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Gooding & Company’s Pebble Beach Auctions 2022
This year there is a lot to choose from when looking for favorites among the offerings at Gooding and Company’s Pebble Beach Auctions. The Auctions are scheduled for Friday August 19th at 5pm and on Saturday August 20th at 11am.[...]
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Collectible tidbit: First Generation Tesla Roadster
You may be asking why a pair of sneakers can sell for $1.8 million and yet people won't pay you the correct price for your lovely vintage car. Well, it's all about rarity, provenance and who is buying. The Air[...]
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Deep into this restoration project
At Vintage Driving Machines we are true enthusiasts who get our hands dirty. From mechanical repair, rewiring, brakes and tune ups we tend to do most of it ourselves. Our current big project involves a 1965 Bentley. We removed all the[...]
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Price Guide to Modern Ferrari Collectibles (1996-2011)
Modern Collectible Ferrari Price Guide and Summary Asking Prices of Cars on Offer (Based on observed asking prices at the top dealers for 1996 – 2011 models) June 17, 2017 Here is our latest market update on late model Ferrari. The[...]
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Part III – Tidying up the 1963 Alfa Romeo Giulia Sprint…
In the process of cleaning up the engine compartment and spending some time poking around the car and online, I learned a few things. In no particular order: WD-40 is effective at cleaning the engine compartment although it will not[...]
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Part II – About the Alfa Romeo Giulia Sprint…
(this all began in Part I of the story) Well the car arrived home in Los Angeles safely from the East Coast and all is well. The 101 Giulia Sprint is certainly one of the nicest looking cars ever built, but perhaps[...]
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Early Porsche 911S Barn Find
Our good friends at LBI Limited in Philadelphia (purveyors of fine investment grade classic cars) have shared a cool story about a recent Barn Find Porsche 911S. Turns out that the car is a first year 911S that had been[...]
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Part I – I Bought a car sight unseen..
I fell in love and bought an Alfa Romeo. I have not ever seen the Alfa in person. I have never driven an Alfa. I have never even ridden in an Alfa. The Alfa is 2800 miles away from my[...]
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Historical Sales Data
Seems like everyone wants to know “what is my car worth?” No one knows in advance because that value manifest itself only upon the presence of a willing seller and a willing buyer who together execute a transaction. Are you[...]
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Late Model Ferrari Collectibles
Late model Ferrari pricing and values (Based on observed asking prices at the top dealers) May 2015 If you are looking to buy a late model Ferrari, authorized Ferrari dealers along with top tier exotic car dealers, will tend to[...]