Sep 14, 2015 | Uncategorized
If you plan on being in Northern California on Saturday, November 7, 2015, please come visit me at my book signing at the world class Blackhawk Automotive Museum and Collection. I’ll be signing four books that day, McQueen’s Machines, Winning: The...
Sep 11, 2015 | Uncategorized
Continuing news from my friends at Shelby American…. New Ford Mustang EcoBoost version of the Shelby GT model available 335HP, sharper handling, robust brakes and Shelby styling to set the car apart The package is available for both automatic and manual...
Sep 8, 2015 | Uncategorized
England’s EVO magazine is in my opinion, one of the world’s best enthusiast car magazines. The writing is generally good, the stories well conceived, they dig up good news and dirt, and the photography and graphics are compelling. Every so often,...
Sep 4, 2015 | Uncategorized
I’m honored to tell you that my latest book, James Garner’s Motoring Life, has earned an International Automotive Media Award silver medal, meaning it placed second in its category. Certainly this honors me personally and professionally, but more...
Aug 28, 2015 | Uncategorized
Everyone has their favorite and special car detailing hints and tricks, plus their preferred brand of products. I certainly don’t know it all, but have been shining up cars for more than 40 years, so I can only share what I’ve learned, and others can...
Aug 25, 2015 | Uncategorized
In 2014 the Automobile Driving Museum (ADM) hosted their first ever “Tribute to Gassers” event. With much success and popular demand, the museum is proud to bring back “Tribute to Gassers II – LEGENDS” exhibit and show on Saturday, August 29, 2015. The ADM will be...
Aug 19, 2015 | Uncategorized
The big show goes big, and is a wrap for another year As I played with the calendar functions on my phone, then ran the sums, it struck me as amazing that this was my 34th Monterey car Week, and the little service lapel pin they presented me at the judge’s meeting...
Aug 11, 2015 | Uncategorized
If you’ve never been to the Lion Air Museum in Santa Ana, California (abutting John Wayne Orange County Airport) you simply must put it on your Bucket and To Do Lists. It’s an otherworldly collection of WWII era aircraft, cars, motorcycles, and...
Aug 7, 2015 | Uncategorized
A few entries back, I previewed Auctions America’s upcoming California classic car, motorcycle, and automobila sale, moving to a new location from Burbank to Santa Monica, focussing on less cars and higher quality more engaging offerings than its larger past...
Aug 3, 2015 | Uncategorized
Cool Shelby news from my friends at Gooding & Company Jay Leno to present the Ford Shelby GT350 as it crosses the block on Saturday, August 15 SANTA MONICA, Calif. (August 3, 2015) – Gooding & Company, the official auction house of The Pebble Beach Concours...
Jul 30, 2015 | Uncategorized
My friends Evan and Tom put on one of the greatest, most fun, easy to access, lowest impact car shows you’ve never heard of. It appears well on its way to becoming an Annual Thing, taking place each summer at the Franklin Canyon Park in the Hollywood Hills. Its...
Jul 24, 2015 | Uncategorized
As you know, it isn’t my usual policy to post or reprint press releases (unless its something very newsy) in this space. However, for the news on this fabulous Ferrari show, it’s my guess that what you really want are the results and a bunch of great...
Jul 21, 2015 | Uncategorized
I grew up during the heyday of what I’ll call the Great American Sedan; big comfy conventional four-door cars with lots of room inside, rear wheel drive, and a big trunk out back. Large displacement, lazy overhead valve V-8s up front that would run forever, and never...
Jul 14, 2015 | Uncategorized
A few vacations back, I spent two weeks in Australia. Mostly in Sydney, but also in the Hunter Valley wine country and the Blue Mountains. Wonderful country, nice people, and the most amazing harbor you’ll ever see. And a bitchin car scene. As you...
