Years ago, Road & Track published an article called Return of the Bugeye penned by none other than Peter Egan. It’s really the first article of The Master’s that I actually recall reading, but it turned me on to Egan’s writing. While some folks claim that Hemingway or some other writing legend changed their life, for me it was Egan. He regales his readers with stories the really are from the Road & Track. Written from the perspective of a Vet/mechanic who went racing, his stories ooze grassroots racing. In recent years, the tales are increasingly garage based, possibly owing to the fact that since moving home to Wisconson he has built a killer garage space, complete with caffeine source.
In the July issue of R & T, Herr Egan attempts to deal with the rising cost of unlikely collectible cars and creates his own list of cars that might still be affordable collectibles.

Peter Egan’s Top 10 Sleeper Collectors cars

#1. Austin Marina (pictured above) A cottage neighbour had 2 of these and they had all the problems Egan lists.

#2. The Sabra - Unreal, a car I’ve never heard of! Must have been a keeper.

#3. Kaiser Frazer - Weren’t these things built in Cincinnati? Paging Johnny Fever

#4. Austin America - More British Crap

#5. Rover 3500 - To think I actually liked these cars. More crap.

#6. Triumph TR-7 - Door wedge British crap.

#7. Pontiac Aztek - A good idea gone bad. Have you ever seen the tent in use?

#8. Datsun 210 - Hey, I liked these. There used to be a really fast one in GT-3 here.

#9. Fiat 850 Spider - Italian Ferrari wannabe crap

#10. A Renault anything - Except for that R5 Turbo that’s been for sale in NY since the Eighties. Oops..maybe that one too!