by Mike Gulett - Monterey Car Week starts soon - it has been starting earlier every year it seems. The Laguna Seca Monterey Pre-Reunion & Corkscrew Hillclimb is this weekend. This is nine days before the Pebble Beach Concours d'Elegance which was … [Read more...]
Iso Grifo at Auction in Monterey
by Mike Gulett - Monterey Car Week is very nearly here. In addition to all the car events, historic racing and very cool cars on the streets it also means some of the best classic and collector car auctions anywhere. One car up for auction … [Read more...]
A Drogo Ferrari Masterpiece Scheduled for Auction in Monaco
Not a race car originally but it captures the ambiance of a GTO... by Wallace Wyss - It seems not long ago a major auction company auctioned a car that looked like a GTO, sounded like a GTO, but was still in the end, yet another Ferrari … [Read more...]
The Triumph of the Ordinary- Karmann Ghia
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...]
1937 Bugatti Type 57 Cabriolet at Auction by RM Sotheby’s
by Mike Gulett - I generally do not lust over pre-war cars - but this Bugatti Type 57 is one exception. While I was previewing the RM Sotheby's auction during Monterey Car Week I noticed this beautiful Bugatti sitting in a corner all by … [Read more...]
Buick Riviera Gran Sport (1965) For Auction
by Mike Gulett - I had a 1965 Buick Riviera HO slot car when I was a young boy and have loved the style ever since. The ’65 seems more loved than the ’63 and ’64 models because the headlights are hidden behind the clam shell covers which open … [Read more...]
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