by Mike Gulett - When buying a collector car who do you trust? Do you trust the auction company? Some auction companies are on television providing lucrative entertainment while they make more money selling cars. Do you trust the collector … [Read more...]
Cars on the Street vs Splendor in the Grass
September 14, 2024 By 7 Comments
by Mike Gulett - It is always a thrill when I see a classic car on the street being driven around. We all saw cool, classic cars on the streets in our youth but we did not know they would someday be rare classics because they were just ordinary … [Read more...]
Déjà vu All Over Again
September 8, 2024 By 7 Comments
by Mike Gulett - Another Pebble Beach Concours d'Elegance show car has been destroyed in a trailer fire on the roads of Monterey County. It happened on Wednesday September 4th on Highway 68 and York Road. The last time it happened it was a Ford … [Read more...]
Astons on the Avenue in Carmel-by-the-Sea
September 3, 2024 By 6 Comments
by Mike Gulett - Astons on the Avenue is one of the new events that I attended this year during Monterey Car Week. I did not take my Aston Martin Vanquish (maybe next year) - this year I just admired the other Aston Martins there. Anything that … [Read more...]
Death of a Dream Car
August 26, 2024 By 2 Comments
by Wallace Wyss - You aren't supposed to buy them of course. When car companies make concept cars (they used to call them "dream cars") they often don't bother to put in seat belts or air bags or emergency braking etc. because after all it's only … [Read more...]
The Pebble Beach Way
August 22, 2024 By Leave a Comment
by Wallace Wyss - When Pebble Beach announced that an unrestored car had taken first place at their vaunted concours (1934 Bugatti Type 59 Sports shown by Fritz Burkard of The Pearl Collection), I am sure half a dozen car restorers in the crowd … [Read more...]
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