Special Cars
Steve’s special interest and vintage cars
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The Cars of Enzo Ferrari
No other marque evokes the imagination as does Ferrari. The very name stirs images of great racing drivers, historic racetracks, Hollywood movie stars, and millionaires. Over the past eighteen years, many wonderful Ferraris have graced the HMF show field, but 2025 was the first year when we will honored the marque and its creator with…
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BMW Art Cars
BMW was founded early in the twentieth century as an engine builder. Within a decade the company was building vehicles for enthusiasts seeking the “Ultimate Driving Experience”. Dodging bankruptcy several times in post WWII Europe, the company finally hit its stride in the late 1960’s with several beautiful and commercially successful “driver’s cars”. Riding on…
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Frank Lockhart- America’s Speed King
“From Boy Wonder to National Hero to Obscurity” For a brief twenty three month period from 1926 to 1928 a brilliant star came into view and then disappeared just as quickly. Frank Lockhart shocked the world and gained international fame with his phenomenal driving style and technical expertise. The Early Years Born in 1903 in…
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Highlands Motoring Festival
On the second Saturday of June, the Town of Highlands hosts an annual charity car show known as Highlands Motoring Festival. “Gearheads”, from far and wide, take over the town for the week. After more than a dozen years Highlands Motoring Festival has grown to nine events spanning four days. Great Moments of Highlands Motoring…
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Chrysler 300
The Chrysler Letter Series Cars The glory years for the high performance automobile has to be the years after WWII. In Europe, the great marques emerged- Ferrari, Porsche, Jaguar, Mercedes, Maserati, and Aston-Martin. In America something different was brewing. The muscle car was born from the war between the big three for the performance car…
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Bugatti Masterpieces
Ettore Bugatti, coming from a family of successful artists, brought automotive craftmanship to a higher level with the design and manufacture of cars bearing his name. Many describe these cars as rolling art and the pinnacle of pre-WWII automobiles. They were inspirational for contemporaries and the generations that followed. Bugatti was one of Enzo Ferrari’s…
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BMW Kidneys
BMW’s most enduring styling element, spanning eight decades, is demonstrated in this recollection. Photography- Steve Ham
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Mercedes 190E 2.3-16
Hambone’s Benz- A 1986 Mercedes 190E 2.3-16 Company Car The “Sixteen-Valve” Car In 1983 Mercedes Benz introduced the 190 series car. After more than a decade of watching BMW carve out a small sport sedan market segment, Mercedes responded. The BMW 2002 and the later 320i were the definition of what the market sought. Mercedes…