Jul 10, 2015 | Uncategorized
I grew up a Lincoln guy, my dad always had them in the 1960s and early 70s, and I’ve owned them too. One of America’s great car company brands, with substance behind the name and big chrome grille. Not always, but usually. Needless to say, it really disappointed me...
Jul 4, 2015 | Uncategorized
I’m embarrassed to have to admit to you that this wonderful little club concours took place last fall, and I just kept overlooking the photos in my “To Post” file. So for that, I apologize. But no matter, I thought you’d still want to see the...
Jun 26, 2015 | Uncategorized
By now you’ve seen Chrysler’s “America’s Import” ad campaign for the Chrysler 200 sedan. It’s pretty clever stuff, leaning on big name talent icons such as Eminem and Bob Dylan. And it also plucks our heartstrings for Detroit; America’s long ago designated Motor City....
Jun 22, 2015 | Uncategorized
I’ve spent many hours daydreaming about why car people are so jazzed up over finding a dusty old car abandoned in a barn or garage. Is it an update or automotive incarnation of the buried treasure fantasy? Or a spin on the notion of nostalgia? Or maybe some people...
Jun 15, 2015 | Uncategorized
It’s hard for me to believe that the Friends of Steve McQueen Car Show has been running for eight years now; I remember the first one, which was little more than a Porsche 356 club gathering, but it raised nearly $10,000 for the Boys Republic Schools; This fine...
Jun 3, 2015 | Uncategorized
Kirk Gerbracht photos Carroll Shelby passed away in May of 2013. So every spring, the Carroll Shelby Foundation, Shelby American, and all the other related Shelby companies and entities mark the occasion – but don’t you dare call this fabulous event, hosted at the...
May 26, 2015 | Uncategorized
Auctions America’s most recent California sales have been at a hotel in Burbank. Nothing wrong with that, but now the company has changed to a more exciting and romantic venue and moved its dates up so as not to be so close to all of the Monterey Car Week...
May 21, 2015 | Uncategorized
I’m away this week on two separate octane fueled adventures that I will share with you upon return. So no updates here until after Memorial Day. Enjoy the Indy...
May 13, 2015 | Uncategorized
By know you may have heard that Denise McCluggage passed away last week at 88. I knew her for many years, and pretty well. Among many other things, she was a superlative racing driver, competitive skier, and sports and automotive journalist. I won’t recount her...
May 7, 2015 | Uncategorized
When I first saw the Mercedes-Benz CLA45 AMG at an auto show, I knew it was a car I had to drive and evaluate as soon as possible. I immediately liked the CLA’s curvy styling, and was interested that Mercedes had again elected to offer a more value priced “entry...
Apr 24, 2015 | Uncategorized
Some news from my friends at the Automobile Driving Museum that I thought you might enjoy…. (El Segundo, CA) The Automobile Driving Museum (ADM), a non-profit museum that preserves historic automobiles, is proud to present “Woodies in the Park” picnic and car...
Apr 20, 2015 | Uncategorized
Newman Racing Documentary Opens I’m pleased and proud that my book, The Winning Life of Paul Newman, has been made into a proper documentary film. My big thanks to Adam Carolla and his great team for taking on this job and doing a wonderfully professional job of...
Apr 16, 2015 | Uncategorized
Bonds Have More Fun 007 Wannabe Meets a Movie Machine from “Quantum of Solace” “Quantum of Solace” movie stills courtesy Sony/EON Productions “Yes, we do, in fact, have one of the DBSs from the filming of “Quantum” in the States at the moment. Would you be interested...
Apr 13, 2015 | Uncategorized
If you still believe that diesel-powered cars are slow, smokey, and noisy, it’s really time to let go of that notion. I’ve recently spent some time and lots of miles at the wheels of two different Volkswagens running modern TDI “Clean Diesel”...
Apr 8, 2015 | Uncategorized
CARMEL, Calif. – April 8, 2015 – The Automotive Fine Arts Society (AFAS) will return to the Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance® on Sunday, August 16 with a collection of their best automotive artwork to celebrate their 30th year. Sponsored by The Lincoln Motor Company,...
