Here’s an excellent snapshot of our supply chain problem. Not only is its fragility responsible for an unmanageable part of inflation, just-in-time optimization has spoiled investors and consumers. Impulsive behavior is rewarded but it also crashes the system. Another casualty are we, who used to enjoy driving our cars. There is no lane discipline, trucks … Continue reading “Interstate Misery”
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Looking back at the annual invasion by the classic car industry in Monterey CA in August 2019 after the events were cancelled in 2020 due to the pandemic — Monterey Car Week will never be the same again. I was lucky to be invited back to the Monterey Car Week in 2019. But complaining again … Continue reading “Has the Monterey Car Week Madness Peaked?”
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Even our car hobby felt her wrath last year, and now recently in 2021, then surely again and again. Last winter, part of Highway 1, south of Big Sur at Rat Creek, plunged into the Pacific again. This summer, the Nürburgring and Spa-Francorchamps tracks need repairs from flooding and the Ring is now used as … Continue reading “Mother Earth is Having Hot Flashes”
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Reggie Jackson was selling this one below on Bring a Trailer (BaT) on October 12, 2021. GM only made 602 in 1967 to homologate them for the TransAm race series. Only about 230 of those are known to survive. For 1968, GM officially introduced the Z/28 option as a “model.” That’s why those badges are … Continue reading “My Personal Best Speeding Ticket with a Chevrolet Camaro Z/28”
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It’s been five years since my MG-TC went to New Zealand so it is time for an update about the rest of my hobby. The jaunty pre-war style, right-hand drive MG started my collection in 1975 but the era for enjoying vintage motoring around here has become more dangerous than fun. The collector car market … Continue reading “Crossing the Car Collector’s Finish Line Near the End of a Golden Era”
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An eclectic collection of classic cars in the Black Hills of South Dakota offered up through an ONLINE ONLY sale now through October 21st.
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There’s gold in them there hills! The Black Hills of South Dakota are known for tales of the Wild West. The infamous “Dead Man’s Hand” and Wild Bill Hickock, Calamity Jane, Sioux Indians, and Pioneers searching for their fortunes in gold. But for Gary Kuchner, his treasure isn’t gold but iron that Gary has “dug up”, Yee Ha, approx. 80 Classic Cars.
Gary Started his search for old iron as a little kid in Nebraska. Gary’s Mother was fixing an old pedal car for him. She had just painted it and came back to find Gary had wiped off the seat and was riding it around the basement. From then on, he was car crazy. Gary got his first car, a 1942 Dodge that beat up on the local Chevrolets and Fords.
Gary built his 1st hotrod from a Ford Model A Sportster. He cut down the top and threw on some 1946 Ford wheels and raced up and down the country roads.
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After graduating from high school in 1955, Gary went to trade school and learned to be a body man. His first job was at the Ford garage as a painter. This fueled his passion to build hotrods and a means to do it. Gary had heard about the hotrod craze in California and packed up his young wife and headed to California. Gary worked as a body man and loved the car culture. But the farm was calling him back and he went back to Nebraska to the family farm. Gary took over the operation and farmed for about 20 years and still did body work on the side. Soon, he was looking for a change and sold the farm to his cousin.
Gary has worked as a body man at a Ford garage and a Rambler garage, but his favorite job was at a Chrysler dealership. From Road Runners to Challengers, Gary loved seeing the yearly style changes arriving on the trucks.
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He got divorced, and well, another marriage, and he headed out to find his treasures in the Black Hills of South Dakota. Gary’s choice of home is fitting for his wild nature and interests. His home is tucked amongst the granite cliffs and tall Pines of South Dakota. Lucky for him, the Internet was coming into its own, and this allowed him to “mine the web” for his “iron” treasures. The web was full of classic cars looking for a new home.
He bought a trailer and started buying cars from all over the area and United States. Gary has had a lifetime of adventures buying cars and pulling his trailer around the United States, but now at 84-years-young, Gary has decided to sell his collection. It’s not that he is parking the trailer, but he has more cars than time and he can’t restore them all, so it’s time for them to go to other collectors and for them to enjoy. VanDerBrink Auctions will sell the cars in an Online Only Auction.
Gary is a wealth of information and a truly car crazy guy. His mind is so full of car trivia, and he favors Fords and Chryslers. The collection is full of Fords and many Chryslers including “Big Fin” cars. The collection consists of everything from older restored to projects and parts cars. There is a rare 1971 AMC AMX Javelin that has the 401 V8 and is 1 of less than 2000 built. The 1966 Ford Mustang GT Fastback would make a fine addition to any collection as well. The collection has everything from big finned MoPars to a 1955 Chevrolet Belair 2dr. ht. that belonged to family. There are approx. 80 vehicles that are being offered up in the auction. Because the cars are tucked up by Gary’s home in the Black Hills, the auction will be Online Only and can also be viewed for buyers by appointment.
