Save television? Leno scoffs at new shows hype Sep 10, 2009
Car collector Leno's cool new toy is a test track outside his studio where a celebrity Drew Barrymore looks like the first will race the host in electric Ford Focuses. Leno admits he stole the idea from one of his favorite British shows, Top Gear. (MSNBC -- Television)
Classic car restorer revs sales Sep 3, 2009
After the car is finished usually taking about four months Cadwallader usually sells it to another car collector, through auction companies such as , , which specializes in the sale of collector cars. On occasion, his investors have fallen in love with their investment and buy the car for themselves. (Dayton Business Journal, OH)
Letters to the Editor Aug 11, 2009
As an avid classic-car collector, I would like your readers to know that the "cash for clunkers" program is a very bad idea ... This robs the car collector community of much-sought-after cars and parts ... Please save your "clunker" for a future generation of car collectors to enjoy. (Sacramento Bee -- Opinion)
A love of exotic imports passes from father to son Jun 29, 2009
My son in San Francisco had separately become more of a foreign car collector. He started at the University of Colorado with a 1947 MG-TC, which he traded in for a MGC and later a VW bus to better carry all his ski equipment. (San Francisco Chronicle)
Car collectors love their classic rides May 23, 2009
The latter is the case for Jerry Fuchs, a classic car collector from Fargo, N.D.. Fuchs was in town Friday for the 2009 Classic Car Cruise, joining dozens of North Iowa classic car enthusiasts in the Sears parking lot on South Federal Avenue. (Mason City Globe-Gazette, IO)
Man's fall leads to custom cars, feature film Apr 15, 2009
Their customers range from serious car collectors and weekend road warriors to ballplayers and rappers ... Joe "Sparky" Bullock, a major custom car collector in the Bay Area - with 20 hot rods and street rods - met McArdle seven years ago at the Cow Palace. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Business)
Leno gives free show for unemployed in Michigan Apr 8, 2009
The NBC late-night star, an avid car collector whose love of autos has brought him to Detroit from time to time, said he wanted to do some good for an area struggling with a high jobless rate and imploding auto industry. Michigan's unemployment rate was at 12 percent in February, the highest in the nation. (Anchorage Daily News)
Million-dollar car heading back to France Feb 12, 2009
According to the government, the car was bought by Seattle car collector Charles Morse, even though the French government had declared the car a French Historic Monument and such items are not permitted to be removed from France. The government said despite the designation, the car has been sold twice since 1997 and in July 2004, it was exported to the Netherlands, and was sold to Morse. (Puget Sound Business Journal, WA)
In My Corner Feb 8, 2009
The editor of Hot Rod magazine said that to qualify as a car collector, you must have 6 cars that run and drives. The legendary, late, car restorer/coordinator Durwood Brown came to mind. (Alva Review Courier, OK)