Apr 1, 2015 | Uncategorized
photography courtesy Neil Rashba and Kirk Gerbracht Here’s some news from my friends at the Amelia Island Concours d’Elegance, at which I’m honored to serve as a judge and also contributing writer to the show’s official program. And extra...
Mar 27, 2015 | Uncategorized
I find the media convergence to be very exciting. Although it can be a bit dizzying to an old school dog like me. For my life and business, Facebook and Twitter don’t really fit to well, which is why I’m not active on these platforms. Of course this...
Mar 18, 2015 | Uncategorized
Photography by Kirk Gerbracht and Linda J. Stone I figured I better post these photos before they become as old as the cars in this wonderful event. Each December, the Horseless Carriage Club of Southern California hosts one of those “not to be missed”...
Mar 9, 2015 | Uncategorized
“Every time I start thinking the world is all bad, I start seeing some people out having a good time on motorcycles and it makes me take another look,” -Steve McQueen Chino Hills, CA – Prepare for your own good time at the 8th Annual Friends of Steve McQueen Car...
Mar 2, 2015 | Uncategorized
The pert, charming redhead in the photo above is my friend Ellen, and yes boys, the gray 911 she’s standing with is hers. Not a boyfriend’s, brother’s or husband’s, but 100% all hers. She’s a serious gearhead girl, a Bondurant trained...
Feb 20, 2015 | Uncategorized
Some news I thought you might enjoy from my friends at the Automobile Driving Museum… Remembering the Pontiac (El Segundo, CA) The Automobile Driving Museum (ADM), a non-profit automotive museum that preserves and educates of historic automobiles will be hosting...
Feb 4, 2015 | Uncategorized
Like most of us hopeless carfools, I love great barnfind cars and stories. So I decided it was time to publish my own compendium of them. My friend Tom Cotter really identified the genre with his...
Jan 30, 2015 | Uncategorized
The “compact truck” segment, as we knew it, is largely dead. It was the segment launched in the late 60s and particularly early 70s with those charming, cheap to buy and easy to live with little trucks like the Ford Courier, Datsun 2000 pickup, Toyota...
Jan 26, 2015 | Uncategorized
These results are tabulated by the good folks at Hagerty Collector Car Insurance, and while you may really enjoy people paying tons and tons of money for collector cars, or alternately, you may hate it, the information is always interesting to say the least. So...
Jan 22, 2015 | Uncategorized
This news from my friends at Shelby American… photos by Kirk Gerbracht LAS VEGAS – Jan. 16, 2015 – Shelby American, a wholly owned subsidiary of Carroll Shelby International Inc. (CSBI:PK), launched the first global Shelby GT muscle car, which is based on the...
Jan 12, 2015 | Uncategorized
I wanted to show you photos from and tell you about this great event, which took place in early December, before talking about a holiday toy and fun raiser show seemed too strange in the new year. Motor4Toys is an annual show held in a massive office...
Jan 8, 2015 | Uncategorized
Jay Leno buys a lot of cars, and has a massive and fabulous collection of them, in the most fabulous block of warehouse garages and shops you’ll ever see. Yet he never sells any off. On rare occasion, he’s been known to donate them to be sold for real and...
Jan 2, 2015 | Uncategorized
I’m still in disbelief and shock over the New Year’s Eve passing of Ed Herrmann. I first became aware of Mr. Herrmann’s power and capability as an actor from his portrayal of Franklin D. Roosevelt in the TV miniseries, Eleanor and Franklin and also...
Dec 29, 2014 | Uncategorized
Linda J. Stone photos I went to a most wonderful car event over the weekend (more on that once I get the photos from my shooter) and ran into a couple of car community celebs, they being Mike and Edd, the creators and stars of the popular, “buy ’em cheap,...