When you walk around Gary’s Collection, you start to see some of his fun personality. There’s a UFO crash sight, a car full of baby dolls, and characters that greet you as you come up the winding road to the collection. The trip to see this collection and buy one of Gary’s well worth it and truly “gold in them there Hills”
VanDerBrink Auctions will sell the Kuchner Collection in an Online Only auction and bidding starts Now! Bidding will end October 21st, 2022. For more info on the auction, catalog, video, and more auctions. www.vanderbrinkauctions.com or 605-201-7005.
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In Carlisle on September 29-30 Carlisle Auctions will offer three opportunities for attendees to support a trio of Causes.
CARLISLE, PA – There are 400+ consignments slated to cross the block on September 29-30 as part of the Fall Carlisle Collector Car Auction and of those 400+, a trio of them will benefit charity. Carlisle Auctions is excited to work with sellers who support Mission 23, Rescue 22, and Blue Star Mothers as a means to raise money and awareness for these great causes.
Of the three planned charity lots, one will run Thursday, while the other two run Friday. Thursday’s offering is at 11:45 a.m. and comes to the auction by way of Cedar Grove United Methodist Church. The church is showcasing and selling a 1923 Ford T Bucket that was built from the ground up by the church and its parishioners. More so, the youth of the church, with the help of their parents and other community members built the car as a fund raiser in support of their mission work. Annually the group serves the Appalachia Service Project and this year, the mission group will be working in Kentucky.
As the ’23 T Bucket crosses block, members from Cedar Grove UMC and Mission 23 will be on hand as a room full of car enthusiasts will bid on the ride. 100% of the sale plus any donations from the room will go directly to the group not only for their work in Kentucky, but to assist with funding future missions too.
In addition to the ’23 T Bucket, Carlisle Auctions welcomes Sission Pre-Owned of Uniontown, Pennsylvania back to the auction to sell a 2006 Cadillac DTS. Proceeds from this sale benefit the Rescue 22 Foundation. The Rescue 22 Foundation is a nonprofit organization that provides the highest quality task trained service dogs to our nations combat veterans. 100% of the sale from the ’06 Cadillac will benefit Rescue 22 and the car will cross the block first thing Friday at approximately 12 p.m.
Not long after the Sission/Rescue 22 Cadillac sells, another lot of cars will come to the block with the third and final charitable tie-in. As part of the Dave Ferro Collection (4 p.m. on September 29), Mr. Ferro will run nine (9) lots, with one of them, a 1977 Dodge Power Wagon Military tuck, selling with dollars benefiting Blue Star Mothers. Blue Star Mothers is a group of moms throughout the nation who have children serving in the military. The first $10,000 from the sale of the ’77 Power Wagon will go to them for use within their organization.
1977 Dodge Power Wagon Military Info Here
“We are so glad to be able to assist three wonderful organizations as part of our Fall Carlisle Collector Car Auction,” said Director of Auction Operations Tony Cline. “We wish them well as they continue forward with the good work that they continue to do. Bid with your heart, knowing you’ll be helping a trio of worthy causes.”
The Fall Carlisle Collector Car Auction takes place in conjunction with Fall Carlisle itself (September 28-October 2) and starts at 12 p.m. each day. Preview hours for the in-person sale start at 8 a.m. on the 28th and continue each morning through the start of the auction. Complete details on each charity consignment as well as the rest of the lots scheduled to cross the block are available online at CarlisleAuctions.com. Bidder registration is ongoing by calling 717-960-6400 or by stopping into the Carlisle Auctions office starting Monday, September 26.
Carlisle Events is a partner or producer of over a dozen annual collector car/truck events. Events are held at the Carlisle PA Fairgrounds (Carlisle, PA), Allentown Fairgrounds (Allentown, PA), and the SUN ‘n FUN Expo Campus (Lakeland, FL). The season schedule includes four automotive flea markets of varying size, four auctions, as well as individual specialty shows featuring Chryslers, Corvettes, Fords, GMs, Trucks, and Imports. Founded in 1974 by friends Bill Miller and Chip Miller, events hosted at Carlisle attract enthusiasts annually from all corners of the globe. More information is available at www.CarlisleEvents.com or www.CarlisleAuctions.com.
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All production versions of the Porsche Speedster on display at the Newport Car Museum.
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PORTSMOUTH, R.I.– In June, the Newport Car Museum celebrated its fifth anniversary by adding five new cars to its collection, which is now 90+ strong and represents eight decades of automotive design. In September, it added yet another car: a 1994 Porsche 911 (964) Speedster, which is significant in that it means the Museum now has on display a Porsche representing every production Speedster version built since 1954.
