November 23, 2016
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“Do you remember me?” the strange man asked insistently. “Your show gave me something to live for. I've been waiting for this all year. You told me to come back, and I want you to know I made it.”
We were halfway through NBCSN's live coverage of the Mecum collector car auction in Anaheim last Friday when a middle aged man walked up to me with tears in his eyes. “Do you remember me? Do you?” Honestly, no, I didn't. But as he told his story it began to come back to me.
The Trans Am Story – Filming continues this weekend
March 21, 2013
The Sopwith TV crew will hit the road this weekend to film the next chapter of the Pontiac Trans Am story.
MUSCLE CAR Q&A: 1970-71 Ford Torino
March 18, 2013
Okay, here’s a list of questions that have come in by email (Stephen at sopwithmotorsports.com) and Twitter (@SopwithTV) since our last televised Mecum Auction.
COLLECTOR CARS: The Trend That No One Wants to Talk About
October 29, 2012
Voila! After four hours of enjoyable motoring, one Starbucks Refresher and half a can of barbecue Pringles, I arrived in St. Charles, Illinois for last weekend's Mecum auto auction in abundantly high spirits. I'm telling you, driving is the only way to go. Not once was I ordered to put my seat back in the upright and locked position, nor was I scanned, groped or violated.
COLLECTOR CARS: Mecum Dallas, ABBA, and the Worst Mustang I Ever Owned
The Mecum muscle car auction in Dallas last weekend offered perhaps the best parade of Ford Mustangs in recent memory; certainly the finest I've seen at an auction in the last two years.
Mecum Returns to Dallas
More than 1,100 collector cars will be offered at auction during Mecum’s Second Annual Dallas Auction, to be held Sept. 5-8, 2012 at the Dallas Convention Center.
Bizarre Day Ends With Top 10 Finish for Boschett Timepieces/Sopwith Team
September 1, 2012
The #20 ED CO Racing/Boschett Timepieces/Sopwith Motorsports Chevy S-10 race truck and driver Stephen Cox escaped with an almost unbelievable 7th place finish in the ARCA Trucks JEGS.com 100 at Kil-Kare Speedway Friday night in Xenia, Ohio.
COLLECTOR CARS: Are the Days of Collectible Racecars Numbered?
I'd like you to conduct an experiment. Go to your local racetrack this weekend. Makes no difference if it's a drag strip, oval or road course, big or small. Just go.
COLLECTOR CARS: Live from Mecum Des Moines
July 23, 2012
Okay, I'm sitting in my hotel room after the auction last weekend jamming to Heart (“Crazy on You”) and it occurs to me how much I really love the Mecum Auto Auction held in Des Moines.
NEW BOOK RELEASE: “The L&M Porsche – Can Am Champion” by Stephen Cox
July 18, 2012
Television host Bill Stephens called the L&M Porsche “perhaps the most recognizable racecar in the world” on a recent episode of “Mecum Muscle Cars and More.”