Dec 15, 2014 | Uncategorized
Words and photos by Kirk Gerbracht So, my wife and I decide to take a trip around Oregon. After a quick morning flight from Los Angeles to Portland, we spend the next day sightseeing in Portland. Then it’s off to Tillamook – cheese, cows . . . and the...
Dec 10, 2014 | Uncategorized
It’s time again for one of my very favorite car shows; something for everyone, a low key day, and all for a great cause. This year’s show and pre-show dinner/gala are dedicated to the Steve McQueen motorcycling classic, On Any Sunday. The...
Dec 1, 2014 | Uncategorized
Family, Friends and Colleagues, Thanks to the so many of you that have contacted me asking whether I’ll be working Barrett-Jackson collector car auction coverage on TV when coverage of the events moves to the Disovery’s Velocity network for 2015. I’m...
Nov 25, 2014 | Uncategorized
I love full sized vans, particularly Ford Econolines. Now the outgoing 2014 version of the Ford E-Series (nee Econoline) has been around a while and served well, but Ford has been long planning to replace...
Nov 13, 2014 | Uncategorized
photos by Kirk Gerbracht As you know, I love Cars N Coffee style morning cruise-ins. Get your car out of the garage, see some other cool cars, have a cuppa, BS with your pals, and be home in time to get after your weekend schedule or chores. These things are a great...
Nov 3, 2014 | Uncategorized
And in case you weren’t there yesterday, the Best of France and Italy car show was fantastic. And if you were there you know that. Be back to you soon, I promise; have lots to share with you. ...
Oct 27, 2014 | Uncategorized
One of my very most favoritest local car shows is The Best of France and Italy coming up this Sunday November 2, in the San Fernando Valley’s not so famous Woodly Park. This show is free to attend and cheap to enter. French cars, Italian cars, lots of car talk...
Oct 20, 2014 | Uncategorized
Guest Blog: Words and photos by Kirk Gerbracht ARCADIA, CA – Ultimately, it is cars that make a great car show. But sometimes the venue just adds a little something extra. Such was the case with Mustangs in the Garden. Celebration of the Mustang’s 50th birthday...
Oct 7, 2014 | Uncategorized
A Century of quintessentially Italian Carmaking and Motorsport This year one of the world’s most-expressive and best-loved car companies celebrates its first full century in business and forges confidently into its second hundred years. Maserati’s history is...
Sep 24, 2014 | Uncategorized
I’m pleased to announce that my newest book is off the press and ready for you. It’s the third in my now somewhat trademark trilogy of Hollywood’s True Car Guys biographies. First was McQueen’s Machines: The Cars and Bikes of a Hollywood Icon,...
Sep 22, 2014 | Uncategorized
John Steinbeck is of course among the world’s great authors. I enjoy his immaculate writing and grand sense of humor and drama. And I thought you might enjoy a read of this classic he wrote about cars, as published in the July 1954 issue of Holiday magazine....
Sep 3, 2014 | Uncategorized
James Garner, Steve McQueen, and Paul Newman. My three original Hollywood Car Guy heroes. Somehow I wrote books about them in reverse alphbetical order. Steve McQueen first, then Paul Newman, and now the trilogy is complete, as my piece on the car guy life of James...
Aug 25, 2014 | Uncategorized
The original Cadillac CTS of two decades ago convinced me that GM hadn’t forgotten how to develop a car, and that it wasn’t going to make every vehicle in its lineup a badge-engineered clone of a half dozen others. It hasn’t always stuck with that...
Aug 12, 2014 | Uncategorized
I love big game sportscar racing. Or even small time, not so big game sportscar racing. Over the years I’ve had ebbing and flowing interest in drag racing, NASCAR, and off-road racing, but I’m a road racer at heart. Probably from spending many a dusty...
Aug 6, 2014 | Uncategorized
The 1994 Indy 500 was special for me for many reasons. First was that it was planned as my here and friend Mario Andretti’s final crack at the Brickyard. Second is that I planned to be there, with my now late father; we’d gone twice before and had a blast....
