“After some negotiation, I purchased this very rough CD and shipped it back to New Jersey. I was now the proud owner of CD #305 of 395 produced. Little did I realize what was ahead of me. I spent the next five years sourcing original parts and selecting a reputable shop that I believed would […]
For the automotive industry and the collector vehicle market, 2018 was one for the record books. Shocking headlines combined with astounding auction results made 2018 an extraordinary and unpredictable year. Some key highlights: Elon Musk launched a Tesla Roadster into space, and it is now orbiting the earth Ford announced it would eventually stop building […]
Researching a vehicle’s past is as much an art as it is a skill. It takes patience, persistence, and perseverance. It takes help from willing strangers—and a lot of time. It takes an outgoing personality to reach out to people who might have crossed paths with your car or motorcycle. To be a good researcher of vehicle […]
Turtle Garage’s 1938 BMW R51 is currently on the truck and heading east from Los Angles. It is due to arrive in Lakeville Connecticut this week—just in time for the 35th Annual Lime Rock Park Historic Festival. A special thank you to Mike Dunn and Brian Schneider for completing this complex project on time and with […]
I first met Steve Bauer at the 2015 Greenwich Concours. We bonded immediately and have been great friends ever since. Our friendship began over our shared passion for BMW motorcycles and escalated when we realized our parallel views on perfection, authenticity, and factory-correct restorations. Our friendship has traveled coast to coast. Last August, we met […]
“The dog that didn’t bark” is an expression from a famous Sherlock Holmes mystery called Silver Blaze. The non-barking dog was a crucial clue that led to solving the case. It seems that the murderer-thief entered and exited the estate grounds without the guard dog barking. From this overlooked non-event, Holmes surmised that the dog […]
“A real collector does not sell.” —Eli Broad On our final day of the Revs Institute Symposium, I took an hour and walked the entire museum one last time. I quietly soaked it all in. I photographed as much as I could, but the images just don’t do the collection justice. I have attempted to […]
“Cars have a narrative that tells us of the time from which they came.” -Keith Martin Day two of Revs exposed me to what it really means to perform forensic automotive research. I also learned how true professionals complete a historically authentic restoration on a vehicle. As a group, we gained an understanding of the […]
Words fail to describe what is going on here in South Florida. It’s simply overwhelming. The Collier Collection might not be the biggest in the world (it’s big!), but it certainly is the most thoughtful. What the Collier’s have done here in Naples is nothing short of a miracle. The meticulously maintained building is a […]
On Sunday I fired up my SL 55 AMG and drove from Palm Beach to Naples for the 9th biennial Revs Institute Symposium on Connoisseurship and the Collectible Car. Revs is an acronym that stands for Researching Evolution of Vehicles in Society. The event is graciously hosted by Miles and Parker Collier and is held at their […]
While in Los Angeles last week I had a free evening to catch up with Mike Dunn and Brian Schneider. Mike is rapidly emerging as America’s de facto leading expert on pre-war vintage German motorcycles. Brian’s knowledge of these rare machines is encyclopedic. Together these two guys have forgotten more about pre-war BMW’s than most people […]
Philip Richter is President and co-founder of New-York-City-based Hollow Brook Wealth Management, LLC. The Turtle Garage Blog, he says, is dedicated to his "love of excessive personal transportation."
