When seen today, rare cars like a 1925 Lancia Lambda, a 1941 Tatra T87 or a 1953 Alfa Romeo 1900 Pininfarina Coupe are usually standing still, consigned to car shows, dealers’ showrooms or inelegant trailers.
By founding the California Mille, an internationally known rally that runs vintage sports cars over 1,000 miles of hilly Northern California roads, Martin Swig ensured that people would see the cars doing what they were meant to do: devouring hot asphalt.
Mr. Swig, who died on Tuesday at 78, organized the first California Mille in 1991. The tour, for automobiles built in 1957 or earlier, lasts four days, starting on the last Sunday in April, and for many miles winds along strikingly scenic Northern California coastline  … More
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