Jul 31, 2014 | Uncategorized
Sir, your four door Camaro SS is waiting… The new Chevrolet SS Super Sport sedan has lived many lives in many different countries under several names and badges. In Australia, it’s a Holden. In England, A Vaxhuall, and an Opel in Germany. It was here in...
Jul 22, 2014 | Uncategorized
My friend, photographer Evan Klein and I were having lunch one day and he said “hey, what would you think about a car show at Franklin Canyon Lake Park?” That’s easy; the Beverly Hills location is beautiful, rustic, casual, genuine, and historic....
Jul 15, 2014 | Uncategorized
I’m not plugging this DVD set because I appear in it. I’m happy to tell you about it because it’s very good, well done, and every Mustang enthusiast will enjoy it and needs one for their DVD collection. This documentary is very entertaining, and...
Jul 8, 2014 | Uncategorized
It all began last March on a hotel rooftop parking lot in Amelia Island, Florida. We were cruising the lot during Concours weekend, checking out cars as they rolled into and out of the RM auction that was taking place in the Ritz’ ballroom, as were Bev...
Jun 30, 2014 | Uncategorized
The San Marino Motor Classic has become more than simply a great “regional” car show in a pretty park setting; it’s a really big deal show that draws magnificent cars. The primary organizer, Mr. Aaron Weiss, is a supremely knowledgeable car guy who...
Jun 25, 2014 | Uncategorized
By now you must know that I have a very deep relationship with and affection for this fabulous show, which honors the memory and bitchiness of Steve McQueen, and benefits the Boys Republic, where he wound up as a wayward teen, cleaned himself up and...
Jun 13, 2014 | Uncategorized
Say the name Bugatti and most enthusiasts will think of the great French cars, past and present. But there’s far more to the Bugatti story. Several of patron Ettore’s family members were gifted artists, in a variety of mediums. Oxnard, California’s...
Jun 9, 2014 | Uncategorized
I want to clue you in on a what I’m positive will be a great new car show that you’ll want to attend either as an entrant or spectator. It’s called Highway Earth, and it’s a show by and for real enthusiasts of any sort or stripe. You’ll...
May 28, 2014 | Uncategorized
Two of my favorite SoCal car show weekends are nearly upon us; The Friends of Steve McQueen Car & Motorcycle Show, this year honoring that classic McQueen flick, The Thomas Crown Affair, takes place June 6/7 at the Boys Republic School in Chino California....
May 22, 2014 | Uncategorized
Nearly every garage I’ve owned has had a lousy, or at best, very average floor. I once bought a new house that had clean, pristine, uncracked concrete, and I covered it with a giant piece of tight loop commercial carpeting that a contractor friend of mine pulled out...
May 19, 2014 | Uncategorized
Photos by Kirk Gerbracht Yes it has, and we’ve no reason to suspect this event will ever cease to be the world’s greatest one day gathering of Ford, Lincoln, Mercury and Ford-powered cars, trucks and racing machines. Ford Motor Company and the Ford Car Club Council...
May 13, 2014 | Uncategorized
I’ve finally decided to write a “barnfind car stories” book. It’ll be called Exotic Barnfinds, and true to that name, will focus on wonderfully derelict Aston Martins, Ferraris, Maseratis, Mercedes, Porsches and anything else that fits...
May 2, 2014 | Uncategorized
I’m pleased to be resuming my collector car auctions television commentating career beginning something new for me next week, working Auctions America’s Auburn Spring sale in Auburn, Indiana for the NBC Sports Network. The sale runs May 8-10, 2014, with...
Apr 22, 2014 | Uncategorized
This new book, out May 6, was a good fun read. I won’t spoil it for you but in so many words, the focal point is a ’57 Chevy wagon, built and bought...
