Before the venerable Z-cars, Datsun offered sporty roadsters that have become  very cool and very collectible. Jim Palam checks out the annual  Solvang Datsun Roadster Classic. The Datsun Roadster Classic has been held in Solvang, CA since 1988 and has become the most important event for stock, custom and race-prepared Datsun Roadsters in the country. Spectators this year came from all over the U.S. and well as from Europe, making this event  the best attended of its kind...

Jeff Rieger blogs about what you need to know about finding affordable and appropriate insurance coverage for specialty cars. Sometimes finding your dream collector car is a lot easier than choosing insurers and getting good information about coverage and costs. It really doesn’t matter if you lust for a hot rod, muscle car, classic or an exotic, or would like to buy a car you can “track” on weekends, Jeff’s advice, published at The Simple Dollar, is spot on! The mission is to find the...

 M. M. “Mike” Matune, Jr. checks out the biggest small car show in Roanoke, VA. Do you remember car shows before they became Concours and lifestyle events? That’s when Car Guys (and Gals) gathered together to show off their passion, before poseurs, jet setters and cubic dollars took over. Back in the day, shows were in military armories, civic centers and exhibition halls and gray hot dogs and watered down Coke were sold. That’s before they became destinations, hosted on manicured fai...

Some of the most beautiful as well as functional automotive designs have come from this Milanese design studio. Established in 1919, Zagato is a legendary automotive and lifestyle products design company most famous for producing iconic, limited-edition Zagato-branded sports and GT cars. Founded by Ugo Zagato, it is now headed by his grandson, Andrea Zagato and his wife, Marella Rivolta-Zagato. Marella is the daughter of Piero Rivolta, best know for Iso sports-GT cars from the 1960s. T...

Our M. M. “Mike” Matune, Jr. joins the local enthusiasts for Saturday morning coffee in Great Falls, VA. Cars & Coffee events are popping up all around the country as car guys seek a place to meet other enthusiasts in an informal setting. They are bound by a common passion for the automobile in all its forms. Here in the Washington, DC Area, we are blessed with a number of such events, including Cars & Coffee at Katie’s Coffee in Great Falls, VA. Held each Saturday morning from 6...

Two rare original, maximum-performance Corvettes will cross the Vicari Auction  block later this month. Stored for decades, a pair of classic unrestored Fuelie Corvettes in original condition - a big-brake '62 and a real Z06-optioned '63 split window coupe) - are being auction by Vicari. They have been stored in Texas by a serious collector since the 1980s. Both vehicles will cross the block during ‘13 Cruisin' Nocona, a north Texas collector car auction and classic car poker cruise ...

Claus Muller, collector, racer and Managing Director of the Munich Café Racers, spent two weeks touring incredible palaces and car collections. Claus’s adventure really started at a Press event at the 2012 Pebble Beach Concours, where he first met the Maharana of Udaipur who was showing his one-off Rolls Royce, above. The Maharana invited Claus to India to see his collection and others; Claus, right, invited the Maharana to view his collection the next time he was planning on being in Ge...

‘36 Duesenberg SJN (Supercharged) and ’68 Ford GT40 take Best In Show honors at the 18th annual Amelia Island Concours d'Elegance.     The supercharged ‘36 Duesenberg SJN, owned by Helen and Jack Nethercutt of the Nethercutt Collection, took home the prestigious Concours d'Elegance award, one of the most sought-after trophies in classic car show competition. This beautifully sculpted, apple green, SJ is powered by a 320 horsepower, supercharged 420-inch straight eight. Th...

The Amelia Island Concours d'Elegance honors and commemorates the 50th anniversary of the incredible Ford GT40 today.  In 1962 Henry Ford II, grandson of the Ford founder and chairman of the world's second largest automaker, was rebuffed at the last minute when he tried to buy Ferrari. To Henry Ford II that made it personal. When the deal fell through Ford set in motion a plan to beat Ferrari where it mattered most: the 24 Hours of Le Mans. Ford's GT40 program took three years to de...

Working with a mid-size car (Pontiac Tempest) stuffed with a big engine  (389-inch) and fitted  with custom trim (GTO), Jim Wangers turned an  option into a cult car. The man whose marketing and advertising campaigns bolstered the sales of Pontiac’s GTO and created a new category – Supercars, now called Musclecars – will be hosting the launch of the “cruise season” in California. Jim Wangers and his GeeTO TIGER will be at the Automobile Driving Museum, El Segundo, CA on Satu...