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If you have never been to the Hershey Fall Meet, put it on your bucket list.  Everything is free, except for the parking, so it attracts a lot of enthusiasts, even those with only a minor interest.  First time I went, years ago, I figured I could do the swap meet and see the cars in the show easily on a Sunday afternoon.  I was wrong then, and it has only gotten bigger since.  I talked with a couple guys who spent all day Thursday and Friday (Oct 10 & 11) just at the swap meet, and, even with sore…

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In January 1933, Pierce-Arrow revealed a new design at the New York Auto Auto Show. The official announcement, of January 6, 1933, stated, “In addition to introducing a complete line of Twelves and Eights at the National Auto Show in New York this week, Pierce-Arrow surprised the industry by exhibiting a new and revolutionary car called the Silver Arrow. True stream lines, developed as a result of endless wind-tunnel experiments, give the car a maximum speed of 115 miles per hour, while at cruising speeds of from 60 to 80 miles per hour, it slips silently and easily through the…

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The original Datsun 240Z made its debut in the fall of 1969 and immediately set the sports car world on its head. One year short of its 50th anniversary, the iconic “Z car” is still being celebrated around the world, including this week at the 31st annual International Z Car Convention. From Oct. 16-20, an estimated 1,200 Datsun and Nissan enthusiasts are expected to take to the streets and nearby racetracks of Atlanta for the five-day festival of all things Z, known as ZCON. Nissan, a key supporter of the annual event, will be on hand with a quartet of…

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There were many interesting and familiar cars parked at the 2018 Hillsborough Concours d’Elegance. Ferraris, Packards, Jaguars and some vintage racecars are what one hopes and expects to see at such a place. However, amongst the highly collectable and sought after vintage cars on the field this day, there was an outlier. It was attractive,...

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 In hindsight, I’m sure Alfa Romeo is very happy that Expo ’67 was based in Montreal. If the exposition was somewhere else, they could have wound up with a car called the Moosejaw, or the Mississauga, or the Flin Flon. When Alfa presented their new concept car at the Expo, it had no numerical designation...

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Mecum Auctions has announced that they will be offering not one, but two, ultra-rare Ferrari LaFerraris for sale at their flagship Kissimmee sale, on January 3–13, 2019. In 2007, Ferrari set out to design a revolutionary new road car that would incorporate all the engineering and technology developed in their championship-winning Formula One program, with the latest hybrid technology to create the “ultimate” road going Ferrari and a worthy successor to the Ferrari Enzo. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mprLUWlV4EE The result of this development program was debuted to the world at the 2013 Geneva Auto Show and was named “LaFerrari”, which when translated literally…

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The Morgan Motor Company has announced the first in a number of celebrations for its 110th anniversary year in 2019, which will see a series of ‘110 Anniversary’ models added to its line-up. Each of the ‘110 Anniversary’ models benefit from unique badging, denoting their significance as110th year editions, as well as an extensive list of specially selected performance and styling options included at no extra cost. A mix of performance and visual enhancements are also offered with each ‘110 Anniversary’ model. A front valance, rear exit sports exhaust and leather bonnet strap stand out as the more purposeful and race inspired…

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Julian Reddyhough and Gus Pope have achieved a convincing victory in Bespoke Rallies’ inaugural Pyrenees 1000 event aboard an Aston Martin DB5. A new four-day contest of, as the name suggests, 1000km, the regularity rally began and ended in Pamplona, Spain (as in The Running Of The Bulls), and passed through some of Europe’s most stunning mountain scenery, including areas of France and Andorra. The eclectic array of competing cars ranged in age from an immaculately-presented 1926 Bentley 3 Litre to a modern Lotus Elise, and included such sporting automotive icons as a Ferrari Boxer, AC Cobra, Jaguar E-Type and…

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In Switzerland Ernst and Fritz Beutler made a good living from special bodies on both Volkswagen and Porsche chassis. Ultimately Porsche took a close interest in what the brothers were doing because it had 2+2 ambitions of its own. The Swiss brothers Beutler stepped on the stage of Porsche-car history at the beginning of the...

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The All British Field Meet billed as the largest gathering of British cars took place on September 7–9, at Portland International Raceway, and attracted over 700 entries. Jaguar was the featured marque during this celebration which also honored the 60th birthday of the Jaguar Clubs of North America and the 50th birthday of the Jaguar Owners Club of Oregon.  Best of Show for the Jaguars went to Calgary, Alberta’s Rene Blei and his 1939 SS100 (pictured top), featuring a 3.5 Liter, inline six-cylinder pushrod engine and all aluminum body. The “100” in the designation equated to the car’s top speed.…

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The fall is usually a decent time for a concours, often pleasant and dry, but the times and weather are changing. This year it was much warmer than average, humid, and with a chance of rain. Thankfully, with the exception of a few sprinkles on Sunday, the rain held off. The Atlanta Concours d’Elegance is a two-day event. On Saturday, they have Classics and Coffee. Pretty much anyone with an interesting car can enter and put their car on the field for the day. There are no classes and no judging on Saturday. Sunday is the big event, and cars…

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