As you’ll see, throughout both sides of the magazine, this month we recognize and celebrate the 60th anniversary of Mercedes-Benz’s...
For years, I’ve had readers of Vintage Racecar comment, “I love your magazine…I wish you did something like this on...
…I was jumping up and down on the hood, like a chimpanzee in heat I think, like a number of enthusiasts, I started restoring and working on classic cars because I loved the cars, but couldn’t afford a pristine example, so I had to buy an inexpensive beater and do...
If you’ve been reading this space for any period of time (yes, I’m talking to both of you), then you’ll...
Apparently, you can only dodge so many bullets… I’m cruising down the road, nestled in a big, comfortable leather seat....
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How do you restore a car without mechanical parts? Some in the historic car community gripe about FIVA (the Fédération...
The automotive prophets predicted the coming end times…wish I bought the destroyer of the classic car world when I had...
After several false starts, the U.S. is finally getting a major classic car exhibition of its own… A little over a year ago, I lamented in this space [“5-year Paradigm, VR, June 2015] about the U.S.’s lack of a major classic car show, such as France’s Retromobile or the UK’s...
As classic car enthusiasts, we live with a foot in two completely different worlds. One foot is firmly placed in...
Do these bellbottoms make my car look fat? Show of hands…how many of you sported a pair of bellbottoms in...
As you’ll read in various sections of this month’s issue, the 2013 season got off to a surprisingly hot start with the annual orgy of collecting that is the Scottsdale auctions. While I want to come back around to what the overall market seems to be doing and where it...
I pulled my Alfa over into a little layby, off the twisty road that climbs from the Pacific Ocean, up...
Can you hear that sound? It’s me, beginning to climb way out on a limb. Like most enthusiasts, I was...
I’ve written in these pages before about my belief that the steering wheel holds a special place in our automotive lives. More than just the nexus between man and machine, the steering wheel is both the visual and tactile focus of our automotive experience. A never-ending circle—symbolically eternal like a...
I can think of few feelings worse than that moment of instant shock, when you turn the ignition key and...
Today, I’m going to confess two of my most deeply held, darkest secrets: 1) For the past two decades, I’ve...
Volkswagen recently sent out a press release announcing that production of the iconic T2 VW Bus would soon be coming to an end. Huh? Volkswagen is/was still making the ultimate Baby-Boomer, Hippie-wagen? As VW aficionados will be well aware, despite being discontinued long ago, VW Beetles and Transporters (nee buses),...
“One ring to rule them all, one ring to find them, one ring to bring them all and in the...
Parachute pants, rollerblades and the archetype of the boutique Supercar Not sure what the water cooler talk around your office...
If you’ve spent any kind of time in the collector car world, then you’ve certainly heard the word “provenance” bantered around. “This car has provenance,” “That car has great provenance,” “This car’s provenance is unknown.” At its most superficial level, some enthusiasts believe this to denote a car’s history. And...
It seems strange to me that I’ve become an Alfa enthusiast, as I apparently have come to the party relatively...
Fate has a funny way of bringing you full circle… Despite this being the September issue of the magazine, due...
Does the recent passing of a cornerstone in the Lotus community mark the end of an era? Just as we were going to press with this issue, at the end of August, I was heart broken to learn of the passing of Lotus enthusiast Dave Bean. Over the course of...
Just how far are you prepared to go for exclusivity? In January, Bentley announced that its famed Mulliner coachbuilding team...
There may be a cold wind a-coming… There’s nothing worse than a pundit, bragging, “I told you so.” So, I...
During the early days of the automobile (1890–1940), coachbuilding—the construction of bodywork for a vehicle—was as vital a part of the automobile industry as the manufacturers of the chassis and running gear themselves. Stand alone coachbuilding companies, not only fulfilled a vital need in the early manufacture supply chain, but...
Let’s embrace the enthusiast passion… even if we don’t always understand it. I was recently having a conversation about a...
It’s hard to believe that the bane of every Lotus Elan owner has just turned 25. It was early February,...
One of the more interesting developments in the classic car hobby, over the past few years, has been the broader expansion of classic car rentals. Early on, there were a handful of companies that popped up in major markets that would offer to rent you a classic car, in the...
