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in Classical Drives, on March 7, 2010
Way back when the Austin Healey Sprite was launched, BMC Canada loaned me one for what became the very first North American media test drive. Being young and foolish and a novice racer I persuaded the engineer of the radio station where we worked to join me on a run to Edenvale, a deserted road r...
in Oldtimer & Classic Cars, on 07.03.10
...ein die Masse der Aussteller sondern auch die dort gebotene Klasse. Im Fall der Stuttgarter Retro Classics trifft beides aufeinander und wenn die Messe vom 12. bis zum 14. März 2010 die 100.000 Quadra...
in Classical Drives, on February 15, 2010
...400 may be tiny and it may not be quick, but it delivers more smiles per mile than any of the great classics that Mr. O'Quinn chose to collect. Of course Vespa is a name best known for Italian sco...
in Classical Drives, on February 8, 2010
...e years. In my view, that's what makes a museum truly interesting as opposed to row upon row of classics and nothing else, no matter how attractive the cars may be. Look at that lovely old soda ba...
in Sox First, on January 29, 2010
...n Chen says the iBooks e-reader app on the IPad device was ripped off from an existing iPhone app, Classics. "The pages emulate the look of a printed book page. The 3D page-flipping effect looks...
in Do you like to cook?, on January 21, 2010
...ike shredding cheese or deboning a chicken.Okay, not really. But I've thought about it.Culinary Classics is a nifty little website that sells all sorts of chef's clothing, from coats and clogs...
in House of Nintendo, on January 21, 2010
...urrently has a user-rating of 3.5 out of 4. It's quite primitive in style and graphics, but the classics never get old! The idea is this; with a limited number of missiles you must adjust your tra...
in Classical Drives, on January 14, 2010
...ile upmarket auctioneers like RM and Gooding grab our attention for the spectacular and very costly classics that populate their events, it's Barrett-Jackson that offers a vast number of cars in...
in Business Computer Blog (UK), on January 6, 2010
...ot giving up on "real" books but the kind of books (I love buying leather bound classics) that I want to read on the run that keep me in touch with technology are the best bet on the Kindle....
in Business Computer Blog (UK), on January 5, 2010
...one I am using surprisingly often.
• Some free selection: I was shocked at how many free classics exist for the Kindle.
• Room for MP3s. Got stuff you do want to listen to on the Kindle? Upload ...
in Classical Drives, on December 31, 2009
... Few American classics can match the romantic, even mysterious image of the Tucker. Brilliantly conceived, superbly engineered, it was brought to a halt by indecent accusations of stock manipulation...
in Classical Drives, on December 28, 2009
...ing Shelby Cobras and even a rare Chrysler Thunderbolt concept are among the dozens of desireable classics that will drive or get pushed up the ramp to the auctioneer's podium, ready to be purchas...
in Classical Drives, on December 18, 2009
...ual pumping demonstration in Honesdale, Pa. For those who'd like to see many more firefighting classics, there's a wonderful museum in Phoenix called The Hall of Flame Fire Museum .
When ...
in carzz.org, on December 16, 2009
In the unlikely event that I were ever to buy a motorcycle and learn to ride it, my choice would not be a Harley. Nor would it be a screaming Japanese pocket rocket. No, I'd want a vintage-styled British machine like the Triumph Thruxton, seen above, for the same reason I prefer classic aut...
in Classical Drives, on December 16, 2009
... Ah, it's such fun when the class of the classics go head-to-head in Arizona's auction week. Hot on the heels of RM's announcement of an all-British sale the night before the big one com...
in Classical Drives, on December 8, 2009
...r some photographers prefer to focus on the details rather than the entire vehicle. Easy to do with classics from an era before envelope bodies took over and everything from headlights to bumpers merg...
in Classical Drives, on November 23, 2009
Just as there is something very special about the British Isles, so too is there something special about British cars. So special, in fact, that RM is planning an All British evening to launch its annual Arizona auction . Titled "The British Are Coming" it takes place Thursday, January 21 at the...
in Classical Drives, on November 20, 2009
Our friend and contributor Nigel Matthews has just experienced every man's fantasy (and some women, too, I suspect). Here's his story.
