This week on Sports Car Market Magazine’s Buy, Sell, Hold: Spotlight, Author, Podcaster and Television Legend Wayne Carini is our guest. He and Host Darin Roberge talk Wayne’s F40 Motorsports inventory, his new podcast with Pixar’s Jay Ward, his new book on affordable classics and his role in the return of Speedvision. WATCH ON YOUTUBE OR LISTEN ON ALL MAJOR PODCAST PLATFORMS Join us every Monday night at 7:00 EST for new episodes of Buy, Sell, Hold: Spotlight! The post Buy, Sell, Hold: Spotlight #57 – Wayne Carini – Author, Podcaster & TV Legend appeared first on Sports Car Market ..read more

At 9 am on Monday, August 14 we’re leaving Portland and heading towards Monterey. There may be two cars or 10, we don’t know. Our plan is to take it easy and smell the flowers. We will take I5 South, then cut over to the coast near Eugene and have lunch in Bandon. On the way, we will stop at the Trees of Mystery to visit Paul Bunyan and Babe the Great Blue Ox. That night, I will be staying at the Red Lion in Eureka. We have a couple of favorite eateries in Eureka. Depending on how many of us there are, we can make reservations en route. Tuesday, we head south. We will skip the Lost Coast this ..read more

This week on Sports Car Market Magazine’s Buy, Sell, Hold: Spotlight, Brad Phillips of RM Sotheby’s returns to run down their expansive calendar of European auctions, significant upcoming celebrity offerings, historic sealed bid opportunities and their recently announced MODAMIAMI event. WATCH ON YOUTUBE OR LISTEN ON ALL MAJOR PODCAST PLATFORMS Join us every Monday night at 7:00 EST for new episodes of Buy, Sell, Hold: Spotlight! The post Buy, Sell, Hold: Spotlight #56 – Brad Phillips – Senior VP of Business Development at RM Sotheby’s appeared first on Sports Car Market ..read more

It was time-travel time for the SCM gang this weekend. There was a collector car auction at the Oregon State Fair and Expo Center in Salem. That’s about 45 miles from Portland. It was being conducted by MAG Auctions. New to the area, it is filling the spot once held by Silver and Peterson auctions. Owned by Mike Oberle, MAG also presents the mega “Hot August Nights” sale in Reno, scheduled for August 3-5. After last week’s Portland Transmission Warehouse show, Bradley asked if we go could to another show this weekend. I mentioned the auction and he was enthusiastic. Two of his friends wanted t ..read more

Car Season in Portland has officially launched. For the past 28 years, the Portland Transmission Spring Classic has been held the Saturday before Mother’s Day. In some ways it is the antithesis of a high-end concours. It is loosely organized. It is held on the city streets of inner Southeast Portland near Hawthorne Boulevard. There are no “car cards” identifying cars or owners. A flathead rat rod can be parked between a military 6×6 and a Porsche Speedster. Cars start showing up as early as 5:00 a.m. There is no entry fee for cars or spectators. By 7:00 a.m. there are over 500 cars parked and ..read more

1998 Mitsubishi Pajero Evolution S/N V554402793. 93k kilometers (58k miles). “3.5-liter V6, rated at 276 horsepower and 257 lb-ft of torque, 5-speed automatic transmission and 2-speed transfer case, locking center differential, skid plates, Evolution-specific body kit, trailer hitch, Recaro front sport seats, information display on the dashboard, and air conditioning. Modifications reported by the selling dealer are limited to a set of 17-inch KMC wheels, door-window air deflectors and a Panasonic head unit.” Condition: 1-. SOLD AT $44,151. Cars & Bids, 3/23/23. Every new year brings more ..read more

When I first started hunting cars in the ’70s, my routine was simple: I would scan the daily classifieds in my hometown paper, the San Francisco Chronicle. That’s where I found my 1959 ID 19 for $400. It was listed under the “Citroën” heading. Yes, such a category in the classifieds actually existed back then. I also acquired my Peugeot 403 that way (even more of a bargain at $300). Its clutch slipped so badly that I had to downshift from fourth to third to cross the Golden Gate Bridge. I did like its sunroof. The Nickel tour Soon the local Nickel Ads appeared. They were like that era’s Craigs ..read more

My father was normally calm and laid back. It seemed nothing rattled him. But if my siblings and I pushed him too far, watch out! Apparently, Bill Oesterle has a similar temperament. Oesterle, one of the co-founders of Angie’s List, is a longtime car collector. At his apex, he had over 250 cars in his collection, a number of which were Austin-Healeys. He came across an ad in a Healey newsletter for Healey Werks of Lawton, IA. Lawton is just outside of Sioux Falls, SD, about 650 miles from Oesterle’s home in Indianapolis, so he thought he would give them a try. That began a 10-year relationship ..read more

I bought a new addition for my automobile collection from RM Sotheby’s at its recent Amelia Island sale. Parked in a corner of the viewing tents was a dark blue 1934 Tatra 77 that, through some combination of pheromones and kismet, I knew was going home with me. I have written about the process of making a buying decision at some length in my book, The Archaeological Automobile, but this most recent acquisition provides another opportunity to muse on how I do this analytic stuff in real life. Does the tail wag the dog? The primary issue in understanding decision making is determining whet ..read more

There’s a certain kind of person who’s drawn to Volvo station wagons. Typically, that person is a driving enthusiast who loves the practical applications of a wagon, affording all the cargo capacity of an SUV along with the performance and handling of a passenger car. The “long roof” cognoscenti smile and nod knowingly, hoping that their secret stays on the down-low, helping to keep these cars affordable. There have been a number of performance station wagons through automotive history. The Big Three of old put some potent hardware into those old Country Squires and Vista Cruisers, but the Eur ..read more