1971 CHECKER
COLLECTOR'S MOTOR CARS
by Bonhams
Greenwich Concours d'Elegance
Roger Sherman Baldwin Park
Greenwich, Connecticut
1-212-461-6514
photo credit: © 2012 bonhams 1793
Tuesday
ENGLAND ON THE 2ND
1970 FIAT 500
CLASSIC CAR AUCTION
by ACA
King's Lynn
United Kingdom
+44 (0) 1553 771881
photo credit: © 2012 Anglia Car Auction
AUSTRALIA ON THE 1ST
THE LATE BILL PARKER COLLECTION
by GDL
Toowoomba Showgrounds
Toowoomba, Australia
+61 (0) 418 730 904
photo credit: GDL Auctions
INDIANA ON THE 1ST OF JUNE
AUBURN SPRING
by Auctions America
Auburn Auction Park
5536 County Road 11A
Auburn, Indiana
1-260-927-9797
photo credit: Auctions aAmeric
Monday
INDIANA ON THE 31ST
AUBURN SPRING COLLECTOR CAR AUCTION
by Carlisle
Auburn Auction Park
Auburn, Indiana
1-717-243-7855
LAZY SUMMER DAZE....
BARBER VINTAGE MOTORSPORTS MUSEUM - The Barber Motorsports Park is the new home of this museum, founded by George Barber, a Birmingham businessman. The museum houses a collection of more than 1,000 motorcycles and 55 cars — including 36 Lotus models. Visitors can watch vehicle restorations or peruse a library with 6,000 publications on motorcycles and cars. Open daily. Admission fee. 6030 Barber Motorsports Parkway, Leeds, Ala. 35094. (205) 699-7275. http://www.barbermuseum.org/
photo credit: Barber Vintage Mororsports Museum
MOTOR ART........DEXTER BROWN
available at art gallerys worldwide
top image: momoist.blogspot.com
center image: motorld.com
bottom photo: carlosghys.be
SPECIAL OF THE WEEK
1936 CHEVY
The 1936 standard series Chevrolet adopted the all steel fisher body with turret top styling. They had more rounded front fenders and radiator grill. A split windshield and hydraulic brakes was a new feature for the standard models in 1936. This beautiful Chevrolet has a very straight body and excellent midnight Black paint, original mohair upholstery with new matching headliner. Everything is in working condition including the original in dash Chevrolet radio. The 6 cylinder engine has been rebuilt and runs fantastic.
Located in Illinois........1-815-385-8408
photo credit: © 2012 Volo Auto Museum
ENGLAND ON THE 28TH
1953 JAGUAR
CLASSIC CARS
by Barons
Sandown Park Exibition Centre
Esher, Surrey
United Kingdom
+44 (0) 8454 30 60 60
photo credit: barons-auctions.com
2012 INDY 500
WINNER DARIO FRANCHITTI AND ASHLY JUDD
After a record breaking 35 lead changes, Dario Franchitti has joined the ranks of three-time winners of the Indianapolis 500. Pictured here with his wife, actress Ashley Judd, who has a hit TV series this year.
It was a fast, hard race as it always is. The record heat temps didn’t seem to cause any failures, but as usual there were the accidents. In the las lap Takuma Sato, my personal favorite, was running in second place. He took the do-or-die chance to pass Franchitti, but (oh, no) he spun out freezing the race ending. Franchitti in first, his teammate Scott Dixon in second and Tony Kanaan (always a crowd favorite) in third. As always with the Indy 500, it isn’t over until its over.
photo credit: Nick Laham via © Getty Images
video credit: © 2012 indycar via © 2012 youtube.com
Sunday
FORMULA ONE IN MONACO
There we are....six races, six different winners. Top four cars less than a second apart. In recent year Monaco has been a little on the dull side. Mark Webber, my favorite, left from the pole and stayed in first right to the end, but with the others so close that made it a race. Nico Rosberg came in second only .086 of a second behind Webber. Fernando Alonso, at .304 of a second behind Rosberg, came in third.
