Hemmings Find of the Day – 1977 Cadillac Eldorado

Yup, it’s a bog-standard 1977 Cadillac Eldorado that we picked for today’s Hemmings Find of the Day. It hasn’t been turned into a pickup or a station wagon, and it appears to still have its stock 180hp 425-cu.in. V-8 and drivetrain. So what’s the big deal about it? From the seller’s description: 1977 CADILLAC ELDORADO […]

Tweedy Pie, take two

One of the most significant sales from this past weekend – from a hot rodder’s perspective – was that of Tweedy Pie at RM‘s event. Tweedy Pie, as many of us know, was a T-bucket originally owned and built by Bob Johnston in Anaheim, California, in the mid-1950s, but made recognizable to the wider collector-car […]

The state of the old car hobby in 1959

It always makes us feel a bit meta when we get a chance to peek back in time and see how people regarded their past 30, 40, 50 years ago. Historians hadn’t had as long to stew about their topics, but on the other hand, they were much more proximate to the things they were […]