Dragged Back, Again

Drive Time

Listen,  you bastards  Gentle Readers:  there’s little point in my taking a sabbatical when you keep sending me stuff which gets my juices running and such.  Here’s one example:

Reader GT3Ted sends me this via email:

Just to make you drool and brighten your day,  I thought you might be interested in the following link.

This is the catalogue for the upcoming auction to be held in conjunction with the Villa D’Este Concourso on Lake Como in Italy. Which car would you bid on given a Million $ Budget? (That budget limits you to only about 75% of the cars (230) in the catalogue.)

Broad Arrow Auctions_The Concorso d’Eleganza Villa d’Este Auction 2026 – Catalog

Can I resist going there?  No.  Can I resist paging through the blessed catalogue and drooling over the examples of automotive gorgeousity featured therein?  Also no.  Would I go there if I could, if only to bask in the warm sunshine of Lake Como?  Yes.  Is Reader GT3Ted an utter bastard?  Goes without saying.

So here are the cars I’d look at (links only, because pics take too long):

65 Maserati Mistral Coupe — possibly my favorite Mazza model, ever.  See also the Spider version.  Oh, and did I mention the 3500?

56 Lancia Aurelia B24 S and another one — definitely my favorite Lancia, ever, although there is stiff competition from the Integrale HF.

93 BMW 850CSi — V12 Beemer engine, oh my.

73 Dino GTS — okay, on reflection scratch this one.  (I just cannot see myself, with any-sized budget, dropping half a mil on an entry-level Dino, even a pretty white one like this.)

Actually, once I’d stripped out all the Ferraris and Lambos (because #Gaudy&Horrible #AlsoWayTooSpendy), as well as all the RHD cars (Aston Martin and Skyline) there weren’t really many that caught my fancy, other than the above.

Feel free to explore and select your choices.

9 comments

  1. See? You just need things to write about that rejuvenate you! By all means, take a sabbatical. But I was getting the impression from some of your earlier posts that this here blog was beginning to feel like a JOB. No bueno!

    No need to stick to a schedule. Post when you like, about what you like, and don’t feel the need to go any deeper than you feel like. Go as deep as you like, and no further. Skip a few days. Skip a week. As has been said before, we’ll be here for you.

    Make blogging fun again. It’s not an all-or-nothing proposition. Don’t pile pressure on yourself to do more. Hope things are going well for you, my friend.

  2. Oh, and I’m not the car guy you are, but for me, it would be the 56 Lancia Aurelia B24.

    The older I get the less things like that beemer or the Dino appeal to me. I mean visually, of course, but driving-wise I’m leaning toward the more sedate stuff. And 56 was the year I was born.

    Lovely car that I’d actually enjoy driving.

  3. They found your Achilles heal; grammar and cars!!! Here’s a link to Rock Island Auction’s site for their auction this weekend. That ought to hit for the trifecta!!

    https://www.rockislandauction.com/

    What would you choose? Whatever firearm you choose would also come with sufficient ammunition for enjoyment.

  4. You’re Welcome.

    Think of it this way, The Auction is a week and half away. That’s plenty of time for your Pilots to file a flight plan, do the international flight paperwork and reserve space on the apron for the G7. Now as for cars , my 80th birthday is coming up soon and I would have my eyes on the Porsche 918 with the Weissach Package https://online.fliphtml5.com/kfgkh/semf/#p=150 But then any serious collector needs to have a gullwing in the collection https://online.fliphtml5.com/kfgkh/semf/#p=98 Unfortunately the color is wrong so that’s likely a pass. That leaves the F40 as the backup plan if the 918 gets too expensive. https://online.fliphtml5.com/kfgkh/semf/#p=108

    1. There is a BMW 850 of that series in my neighborhood, sitting under a tarp for years. I have to wonder if the owner knows what he has, and why he doesn’t cash in before it rots to nothing.

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