When you drop off your Healey and your other car isn’t a car
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The 2018 Sport and Specialty Drive Out – Cool cars, nice people, fun projects!
Thanks to all who attended our first ever "Drive Out." The impromptu car show was a great success and the weather couldn’t have been better. This will be an annual event I think. I need to thank the Sport and Specialty crew, Ryan, Bill, Max Lindsay, Glade,...
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Carry Your Weight: How We Keep a Healey Balanced During Restoration
There are sand bags hiding in these two Healeys. We're not waiting for a flood or storing for the sandblaster, we’re making sure that everything is in balance. To get the lines and gaps right you really need to weight a car’s chassis when you do a total...
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It’s Insurance Review Season: Do you even know what the limits are on your policy?
Write this down on your car’s to-do list: Check your classic car insurance coverage. Today! Do you even know what the limits are on your policy? Do you know what the current value of your vehicle is? If your car gets hit, will you be able to fix it or will...
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A Fast Five – Learning to How Balance My Passion With My Livelihood
Hurray! In a few days I will celebrate five years as a small business owner. I often believe I have made it over the hump, but I know enough to never become complacent when moving forward. I hear a lot about “Living the Dream,” but there are some days I...
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“Cars Yeah” Podcast Featuring Sport and Specialty
I was honored to be interviewed by Cars Yeah's Mark Greene, "an incurable automotive enthusiast interviewing successful automotive entrepreneurs who live a lifestyle around their passion for automobiles" for his latest podcast. You can find the full...
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The 2017 Austin-Healey Conclave
A quick wrap up from my trip to the 2017 Austin-Healey Conclave - in short: another great event, organized this time by the Texas Austin Healey Clubs. A quick wrap up from my trip to the 2017 Austin-Healey Conclave - in short: another great event,...
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Arizona Auction Week 2017 Wrap-Up
After spending some time studying my new Hammer Price app (a must-have) and going through some of my auction notes for the week, I have come to some of the same conclusions I did last year—some marques did well, and others lost a little ground in value. it...
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My Annual Arizona Car Week – Trending 2017
Ever since I sold Mark Baker’s 100R Healey at Bonham’s Auction in Scottsdale four years ago I eagerly await coming back to Arizona for my now annual trip to the land of auctions and car shows. Once here, a common question I get from old and new friends...
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New Year’s Resolution: Don’t Touch It!!!
The majority of our restoration work at Sport and Specialty doesn’t drive or roll into the shop. Most of our work is pushed in on a transport dolly and unloaded unceremoniously in a variety of mismatched wood and cardboard boxes. Sometimes we even see...
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The New Sport & Specialty Website is Here!
Last weekend we pulled the trigger and launched the latest iteration of the Sport and Specialty website. All of the digital switches fell into place and with a sigh of relief a year’s worth of effort came to fruition. We had put together a simpler site...
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Love to see these kind of smiles!!!
We delivered this beautiful BJ8 Healey to David and Ellen with a mini mechanical restoration. Full engine and all accessories rebuild with a new wiring harness. Good for many more thousands of miles of fun! Read More of My Blog...
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Hilton Head Island Motoring Festival & Concours d’Elegance
Yesterday's results. People's choice 1951 Dodge. Founders Award 1952 A6G Maserati. Best in Show 1914 Stutz Bearcat!! Beautiful Car! Read More of My Blog...
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