The ex-Liberace ’31 Cadillac is solid, but the body is leaf-clad and its inside door handles, gold-plated.
The lead car in Barons’ auction, at Sandown Park, Esher, Surrey in the UK on September 17th, and one of its star attractions is guaranteed to turn heads and stop traffic! It’s the ‘31 Cadillac convertible coupe with rumble seat and compartment for golf clubs, believed to have once belonged to the flamboyant pianist, Liberace! It features 23.75-ct gold leaf-clad bodywork, silver externa...
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MONTEREY MOTORSPORTS REUNION: LAGUNA SECA!
Mike Matune focuses on Motown Metal & Fiberglass at the Rolex Reunion Races at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca.
Corvette was the featured Marque at the Motorsports Reunion this year, and did it ever bring out the crowds. Here Les Alexander drops down the hill towards Turn 9 in his ‘57 Corvette, left. As with many early cars, Alexander’s car has lived through a number of iterations and been resurrected more than once, including its latest foray into vintage racing. Back in the day, it ...
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MONTEREY 2013: OFF THE BEATEN PATH!
We sent our friend Jim Palam to Monterey to come up with stuff not necessarily covered by the usual suspects. Palam never disappoints!
‘You Snooze You Lose.’ Peter Inshaw's '63 Alfa Giuliett Spider 1600 and friend in the pits
at Laguna Seca Mazda Raceway on Saturday.
‘It's A Gamble.’ #22 BMW 3.5 CSL makes an unplanned early departure from Laguna
Seca Saturday afternoon. Ouch!
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'Available In Mobster Black.’ Talk about attitude: This '62 Dual Ghia L6.4 Coupe held court in the outside s...
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CRUISING WOODWARD: LIVING THE DREAM!
Nothing says ‘grass roots motoring’ like the Woodward Avenue Dream Cruise.
Did you know that the Woodward Dream Cruise actually started as a small fundraiser to raise money for a soccer field in Ferndale, Michigan?
In August 1995, Nelson House and a group of volunteers looked to relive and recreate the nostalgic 1950s and 1960s, when Detroit Iron cruised and dominated Woodward Avenue.
Woodward Avenue is actually America’s first highway. In 1909, the first mile of concrete highway in ...
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PORSCHE 550 SPYDER: AMAZING STREET/RACER!
Stephen Cox blogs about Porsche’s multi-million-dollar spectacular Spyder.
I confess that I am a muscle car guy.Can't help it. I grew up cruising Mustangs and Torino's on Saturday night and Sundays
at the strip. But after watching Mecum Auctions sell Porsche 550-0077, right, for over 3.7 million dollars at Monterey last weekend, I couldn't help but be impressed with the little machine.
The 550 was Porsche's first race-specific design. Introduced in Paris in 1953, the 550 was famously mo...
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PEBBLE BEACH CONCOURS: BEST OF THE BEST!
The best just keeps on getting better: 63rd Concours d’Elegance showcased 248 cars, including 48 from abroad, and ambiance second to none.
Joseph and Margie Cassini III, West Orange, NJ took home Best of Show honors for their stunning ‘34 Packard 1108 Twelve Dietrich Convertible Victoria. The Packard, above, also participated in the Tour d'Elegance. The competition at the 63rd Concours included cars from 36 states and 12 countries, and raised $1,277,007 for charity.
"This Packard is the e...
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THE QUAIL: A CELEBRATION OF PASSION!
When it comes to displays of exceptional vintage and modern street and competition cars, few venues can match The Quail’s Motorsports Gathering.
For the past eleven, The Quail, A Motorsports Gathering has proved one of the most significant attractions during Monterey Classic Car Week. And yesterday’s event certainly proves that. The event took place at the Quail Lodge & Golf Club in Carmel Valley. Surrounded by spectacular cars, participants and guests enjoyed exceptional world-class c...
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WOODWARD DREAM CRUISE: JAGUAR JOINS THE PARTY!
Stuart Schorr blogs about he and Jaguar Design Director, Ian Callum’s plans for cruising Woodward in new F-TYPES.
This weekend the infamous exhaust sounds of our all-new Jaguar F-TYPEs will add to the cacophony created by the 40,000 or so American classics, hot rods and muscle cars cruising Detroit’s Woodward Avenue for the annual Woodward Dream Cruise, blogs Stuart Schorr, Vice President, Communications & Public Affairs, Jaguar Land Rover North America.
If that isn’t a big enough surpr...
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’65 CHEVELLE SS Z16: STEALTH SUPERCAR!
Dan Gulino blogs about the rare 396/375 SS Z16 Chevelle, the Supercar that did an end-run around GM’s big-block/midsize car ban.
Only 201 Z16 Chevelles were built in 1965 and Ronald Pace has one of the finest examples in existence. The Z16 was Chevrolet's answer to Pontiac's sensational GTO. The ‘65 Chevelle Malibu SS Z16 included a heavy-duty chassis, suspension, axle, and brakes, a four-speed manual transmission, and unique power steering components. The 396-inch L37 engine was conservativ...
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CHEVELLE SUPER SPORT: RETURN OF THE SS MUSCLECAR?
GMI contributor, MonaroSS, blogs about what Chevrolet can do to bring back its legendary musclecar on GMInsideNews.
We here on GMI have discussed the RWD saga in all its forms and 50 shades of grey. But I have a new one. Instead of Chevrolet getting it’s long longed-for RWD Chevelle from the Zeta or Alpha or Alpha+ or Omega whatever platforms, why not Sigma?
Why not re-skin the outgoing CTS, above, as a Chevelle as I have done here? Sigma is a good and competent platform that simply is n...
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