The inaugural Springfield Vintage Grand Prix, which had been scheduled for July 22-24, has been postponed by a year, with the organizers citing legal and safety obstacles. Springfield, Massachusetts, Mayor Domenic J. Sarno, city officials, and organizers met privately for more than an hour on Monday before making the announcement. “We’re a little disappointed, of […]

If you’ve ever wanted to enter your car in a concours, here’s your chance. With the fifth annual New England Concours d’Elegance less than two months away, we still have room for a few more cars, trucks and motorcycles. As long as your collector vehicle was built before 1973, is either original or restored to […]

Image by Pawel Litwinski, courtesy Gooding & Company The automobiles of Auburn, Indiana, drew a coterie of flamboyant buyers, but few of them went so far over the top as George Whittell Jr., who inherited two gigantic California fortunes that underpinned his life as a rake and adventurer. George loved cars. He especially loved the […]