What could a guy who has been at the wheel of just about every sports car and super car, including the Bugatti Veyron Coupe, drive that could possibly top th...
in The Celebrities Weblog, on November 19, 2009
...brities are pampered from top to bottom. Shoemaker Jeffrey-West produces shoes that are considered classics with an offbeat touch. His creations cover the tootsies of David Bowie, and David Beckham, ...
in Classical Drives, on November 18, 2009
Every winter I dream of attending the Amelia Island Concours d'Elegance . My reasons are several. For starters, Amelia Island is in Florida, the event is held around mid-March, and thus the combination of warm sunshine and beautiful classic cars is enticing. And then there's the Concours itself,...
in Classical Drives, on November 16, 2009
Two of the greatest names in French classic automobiles, Delage and Delahaye, highlight a special exhibit at the Antique Auto Museum (AACA Museum) in Hershey this fall and winter, where six spectacular and diverse vehicles from Jack Rich's JWR Automobile Museum Collection are on display until Jan...
in Classical Drives, on November 13, 2009
Is this 300SL the real thing or is it the product of some very skillful computer imaging? If someone did actually cut and section such a valuable car for the purpose of adding a back seat we have to admire the execution, though not the concept. Knowing how difficult it is to get into the front se...
in Classical Drives, on November 11, 2009
The Jaguar D-Type was not only the fastest sports-prototype of the 1950s, it was the most beautiful. Curvaceous, purposeful and, for its period, very aerodynamic. Look at the photo above and dare tell me I'm wrong! Indeed, if you've got enough spare cash in your jeans you can buy it with the high...
in Classical Drives, on November 6, 2009
A couple of years ago I did a blog about Ted and Sharon Forbes and their remarkable collection of 1950s cars, but I really didn't do credit to these fine folks. It was a chilly winter's day and all the cars had to be photographed indoors, in the Forbe's garage. Not the best lighting, not much r...
in Classical Drives, on November 4, 2009
... of just five built and the only one with right-hand drive. For those of us whose taste runs to the classics, the winner was this superb 1950 Aston Martin team car. It sold for a DB2 world record of $...
in Classical Drives, on November 2, 2009
Anyone who appreciates London as I do will enjoy this blogsite. It's called, appropriately, the Anglophile , and is produced from Utah by an American gentleman, Thomas Moore Sr. For thirty-five years he and his son Thomas Jr. have been operating a short-let company for flats (apartments) in Cen...
in Classical Drives, on October 30, 2009
This week's edition of the Hemmings newsletter contains an invitation for owners of classic Buick Roadmasters to participate at next summer’s New England Concours d’Elegance, where the big, beautiful Buicks will take center stage. Hemming's goal is to have at least one example of every differen...
in Classical Drives, on October 28, 2009
This is not the kind of automobile that people rush to see when it's parked in a vintage car show. And if they did I suspect many of the younger folk in the audience, whose enthusiasm is limited to muscle cars, would wonder what all the fuss is about. But the 1928 Essex appeals to me because it l...
in Classical Drives, on October 26, 2009
During my teenage years I fell in love with mahogany-hulled speedboats carrying names like Chris-Craft, Garwood, Century... plus the Canadian brands Greavette and Ditchburn. It was a time when ‘Gentlemen’s Runabouts’ were the thing to own; boats with style that could be used for family recreation...
in Classical Drives, on October 23, 2009
A few blogs ago I featured the 2009 Louisville Kentucky Concours d'Elegance , thanks to our intrepid but unpaid reporter, Nigel Matthews, who was there as a judge. Nigel has now forwarded the updated Concours Web page . Meanwhile I can't help but comment on this extraordinary Rolls Royce, which...
in Busy with Style, on October 21, 2009
... Even the most fashion challenged among us know that you can never go wrong with the classics: a strand of pearls, tennis bracelet, or diamond stud earrings. Brooks Brothers is known f...
in Classical Drives, on October 21, 2009
...heli shots showing how the highway snakes along the waters of Howe Sound. Some 50 souls drove their classics to Britannia Beach and a warm brew at Galileo's Coffee Shop; the brave ones with their tops...
in Classical Drives, on October 19, 2009
The other day I was looking through a back copy of Collectible Automobile magazine and came upon an article about the 1957 Chrysler cars. In his story author Jeffrey E. Godshall recalled "...a bold new line of cars whose soaring fins and low roofs made everything else on the road look like ye...
in Classical Drives, on October 16, 2009
So far I've managed to avoid adding a "mystery car" category to this site, perhaps because of an earlier incident when I was Cars Guide for About.com . The lady who produced About's vintage car site included a mystery car every week which, for some strange reason, really annoyed the autos editor...
in Classical Drives, on October 14, 2009
As one who is inevitably so late buying Christmas presents he ends up paying FedEx more for shipping than the cost of the gifts, it may seem odd that I would dare to mention the "X" word before the first snowflake even falls. But every so I often I spot something unusual that would make a fine gi...
in Classical Drives, on October 12, 2009
It's been two weeks since I returned from Europe and yet I haven't recovered from my "post-Europe hangover." During the journey I flew on six aircraft, traveled in two German trains and four English trains, rode in nine taxis, cruised two rivers, made countless trips on the London Underground, an...
