There's a country road not far from home that I travel several times a year. My fantasy is to walk the entire ten miles and photograph the derelict cars I see there. The first caught my attention when the tarp tore over the passenger window. Over the years the entire tarp disappeared, revealing a 1953 or 1954 Chevy sedan. There is also a postwar Pontiac two door with that beautiful fastback shape and a 1957 Ford hardtop. Someone keeps the headlights burning on an early 1920's touring car with seasonal character balloons taking a ride. Now I must follow Dieter's lead. By the way, I see three Saabs under the Austin in that Swedish forest. I wish I could afford to resurrect just one such car. I can't believe Michael bought fifty cars just to let them rot. Neglect by design saddens me. ... View more

How did the Leno bike sell for no more than the other bikes? Isn't it still worth a premium for its provenance? I also can't believe a 1911 Indian is almost affordable. There were no Beemers on this list because there may have been none in this auction. Please read the title of the article. ... View more

Those FIAT's are truly ugly. The 1100 grille would look at home on a later Pontiac. You need to give Michelotti an article of his own to redeem his reputation. The Edwards is a contender, but the grille on that particular car looks somewhat misshapen. I too would take the Force 1 if given the choice.  ... View more

I just had to check out the parking lot photo. In the row on the left, after the Cadillac, are a Kaiser, a Hudson and a Studebaker.  ... View more

I left for college in 1976 fantasizing about the Celica as my college car. That did not happen. By graduation, I had a friend with a Mach 1. He would park next to my 1956 Studebaker President 2-dr. near the entrance to the campus. Coolness! I don't see any scallops on that Mustang. When I told my friends I was buying a new car in 2006, they asked if it was "the PT or the Chevy". It was the HHR (Heritage High Roof).  ... View more

How could all of these be listed ahead of the "cyclops" speedometer Studebaker introduced in 1956? The vertical needle was fixed in front of numbers on a revolving horizontal wheel. As with some of the others, the numbers vary in color from green to red. The unit is in a pod on top of the dash and the cable needs occasional lubrication after a few decades of use.  ... View more

E-types were my childhood fantasies. In my teens I saw an XK-120 and started saving my pennies. Dream on! Looking at these choices, I fell in love with the Alfa. That is something I've never said before.  ... View more

The body and paint are original. The condition is not. ... View more

I went through this with my 1956 Studebaker. After at least a year of trips to the local veteran mechanic did not solve my starting problem I replaced the spark plug and coil wires myself. A good friend and Studebaker specialist who had had the distributor rebuilt came to my home to troubleshoot. We were at the end of our rope when I came across a spare condenser in the glove compartment. He put it in and that was that! I think the old one is still on the roof where he threw it. Because he had replaced the points and condenser before the distributor rebuild he had not revisited them. The cheapest part can make all the difference.  ... View more

Insects, birds and reptiles are all members of the animal kingdom. Even if the Mustang was named after the plane it still carries the name of a horse.  Minx is not an animal but Manx (Meyers) is. No one mentioned the Packard Panther but I'm glad I'm not the only one to remember the Singer Gazelle.     ... View more

My neighbor down the street just cruised by in his 1965 GTO. He rotates his collector cars which include a 1962 Corvette, a 1967 Safari wagon and two Comets, a 1964 and a Maverick-based version. Across the street from him is a second generation Mustang. In other parts of town I have stumbled across a 1949 Frazer, a 1948 DeSoto, a 1951 Chrysler, a 1967 Chevelle,  and a pair of 1959 Impalas. Those last six have all been neglected for many years, which is why I keep buying lottery tickets. ... View more