Wheelbase – Dark Dealings in The Classic Car World

Wheelbase is a high-octane thriller set in the fantastically opulent world of top-echelon collectable cars. 

Author Michael Kliebenstein uses his real-life experience of the classic car business to immerse readers in a high-stakes story of multi-million dollar deals, rivals, scammers, gangsters, and more.

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Classic car trader Mike Chapman is on the verge of closing a £70 million deal – but only if he and his business partner Rick can survive long enough to sell a long-forgotten collection of exotic Italian sports cars.

Unbeknownst to them, one of the cars is hiding something ugly, something dangerous: a link to a powerful European network of organised crime. Suddenly, late payments, cloned cars and timewasters are the least of their problems, and what looked like a straightforward sale becomes a fight for their lives.

Can Mike's grit, his friends, and his expertise prevent him from falling victim to his shrouded foes? And can he prop up his business, and bring the collection home, to secure the most significant trade of his career?

 Specification

• Size: 198mm x 129mm
• Softback
• 284 pages
• Price: £13.99
• ISBN: 978-1-913089-51-1
• Publisher: Porter Press International
• Publication date: December 2024
• Author: Michael Kliebenstein

 The author – Michael Kliebenstein

 Michael Kliebenstein is an award-winning author and classic car specialist. Leveraging over 45 years of automotive experience, he travels the world to find the ultimate in historic cars for collectors, museums, and other car-related companies. Many of his experiences and discoveries serve as the basis for his articles and books, including the outstanding SuperFinds(published by Porter Press International), a truly unique work that explores significant and remarkable car finds from the 1960s and 1970s. Kliebenstein, who has been involved with cars since he was old enough to hold a Matchbox model, is also a collector, restorer, racer, photographer, advisor, and marketing expert. Above all, he is a true classic car enthusiast and has a driving passion for collectors’ cars in their untouched original condition and form.