Rich Mahrle paid less than $10,000 for his bright red Italian roadster. Martin Gruss got his by bidding nearly $5 million at a major international collector car auction on California’s Monterey Peninsula.
But the point of the 19th annual Copperstate 1,000 vintage sports car rally wasn’t the price of your car but the enjoyment it provided on a 1,000-mile (well, actually a 1,010-mile) four-day tour of a good portion of Arizona.
The Copperstate 1,000 is staged by the Men’s Arts Council of the Phoenix Art Museum. The men’s council was organized in 1968 to provide volunteer night guards for the museum. It has grown to become the largest annual financial contributor to the museum…Â Details
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