Today in Collector Car History: Phil Hill Wins the First Pebble Beach Road Race, and a Push-Started Jaguar XK120 Sets a Provenance Benchmark
EL Puckett On Nov. 5, 1950, Phil Hill won the first Pebble Beach Road Race in his own Jaguar XK120,…
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Ferrari Spent $1 Million on a Mondial Pace Car. In 2004 It Sold for $85,330.
Kyle Matthews Ferrari reportedly spent about $1 million on a one-off Mondial pace car for PPG’s Indy Car series. In…
Auction Lot of the Day: A 1,100-Mile 1987 Shelby Lancer, Bid at $10,000 in a Market Priced on High-Mile Cars
Bring a Trailer’s live list is long on Porsches and Ferraris this week, and the lot with the…
Today in Collector Car History: New York’s First Great Auto Show Opens, and Gasoline Finishes Last (Nov. 3, 1900)
On November 3, 1900, the Automobile Club of America opened what period-minded historians describe as the first large,…
Today in Collector Car History: Chrysler’s First Minivan Rolls Off the Line, and “Magic Wagon No. 1” Outlives the Joke (Nov. 2, 1983)
Shawn Henry On November 2, 1983, Chrysler Chairman Lee Iacocca marked the start of production of the first Dodge Caravan…
Auction Lot of the Day: A 1953 Peugeot 203 Cabriolet, Bid at €25,000 Against an €80,000 Appraisal
A bid of €25,000 sits on a 1953 Peugeot 203 Cabriolet in a live Bring a Trailer auction…
Lot of the Day: A 1913 Stanley Mountain Wagon That Sold for $109,200 Last Year Is at $75,000 on BaT
Eve Nowell A 1913 Stanley Model 810 Mountain Wagon sold for $109,200 at Gooding Christie’s in 2025. Today it is…
Is the Oldsmobile Aurora Final 500 a Future Collector Car? The Last 500 Don’t Trade Alike
The Oldsmobile Aurora Final 500 was built in a run of 500. One sold for $32,000, another for…
On an Alfa Romeo Duetto, Only a 1600 Is a Duetto. Here Is How to Prove It
A 1966 Alfa Romeo 1600 Spider on Bring a Trailer shows how to test a Duetto: type code,…
On an Integra Type R, the VIN Trail Matters More Than the Plaque
Integra Type R originality comes down to the VIN trail: body stickers, powertrain tags, window sticker and year-correct…