Apr 14, 2014 | Uncategorized
Carwise, I’m an omnivore; in that I eat all automotive meats. I can usually find something to appreciate in nearly any sort, form, brand, or era of automobile. I love Bugattis and Ferraris, and old trucks too. I’m not stuck on rare, fancy,...
Apr 8, 2014 | Uncategorized
Among my very favorite car shows in the world is Concorso Italiano, which takes place on the Monterey Peninsula each August, all wrapped up in the Monterey Car Week that encompasses the Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance and the Rolex Motor Sports Reunion at Mazda...
Mar 31, 2014 | Uncategorized
I have great interest, and great faith, in the future of the electric car. You may or may not remember that at the birth of the automobile, way early in the last century, electric cars were common. But battery and electric motor technology wasn’t very...
Mar 24, 2014 | Uncategorized
Photos by Kirk Gerbracht Imagine your favorite five-star country club; magnificent golf course, great pro shop, luxurious clubhouse, comfortable relaxation areas for your family and guests, pool, fabulous weather, lots of palm trees, gym, spa, and gourmet food too....
Mar 13, 2014 | Uncategorized
Let’s begin with the Big Statement: The Amelia Island Concours d’elegance is among the world’s finest car shows. That is a no-longer questioned fact. Happysnap photos here by me! It’s a concours at a Ritz-Carlton golf club, on the beach, no...
Mar 6, 2014 | Uncategorized
As you may know, I’m a big fan and supporter of this wonderful show and events. You’ll see great cars, meet great folks, and support a good cause. The spirit of the day is wonderful, low key and fun, very cool and family friendly. Plus you never want to...
Feb 27, 2014 | Uncategorized
I miss those phone calls. My cell would ring and it was that unmistakable, I’d-know-it-anywhere-in-the-middle-of-the-night, rich yet raspy Texas voice, announcing that it was “Carroll Hall Shelby, here” – as if it could possibly be anyone else. He’d follow up with...
Feb 19, 2014 | Uncategorized
Here’s the dealio on a killer great new racing career history book you won’t want to miss. It’s a large and semi expensive book but worth every penny in terms of the whole story about one of our greatest ever road racers, and beyond that, the rich...
Feb 11, 2014 | Uncategorized
Photos by Kirk Gerbracht The Mustang 50th Anniversary celebrations have begun and will certainly build to a fever pitch during the rest of this year as countdown to the 2015 Mustang’s arrival in dealer showrooms (and enthusiasts’ garages) this fall. Some of those...
Feb 7, 2014 | Uncategorized
An impressive collection of V-8, Neue Klasse and high-performance models from the famed Bavarian marque, many to be offered without reserve From my friends at Gooding & Company, and I thought you’d enjoy this…MS SANTA MONICA, Calif. (February 4, 2014)...
Feb 4, 2014 | Uncategorized
I will disclose to you that when General Motors came out with its new lineup of mid-sized 3-row seat SUV Crossovers some years back (the Chevrolet Traverse, the Saturn Outlook, the GMC Acadia, and the Buick Enclave) I wasn’t all that crazy about them. The Buick...
Jan 27, 2014 | Uncategorized
Win a new 2014 Mini Cooper at the Steve McQueen Car Show in a unique charity raffle, with all proceeds benefiting Boys Republic. The car will be raffled off Saturday, June 7, 2014 at 2:00 PM The cost of the tickets is $20.00 each or 6 tickets for $100.00 Want to...
Jan 21, 2014 | Uncategorized
I thought you might enjoy this auction week summary from my friends at Hagerty collector car insurance. I have my special cars insured with them, and you should too. Visit www.hagerty.com. Overall from all auction companies; 2014 Total: $248.6M 2,321/2,815 lots sold:...
Jan 13, 2014 | Uncategorized
As you may or may not know, I’ve spent the last seven Januarys working for SPEED then FOX Sports TV covering the Barrett-Jackson Collector Car auctions in Scottsdale, Arizona. And I’m somewhat disappointed to advise you that great run has come to an end,...
