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A box full of toys arrived on my doorstep yesterday, which is usually my cue to a) put together a couple of emails that may or may not turn up in your in-box every Thursday (Want to sign up for Hemmings’ free weekly email? It’s real simple.) and b) goof off the rest of the [...]
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I have no idea if Dan is able to drag his flu-ravaged body to his computer at home, so I’m just going to go ahead and do the linky winky for this weekend. A few months back I wrote up Bosch Automotive Tradition for the Hemmings Motor News Cyber Cruising section. For the BMW 635CSi buyer’s [...]
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Going into Victory Lane at the Daytona 24 Hours in 1971, Jackie Oliver is behind the wheel of the winning 917, and Pedro Rodriguez is on top. The guy sitting on the right-front fender wearing the Greek fishing cap is a very famous mechanic named Ermanno Cuoghi, who was probably the very best racing mechanic [...]
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Photo by James Mann
Two years ago, Christie’s left the car auction world in a blaze of ignomy when they were forced to withdraw a heavily-promoted Auto-Union from their auction at Rétromobile. At the time, there was talk it could break the $10 million mark to become the most expensive car ever sold at auction. Then, things [...]
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Daimler has announced the launch of Mercedes-Benz Young Classics, closing the gap between its new car sales and the specialized services of its Classic Centers in the U.S. and Germany. A Young Classic, according to Daimler, is a Mercedes-Benz between 15 and 30 years old. Daimler has opened a Young Classics store as a pilot project [...]
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Every time I’m working on my 1968 Spitfire MKIII and my daughter Gina comes into the garage to see what I’m doing, she always comments positively on the car’s sleek shape. So when an opportunity arose to buy a 1972 Spitfire MKIV last June for a mere $100, I figured it was worth the three-hour [...]
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* If you’re a fan at all of front-engined dragsters, the We Did It For Love guys have a photo tour you’ll drool over: They visited Bucky Austin’s collection in Tacoma, Washington, a couple years ago, and marveled at both the restored dragsters (and drag cars) in the front showroom as well as the yet-unrestored [...]
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Len Sutton’s 912 (yes, that Len Sutton, Indy people) passes Gary Feught’s VW, 1968.
Sometimes I run into things that just make me wonder how I’ve avoided hearing about them all my life (”Toyota?” Where did they come from?). Like Alaska’s oldest road race, the Fur Rondy Grand Prix.
First, Fur Rondy. AKA the Anchorage Fur Rendezvous, [...]
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