Despite what have been arguably the worst economic times in over a generation, the mantra of the auction world for...
Fate has a funny way of bringing you full circle… Despite this being the September issue of the magazine, due...
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...
Can you hear that sound? It’s me, beginning to climb way out on a limb. Like most enthusiasts, I was...
Volkswagen recently sent out a press release announcing that production of the iconic T2 VW Bus would soon be coming...
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...
With all the hustle and bustle of the holidays and the prospects of another Scottsdale auction week, it may have...
It’s come to my recent attention that I have an alcohol problem. Truthfully, I had no idea, but apparently, I’ve...
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...
Another little piece of our motoring heritage is about to be banished to the rubbish bin of automotive history. Like...
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”...
Let’s embrace the enthusiast passion… even if we don’t always understand it. I was recently having a conversation about a...
If you’ve spent any kind of time in the collector car world, then you’ve certainly heard the word “provenance” bantered...
Not sure why, but I seem to be having a number of automotive epiphanies lately, as a result of driving my youngest daughter around in my Alfa. The first was last month as we stumbled across the rarity of a Country Squire station wagon—with simulated wood paneling—while on our way...
You may recall that back in April I wrote on these pages about the unprecedented pace that the collector car...
One of the interesting things about getting older—at least as a car enthusiast—is looking back on all the cars that...
“One ring to rule them all, one ring to find them, one ring to bring them all and in the darkness bind them.” Since I own an Alfa Romeo—and publish the national Alfa Romeo Owners Club magazine Alfa Owner—I’m always interested when Alfa sends out a press release. In the waning...
Where were you when the engine died? Sudden death of a close friend or a high profile celebrity is always...
As you’ll read in various sections of this month’s issue, the 2013 season got off to a surprisingly hot start...
Could the passing of a new law breed an entirely new segment of “classics”? The terms “Kit Car” and “Replica” are perhaps two of the most controversial—and misunderstood—concepts in the collector car community. For many, many years, these were considered derogatory terms, an affront to any right-minded enthusiast, as how...
I pulled my Alfa over into a little layby, off the twisty road that climbs from the Pacific Ocean, up...
As brought home in living color on your television screen—or sadly perhaps your front room if you live on the...
…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...
You may have read the news piece we posted a week ago about Jaguar’s announcement that their Classic division will...
Casey Annis Editor/Publisher Jaguar is apparently a cat with more than six lives to live. Last month is this space,...
Gentlemen, please put the pens down. Now, place your checkbooks on the table and slowly back away from the podium…no sudden movements please. Whew! Is it me or is it getting hot in here? As I alluded to last month, I wanted to wait until after Amelia Island to take...
There may be a cold wind a-coming… There’s nothing worse than a pundit, bragging, “I told you so.” So, I...
Conundrums of nomenclature in the automotive world Each month, I end up reading every word—on both sides of the magazine—at...
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...