by Wallace Wyss - If there is any postwar German car that signaled the rise of the German sport car it is the Mercedes 300SL "gullwing" called that because with its upward rising doors it looked like a seagull ready to take flight. It came about … [Read more...]
Editorial: A Matter of Pedigree
January 28, 2023 By 6 Comments
by Wallace Wyss - It is oh-so-fashionable nowadays to do a DNA search to see if you have any relatives you didn't know about. My own niece did it and discovered she had a half sister. Well, cars have DNA too. Sort of. So when I saw this … [Read more...]
The Triumph of the Ordinary- Karmann Ghia
January 9, 2023 By 5 Comments
by Wallace Wyss - I was pursuing some old Auction results when I came across a 1965 Karmann Ghia Convertible selling for over $60,000 at a Gooding auction in 2021. Not that rare a car, over 5,000 made that year. A total of 443,466 Karmann … [Read more...]
Is Any Stock Looking Corvette Worth $3 Million?
December 30, 2022 By 7 Comments
by Wallace Wyss - I not only remember when the '69 Corvette came out, I wrote the 1969 Corvette brochure, I owned one, in yellow. But with a small block engine. Now of course a 427 big block was available but I wanted a little gas mileage (even … [Read more...]
The 2023 Sports Car Market Pocket Price Guide
December 27, 2022 By 3 Comments
by Mike Gulett - The Sports Car Market Pocket Price Guide has a new Editor-in-Chief (Jeff Sabatini) and a new methodology for presenting the data for car prices. This year they are showing actual price ranges from low to high for transactions … [Read more...]
Big Block Cobra Coming Up at Mecum Auctions in Kissimmee 2023
December 17, 2022 By 2 Comments
by Wallace Wyss - I’ve seen 427 Cammer-powered big block Cobras before but turns out it wasn't until years after Shelby built them using pushrod big blocks, either a 428 or 427 ,that folks began gilding the lily by adding Ford's fearsome … [Read more...]
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