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The first Italian-designed car of Japan

September 3, 2019

Auction

It seems like the best of both worlds: a car that is designed in Italy and built in Japan. This Prince Skyline Sport of 1961 is to be sold in auction in Tokyo.

In the early days in Japan, Prince Motor Company was one of the largest manufacturers of Japan. Their name is now practically

Japanese hardtops are hot

April 24, 2018

Auction

Cars like this Nissan Skyline don’t come about very often. At least not in Europe. This 1986 R31 hardtop is probably the only one in the UK.

The Japanese brands have produced some great sports cars, but they also managed to build several really fast saloon cars.

This is one of them. This hardtop fourdoor

Cuban craftsmanship: meet the 1957 Cadillac Escalade

April 20, 2018

For sale

Seriously, if Cadillac had decided to create the Escalade already in the fifties, it would probably have looked like this.

The bottom half is a 1957 Cadillac, probably a Fleetwood.

It seems that the top comes from an early people carrier like a Chevrolet Suburban or an International Harvester Wagon.

A Nissan six cylinder

On auction

A heroic failure: the Australian Leyland P76 V8

Posted: January 22, 2020

British Leyland was already in big trouble when they decided to design a full-size saloon car for the Australian market. And guess what? It was even a pretty good car. But still, production stopped within two years. In the 1960s and ‘70’s the Australian car market was dominated by the large cars, like the Ford […]

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‘No reserve’ at the sale of Dutch Ford Museum

Posted: April 11, 2018

Collectors may be in for a bargain as there will be no reserve at the auction of the Den Hartogh Ford Museum in the Netherlands on June 23. Auction house Bonhams announced that today in her press release. The collection of the museum in Hillegom, the Netherlands, holds about 200 Ford and Lincoln automobiles and […]

The famous Cord trademark is for sale now

Posted: August 28, 2019

The world-famous Cord brand is now up for grabs. It has been the name of famous automobiles in the 1930s, and some sorry looking replicas in the years after. It will be on sale this week in Auburn, Indiana. Errett Lobban Cord became head of the ailing Auburn Automobile Company in Auburn, Indiana, USA in […]

Daughter Tiffany takes over Dan Kruse’s auction house

Posted: September 4, 2019

A family take-over in Texas, USA: Tiffany Kruse starts her own auction house Republic Auctions. She more or less takes over from her dad, who has managed Dan Kruse Classics since 1972. San Antonio based Dan Kruse Classics has been one of the premier classic car auction houses, the business started as early as 1972. […]

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