{"id":500371,"date":"2023-01-31T16:17:44","date_gmt":"2023-02-01T00:17:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportscardigest.com\/?p=500371"},"modified":"2024-03-07T09:57:54","modified_gmt":"2024-03-07T09:57:54","slug":"small-world-good-value","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/small-world-good-value\/","title":{"rendered":"Small World, Good Value"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class='memberful-global-teaser-content'>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If you\u2019ve ever lamented that there is nowhere left in the world to find \u201cdry\u201d, good value, classic cars, then take heart\u2026I think I may have just accidentally stumbled across just such a utopia.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The world works in strange ways and the classic car world, in particular, is both strikingly strange and remarkably small. For the past 12 days, I\u2019ve been in Cape Town, South Africa. I didn\u2019t come here for cars at all (I came to race surfskis of all things!), but somehow cars seem to find me regardless of how remote the location. As luck would have it, I learned while here that renowned car broker and friend of the magazine Marc Devis was also in Cape Town, so we agreed to have breakfast before I flew home<em>. Of all the gin joints in all the towns in all the world, Marc walks into mine\u2026\u00a0<\/em>so that was the first small world coincidence.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<style>\n        .memberful-global-teaser-content p:last-child{\n            -webkit-mask-image: linear-gradient(180deg, #000 0%, transparent);\n            mask-image: linear-gradient(180deg, #000 0%, transparent);\n        }\n    <\/style>\n<div class='memberful-global-marketing-content'>\n<div class=\"a07online-global-marketing-content-wrapper\">\n<h2 class=\"a07online-global-marketing-title\">No Subscription? You&#8217;re missing out<\/h2>\n<p class=\"a07online-global-marketing-content\">Any Text Here<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"a07online-global-marketing-prompt\" href=\"https:\/\/supercars.memberful.com\/checkout?plan=86696\">Get Started<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"a07online-global-marketing-signin\">\n<h4 class=\"a07online-global-marketing-signin\">Already a Member? <a href=\"https:\/\/supercars.memberful.com\/account\">Sign in to your account here<\/a>.<\/h4>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If you\u2019ve ever lamented that there is nowhere left in the world to find \u201cdry\u201d, good value, classic cars, then take heart\u2026I think I may have just accidentally stumbled across just such a utopia. The world works in strange ways and the classic car world, in particular, is both strikingly strange and remarkably small. For the past 12 days, I\u2019ve been in Cape Town, South Africa. I didn\u2019t come here for cars at all (I came to race surfskis of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":54,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[263,11272,261,18207],"tags":[17152,17140,548,17143,17200],"class_list":["post-500371","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-car-culture","category-members-only","category-motorsport-racing","category-special-feature","tag-car-culture","tag-members-only","tag-motorsport","tag-special-feature","tag-first-turn-column"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Small World, Good Value<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Editor Casey Annis bumps into a friend, in South Africa, and discovers perhaps the last frontier of affordable classics.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/small-world-good-value\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Small World, Good Value\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Editor Casey Annis bumps into a friend, in South Africa, and discovers perhaps the last frontier of affordable classics.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/small-world-good-value\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Supercars.net\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Supercars.net\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2023-02-01T00:17:44+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2024-03-07T09:57:54+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Coffee-bar-770x578-1.jpg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Casey Annis\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@supercars_net\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@supercars_net\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Casey Annis\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"3 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.supercars.net\\\/blog\\\/small-world-good-value\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.supercars.net\\\/blog\\\/small-world-good-value\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Casey Annis\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.supercars.net\\\/blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/02825f2c90f727d91e873a83f18cbd9f\"},\"headline\":\"Small World, Good Value\",\"datePublished\":\"2023-02-01T00:17:44+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2024-03-07T09:57:54+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.supercars.net\\\/blog\\\/small-world-good-value\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":535,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.supercars.net\\\/blog\\\/small-world-good-value\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.supercars.net\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2023\\\/01\\\/Coffee-bar-770x578-1.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Car Culture\",\"Members Only\",\"Motorsport &amp; Racing\",\"Special Feature\",\"VRR Column (First Turn)\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Car Culture\",\"Members Only\",\"Motorsport &amp; Racing\",\"Special Feature\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.supercars.net\\\/blog\\\/small-world-good-value\\\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.supercars.net\\\/blog\\\/small-world-good-value\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.supercars.net\\\/blog\\\/small-world-good-value\\\/\",\"name\":\"Small World, Good Value\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.supercars.net\\\/blog\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.supercars.net\\\/blog\\\/small-world-good-value\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.supercars.net\\\/blog\\\/small-world-good-value\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.supercars.net\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2023\\\/01\\\/Coffee-bar-770x578-1.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2023-02-01T00:17:44+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2024-03-07T09:57:54+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.supercars.net\\\/blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/02825f2c90f727d91e873a83f18cbd9f\"},\"description\":\"Editor Casey Annis bumps into a friend, in South Africa, and discovers perhaps the last frontier of affordable classics.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.supercars.net\\\/blog\\\/small-world-good-value\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.supercars.net\\\/blog\\\/small-world-good-value\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.supercars.net\\\/blog\\\/small-world-good-value\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.supercars.net\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2023\\\/01\\\/Coffee-bar-770x578-1.