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Something New

At Mint, we try harder. We give our opinion on cars that either we find or are submitted to us from readers (keep those coming!). But we don’t compile statistics on pricing – we research pricing trends either at Hagerty’s site (they insure our Alfa and Mercedes) or Sports Car Market Price Guide. We think it puts things in perspective. So if we do have credible information, we will add a thumbnail.  That Thumbnail will take you to the valuation analysis.

The Thumbnail looks like this     Hagerty Icon

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Hot Wheels: ’70 Corvette LS-5

Corvette LS5

The Corvette C3 was patterned after the Larry Shinoda’s Mako Shark Concept Car. It was a mid-engine design that excited everyone who saw it. But concept cars are supposed to be pre-cursors of the future. In this case it was, but the mid-engine was ditched in favor of the existing Sting Ray’s layout. Shinoda’s car was sent to Chevrolet Styling, where Harry Haga’s studio adopted it for production. '70 Corvette LS5The C3 also adopted the “sugar scoop” roof treatment with vertical back window from a Duntov design. The C3 was accidentally introduced to the motoring public not at some big hoopla reveal at the Detroit Motor Show like this year’s new Sting Ray. Mattel’s Hot Wheels was given permission to release an authorized model of the C3 called the Custom Corvette. Seems they didn’t get the memo on the release date.   Read More

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Top Down Fun: ’58 Morris Minor Convertible

Morris Minor

Here is a restored, 4-seat, English convertible aka Tourer, cute as a button for only $24,900. Sure, you can find other 4-seat English convertibles but they will be called Dropheads or something snotty like that. It could be an Alvis TA 14, an Armstrong Siddeley Hurricane or Daimler Conquest. Read More