Nostalgia Highway

(July 8, 2015) WALWORTH, Wis. — The star of the ‘80s-era television series “Miami Vice” is coming to the Mecum Daytime Auction in Monterey this Aug. 13-15. No, not Sonny Crockett and Ricardo Tubbs — the flashy detectives played by Don Johnson and Philip Michael Thomas who fought episode-after-episode against the seedy underworld of Miami — but their 1986 Ferrari Testarossa.

(July 8, 2015) MONTEREY, Calif. — The heart of historic downtown Monterey will be transformed into an outdoor motorsports museum when historic race cars line Alvarado Street between 5 and 7 p.m. on Friday, Aug. 7,  as Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca kicks off the annual Monterey Classic Car Week activities.

(July 5, 2015) SILVERSTONE, England — This year’s 25th anniversary Silverstone Classic July 24-26 will celebrate its milestone Silver Jubilee with its widest-ever spectrum of glittering motor sport history.

(July 3, 2015) DENVER — Mecum Auctions’ first-ever Denver-area auction brought enthusiasts flocking to the Colorado Convention Center leading to standing-room-only crowds both days, June 26-27. With 396 cars sold, a 66-percent sell-through rate was achieved and overall sales totals reached $12,003,418.

(June 30, 2015) Chevrolet's 1937 promotional film, "Conquering Roads," is a fascinating history lesson into road building 78 years ago. It depicts surprisingly modern highways of the era, including some intriguing footage of road construction.

Just as interesting are the cars and trucks of the time.

Photo by M. M. “Mike” Matune, Jr.

(June 30, 2015) CARLISLE, Pa. — Welcome to a true Mopar-lover’s paradise. There’s nothing quite like it anywhere in the world with over 2,500 vehicles from all eras of the Chrysler brand, classics, muscle cars, high-performance new models all converge on Carlisle for a one of a kind weekend.

The Chrysler Nationals will be held July 10-12 in Carlisle, Pa.

(June 23, 2015) LONDON — A 1923 Rolls-Royce Silver Ghost carrying ingenious painted "wood-effect" shooting brake coachwork from a car once owned by the future Edward VIII — one of the earliest "woodies" — burst through its £120,000 upper estimate to sell for £161,280 ($250,000) at H&H Classics’ June 20 auction. The sale was held in conjunction with the Rolls-Royce Enthusiasts’ Club Annual Concours & Rally at Burghley House, Lincolnshire.

(June 22, 2015) PEBBLE BEACH, Calif. — Hopes ran high for the 1949 Ferrari 166 Mille Miglia owned by Jim Kimberly when it pulled to the starting line of the 2nd annual Pebble Beach Road Races in 1951. It was the first Ferrari ever to race in California. Just a few weeks prior, it had triumphed over all of the competition in its first West Coast race in Palm Springs.

(June 20, 2015) TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. — Summer begins Sunday and to kick-off the season the collector vehicle experts at Hagerty have named their favorite classic convertibles for the summer months.

(June 19, 2015) LONDON — Captain Nemo's six-wheeled Nautilus car from Sean Connery’s adventure movie The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen will be sold by international auctioneers Coys at their Blenheim Palace auction on July 11.