in Classical Drives, on October 10, 2009
I've never been to Kentucky but I have at least visited nearby Virginia as a guest of Jaguar on a new car test drive. If the Bluegrass State is just as lovely, and I believe it must be, then we can all appreciate Nigel Matthews' remarks following his role as a judge at a recent Kentucky concours....
in Classical Drives, on October 8, 2009
Thanks to a blog in the latest Hemmings newsletter I've become aware that Englishman John Macartney has successfully driven a restored Triumph Stag across North America. The Stag left Florida on June 27, and crossed the finish line in San Luis Obispo, California, this past Sunday after meet...
in Classical Drives, on October 2, 2009
As mentioned in the previous blog a long-awaited visit to the Goodwood Revival turned into a major disappointment. My brother and I misjudged the time it would take to drive from the town of Bingen in Germany to the Cologne airport and consequently missed our flight to London. Because the next ...
in Classical Drives, on September 30, 2009
To those of you waiting patiently for my report from the Goodwood Revival, apologies. A comedy of errors (though it wasn't funny at the time) resulted in your reporter missing the first day's racing, failing to acquire his reserved grandstand seat, then wandering around totally confused o...
in Classical Drives, on September 28, 2009
Who are these people and why are they wandering around in the rain when they could be inside enjoying a coffee and a croissant? Spectators at the 2009 Steamworks Concours d'Elegance in Vancouver, BC, that's who. Weatherwise it was a dreary weekend but our Nigel Matthews was on hand as a...
in Classical Drives, on September 25, 2009
For anyone who admires Corvettes, this new 1:24 die-cast 1972 Corvette Convertible model from the Franklin Mint is a "must have." Model year '72 marked the end of an era for the ultimate American sports car, as those distinctive front and rear chrome bumpers made their last appearan...
in Classical Drives, on September 22, 2009
For France and for the world, 1889 was quite the year. Gustave Eiffel's wondrous wrought iron tower had opened to an awed public. Paris held its World Exposition. The electric light bulb was a new innovation and was used to illuminate many of the exhibition stands, including that of Gottli...
in Classical Drives, on September 18, 2009
If vacation tours are fun, they're even more fun when built around the interests of classic car enthusiasts. That's why I have no hesitation in bringing to your attention a 10-day "Car Guy Tour" of Argentina . The itinerary starts in Buenos Aires and includes several days in an...
in Classical Drives, on September 15, 2009
They call it the world's most popular historic motor race meeting and the only event of its kind to be staged in the romantic time capsule of the Fifties and Sixties. As well as recreating the golden era of motor sport, the Goodwood Revival offers exceptional wheel-to-wheel racing around a ...
in Classical Drives, on September 11, 2009
From time to time rumours circulate that Professor Porsche was not the actual designer of the Beetle. Even Hitler, when he approached him to develop a "People's Car," provided sketches that resembled the car's final shape. But now comes a book by Dutch author and historian Paul ...
in Classical Drives, on September 9, 2009
Coming up next weekend is a concours I'd like to someday attend, if only because it's located in an area I admire almost as much as my BC locale. (The two are similar though Vancouver Island has the edge in weather.) The Fairfield County Concours d'Elegance of Westport, CT, held on ...
in Classical Drives, on September 7, 2009
I confess that I've never taken much interest in trucks except to briefly admire one that's been nicely restored. It's just that trucks were never part of my so-called lifestyle. However I did, briefly, have a job delivering fur coats in a panel delivery, until one day the hood flew o...
in Classical Drives, on September 5, 2009
When I first saw the above image I almost fell off my chair (which at my age can be hazardous). This spectacular custom, the 1967 Dodge Deora, appeared to vindicate what I've been saying for years: that the conventional American pickup's proportional efficiency sucks because of its three-...
in Classical Drives, on September 4, 2009
Each autumn the Antique Automobile Club of America holds its annual AACA Hershey Fall Meet, held in the club's hometown of historic Hershey, Pennsylvania. One of the largest and oldest antique automobile shows and flea markets in America, it made its debut in 1955. A feature of the 2009 meet ...
in Classical Drives, on September 2, 2009
Forgive me if I offer a few words about, well... me. Three days ago, August 31, 2009 to be precise, I turned 80. Much as I've tried to prove the the birth certificate is a lie I'm finally forced to admit the truth. Yes, everyone says it's just a number but our age-obsessed society ins...
in Classical Drives, on August 31, 2009
In the longest of my several careers I was an advertising copywriter and, later, creative director, working mostly on car accounts. At the time we depended on photography to show the cars, as is the case today. I wouldn't have even considered illustrations. Now, older and slightly wiser, I...