“I’m fairly certain there are very few, if any, museums where the public can see all five production versions of the Porsche Speedster, which were built from 1954 to 2019,” said Newport Car Museum Founder Gunther Buerman, who personally selects frequent additions to his private collection just as he hand-picked the original 65 cars that launched the opening of the Museum in 2017.
The 911 Speedster, a minimalistic open-top two-seater, with a distinctive short, raked windshield, is a rare classic that combines timeless design with state-of-the-art technology. The model 964 was the third version of this famous car and featured significant styling revisions over previous 911 models.
It’s estimated that only 936 of the 964 Speedsters were built for the 1993 model year, with some of the later examples, like the one newly added to the Newport Car Museum collection being completed as 1994 cars. Only 427 of the 964s were allocated for the U.S. market.
The Museum’s ’94 Speedster joins Porsche Speedsters on display from 1956, ’89, 2011 and 2019. They are part of a more comprehensive showing of 14 Porsches in a Pop-Up Porsche Exhibit. But don’t let the “Pop-Up” part confuse you; the exhibit has earned semi-permanent status due to its popularity, so it’s not going to disappear anytime soon. It is set up in the Museum’s 5,000 square foot Event Space as a seventh gallery, complementing the six other galleries that represent World Cars, Corvettes, Ford/Shelby, Fin Cars, American Muscle and MoPars.
The Porsches, like all vehicles in the collection, are perched on low platforms or turntables, with no barrier ropes so that visitors can get up close and personal with these magnificent, iconic machines. Large-format artwork and award-winning historical videos commissioned specially for the Museum add to the experience, as does an impressive collection of Mid-Century Modern furniture that enables visitors to relax and reflect on the cars as art.
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The Porsche Speedsters on display at the Newport Car Museum:
• 1956 Porsche (356a) Speedster
• 1989 Porsche 911 Carrera Speedster
• 1994 Porsche 911 (964) Speedster
• 2011 Porsche 911 (997) Speedster
• 2019 Porsche 911 (991) Speedster Heritage
More About the Newport Car Museum – The Newport Car Museum, with over 90 cars displayed in six galleries and a Pop-Up Porsche Exhibit, tells the story of Ford/Shelby, Corvettes, World Cars, Fin Cars, MoPars and American Muscle Cars. Within 18 months of its 2017 opening, it was included in USA Today’s “Top 10 Best New Attractions” and named Yankee Magazine’s “Best Specialty Museum.” It also has won an award from the National Association of Automobile Museums for its originally produced historic videos and in 2021 won the Tripadvisor® Travelers’ Choice award for a second consecutive year and further designation as Tripadvisor’s top 10% of attractions worldwide.
The Newport Car Museum is handicap accessible and hours are daily 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tickets can be bought at the door or online at www.newportcarmuseum.org (401-848-2277). Regular admission: $19/adults; $15/Seniors, Military, Students; $9/Ages 5-12 (with an adult); Free/Ages 4 and under (with an adult)
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Broad Arrow Auctions teams up with Morton Street Partners to hold a preview of the collector car highlights from its October auction Passion for the Drive: The Cars of Jim Taylor.
Broad Arrow Auctions – Following its successful debut sale during Monterey Car Week, Broad Arrow Auctions will collaborate with
Morton Street Partners to preview collector car highlights from its October auction Passion for the Drive:
The Cars of Jim Taylor. Four stand-out motor cars from the offering will be on view at Morton Street
Partners’ West Village gallery from September 22-28, and an
official opening reception set for September 22.
Passion for the Drive: The Cars of Jim Taylor is a single-owner auction to be held October 14-15 in Mr.
Taylor’s hometown of Gloversville, NY. Offered almost entirely without reserve, the 120-car group
represents one of the finest assemblages of European, British, and American sports and vintage cars from
classics to Post-War sports and muscle, through modern supercars. A lifelong enthusiast, many of Mr.
Taylor’s cars have been rallied and shown at events around the world. Beyond the cars, the auction will
present more than 500 lots of automobilia, including rare original neon signs, posters, period advertising,
model cars, and petroliana.
The incomparable highlight of the offering, Mr. Taylor’s D-Type, XKD 515, is considered by marque
specialists to be one of the most original examples extant, owed to the fact that it was largely
spared from competitive racing when new and instead used primarily as a road car. As the 15th of
the 42 examples originally built, this is one of the best, no-excuses Jaguar D-Types on the planet.
Ryan Merrill © 2022 Courtesy of Broad Arrow Auctions.
Mr. Taylor’s Horch 853 is without a doubt one of the best unrestored Horch motor cars in
existence. As a result of its originality, it was honored with a Preservation Class award at the
prestigious Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance. Properly rebuilt and fully sorted mechanically, the
Horch is a delight to drive.
Ryan Merrill © 2022 Courtesy of Broad Arrow Auctions.
