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 d’Elegance®, is thrilled to offer for sale a 2016…
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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 a run what ya brung show,…
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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 photos of the cars. So here ya go.
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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 complain or make a sound doing it. Cars…
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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 know, when I travel I photograph all the cool…
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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 that Ford began to let the…
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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 photos of these great cars. And great photos of…
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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. The idea behind the ads is that American companies and workers…
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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 automatically think they can prize that…
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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 institution, with its primary campus in Chino…
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