by Mike - This year at the Monterey Car Week auctions there are quite a few of the American powered cars that were designed and made in Europe and mostly sold under a European brand. Here are a few of interest: three Iso Grifos (the most I can … [Read more...]
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A Former Lombardi OTAS Owner Speaks Up
August 1, 2016 By 4 Comments
by Mike - I love to read car stories sent in by readers and I share many of those because I figure if it is interesting to me then it may be to you as well. I have discovered a lot of interlocking connections between readers that are brought out … [Read more...]
A Bright Green Alfa Romeo Montreal
July 29, 2016 By 5 Comments
by Mike - Produced from 1970 to 1977 the beautiful Alfa Romeo Montreal was not imported to North America even though the model is named after a city in Canada. The design was introduced in Montreal as a concept car and the name, Montreal, … [Read more...]
Monterey Car Week – Don’t Just Buy A Souvenir – Buy Art
July 26, 2016 By 4 Comments
by Mike - The purpose of going to Monterey for car week in mid-August (August 15-20 this year) is to see cars; legendary cars you’ve always dreamed of seeing in person, cars at full song on the racetrack, cars gleaming in the sun at Pebble … [Read more...]
The Porsche Gmund Coupe That was Not
July 24, 2016 By 1 Comment
by Wallace Wyss - Well, I mean not a coupe for awhile The rarest Porsche road cars are the ones made in an abandoned sawmill in Gmund, Austria in the late 1940s. Most were built as coupes. They had aluminum coachwork, hand hammered out … [Read more...]
The 60th Hillsborough Concours D’Elegance Was Excellent
July 22, 2016 By 10 Comments
by Mike - This past Sunday I attended the 60th Hillsborough Concours D'Elegance - the longest continuously running Concours D'Elegance in the world. It has developed into one of the finest events of its kind in Northern California and in my … [Read more...]
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