automotive media, but now even the mainstream media, have...
There’s an old adage about “the steady march of progress.” The truth, in fact, is that when it comes to...
As classic car enthusiasts, we live with a foot in two completely different worlds. One foot is firmly placed in...
The Rolex Monterey Motorsports Reunion (formerly known as the Monterey Historic Automobile Races) is 40 years old this year! Pheww, I’ve got to let that one soak in a bit. That factoid serves as a slightly painful touchstone to my advancing age, considering that this one event has been an...
