Blogs

When 356 Does Not Equal 904, by Martin Emmison

DOUBLE DOPPELGANGERS As an English lawyer specialising in collector cars, I have handled many disputes, more than a fair share of which have featured Porsches. Starting in the 1980s, the surging va...

A Doppelganger Discredited

By Martin Emmison First published in Sports Car Market, June 2004. With any collectible there is always an issue of authenticity, whether art, antiquities, baseball cards or automobiles. In the col...

When is a gentleman (sometimes) not a gentleman?

by Martin Emmison First published in Motor Racing News c. 2012 ANSWER: when he races another gentleman’s car on an unwritten ‘you bend it, you mend it’ gentleman’s agreement … and then bends it! We...

Mythical SuperFinds, by Martin Emmison

First published in Sports Car Market, June 2005 What are the chances of there being two basket-case Gullwings in Indonesia, with consecutive chassis numbers? Say you’ve just come into some extra ca...

The FAKE or the FALL Guy, by Martin Emmison

First published in Sports Car Market, December 2003. The Villain dreams up a deceased uncle, who was friendly with the racing manager at the Ferrari factory team in the late '50s, and was given thi...