photo credit: © 2012 bbc.co.uk
Wednesday
ENGLAND ON THE 26TH
1955 JAGUAR XK140
HISTORICS AT BROOKLANDS
by Historics
The Brooklands Museum
Brooklands Road
Weybridge, Surrey
United Kingdom
+44 (0) 800 988 3838
photo credit: © 2012 historics.co.uk
Monday
PENNSYLVANIA ON THE 26TH
THE RUSSELL FARM COLLECTION
by Dillard Auction Company
The Russell Farm
Route 44
Allenwood, Pennsylvania
1-814-880-2893
ENGLAND ON THE 24TH
1956 AUSTIN HEALEY
CLASSIC CARS & MOTORCYCLES
by H & H
The Pavilion Gardens
Buxton
United Kingdom
+44 (0) 8458 334455
MOTOR ART........GARY WHINN
GARY WHINN
at art stores worldwide
top image credit: © 2012 posters.co.uk
middle image credit: © 2012 allposters.com
photo credit: © 2012 hemmings.com
SPECIAL OF THE WEEK
1951 NASH
1951 Nash Ambassador Airflyte Custom Sedan, Beautifully restored with original inline 235 cu. in. 115 HP 6 cylinder overhead valve engine and 4 speed Hydramatic transmission, model 5178, body C5457, VIN: RC 10030 (assembled in El Segundo, CA) with 77,500 original miles. This car has been lovingly brought back to life by Gerald Johnson of North Dakota, with new upholstery and headliner, paint, rebuilt automatic transmission, new windshield and side glass, window gaskets, generator, voltage regulator, radiator core, weather stripping, water pump, master cylinder and wheel cylinders, shocks, exhaust, and tires all performed in 2001-03. The body was sanded to bare metal and is painted in a Ford Bronze/red clearcoat metallic from 2000. Horn, directional signals, lights, instrument gauges all work and original clock and AM radio are present but not connected. Includes owner’s and shop manuals, Nash fender cover and bumper jack. Since I have owned the car (bought in March 2007 with 72K miles) I have had the fuel pump rebuilt for modern gas by Kanter Bros., relined all 8 brake shoes, replaced the rear main seal and the oil pan gasket with Neoprene. The car is an amazing survivor, having been bought new in Chino, CA and driven over 70K miles without any accidents or even any dings until 1971 when it went into the original owner’s son’s barn in North Dakota where it stayed dry and rust free until its resurrection in 2001.
Located in Arizona........1-602-740-1171
photo and text credit: © 2012 hemming.com
Thursday
NEW YORK ON THE 19TH
NEW YORK ANTIQUE MOTORCYCLE AUCTION
by MidAmerica
MotorcyclePedia Museum
Newburgh, New York
1-651-633-9655
Wednesday
ENGLAND ON THE 19TH
1952 ASTON MARTIN DB2
THE ASTON MARTIN SALE
by Bonhams
Aston Martin Works
Tickford Street
Newport Pagnell
United Kingdom
http://www.bonhams.com/
+44 (0) 207 447 7447
photo credit: © 2012 bonhams 1793
Aston Martin Works
Tickford Street
Newport Pagnell
United Kingdom
http://www.bonhams.com/
+44 (0) 207 447 7447
photo credit: © 2012 bonhams 1793
CONNECTICUT ON THE 19TH
1934 PACKARD
SPECTACULAR AUTOMOBILES
by Dragone
Dragone Classic Motorcars
176 Post Road
Westport, Connecticut
1-203-349-8840
photo credit: Dragone Classic Motorcars
MINNESOTA ON THE 19TH
COLLECTION OF AL & THERESA HAYES
by Matt Maring
117 Main Street South
Dover, Minnesota
1-800-801-4502
photo credit: © 2012 Matt Maring Auction Company
MINNESOTA ON THE 19TH
COLLECTOR CARS
by Van Der Brink
108 Bradshaw Ave. NE
Buffalo, Minnesota
1-605-201-7005
MARYLAND ON THE 17TH
OCEAN CITY COLLECTOR CAR AUCTION
by Express
Ocean City Convention Center
40th Street and Coastal Highway
Ocean City, Maryland
1-443-807-8883
1-410-243-9999
Monday
ENGLAND ON THE 16TH
1970 MARCH 703 FORMULA 3
THE SPRING SALE
by Silverstone
The Silverstone Race Course
United Kingdom
+44 (0) 1926 691 141
photo credit: silverstoneauctions.com
ENGLAND ON THE 16TH
1931 PEUGEOT 201
CLASSIC AND VINTAGE CARS
by Brightwells
The Salesroom
Easters Court, Leominster, Herefordshire
United Kingdom
+44 (0) 1568 611122
photo credit: brightwells.com
INDIANA ON THE 15TH
1940 FORD
ORIGINAL SPRING CLASSIC
by Mecum
Indiana State Fair Grounds
Indianapolis, Indiana
1-262-275-5050
photo credit: © 2012 mecum.com
Sunday
FORMULA ONE IN SPAIN
ALONSO, 2ND - MALDONADO, 1ST - RAIKKONEN
I am liking Formula One this year. Five races and five different winners. A fairly new driver, Pastor Maldonado, picked up the win for his first time. Driving for Williams it was a happy time. For Frank Williams it was his 70th birthday and the first time his team had won since 2004. In the old days the Williams were always on top.
