The Hustler – a 1970’s-era wooden kit car – is going up for auction on September 1, 2023. This is no fancy pants Concours d’Elegance car, this is a wooden version of a 1970’s kit car originally designed by British designer Bill Towns [Aston Martin Lagonda] which was built as a wooden version by UK […]
Steve McQueen’s 1968 Mustang GT from the “Bullitt” movie started at $3500 at the Mecum auction in Kissimmee, Florida, and wound up going for a massive $3.4 million…
Swiss authorities have seized a collection of supercars from Teodorin Nguema Obiang – the son of Equatorial Guinea’s president – and are auctioning them off in Geneva, Switzerland. Teodorin Nguema Obiang is vice-president to his father, Teodoro Obiang Nguema, who has ruled Equatorial Guinea for 40 years and Swiss authorities have seized 25 of his […]
A re-creation of Burt Reynolds’ “Black Bandit” from the “Smokey & The Bandit” movie goes up on the block at the Barrett-Jackson auction at the Mandalay Bay Resort on September 29, 2018. This particular “Black Bandit” is a 1978 Pontiac Firebird Trans-Am that was not used in the movie but is the next best thing […]
The racing car that Ferrari specifically built for Formula One legend Juan Manual Fangio is being put on the auction block. The car in question – a 1956 Ferrari 290 MM – was built for Fangio and he drove it in the Italy’s famed endurance race, the Mille Miglia, in 1956, where he finished fourth […]
To promote their television coverage of the 2015 Formula One racing season, British network SkySports asked presenter and former F1 driver, Martin Brundle, to construct the world’s largest slot car track incorporating all the iconic sections of the various F1 tracks from around the world. Brundle came up with his “Ultimate 2015 Track” that features […]
The Gooding and Company auction at the 2015 Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance will not take place until the weekend but viewing of the cars available begins today and one of the signature cars up for auction will be the 1957 Ferrari 410 Superamerica purchased by the Shah of Iran which eventually went to his Queen, […]
A pair of Formula One Scarab racing cars from the late 1950s and early 1960s will be available at auction along with their Fiat transporter. The cars were raced by Americans Lance Reventlow and Chuck Daigh, but neither did very well nor lasted very long – only competing in two races with both retiring from […]
Ian Fleming’s Bentley R-Type Continental is set to be auctioned off at the Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance next month in Monterey, California. The famous creator of the iconic James Bond book and film series purchased the car for its original owner, Ivar Bryce – a friend who was the inspiration for the character Felix Leiter […]
Jay Kay – of Jamiroquai musical fame – is reportedly planning to auction off his 1965 Ferrari 330 GT Vignale Shooting Brake. The car is a one-off designed by Fredo Vignale and here it is in action…
The Team Formerly Known as Caterham had their facility in Leafield, England, placed on the auction block this week. The Formula One racing team which failed to score a single point in five seasons of racing and struggled through the 2014 season [requiring a crowdfunding scheme to even race in the 2014 finale at Abu […]
While James May has been making YouTube videos and Richard Hammond has been auctioning off his motorcycles, their former “Top Gear” co-presenter and instigator of their unemployment, Jeremy Clarkson, has made an appearance at a community pool auction in his posh town of Chipping Norton [which sounds like a golfer’s name but isn’t…yet] where he […]
Although Caterham still harbored slim-to-none hopes that some sort of miracle would occur in the first few weeks of the new year to resurrect the failed Formula One team, that miracle never materialized and now the team’s demise is official as auction dates are being set to sell off most of Caterham’s equipment and items […]
A 1956 Corvette built exclusively for racing is being auctioned next month. The 1956 Sebring SR-2 Corvette was built by General Motors specifically foe racing [although it was not the first Corvette to actually be used in a race]. This particular Corvette has a 331 [5.4-liter] V8 and is one of three built and raced […]
Haven’t figured out what to get yet for that hard-to-buy-for person on your holiday gift list? Why not check out the Marussia public auction in a couple weeks [see link below]? That’s what Santa is doing. Available at the auction will be all sorts of bits and pieces of the former Formula One team including […]
Actor Burt Reynolds is encountering financial difficulties and will be auctioning off personal items at The Palms Casino in Las Vegas next month – including his personal truck and items from his popular 1977 “Smokey and the Bandit” film. Among the vehicular themed items Reynolds is putting up for auction are a go-kart version of […]
Another Batmobile is for sale – and while it is not the original 1940s vehicle the Caped Crusader originally drove – it is a Batmobile created before the 1960s “Batman” television series debuted. This particular Batmobile is a converted 1956 Oldsmobile 88 that was licensed by DC Comics as an official Batmobile in 1963 – […]
Michael Schumacher’s Benetton Formula One car – the first in which he achieved a podium finish – is to be put up for auction. The Benetton Ford B191B was used by the German racing legend to finish third at the 1992 Mexican Grand Prix – in only the eighth race of his then-budding career. Schumacher […]
One of three 1955 Chevy 150’s used for the 1971 feature film “Two-Lane Blacktop” is up for auction at the Barrett-Jackson event in Scottsdale in January 2015. The car being auctioned is the camera car [used for interior shots] for the film and is expected to go for under $500,000. The trailer for the film […]
The Caterham Formula One team is expected to be absent from the United States Grand Prix as they continue to struggle with finances – even so far as having creditors attempting to auction off bits and pieces of the team’s inventory – and Formula One chief Bernie Ecclestone has granted the stricken team a two-race […]