Jan 12, 2014 | Uncategorized
Please let me share with you a little story, that causes me modest concern. Two young dudes were hanging out in the driveway. Dude One, leaning against his car, lamented to the other, “ Dude – I need your help. I just can’t get it to run right. I’ve downloaded...
Jan 2, 2014 | Uncategorized
In my life and career, I’ve been lucky enough to attend, and/or participate in the world’s greatest car shows: Pebble Beach, Concorso d’eleganza Villa d’Este, Amelia Island, you name it I’ve likely been or judged there. So I know classic...
Dec 24, 2013 | Uncategorized
Dear Friends, Visitors and Viewers, I’m way behind in blog postings, and have an inventory of car shows and vehicle drives to share with you. But I’m going to take them a little out of order for now since this Shelby Toy Drive and Shelby Los Angeles open...
Dec 17, 2013 | Uncategorized
My friend Jeff is a serious car guy, and a seasoned driver. He’s been interested in the new F-Type as a possible replacement for his Porsche Cayman S Sport, and has asked me a lot about this exciting new car from Jaguar. He’s also 6’7″, so...
Dec 10, 2013 | Uncategorized
The Carroll Shelby Foundation (CSF) is revving up the spirit of giving this season by hosting a holiday celebration on Saturday, Dec. 14 at its headquarters in Gardena, Calif., from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. The free event will feature an incredible display of cars from...
Dec 6, 2013 | Uncategorized
Hooray for Hollywood! No more spy photos, no more close but not official or correct computer illustrations of what “the next” Mustang is going to look like. As part of a time honored Hollywood tradition, the new Mustang made its world debut in SoCal...
Nov 24, 2013 | Uncategorized
Chino Hills, CA: Save the dates of June 6 & 7, 2014, for your own extraordinary affair as The 7th Annual Friends of Steve McQueen Car and Motorcycle Show celebrates “The Thomas Crown Affair”. The soiree will commence Friday, June 6, at the beautiful campus of The...
Nov 18, 2013 | Uncategorized
I’ve known Wallace Wyss for 30 years, and he was one of the first real magazine writers I ever got to know when we were both involved in in the whole DeTomaso and Pantera scene. Wally was always open and friendly to me, and gave me some good advice about the...
Nov 6, 2013 | Uncategorized
I, like so many other of my writer colleagues, am planning to do a “Barnfind” car book; hopefully packed full of stories and photos of great cars that were salted away, on purpose or otherwise, then discovered and rescued. I’ve become a little tired...
Oct 29, 2013 | Uncategorized
15,000 Corvettes, and nearly 50,000 Vettetistas, gather in Illinois to celebrate big anniversaries and the new C7 photography by me and Kirk! Automotively and socially, 2013 proved a year of varied and interesting milestones. The Chevrolet Corvette, born in 1953,...
Oct 24, 2013 | Uncategorized
Art Center (formerly referred to by its more formal name, the Art Center College of Design) is a world class institution dedicated to the pursuit of a wide variety of art and design pursuits, such as transportation design, photography, fashion, and so on. Over its...
Oct 16, 2013 | Uncategorized
PHOENIX – The inaugural Arizona Concours d’Elegance, a premium automotive event that starts up Arizona collector-car auction week, has chosen Packard and Maserati as its honored marques for the Sunday, Jan. 12, 2014, concours held at the historic Arizona Biltmore...
Oct 12, 2013 | Uncategorized
Superb condition, most factory options, less than 36,000 miles, one year remaining on factory warranty. This immaculate GLK belongs to my niece, who has now moved away to school and could not take it with her. 3.5-liter V-6, 7-speed automatic transmission panorama...
Oct 7, 2013 | Uncategorized
I attend a lot of car shows. Some I go to or participate in for business reasons; others are strictly as an enthusiast. Big shows small ones, prestigious events and local level gatherings in the park. It doesn’t matter to me, I just love car shows and feel...
