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09/02/10 - Classical Drives
Classical Drives: The Other Carmel Has its Own Concours, One Not to be Missed
The Other Carmel Has its Own Concours, One Not to be Missed   To me the name Carmel has always meant a colourful seaside town in California, home of the Pebble Beach Concours d'Elegance. Now I learn there's a Carmel, Indiana and it, too, is home to a [...]
08/26/10 - Classical Drives
Classical Drives: Why Classic Car Fans Feel Right at Home in a Classic Boat Auction
Why Classic Car Fans Feel Right at Home in a Classic Boat Auction   If you ever get tired of buying classic cars, either in reality or in your imagination, you might try bidding on a wooden boat. Collector cars and boats have more in common than you might think. [...]
08/18/10 - Classical Drives
Classical Drives: Another Era, Another Morgan
Another Era, Another Morgan   Every classic car enthusiast (or at least every classic sports car enthusiast) knows the Morgan as a car that deviated little from its 1930s design aesthetic: a sports car in the traditional sense. [...]
08/12/10 - Classical Drives
Classical Drives: Tour d'Elegance 2010: Concours Takes to the Road
Tour d'Elegance 2010: Concours Takes to the Road   Much as I appreciate seeing classic cars in museum or show settings, I much prefer watching them on public roads, just as they were when new. With the appropriate background it can take us back in [...]
08/05/10 - Classical Drives
Classical Drives: Making the First Indy 500 into a Modern Movie
Making the First Indy 500 into a Modern Movie   Every racing movie I've ever seen featured cars and drivers that were contemporary at the time. None that I can recall ever featured the early days of racing. To do so now entails a great deal of [...]
07/29/10 - Classical Drives
Classical Drives: Old Fords and Friends Picnic on Vancouver Island
Old Fords and Friends Picnic on Vancouver Island   You have to know that any gathering of old Fords will bring out some beautiful and fascinating automobiles. And so it was last weekend when the annual Fords and Friends Picnic was held just a few [...]
07/23/10 - Classical Drives
Classical Drives: Sensational New Italians to Highlight Classic Show in Monterey
Sensational New Italians to Highlight Classic Show in Monterey   All those lucky people who attend the Concorso Italiano are in for a double surprise this year. In addition to the hundreds of magnificent Italian cars, mostly from years past but some representative [...]
07/15/10 - Classical Drives
Classical Drives: RM to Auction Her Majesty's Daimler
RM to Auction Her Majesty's Daimler   I once owned the Queen of England's car. Well, okay, one just like it. Okay, okay... almost like it, except hers was a 1984 Daimler long-wheelbase V-12 and mine was a standard-wheelbase 1984 [...]
07/08/10 - Classical Drives
Classical Drives: Gooding + Company to Offer Classic Fiat Berlinetta at 2010 Pebble Beach Auction
Gooding + Company to Offer Classic Fiat Berlinetta at 2010 Pebble Beach Auction   Enzo Ferrari, according to none other than Sergio Pininfarina, invented the word "Berlinetta." He derived it from "Berlina," which means sedan, but it was meant to designate his coupes [...]
07/01/10 - Classical Drives
Classical Drives: 10 Best Jaguar Movies and How We Missed Every One
10 Best Jaguar Movies and How We Missed Every One   I'm forced to reveal my ignorance whenever I see lists of great car movies, like the 10 Best Jaguar Movies that the online magazine Winding Road has created for our amusement. It's not that I [...]
06/24/10 - Classical Drives
Classical Drives: London's Iconic Taxicabs Spotted in Classic Car Shows
London's Iconic Taxicabs Spotted in Classic Car Shows   There's something about London taxicabs that touches everyone's emotions, even including folks who've never visited that great city. It's because the vehicles are so distinctive in [...]
06/24/10 - Classical Drives
Classical Drives: Used cars for sale classified ads: the place to find your classic car
Used cars for sale classified ads: the place to find your classic car   © Hugo90If you are passionate about classic cars but think owning one is outside of your reach, think again. While there are some truly magnificent limited production classic cars, most started [...]
06/17/10 - Classical Drives
Classical Drives: Our Favorite Chrysler Concept Coupe Hits the Auction Stage
Our Favorite Chrysler Concept Coupe Hits the Auction Stage   Of all the beautiful concept cars to come out of the Chrysler design studios, this is one of my favorites. Known as the "1953 Chrysler Thomas Special Coupe," it was designed by Virgil Exner [...]
06/09/10 - Classical Drives
Classical Drives: Test Drive Contest Offers Free Automotive Art to Most Deserving Rooms
Test Drive Contest Offers Free Automotive Art to Most Deserving Rooms   It has to be the most unusual art collector contest ever held, at least among automotive art aficionados. Contestants submit photos of a room in their home that could benefit from the hanging of an [...]
06/03/10 - Classical Drives
Classical Drives: Choose Your Favorite Mercury. The Line is Dead
Choose Your Favorite Mercury. The Line is Dead   Detroit has done it again. Killed another historic brand and in so doing destroyed the faith of many who purchased and loved one in the past. This time it's Mercury which, since 1939, bridged the [...]
05/27/10 - Classical Drives
Classical Drives: Great Auto Art on a Grand Scale
Great Auto Art on a Grand Scale   This is the work of an artist who likes to paint big. Really big. In fact the Silver Arrows mural, commissioned by Audi USA in 1994, is one of his smaller works at a mere 10 x 24 feet. John Gable also [...]
05/20/10 - Classical Drives
Classical Drives: The Opel GT, Gone Like a Shooting Star
The Opel GT, Gone Like a Shooting Star   During a few glamorous years as a London creative ad honcho (think Mad Men) one of my colleagues had an Opel GT coupe. If they were relatively scarce in America, Opel GTs were all but invisible in the [...]
05/13/10 - Classical Drives
Classical Drives: Cadillac Allante: Transatlantic Tragedy
Cadillac Allante: Transatlantic Tragedy   Mercedes, BMW, Porsche and Jaguar had sexy-looking 2-seat roadsters in their stables at the start of the 80s; profitable image makers that were the envy of other manufacturers; none more than [...]
05/06/10 - Classical Drives
Classical Drives: Record Sale Prices at Monaco Auction Mock the Recession
Record Sale Prices at Monaco Auction Mock the Recession   If you're feeling sorry for the rich guys due to the recession stop right here. RM Auctions' inaugural Sporting Classics of Monaco has just achieved $45,101,139 in total sales, matching the [...]
04/29/10 - Classical Drives
Classical Drives: The One Book Every Classic Car Collector Should Have
The One Book Every Classic Car Collector Should Have   Perhaps the most read publication in my little collection of automotive books is The Standard Catalog of American Cars, 1805-1942. Written by historians Beverly Rae Kimes and Henry Austin Clark, Jr., [...]
04/22/10 - Classical Drives
Classical Drives: Three Reasons to Buy a Vintage Jaguar and Three Reasons Not To
Three Reasons to Buy a Vintage Jaguar and Three Reasons Not To   This is the year of the Jaguar. The storied marque is celebrating its 75th anniversary and is doing so in style, with all sorts of concours and British car shows honouring the name. I'll even [...]
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