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Sports Car Market - November, 2008 Issue
CLASSIC AND COLLECTOR CAR PROFILES
1948 Tucker 48 Torpedo Sedan
 Preston Tucker’s promise of “the first completely new car in 50 years” struck a chord in the hearts of the public in 1948 and again with the...

1936 Lagonda LG45R Rapide
 Lagonda introduced the 4½-liter M45 at the 1933 London Motor Show. With its overhead-valve 6-cylinder Meadows engine, here was a Lagonda sports car...

1966 Bizzarrini Strada 5300 GT Coupe
 Giotto Bizzarrini was hired by Enzo Ferrari in 1957 for his test-driving and engineering skills. In the midst of developing the 250 GTO, however,...

1939 Talbot-Lago T150C SS Aerocoupe
 There were four Talbot-Lago T150C SSs made with Pourtout Aerocoupe bodies. Two are in private collections, and there are shadowy rumors of another...

1973 Ferrari 365 GTB/4 Spyder
 Ferrari chose the October 1968 Paris Salon to launch the Daytona. A year later, at the Frankfurt International Auto Show in September 1969, it...

The Tao of Steve’s Turbo Carrera
 In 1976, Porsche unveiled what was to be the first production 911 Turbo, known internally as a 930 and externally as the Turbo Carrera. Their...

1960 Jaguar E2A Le Mans Sports Racer
 By 1960, Jaguar had won the world’s most prestigious race, the 24 Hours of Le Mans, five times—twice with its original competition-tailored C-type...

Profiles Directory

COLUMNS
Affordable Classics
Credit-Card Specials in Monterey
Finding an affordable classic in Monterey seems about as likely as grabbing the “early-bird special” at Alain Ducasse’s newest restaurant. This is...
Affordable Classics Directory

Domestic Affairs
Back to the Future—and Step on It
Chrysler’s latest entrant into the “retro-muscle” wars, the new Dodge Challenger, has been burning up Internet car chat forums and magazine covers...
Domestic Affairs Directory

English Patient
Everyman Goes Racing
If you walked the paddock at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca during the 35th Annual Monterey Rolex Historic Automobile Races on August 16–17, you might...
English Patient Directory

Legal Files
Red Mist Leads to Blue Monday
The unhappy buyer of a Mercedes 300SL Gullwing recently contacted “Legal Files” with an unfortunate story. A couple years ago, he was having a...
Legal Files Directory

Sheehan Speaks
Highs and Whys in Monterey
The 2008 Monterey auctions brought together the largest collection of high-dollar collector cars ever offered anywhere on one weekend. Four of the...
Sheehan Speaks Directory

Shifting Gears
Gazing Into the Crystal Piston
The Monterey vintage week takes up about four months of every year. There are two months of preparation for it, which at SCM means poring over each...
Shifting Gears Directory