Posted by Daniel Strohl - Photos by Darin Schnabel, courtesy RM Auctions. Match races between automotive hotfoots take place all the time, but only one is known to have taken place between a Duesenberg Model J and a supercharged Mercedes-Benz S with several of Hollywood's icons in attendance, and that very Duesenberg will cross the block at RM's upcoming Hershey auction. Originally owned by Phil Berg, a Hollywood agent and neighbor to E.L. Cord, the 1931 Duesenberg Model J, best known by its engine number, J299, features a LeBaron "barre... Read On>> 
Hemmings Find of the Day - 1959 Sadler-Meyer Special Posted by Daniel Strohl - Not as well known as the millionaire playboys and smooth-talking Texans of the 1950s and 1960s sports car racing scene, Canadian Bill Sadler still turned out some remarkably handsome and well-engineered race cars, including the 1959 Sadler-Meyer Special for sale on Hemmings.com. From the seller's description: John van Meyer owned a road race special built for the Northeast's pre-war ARCA road races and campaigned the cycle-fendered car in early SCCA races and hill climbs with a variety of increasingly powerful engi... Read On>>
Night at the Museum helps kick off Hershey Meet Week Posted by Matt Litwin - The highly anticipated Hershey Week is nigh upon us; that famous gathering of everything automotive in Hershey, Pennsylvania, technically known as the AACA Hershey Fall Meet. Although vendors will be in town to set up their wares as early as Tuesday, the official festivities begin Wednesday, including the sixth annual Night at the Museum. This year, the AACA Club, Library and Museum, and RM Auctions have joined forces in presenting the event - Celebrating the Motoring Hobby - within the intimate setting of the AACA ... Read On>>
The Road Home needs your help matching restoration shops and veterans Posted by David Traver Adolphus - Last winter I introduced you to The Road Home, an initiative I'd been working on for years. Briefly, it provides an internship-type opportunity for post-September 11 veterans in restoration shops. We've been quiet since then, in part because this whole "setting up a nonprofit" thing takes a while; but we were also working busily on actually getting people into shops. Now, we have the problem we hoped for: We have people and shops that don't match up geographically. I figure of anyone, the Hemmings readers are peo... Read On>>
Hemmings and Hagerty partner to launch online classic car valuation tool Posted by Daniel Strohl - As we've noted previously, the one question we field more often than any other is "What's my car worth?" It's also the one question we can't directly answer for a variety of reasons, not the least of which is that it's impossible to accurately appraise a car without experiencing it in person. But in terms of general classic car pricing, the best way to get a good idea of what ballpark price range a car falls in is to amass a giant database of real world prices for classic cars of all condition levels and options. Hagert... Read On>>
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