Alonso, who is Spanish, would certainly like to have the win in his home country. He seemed very happy to have a good showing with his second place.
Third went to Kimi Raikkonen from Lotus for his second podium in as many races. Even today you can't get a smile out of this man.
Maldonado must have felt very proud standing in first place on the podium with two former world champions. Alonso was the champ in 2005 and 2006 and Raikkonen was the champ in 2007.
So, happy days don't always go as well as they should. While Frank Williams was giving his birthday speech and congratulating Maldonado on his win their garage blew up. Injurying nine people. Frank Williams, who has been in a wheelchair since a 1986 road accident, was wheeled to safety.
top photo credit: © 2012 crash.net
bottom photo credit: © 2012 Getty Images via © 2012 bbc.com
Saturday
CARROLL SHELBY........1923 - 2012
Following on the heels of the recent deaths of Porsche designers Vale Porsche (911) and Anatole Lapine (928) comes the news that driver/team manager/designer Carroll Shelby passed away at 89. Shelby put together the AC Cobra and Mustang Cobra. The Mustang Cobra is still being produced today. The AC super snake was produced for the masses and for racing.
The race team. The car is just beautiful, it was then and it is now. Since it stopped production almost every kit car producer in the world has had their version of the Cobra in its lineup. Under license I am sure. If you owned an original you could take the money to the bank. Of the Super Snakes there were only two built and there is only one left. It sold at auction in January 2007 for $5.5 million. Yes, I said $5.5 million! The second one was bought by Bill Cosby, the actor/comedian, and so the story goes he returned the car after one day because it scared the hell out of him. The person who ended up buying it died in a road accident.
Twenty-five years ago when it was time to retire he said 'no way.' He had things to do, cars to produce, personal appearances to make, license his products. Not bad for a former chicken farmer.
I first became aware of Shelby in 1959 when he (with Roy Salvadori) won the 24 hours of Le Mans. At that time my favorite driver was Sterling Moss who would be driving for Aston Martin. They had three cars and Shelby/Salvadori had one. Moss had engine trouble and had to drop out with Shelby/Salvadori going on to win. In those days I could only read about it, but with the internet I looked it up on YouTube. In those days they were still doing the Le Mann start with the drivers running to the cars. Pit stops were much longer than they are today. Very few drivers wore uniforms, most raced in blue jeans and t-shirts and Shelby wore his chicken-farmer overalls. They all wore helmets, but they had only been required a few short years. The picture above was at the 1966 Seabring 12 Hour with Dan Gurney. Dan was another driver/designer and is still around designing $100,000 motorcycles.
