Our family and some of our friends have become somewhat caught up in the Oscar season feeding frenzy in which we try to see the nominees before awards are given.  I finally got around this last weekend to watching Rush, and perhaps like many commentators, was surprised and disappointed that Ron Howard’s work did not garner an Academy Award nomination of some kind.  Rush, as you may know, chronicles the now-legendary rivalry between Niki Lauda and James Hunt for Formula 1 World Championship honors.   Not the greatest film I have ever seen, but easily the best auto racing film out of Hollywood I’ve ever seen.

Here’s an example of some of the press on this movie.

Bring A Trailer, undoubtedly for many of us, is a favorite web destination.  The BaT (http://bringatrailer.com/) site, whether you are a collector or just a window shopper, is always entertaining and frequently educational.  And if you don’t read the community commentary you are missing half of what it is all about.

From time to time, an astonishing post — whether for the rarity of the vehicle, the audacity of its seller, the humor, the controversy, whatever it may be — makes it onto the BaT pages.  Such might be this restored early Porsche 4-cam engine, said to have been removed from a 1957 Carrera GT and numbered among only 1,700 such engines ever built.

I just checked the eBay listing, and the current bid now stands at this writing at US $136,200.00.

Breaking one of the Ten Commandments here …  See more on this spectacular website-devoted-to-a-garage.  (P.S. Don’t miss the Willow Springs Raceway video clips — that’s where I first tried to learn to drive.)

Complete with what was described as “porn video” music …