in Classical Drives, on August 28, 2009
Our pal and Classical Drives contributor Nigel Matthews, when he wasn't judging Bentleys at Pebble Beach, took a 10-mile sidetrip to visit the first annual Concours d'LeMons in Monterey and had just as much fun. Founder Jay Lamm said the show was a celebration of "the oddball, mund...
in Classical Drives, on August 26, 2009
Why is it that some attempts to combine technology and design succeed and others don't? And why does it always seem to involve Maserati? The ill-fated Chrysler-Maserati is an unfortunate example, though the Italian manufacturer was not at fault. But if Detroit was merely attempting to trade o...
in Classical Drives, on August 24, 2009
Old Cars Weekly has a lovely tale of an American Motors 1970 AMX in its weekly newsletter, which I highly recommend reading. But first some personal recollections. The AMX was an American Motors attempt to get the jump on its pony car competitors by creating a short-wheelbase 2-seat GT tourer ...
in The Jewelry Weblog, on August 21, 2009
... timeless, classic appeal. Designing jewelry for over 16 years, her talent for combining treasured classics with modern trends has truly brought her to the forefront of the fine jewelry industry. On...
in Classical Drives, on August 21, 2009
Outside of the dedicated classic car fraternity I doubt you'll find one North American in a thousand who'd recognise the name of the 1937 Horch 853 Voll & Ruhrbeck Sport Cabriolet. Indeed, they wouldn't even know that Horch is a car. And yet it has a fascinating history. August ...
in Classical Drives, on August 19, 2009
... While everyone is "oohing" and "awing" over the classics at Pebble Beach I would like to draw your attention to an expanding niche I call "Street Shows." Instead of di...
in Classical Drives, on August 17, 2009
What first began as an elegant concours d'elegance on the golf club lawns of Pebble Beach has recently become a bonanza for collector car auctioneers. One-by-one they've muscled into the show until now it's not who brings the most beautiful or historically interesting automobile but wh...
in Classical Drives, on August 14, 2009
For me the highlight of Monterey's Classic Car Week is the Pebble Beach tour d'elegance, where concours entrants are invited to drive their precious vehicles on a 50-mile route that includes a section of the equally fabled California One. The tour was first instituted as a tie-breaker for...
in The Jewelry Weblog, on August 13, 2009
... from. Links of London believes in design and function, and they endeavor to bring you contemporary classics, jewelry must-haves , and that extra special piece you weren't expecting to find. That...
in Classical Drives, on August 12, 2009
If, like me, you enjoy watching BBC and ITV shows from England, you'll be aware that classic cars are often used as props. The Hercule Poirot series are a good example, especially as they frequently include scenes with historic trains and boats. This image could easily have been included in a...
in Classical Drives, on August 10, 2009
... With so many great cars on display at the 2009 Monterey classics festival and with several competing auctions happening, you wouldn't think anyone could come up with a last-minute gem. But RM ...
in Classical Drives, on August 7, 2009
...lso won the "People's Choice" award. This over-the-top Delahaye is one of my favorite classics, as you'll note from the photo of a similar car in the masthead of this site.
Livin...
in Classical Drives, on August 5, 2009
A major highlight of the Pebble Beach Concours d'Elegance for those who appreciate automobile fine art is the annual poster. Now, however, there are three. One for the Concours, one for the Tour d'Elegance drive, one for the RetroAuto display of rare automotive collectibles and memorabi...
in Classical Drives, on August 3, 2009
It is difficult enough to achieve perfection. To improve on perfection is all but impossible. Yet that's what the English makers of the Eagle E-type Speedster appear to have done. Starting with a Jaguar E-Type (and a wealthy client) they have made one of the world's most beautiful autom...
in Classical Drives, on July 31, 2009
Forgive me if I get carried away with enthusiasm for the Porsche 356B. This was the first Porsche I drove, the first owned, the first raced. The very icon of what a Porsche should be. Russo and Steele have captured a very special 356B for its Monterey Auction, Aug 13-15 at the Downtown Marrio...
in Classical Drives, on July 28, 2009
The October 2009 issue of Collectible Automobile has a fascinating profile of carleton Spencer, who was in charge of interior colors and materials for Kaiser-Frazer from the company's beginnings in 1946 to its sad end in 1955. Spencer took exception to the drab, monotonous interiors of...
in Classical Drives, on July 27, 2009
... Probably because most Japanese manufacturers grew from unspectacular beginnings. No great art deco classics, no muscle cars, little participation in motor racing (Honda aside). To appreciate vintage ...
in Classical Drives, on July 24, 2009
...e it has remained until now. The historic race car will be offered at the RM Auctions Sports & Classics of Monterey event , August 13-15 in Monterey, California. It displays the signature of the ...
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