Hemmings Classic Car June 2017

“This year’s Hemmings Concours — our 11th—has all the key ingredients to be the absolute best Concours ever. Our new location is the reason why.” If you always wanted to attend the Hemmings Concours but were never able to do so, there has never been a better year for you to join us than 2017. This year’s Hemmings Concours — our 11th — has all the key ingredients to be the absolute best one ever. Our new location is the reason why. Scenic Lake George, New York, will host the three-day 2017 Hemmings Concours festival during the third weekend of September. Like all previous Hemmings Concours, there will be a variety of collector-car activities, and the actual judged concours will be held on Sunday, the 17th. Best of all,…

The Elegance at Hershey THE HOTEL HERSHEY WILL AGAIN BE HOSTING THE ELEGANCE THIS JUNE 9-11. The concours will be the culmination of the weekend’s events on Sunday the 11th, with more than 70 invited collector cars on display, covering a host of different eras. The weekend begins with Friday’s Grand Ascent, continuing in the tradition of the Hershey Hill Climb, and goes on through Saturday with an auction, as well as a cars and coffee gathering. Vehicles are still being accepted for the event, so visit theeleganceathershey.com for more information. Badger State Buick Meet THE BUICK CLUB OF AMERICA will host its national meet in Brookfield, Wisconsin, this July 5-8 at the Sheraton Milwaukee Brookfield Hotel. Just outside of Milwaukee, the national meet will include car cruising, tours of…

2-4 • All Ford Nationals Carlisle, Pennsylvania • 717-243-7855 www.carlisleevents.com 3 • Leesburg Car Show Leesburg, Virginia • 571-252-2080 kim.yeager@lcps.org 3-4 • Greenwich Concours d’Elegance Greenwich, Connecticut • 203-618-0460 www.greenwichconcours.com 3-4 • Huntington Beach Concours d’Elegance Huntington Beach, California • 714-375-8414 www.hbconcours.org 4 • Sumter Swap Meet Bushnell, Florida • 727-848-7171 www.floridaswapmeets.com 8 • Hemmings Cruise-In Bennington, Vermont • 800-227-4373 www.hemmings.com 13-17 • Petit Jean Show/Swap Morrilton, Arkansas • 501-727-5427 www.museumofautos.com 16-18 • Pittsburgh Parts-A-Rama Butler, Pennsylvania • 412-366-7154 www.pittsburghparts-a-rama.com 18-22 • Dodge Brothers California Dreamin’ Tour • Fallbrook, California webmaster@dodgebrothersclub.org www.dodgebrothersclub.org 18-23 • Packard National Meet South Bend, Indiana • 574-274-8060 michianapackards.weebly.com 20-24 • Airflow Club of America Meet St. Paul, Minnesota • 425-868-7448 www.airflowclub.com 21-24 • Oakland-Pontiac Homecoming Tour Kalamazoo, Michigan • 740-756-4017 www.oaklandpontiacworldwide.com 22 • Hemmings Cruise-In…

Loewy and the Targa WHILE PUTTING TOGETHER A RECENT STORY ABOUT RAYMOND LOEWY’S contributions to Studebaker design, Andy Beckman of the Studebaker National Museum sent us this photo of Loewy with a 1953 Studebaker Commander Starlight coupe reworked into a targa-top coupe. Unfortunately, Andy had little other information about the design study, so he couldn’t tell us how seriously Studebaker considered adding the variation to its lineup. However, given that Loewy’s standing next to a full-size mockup/ prototype and no mere clay suggests that Studebaker officials at least gave it some real thought. Or else Loewy had a production Starlight modified on his own dime. Either way, that targa top makes for one big blind spot. RE: Fast Little Back IN RETROSPECT, IT shouldn’t surprise us that so many of…

Newport Beach Party RUSSO AND STEELE RETURNS TO NEWPORT BEACH, CALIFORNIA, for its annual collector car auction. This year’s event will take place June 2-4 at the Newport Dunes Waterfront Resort. Consignments are now being accepted for what is the fifth year of this event, which is expected to host a brilliant array of classics, muscle cars and exotics. Last year’s auction recorded over $6.4 million in sales, with over 400 cars available for bidding. Among those that found a new home were this 1958 Cadillac Eldorado Biarritz convertible, which sold for a final bid of $107,250. For more details, go to russoandsteele.com/newportbeach/. Oklahoma Roundup LEAKE WRAPPED UP ANOTHER SUCCESSFUL sale in Oklahoma City with its February show netting over $10.4 million in total sales. The three-day auction featured 611…

2-4 • Russo and Steele Newport Beach, California 602-252-2697 • russoandsteele.com 4 • Bonhams Greenwich, Connecticut • 323-850-7500 www.bonhams.com 9-11 • Leake Tulsa, Oklahoma • 918-254-7077 www.leakecar.com 16-17 • Mecum Portland, Oregon • 262-275-5050 www.mecum.com 17 • Silver Coeur d’Alene, Idaho • 800-255-4485 www.silverauctions.com 21-24 • Barrett-Jackson Uncasville, Connecticut • 480-421-6694 www.barrett-jackson.com 23-24 • Raleigh Classic Raleigh, North Carolina • 919-269-5271 www.raleighclassic.com 24-25 • Auctions America Santa Monica, California • 877-906-2437 www.auctionsamerica.com…