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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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Special one-of-a-kind auction at Ferrari in Maranello

Posted: August 13, 2017

To commemorate Ferrari’s 70th anniversary, RM Sotheby’s and Ferrari join hands in a one of a kind sale in Maranello. On auction will be around twenty Ferrari’s, the oldest dating back to 1950 and the youngest is a 2012 car. All in all the cars give an overview of the rich and varied 70-year history […]

Rolland auction moves to Oklahoma City

Posted: December 11, 2017

Due to the wildfires in southern California, the auction of the Rolland Collection by Leake Auction Company has been rescheduled. The auction is to be held on February 23-24 in Oklahoma City. This auction was to take place on Saturday, December 9 in the Rolland Racing Museum in Newbury Park, California, but according to Leake, […]

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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