The San Marino Motor Classic is always a part of my summer car show agenda, and this year’s rendition didn’t disappoint. I’ve shown cars there, judged there, and bought a ticket and attended as a regular car fool just like all the rest of us. Part of what makes San Marino so excellent is the…
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Kip Cyrpus is an Orange County property developer, manager, and investor. And he also loves just about anything with a motor and wheels. His collection is varied, and eclectic. There are a few of the expected standards, and lots of different and unexpected too, including fabulous cars, motorcycles, engines on stands, and great ephemera (watches,…
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You may or may not remember the original Harrah’s Collection museum in Reno. William F. Harrah was a larger than life kind of guy, doyen of Harrah’s hotels and casinos, a major player in the entertainment and gambling businesses in Reno/Tahoe Nevada. He also was a car collector on the very grandest of scales; his…
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It’s a scene repeated dozens if not hundreds of times all around America; the local weekend car show. Three Day Holidays like Memorial Day, Labor Day, and the 4th of July are particularly suited to this activity. You know, the local car club puts on a casual run what ya brung gathering at the local…
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I still love old school car books, you know printed on actual paper, with photos, and all that. I’ve written and published more than a dozen of them, and even though I’m a Kindle carrying radical, reading an actual book provides certain satisfactions that go beyond just getting delivery of the material. Here’s some new…
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And please double-click on any image to see it full screen and high res It was my privilege to serve as Master of Ceremonies for the 15th Annual La Jolla Concours d’Elegance, in La Jolla, California a few weeks ago. This event started out as a kind of glorified carsncoffee meet in the La Jolla…
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Many of you know of Peter Mullin; he’s the big game LA businessman who puts down rather large and significant footprints in the classic and collector car community. Mr. Mullin has a rather fabulous museum in Oxnard, California, bearing his own name, and also serves as Chairman of the Board of the Petersen Automotive Museum…
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Japan has an automotive history going back a century; not to mention several worthwhile car museums many of which go well beyond only Japanese car Please doubleclick any photo to see it full screen in high res Most people might believe that Japan’s automotive history dates to sometime in the 1960s, because that’s when Datsuns…
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Guest Blog: words and pix by Kirk Gerbracht Most of us auto enthusiasts have spent an entire weekend at a car show with associated events like a cruise or road trip and dinner one day, with a show or concours the following day. So how about a week-long series of events? In fact, 16 events…
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Photo Courtesy Galpin Auto Sports I was distressed, but unfortunately not surprised to hear of Lee Iacocca’s July 2, 2019 passing. Lido Anthony Iacocca was born October 15, 1924 in Allentown, Pennsylvania, making him 94 when he died. He was known and will be remembered for many things in the Autosphere. Mr. I was…
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