photo credit #1: Seth Wenig
photo credit #2: © 2012 Ford Motor Company
photo credit #3: John Collier
photo credit #4: © 2012 Ford Motor Company
Thursday
NEBRASKA ON THE 12TH
1975 NORTON
KEVIN HUEBERT ESTATE
by Klieser Auction
Henderson, Nebraska
1-402-631-9085
photo credit: © 2012 Kliewer's
Tuesday
MONACO ON THE 11TH
2007 PEUGEOT 'LE MANS'
THE GRIMALDI FORUM
by RM
The Grimaldi Forum
10, Avenue Princesse Grace
Monte Carlo
1-519-352-4575
photo credit: © 2012 rmauctions.com
MONACO ON THE 11TH
1936 DELAGE
LEGENDE et PASSION
by COYS
Chapiteau de l'Espace Fontvieille
Avenue des Ligures
Monte Carlo
+377 97 77 90 00
photo credit: © 2012 COYS
MONACO ON THE 11TH
1960 LANCIA "DOUBLE BUBBLE"
THE MONACO SALE
by Bonhams
Le Beau Rivage
9 ave d'Ostende
Monte Carlo
+377 93 50 1481
photo credit: © 2012 bonhams 1793
Sunday
WASHINGTON ON THE 9TH
1965 CORVETTE
BIG SKY COLLECTOR CAR AUCTION
by Silver
2215 South Hayford Road
Spokane, Washington
1-800-255-4585
photo credit: © 2012 Silver Auctions
OHIO ON THE 8TH
AUCTION
by Kiko
9456 Columbus Road
Louisville, Ohio
1-330-453-9187
photo credit: © 2012 kikoauctions.com
SPECIAL OF THE WEEK
1963 AVANTI
Avanti, loosely translated from Italian it means forward!
This is exactly where then Studebaker President Sherwood Egbert hoped to lead his company when he introduced this unique car in 1963. Rare car! 1 of only 1552 Avanti R2’s produced in 1963. 46k original miles, one repaint, lots of receipts and documentation. Spectacular red paint job (originally white). The car has also had a full engine overhaul. Always stored in a climate controlled facility. Interior is not perfect but really nice. Seat covers and headliner have been redone.
Solid car, no rust, hog troughs look great. High quality cond 2 car. Can be shown or driven. This Avanti is a blast to drive.
Heads turn wherever you take it and the sounds from that supercharged 289 V8 motor are incredible.
Complete engine and carb overhaul
Replaced flexplate and trans mounts
Replaced shocks
Cooling system – hoses, radiator, t-stat and surge tank replaced
Ignition system - battery and cables, voltage regulator and ignition switch replaced
Stunning color combination, red on red
Gorgeous red paint job (all 5 wheels painted to match, including the spare)
Very nice Interior - seat covers and headliner replaced
Located in Minnesota........ http://tinyurl.com/csh84u3
photo and text credit: © 2012 hemmings.com
Wednesday
PENNSYLVANIA ON THE 5TH
COLLECTORS CARS
by Tom Ward
855 S. Bridge Road (SR 221)
Prosperity, Pennsylvania
1-740-389-6262
MISSOURI ON THE 5TH
1911 FORD MODEL T
ANTIQUES & CLASSICS
by McAfee/Hayes
638 W 6th Street
Queen City, Missouri
1-660-727-3796
photo credit: McAfee Auction Servic
TENNESSEE ON THE 5TH
MID SOUTH CLASSIC COLLECTOR CAR AUCTION
by Dealer Connect
50 Fiberglass Road
Jackson, Tennessee
1-731-423-5551
WISCONSIN ON THE 5TH
ENGLEBRETSEN ESTATE AUCTION
by United
W7194 Thiel Road
Portage, Wisconsin
1-608-742-5000
TEXAS ON THE 5TH
THE HOUSTON CLASSIC AUCTION
by Worldwide
La Torretta Lake Resort & Spa
Montgomery, Texas
1-936-448-4400
GEORGIA ON THE 5TH OF MAY
1955 CHEVY
COLLECTOR CAR AUCTION
by Red Top
444 Joe Frank Harris Parkway
Cartersville, Georgia
1-678-767-8699
photo credit: red top auto auction
Tuesday
SPECIAL OF THE WEEK
1941 CHEVY
The Body: stripped, painted, clear coat including engine compartment and engine. Re-chromed bumpers, some trim new, the remainder is reconditioned. The Drivetrain: Reconditioned brakes; Replaced transmission, radiator, muffler, front tires, battery, hub caps, and starter. Interior: All original. 107,000 miles. $12,999. More photos available upon request.
Kept in the same family since 1941.
Located in Minnesota........1-320-864-3668
photo and edited text: © 2012 hemmings.com
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