With Mr. Taylor for the last 17 years, this is an ideal example of the 300 SL, one of the most
important yet user-friendly, easy-to-love sports cars ever produced. The numbers-matching car is
complete with its original factory fitted luggage, hardtop and softtop, Nardi steering wheel, and
many other desirable features. The 300 SL remains ready for any number of vintage touring and rally events.
Ryan Merrill © 2022 Courtesy of Broad Arrow Auctions
One of just two examples built by Ferrari to complete the Ferrari Panamerican 20,000 event, this is the only car in private ownership, having been purchased by Mr. Taylor from the Ferrari factory in 2007. The 599 GTB has been extensively driven and enjoyed since and is almost certainly one of the most historically significant, ex-factory modern Ferraris.
Ryan Merrill © 2022 Courtesy of Broad Arrow Auctions
About Broad Arrow Group, a Hagerty Company – Broad Arrow Group, a Hagerty (NYSE: HGTY) company, is an advisor, market maker, and financier for car collectors, with commitment to integrity, trust, and innovation. Broad Arrow Group operates Broad Arrow Auctions, Broad Arrow Capital, and Collectors Garage and is headquartered in Grosse Pointe, Michigan. Learn more at broadarrowgroup.com.
About Morton Street Partners – Morton Street Partners is a new curatorial project and advisory merging the worlds of contemporary art and collectible cars. Located at 16 Morton Street at the heart of the West Village, Morton Street Partners occupies the ground floor of a 19th-century carriage house and resides within a 3,000 square-foot loftedwhite cube space with a working garage door that defines the building’s unique façade.
Founded by collectible car experts Tom Hale, Jake Auerbach, and Benjamin Tarlow, Morton Street Partners is committed to generating dynamic programming that recontextualizes automobiles within the worlds of art and design. By educating visitors and clients about the theoretical lineage and definitive craft inherent to automotive design, their hybrid exhibitions continue to situate the automobile within its ascendent fine art and collectible asset context.
As a first-of-its-kind art-world platform, Morton Street Partners collaborates with top curators, bluechip galleries, internationally-renowned artists, and premier automotive manufacturers to generate both on and off-site programming that fosters new conversations on the manifold intersections of art, culture, design, and the automobile. Learn more at www.mortonstreetpartners.com, @mortonstreetpartners
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SUN ‘n FUN Expo Campus to host two great collector car auctions – Carlisle Auctions will showcase nearly 1,000 lots.
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CARLISLE, PA – Fresh off an amazing February 2022 event that saw over $4 million in total sales and hundreds of collector cars go home with new owners, Carlisle Auctions returns to SUN ‘n FUN some nine months later to host the Fall Lakeland Collector Car Auction. For two days in Pasco County, the facility comes to life with sounds other than the roar of airplane engines. The Fall auction is November 11-12 and starts at 10:30 a.m. daily.
As part of the Lakeland Fall offering, some 400+ lots are expected, including the always popular All-Truck Hour (ATH). The truck hour is taking place starting at approximately 1:30 p.m. on Friday, November 11 and offers one full hour of nothing but trucks, Jeeps, Vans, and SUVs. The ATH has become an annual part of auctions both in Florida and in Carlisle and is hands down the most popular themed hour available to buyers and sellers.
Not long after the Lakeland Fall Collector Car Auction concludes, Carlisle Auctions returns to Florida in February for its Lakeland Winter offering. This time around, cars take center stage February 10-11, a time that serves as the perfect appetizer for NASCAR and Daytona fans as well as baseball fans who may be in the area for the start of Spring Training.
If Florida in November is good, it’s even better in February because for the Lakeland Winter Collector Car Auction guests, the only thing that’s hot are the deals available! Once again, 400+ lots are expected, with a 10:30 a.m. daily start and a dedicated All-Truck Hour, tentatively planned for Friday, February 10.
Carlisle Auctions is actively registering bidders for both Florida auctions as well as accepting quality consignments to populate the auction. Further, Carlisle Auctions offers THREE great ways to bid, in person, on the phone, or online. Not buying or selling, but still looking for some auction excitement? Spectator admission is just $10 with ample FREE parking not far from the heart of the action. Forms, flyers, details, and more are available online at CarlisleAuctions.com or by calling 717-960-6400.
Carlisle Events is a partner or producer of over a dozen annual collector car/truck events. Events are held at the Carlisle PA Fairgrounds (Carlisle, PA), Allentown Fairgrounds (Allentown, PA), and the SUN ‘n FUN Expo Campus (Lakeland, FL). The season schedule includes four automotive flea markets of varying size, four auctions, as well as individual specialty shows featuring Chryslers, Corvettes, Fords, GMs, Trucks, and Imports. Founded in 1974 by friends Bill Miller and Chip Miller, events hosted at Carlisle attract enthusiasts annually from all corners of the globe. More information is available at www.CarlisleEvents.com or www.CarlisleAuctions.com.
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