Jax vehicle collector, publisher dies at 98
Jacksonville automobile collector and Mexican Grupo Reforma newspaper founder Rodolfo Junco de la Vega Jr. died on Oct. 6 at the age of 98, according to relatives and pals.
Remembered as “a difficult newspaperman from Monterrey, Mexico,” pal and Amelia Island Concours d’Elegance founder Monthly bill Warner mentioned it was normally the celebration when Mr. de la Vega frequented the office.
“His heat smile, speedy wit and charming demeanor would captivate the staff, leaving a wake of laughter,” Warner wrote in his notice of the demise.
Mr. de la Vega came to Jacksonville with his spouse Lillian and discovered a metropolis with “a good auto tradition,” Warner said. He also brought his one-off 1953 Ferrari 212 by Ghia, purchased in 1955 from the Ferrari manufacturing unit in 1955. It was a single of a diverse collection of major cars including traditional Maseratis and Alfa Romeos that he would push and display screen at community exhibits like the Ponte Vedra Automobile Exhibit and Amelia Island Concours.
“He was a fantastic spouse, an exquisite service provider, a excellent host, an truthful and forthright friend and really very good enterprise, in Spanish or English, especially if you have been an sincere auto enthusiast,” Warner said.
The concours will current a specific award in honor of Rodolfo Junco de la Vega, Jr. on March 7 at the 26th Annual Amelia Island Concours d’Elegance. His dying will come on the heels of a lot of other iconic motor vehicle aficionados, together with nearby collector john Campion and photographer/creator John Lamm.
New video from Brumos Assortment
Jacksonville’s Brumos Collection museum at 5159 San Pablo Highway S. could continue to be shut for now because of to COVID-19, it continues to consider a powering-the-scenes glance at is vintage car selection with new episodes of “Driving the 59.” The latest YouTube online video at https://little bit.ly/3kiZ1bt looks at the museum’s Forerunners exhibit and the classic open wheel race cars that show the link of suggestions amid them, like the twin-overhead camshaft engine.
As narrated by executive director Brandon Starks, it can take near appears to be like at a 1914 Peugeot L45, 1930 Sampson Unique by Miller and a 1963 Meskowski Champ driven by A.J. Foyt. Museum officials consider the facility could possibly reopen in January.
Chevy channels ’70s with EV Blazer
Chevrolet went new/outdated university with a 1977 K5 Blazer converted to all-electrical propulsion, evidence of thought of its impending Electrical Link and Cruise deal to be presented in 2021. The new K5 Blazer-E retains a lot of the stock Blazer, when most of its EV factors appear from the Chevrolet Bolt EV. Chevrolet eradicated its authentic 175-hp V-8, 3-speed computerized, fuel method and exhaust, then installed the 200-hp Bolt EV electric powered motor, new 4-speed automated and 400-volt battery pack. The EV Blazer will be proven at SEMA360 in November.
McQueen look at to be auctioned
In the conclude, a observe is just an instrument to tell time. But what about a enjoy that went 200 mph strapped onto the arm of actor Steve McQueen as he filed his racing epic, “Le Mans”? A Heuer Monaco worn by Steve McQueen in the film, then gifted to his personal mechanic, Haig Alltounian, goes up for sale on Dec. 12 at the Racing Pulse auction in New York. It is the past of two identified Monaco wristwatches kept and gifted by McQueen to be offered publicly. The watch’s circumstance again capabilities the engraving “TO HAIG Le MANS 1970.” The auction is getting operate by Phillips Watches, Americas,
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