As a neat companion to our post on the Ford GPA launching into the Detroit River from Ford’s River Rouge plant, here’s a couple photos of the plant from the landward side of things, both courtesy The Old Motor. Above, the plant in March 1932, during a hunger march, and below, in 1941. Compare and […]

How do we know station wagons are constantly gaining respect in the collector-car world? Well, let’s consider this 1965 Chevrolet Impala station wagon. Not only has it not been parted out for its 396, but it also appears to have been (minus the wheels and tires) faithfully restored, rather than beaten to death on the […]

Geoffrey Smith, new chairman of Sotheby’s Australia The saga of Tim Goodman and Sotheby’s Australia is long and complex and I covered it when it happened; but to sum up, at the end of 2009 he was the head of Bonhams’ Australian arm, Bonhams and Goodman. He shocked the auction world, however, by simultaneously acquiring […]