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.supercars.net\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2023\\\/01\\\/Coffee-bar-770x578-1.jpg\",\"width\":770,\"height\":578},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.supercars.net\\\/blog\\\/small-world-good-value\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.supercars.net\\\/blog\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Small World, Good Value\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.supercars.net\\\/blog\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.supercars.net\\\/blog\\\/\",\"name\":\"Supercars.net\",\"description\":\"Exotic and Supercar news, information, pictures and videos\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.supercars.net\\\/blog\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.supercars.net\\\/blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/02825f2c90f727d91e873a83f18cbd9f\",\"name\":\"Casey Annis\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.supercars.net\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2022\\\/05\\\/CaseyMonaco-1-293x293.jpeg\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.supercars.net\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2022\\\/05\\\/CaseyMonaco-1-293x293.jpeg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.supercars.net\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2022\\\/05\\\/CaseyMonaco-1-293x293.jpeg\",\"caption\":\"Casey Annis\"},\"description\":\"Casey M. Annis is the Founder and Editor of Vintage Racecar\\\/Vintage Roadcar magazine, the Petersen Museum\u2019s Finish Line and Petersen Quarterly, Alfa Owner, and The Oily Rag magazines. He founded Parabolica Publishing in 1997 after a career in biology, anatomy and neurobiology. Along with this passion for automobiles Casey is a long distance open-ocean paddleboard racer who\u2019s competed in the 32-mile Catalina to Manhattan Beach race and the 32-mile Molokai to Oahu race. Casey contributes and writes about the world of vintage road and race cars.\",\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/vintageracecar.com\\\/\"],\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.supercars.net\\\/blog\\\/author\\\/caseyannis-2\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Small World, Good Value","description":"Editor Casey Annis bumps into a friend, in South Africa, and discovers perhaps the last frontier of affordable classics.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/small-world-good-value\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Small World, Good Value","og_description":"Editor Casey Annis bumps into a friend, in South Africa, and discovers perhaps the last frontier of affordable classics.","og_url":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/small-world-good-value\/","og_site_name":"Supercars.net","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Supercars.net\/","article_published_time":"2023-02-01T00:17:44+00:00","article_modified_time":"2024-03-07T09:57:54+00:00","og_image":[{"url":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Coffee-bar-770x578-1.jpg","type":"","width":"","height":""}],"author":"Casey Annis","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@supercars_net","twitter_site":"@supercars_net","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Casey Annis","Est. reading time":"3 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/small-world-good-value\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/small-world-good-value\/"},"author":{"name":"Casey Annis","@id":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/02825f2c90f727d91e873a83f18cbd9f"},"headline":"Small World, Good Value","datePublished":"2023-02-01T00:17:44+00:00","dateModified":"2024-03-07T09:57:54+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/small-world-good-value\/"},"wordCount":535,"commentCount":0,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/small-world-good-value\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Coffee-bar-770x578-1.jpg","keywords":["Car Culture","Members Only","Motorsport &amp; Racing","Special Feature","VRR Column (First Turn)"],"articleSection":["Car Culture","Members Only","Motorsport &amp; Racing","Special Feature"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/small-world-good-value\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/small-world-good-value\/","url":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/small-world-good-value\/","name":"Small World, Good Value","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/small-world-good-value\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/small-world-good-value\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Coffee-bar-770x578-1.jpg","datePublished":"2023-02-01T00:17:44+00:00","dateModified":"2024-03-07T09:57:54+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/02825f2c90f727d91e873a83f18cbd9f"},"description":"Editor Casey Annis bumps into a friend, in South Africa, and discovers perhaps the last frontier of affordable classics.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/small-world-good-value\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/small-world-good-value\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/small-world-good-value\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Coffee-bar-770x578-1.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Coffee-bar-770x578-1.jpg","width":770,"height":578},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/small-world-good-value\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Small World, Good Value"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/","name":"Supercars.net","description":"Exotic and Supercar news, information, pictures and videos","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/02825f2c90f727d91e873a83f18cbd9f","name":"Casey Annis","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/CaseyMonaco-1-293x293.jpeg","url":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/CaseyMonaco-1-293x293.jpeg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/CaseyMonaco-1-293x293.jpeg","caption":"Casey Annis"},"description":"Casey M. Annis is the Founder and Editor of Vintage Racecar\/Vintage Roadcar magazine, the Petersen Museum\u2019s Finish Line and Petersen Quarterly, Alfa Owner, and The Oily Rag magazines. He founded Parabolica Publishing in 1997 after a career in biology, anatomy and neurobiology. Along with this passion for automobiles Casey is a long distance open-ocean paddleboard racer who\u2019s competed in the 32-mile Catalina to Manhattan Beach race and the 32-mile Molokai to Oahu race. Casey contributes and writes about the world of vintage road and race cars.","sameAs":["https:\/\/vintageracecar.com\/"],"url":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/author\/caseyannis-2\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/500371","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/54"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=500371"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/500371\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=500371"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=500371"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=500371"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}