Mecum Auctions will offer Jim Street’s legendary “self-driving” 1950s custom car at no reserve in its as-discovered garage-find condition during...
A 1929 Duesenberg J/SJ Convertible and a 1963 Ferrari 250/275P won the Best In Show honors on Saturday, March 10,...
A pair of 1966 Ferrari 275 GTBs topped last week’s collector car auctions in conjunction with Florida’s Amelia Island Concours d’Elegance, both bringing in more than $2 million on Friday March 9. The top seller, from Gooding & Co., was the silver “barn find” Long Nose Alloy example (above, photo...
RM Sotheby’s, in collaboration with the Porsche Experience Center Atlanta, is delighted to announce The Porsche 70th Anniversary Sale, an...
Fully restored American muscle cars from General Motors are filling the docket for Barrett-Jackson’s 16th Annual Palm Beach Auction, set...
Seven Decades of Porsche will be celebrated at this year’s 41st annual Cincinnati Concours d’Elegance, set for June 8-10 in the Ohio city’s Ault Park. The legend that began with the introduction of the first Porsche automobile in 1948 will be honored as the event’s featured marque with eight classes...
The St. Michael’s Concours d’Elegance, celebrating the Golden Age of Motoring, will return to the lawns of the Inn at...
A 1962 Mercedes-Benz 300 SL Roadster, chassis no. 198.042.10.003069, whose current owner has had it for an incredible four decades,...
Leake Auction Company’s recent Oklahoma City auction marked $6.8 million in sales with 77 percent of the nearly 400 vehicles on offer being sold. Held at the Bennett Event Center on February 23 and 24, the two-day auction’s top seller, was a 2008 Mercedes-Benz SLR McLaren, part of the Rolland...
1936 De Soto Airflow The story of De Soto begins with a record for first year sales that stood for...
The Rise of the Preservation Class The ultra-rare and ultra-expensive Ferrari 250 GTO. Photo: Chuck Andersen Sitting on a beautifully...
I recently crossed another one of those landmarks that make you pause and consider your age and life. My youngest daughter just got her learner’s permit. There’s something about seeing your youngest, behind the wheel, that is kind of bittersweet. After 15 and one-half years of me driving her around,...
We all remember James Bond driving a DB5 in Goldfinger and a DBS in In Her Majesty’s Secret Service and...
March 2018 Stars & Cars Mythical Pairings By Jacques Braunstein Steve McQueen, a Ford Mustang and San Francisco. The ten-minute pursuit in Bullitt has remained one of the all-time great movie car chase sequences for nearly 50 years. Iconic automotive pairings from cinematic history do not get much better than...
Ironstone Vineyards, Murphys, CA September 23, 2017 Amphicars take to the water.Photo: Steve Natale Become a Member & Get Ad-Free...
The “Nitro Revival” scheduled to be part of Laguna Seca’s second annual Spring Classic meeting, set for the weekend of May 18-20, just got a big boost with the announcement that Florida-based “Big Daddy” Don Garlits (above, Dave Kommel photo courtesy of Nitro Revival) will make a rare trip to...
1948 Chrysler Town & Country Chris Kidd called a few days ago and said, “You guys have to see this!...
The Andes adventure started in Antofagasta, on the coast of Northern Chile with 15 cars and teams from Belgium, Finland,...
While Vintage Roadcar was tracking down some interesting cars in New Mexico and Colorado, we had the opportunity to chat with Barry Petersen. Petersen has been a Senior Correspondent for CBS News for almost 40 years. We were lucky to catch up with him, since the network had him chasing...
lfredo Ferrari (Dino) was Enzo Ferrari’s first son, born January 19, 1932. At the time, Enzo was still racing for...
When I was a college student, some friends told me about a woman who ran a hair salon in her West Los Angeles apartment. She ran a steady business cutting hair for most of us attending UCLA. Perfectly positioned near campus and offering haircuts at student rates, short, perky Karen...
Pasadena, CA October 22, 2017 Erik Goplen’s 1969 DeTomaso Mangusta. Photo: Craig R. Edwards Become a Member & Get Ad-Free Access To This Article (& About 6,000+ More) Access to the full article is limited to paid subscribers only. Our membership removes most ads, lets you enjoy unlimited access to all our...
Writing about vintage automobiles is great. There are rare cars to cover (“The Only One” Vintage Roadcar, December 2013), cars...
1937 Rolls-Royce Phantom III Most will agree the sight of a Rolls-Royce Phantom III majestically gliding across a show field...
Phil Bachman has been collecting Ferraris at a rate of about one a year since he got his first one in 1984. He prefers yellow, and nearly all of his Fer- raris are that color. Thanks to a mutual friend, Larry Benson, Vintage Road- car had the privilege of visiting...
