Hemmings Classic Car January 2020

Tradition. It’s one of the most important facets of our lives. That annual ritual of family gettogethers, opening the summer lake house, starting your cars after their winter hibernation, the colors of autumn, or feasting on your Seven Fishes Christmas Eve dinner. Traditions are comforting, and they give us something to look forward to. Simply put, they make us happy. For car guys and gals, early October means only one thing: Hershey. Officially called The Eastern Division AACA National Fall Meet, I just celebrated my 36th year of enjoying all that’s welcoming about this wonderful old car experience. Here are just a few things that have made the Hershey tradition so special to me, and why I keep going year after year. • Standing in the brisk early morning air…

Museums Partner Up THE AUBURN CORD DUESENBERG AUTOMOBILE MUSEUM AND THE NATIONAL AUTO & Truck Museum are venturing out on joint endeavors in an effort to increase growth and promote interest in the hobby. Both museums will soon launch a campus ticket that will be good for two consecutive days. An individual ticket will cost $20, and a family pass will be $50. This phase of dual promotion will begin in the fall. The two museums, located in Auburn, Indiana, plan to launch other programs in the future with an eye on enhancing the visitors’ experience. Visit www.automobilemuseum.org and www.natmus.org for more information. Model Y at the ACD AN EXTREMELY RARE 1927 DUESENBERG Model Y prototype will be viewable during a two-year loan at the Auburn Cord Duesenberg Museum in…

5 • Freeman’s Super Sunday Swap Meet Indianapolis, Indiana • 317-296-0336 www.freemanssupersunday.com 5 • Medina Indoor Swap Meet Medina, Ohio • 800-553-8745 www.allohioparts.com 11 • Model A & T Winter Swap Meet Shepherdsville, Kentucky • 502-543-4189 www.mafca.com 17-19 • Auto Mania Allentown, Pennsylvania • 717-243-7855 www.carlisleevents.com 18-19 • Autoparts Swap ’n Sell West Springfield, Massachusetts 860-871-6376 • www.apswapnsell.com 24-26 • Grand National Roadster Show Pomona, California • 877-763-7469 www.rodshows.com 25-26 • Turlock Swap Meet Turlock, California • 209-571-1232 www.turlockswapmeet.com…

E-R-I-E JOHN MARGOLIES SPENT DECADES CRISSCROSSING THE COUNTRY WITH CAMERA in hand, documenting the disappearing roadside signs and other ephemera that caught his eye. That included this sign for Erie Foreign Car Parts on Mohawk Street outside of Whitesboro, New York, which John photographed in 1987. The photo’s now in the Library of Congress’s collection, but unfortunately John didn’t include much context with the image. And while Google Street View shows that the scrapyard is still there and still has a similar sign, the cars have been changed out over the last 30-plus years. So your task is to identify the four cars used in the sign. Whaddaya see here? Corbitt Found CORBITT OUT OF HENDERSON, NORTH Carolina, might be best known for its trucks, but it built a handful…

Auburn Labor Day RM SOTHEBY’S CELEBRATED 49 YEARS OF AUCTIONS IN AUBURN, INDIANA, THIS PAST LABOR DAY, with total sales of over $16.6 million and an impressive 90 percent of lots changing hands; in total, more than 600 cars went under the hammer. One of the more interesting cars that sold was this unrestored 1918 Harroun Model A-1 Touring. Designed by Ray Harroun, the first winner of the Indianapolis 500, the car featured an overhead valve four-cylinder engine with a three-speed manual transmission. It was one of 326 built for 1918, but is thought to be one of only two remaining, and it sold for $33,000. A pair of L-179 Lincoln coupes needing work also went home with new owners: the 1929 sold for $11,500, and a 1930 model for…

CAR: 1935 Packard Twelve convertible sedan by Rollston AUCTIONEER: RM Sotheby’s LOCATION: Auburn, Indiana DATE: August 29, 2019 LOT: 2142 RESERVE: None AVERAGE SELLING PRICE: N/A SELLING PRICE: $160,000 THE TWELVE IS CONSIDERED TO BE ONE of the finest automobiles built by Packard. The sedan’s long, flowing hood conceals a refined, smooth, and powerful 473-cu.in. powerplant developing 175 horsepower. The one-off body built by Rollston cost $7,500 when new, which equates to about $140,000 today. This car was built for Augustus Schell Hutchins, the son of Waldo Hutchins, who was a member of New York’s Central Park Board of Commissioners. The family owned it until 1959, and it was later fully restored in 1967. The CCCA Full Classic received a recent repaint and was shown at the 2018 Concours d’Elegance…