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The McQueen Mystique

August 01, 2012

Why does any car, truck or motorcycle once owned by this iconic actor, racer and sex symbol sell for many times its normal value?
August 16, 2007. The Christie’s Auction at the Monterey Jet Center, Monterey, California. The lights dimmed and the music system thumped to Sheryl Crow singing her hit song “Steve McQueen.” An elegant 1963 Ferrari 250 GT Lusso rolled onto an elevated turntable ...
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Small Beginnings

August 01, 2012

We all start somewhere. For these collectors, their passions began on the living room floor.
Imagine for a moment that the first car you ever owned was a D-Type Jaguar. When you were 11. It sounds like fodder for an automotive adventure novel, but it’s really not so far-fetched. Because of course we’re talking miniatures here.
There is a common thread among collectors that is traceable to their childhoods: The toy cars and models they collected then provided the spark for their collecting flame now ...
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A mile in His Shoes

August 01, 2012

Will the world really end when the most diehard Porsche and Corvette drivers swap rides?
Many of us are automotive gadflies, our shifting fancies dictated by the latest eBay listing. One month it’s Triumphs, the next it’s early Audi Quattros. But certain cars inspire commitment, a brand of long-term devotion that spawns communities of single-minded enthusiasts whose loyalty is akin to that of diehard sports fans ...
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Cars of the Counterculture

July 31, 2012

An entire generation rebelled against mom, apple pie and often, the family Chevrolet
The rebellion included automobiles . . . We were forever saying “what a trip” but showed little interest in the four-wheeled way to go on one. This despite previously being a generation of obsessive car fans. Show a Baby Boomer two square feet of sheet metal from any car manufactured between the time he was six and the time he smoked his first joint and he—and many a she—will tell you the make, model, year and, often, the horsepower ...
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Horse of a different color

July 31, 2012

Collector cars come in all shapes and sizes, and this 1990 Special Edition Mustang convertible is proof they don’t have to cost big bucks.
Joe Glazenski never thought of himself as a party animal, but for him cars seem magically to appear at parties. In the mid-1990s, he was at a New Jersey shindig with college friends when he heard about a 1966 Mustang down the street; he’s owned it ever since.
In 2003, Glazenski—32 at the time—wanted a fun convertible with room for his wife and young son ...
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