Thursday

NEW HAMPSHIRE ON THE 31ST

CLASSIC CAR AUCTION
by North Country
438 Plains Road
Tamworth, New Hampshire


1-603-539-5332

photo credit: © 2015 North Country
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GEORGIA ON THE 31ST

1958 EDSEL

DIAMONDS IN THE ROUGH
by Peach Auctions
660 Peavy Road
Byron, Georgia


1-478-956-0910

photo credit: © 2015 Peach Auction
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ENGLAND ON THE 31ST

1955 BENTLEY S1

CLASSIC CAR AUCTION
by ACA
The Cattlemarket
Beveridge Way, King's Lynn, Norfolk
United Kingdom


+44 (0) 1553 771 881

photo credit: © 2015 Anglia Car Austions
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ROBERT MANZON........1917 - 2015

The last surviving driver from Formula One’s debut season back in 1950 has died.
Friends of the family of Robert Manzon, 97, have confirmed that the Frenchman has passed away at his home in the south of France.
Manzon, a native of Marseilles that worked as a distributor of diesel engine parts before becoming a racer, made 28 Grand Prix starts from 1950 to 1956.
In his career, he earned two podium finishes – a third at Belgium in 1952 for Simca-Gordini and another third on home soil in 1954 with a privateer Ferrari – as well as 16 championship points.
In 1950, F1’s inaugural campaign featured seven races: The British, Monaco, Swiss, Belgian, French, and Italian Grand Prix plus America’s Indianapolis 500.
Manzon competed in the Monaco, French, and Italian events. A fourth-place finish in his native country was sandwiched by two retirements in Monaco (accident) and Italy (transmission). However, he did win some Formula 2 events that year.
His most competitive F1 season came in 1952. With the schedule now featuring eight races, Manzon took part in all of them except the ‘500.’
That year, he retired from three races but took home points in three more, including the aforementioned podium in Belgium. His nine championship points were enough to give him sixth in the driver’s standings.
Manzon’s career in F1 would conclude with a retirement at the 1956 Italian Grand Prix.
photo and edited text credit: © 2015 Chris Estrada/Motor Sports Talk


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Tuesday

ENGLAND ON THE 30TH

CLASSIC CAR AUCTION
by SWVA
Ringwood Road
Parkstone, Poole, Dorset
United Kingdom


+44 (0) 1202 745 466
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THIS IS EMBARRASSING

For the last two weeks I was on a classic car hunt in the great state of California. During the whole trip my computer was on the bum and because I was in a different place every day I couldn't get it fixed. This car above was the fruit of my labor. For the first time in many years I was unable to post the beginning auctions for the year.Quite often some of the best of the year. Below are the auctions and the website address where you can check the results. I hope my computer is back on track.

14th - Arizona - RM Auctions - www.rmauctions.com

15th - Arizona - Silver Auctions - www.silverauctions.com

15th - Arizona - Bonhams - www.bonhams.com

15th - Arizona - Russo & Steele - www.russoandsteele.com

16th - Arizona - Gooding & Company - www.goodingco.com

16th - Florida - Mecum - www.mecum.com

19th - England - Witham Specialist Vehecles - www.mod-sales.com

21st - England - Marussia Formula One - www.cagp.com

24th - Florida - Miami Car Museum - www.themiamiauctioncenter.com
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Friday

MAJOR COMPUTER PROBLEM PLEASE STICK WITH ME

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