Howe also was among Europe's leading
early car collectors.
Not exact matches
This is an excellent example of an
early Japanese sports
car that is often overlooked by
collectors, having not been sold in the U.S. originally.
On the way we talk aesthetics (unique and vastly better in the flesh than photos), Vipers (great engine, terrible gearchange, tricky handling on the limit), Fighters (even better engine, miraculously improved gearchange, utterly trustworthy handling on the limit),
car collector, publisher and evo friend Simon Draper (whose
early - build
car supplied many of the first driving impressions, including our first encounter with the Fighter in issue 078), and all that stems from an aerodynamics - first, aircraft techniques approach.
Meanwhile, the
collector -
car market began to heat up, driving up the value of
early classics that otherwise could be had for the price of a good used Chevy.
The 60th Anniversary Package and 427 Convertible will make their public debut at the Barrett Jackson
collector car auction in Scottsdale, Ariz., on Jan 21, and will arrive at U.S. Chevrolet dealers
early this summer.
Sheehan sold the
car to a prominent
collector in Japan and the
car made a short stint there before returning to the US in
early 2013.