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Auctions
, Ford
, Private Collections
by Philip Powell on April 29, 2009
A little over a month ago I posted a blog about the Nick Alexander Woodie collection, probably the world's greatest assembly of Ford and Mercury station wagons with wood-body trim. Remarkably, tho...
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Auto Shows
, Information About
by Philip Powell on April 27, 2009
Much as I enjoy writing about car concours in Europe and America I'll be the first to admit there are thousands of local shows that can be just as much fun for entrants and spectators. We have d...
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As We See Things
, Aviation
, Rolls-Royce
, Romantic Notions
by Philip Powell on April 24, 2009
So you think the prices asked for classic cars are outrageous, especially during economic hard times? Try buying a vintage aircraft. An airworthy two-seater Supermarine Mk IX Spitfire aircraft was rec...
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As We See Things
by Philip Powell on April 22, 2009
So you've just found the classic car of your dreams, negotiated a fair price, and need to ship it home. Except that you live in Bellingham, WA and the car is in Sarasota, FL. How do you find the b...
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Auctions
, Ferrari
by Philip Powell on April 22, 2009
When the Ferrari Leggenda e Passione auction in Maranello, Italy opens on May 17 you can bet they won't be celebrating the F1 car's 2009 performance. As of this writing, not a single point ear...
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As We See Things
, Rally/Retro-Rally
by Philip Powell on April 20, 2009
I was with one of the original computer nerds, though I doubt he knew what that meant and I certainly didn't. It was the 1960s and we were competing in the Canadian International Winter Rally in a...
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Chevrolet
by Philip Powell on April 17, 2009
Way, way back when Elvis first made an appearance on the Ed Sullivan Show I was a radio announcer in North Bay Ontario. No disc jockeys in those days, folks... we covered everything from funeral annou...
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As We See Things
, Concours
, Record Breakers
by Philip Powell on April 15, 2009
This guy must have been nuts. Wearing only a bathing suit, Roland "Rollie" Free rode "Gunga Din," a Vincent HRD V-Twin, the ninth in the new Black Shadow series, to a smouldering 1...
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Automobilia
, Japanese Oldies
, Model Cars
by Philip Powell on April 13, 2009
One of the most unusual model car collections ever to be presented to the public will be on view July 10-August 16, 2009 at the Japan Society, 333 East 47th Street, New York. "Buriki: Japanese Ti...
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British Cars
, Design
, Rare Europeans
by Philip Powell on April 10, 2009
The 1938 Jaguar SS100 is, to my mind, the epitome of what a sports car should be. Never mind the lack of an envelope body and modern conveniences, one look at the SS100 and you know this is a car mea...
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As We See Things
, Auctions
, Ferrari
, Ford
by Philip Powell on April 8, 2009
I mean no offence but does the circus that has become the Monterey/Pebble Beach week really need another auction? Dana Mecum apparently thinks so, for his organisation has just announced that Mecum...
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As We See Things
, Ferrari
by Philip Powell on April 6, 2009
If you're not an F1 race fan please accept my apologies for this post. But as one who's been watching F1 for decades and sometimes commenting on said races for radio and TV, I can't resist...
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American Independents
, American Specials
, British Cars
, Concours
, Information About
by Philip Powell on April 2, 2009
Of all the North American 2009 concours, nothing could be more appropriate than one that takes place in Detroit and honours the best in American design, especially when the industry is threatened with...
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As We See Things
, British Cars
, Fun Events
by Philip Powell on April 1, 2009
CKFH was a Toronto radio station owned by Foster Hewitt, hockey's original and greatest play-by-play announcer. For a little over a year I was one of the station's staff announcers, working da...
