Sunday D.R.I.V.E.

Smoke'em If You Got'em

If you’ve ever run into me on the Concours lawn or a Cars & Coffee, chances are there was a cigar in one hand.

My local B&M, Famous Smoke Shop, holds one Cars & Cigars event a year. But recently I’ve discovered a monthly gathering not too far from me thanks to an SML reader at Amelia this year. You know what I’ll be doing next Sunday.

David K. Whitlock

Sunday D.R.I.V.E.

Do:

While I do love a good Cars & Coffee, nothing pairs with looking at cars like a good cigar. Next weekend kicks off the Cars & Cigars season in Skippack, PA. It will be my first time attending the event as I just learned about it at this years Amelia. There needs to be more of these. If you have one by you, let me know by replying to this email!

Read:

Even with the Florida auctions being cut down by some falling in February, March was a strong month for the Porsche market as it saw nearly $10,000,000 more in dollar volume than the previous year, when all four auctions hit in the same month. You can read my take on the March market here.

Inventory:

The first time I saw Benedict Radcliffe’s wireframe Lamborghini Countach was in the lobby of the Hoxton Hotel in London, 2009. That life-size replica of a Koenig Countach is now being offered by RM Sotheby’s at the Dare To Dream sale in Toronto on June 1st. Rumor has it my friend Steve and I had a bit too much to drink and took a picture inside the sculpture as if we were driving it away. God I wish I could find the evidence. Maybe recreate it in Canada?

Video:

42 listings and $21,000,000 later, Road Scholars of Durham, NC, knows a thing or two about selling collector-grade Porsches on Bring a Trailer. Cam Ingram breaks down the numbers and some of their sales in this great video on their YouTube channel.

Enjoy:

I had several of my Uncle’s Vietnam-era Zippo lighters sitting in an old cigar box for years. Then I discovered that Zippo makes butane torch inserts and I brought those lighters back into use. Don’t have a vintage Zippo? I’ve found some great ones for cigar-smoking friends and relatives on eBay and gifted them with inserts. Easily one of my favorite finds.