This truly one of a kind 1966 911 Bertone Spyder will be offered at Gooding & Company’s Monterey auction this month, with a pre-sale estimate of $700k-$1m. It presents the opportunity to own a piece of both Porsche and Bertone history.
Wayne Carini has a lifetime of experience in automobile restoration, and has worked on rare car collections owned by Letterman, Lendl and DuPont. He’s been featured in the New York Times and automobile magazines. For the past decade, Wayne has hosted the highly acclaimed Chasing Classic Cars on the Velocity Channel.
Many of the highlights this year overlap, like the Porsche Werks Reunion and The Quail, so preparing a down-to-the-minute schedule is essential. Check out our itinerary below to avoid missing a moment of Monterey.
Is it possible to choose one Ferrari that epitomized the marque in its classic era? Selecting a “top five” would be hard enough. Yet, when you consider that Ferrari road cars remained closely related to its GT racers for the first 15 years or so of the marque’s history, there is one that leaps forward: the 1959-1962 250 GT Berlinetta SWB.
This August, you can have the chance to look like Gary Cooper, in a manner of speaking, by acquiring his super duper Duesenberg. On offer at RM Sotheby’s Monterey sale, it’s one of only two 1935 SSJ Roadsters by LaGrande.
David Lee had his 1972 Dino fully restored, at the same time giving it a 400-horsepower Ferrari V8 and a modernized chassis. But don’t call it a “resto-mod” or an “outlaw.” This is a re-invention to bring a classic model to its full potential.
Aston Martin introduced its DB11 flagship model in 2017 and now, for 2019, it becomes the DB11 AMR. As if the original was not fast enough, the Aston Martin Racing sub-brand has stepped in to dial it up another few notches. While at it, AMR crafted a new top-of-line four-door, the Rapide AMR.
In a market overflowing with 600-horsepower sports cars and sedans, it can get a little too easy to forget how much fun 120 horsepower can be. Take your pick, convertible coupe with a true “landau” roof or the rakish roadster with side curtains. Either way, can you see yourself cruising along the Coast in the Pebble Beach Motoring Classic in these time machines?
Rich Taylor from Vintage Rallies covers the 2018 Greenwich Concours for Premier. An amazing weekend filled with contemporary exotics, vintage classics, barn finds and more!
