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Hemmings Motor News Reveals 1998 Calendar of Abandoned American Automobiles

22 August 1997

Hemmings Motor News Reveals 1998 Calendar of Abandoned American Automobiles

    BENNINGTON, Vt., Aug. 22 -- Hemmings Motor News, "the bible"
of the collector-car hobby for over 43 years, released its annual vintage
vehicle calendar here today at HMN's Media Motor Show and old-car ride-&-
drive.
    As in past years, the 1998 calendar features photos of rusty-relic
collector-cars which have been "aesthetically abandoned" in various scenic
situations around the country.  Some have been overgrown by lush vegetation
down south, some frozen into snow-covered northern landscapes, and some have
been weathered by sun & sandstorms to match the parched western deserts in
which they breathed their last.
    The 35 vehicles spotlighted in this full-color calendar include a
1936 Ford Deluxe Tudor on the Yellowcat Trail in Utah, 1960 Chevrolet Corvair
under a blanket of snow in Minnesota, a 1940 Packard 110 Coupe parked in a
Pennsylvania field for nearly 40 years, and a 1964 Ford Thunderbird put out to
pasture on a Connecticut farm.
    In addition to the 12 principle pictures, smaller photos of 23 other
collector cars are sprinkled throughout the calendar along with the usual
holiday notations and astronomical information such as moon phases, eclipses,
and meteor showers.  Birthdays are listed as well, including those of Henry
Ford, Walter P. Chrysler, Louis Chevrolet, the Buddha and the Dalai Lama.  New
this year, a formerly closely guarded secret: the birthdays of Tom and Ray
Magliozzi, otherwise known as Click & Clack, the Tappet Brothers of National
Public Radio's CarTalk fame.  The Hemmings calendar also offers plenty of car-
related information on each month's page, ranging from important dates in
automotive history to 1998 notable car shows and swap meets.
    "This is our annual appreciation of an assemblage of aesthetically
abandoned ancient American automobiles," said Terry Ehrich, HMN's Publisher &
Alliteration Aeditor (sic).  "Hemmings readers from all around the country
sent us over 800 photos for this year's calendar photo contest, and Calendar
Editor Rob Randall did a great job choosing the best from many fine photos and
inspiring images.  We expect the, 1998 calendar, like past calendars, to be
well-received.  We continue to show photos of derelict vehicles in scenic
settings rather than posed portraits of gleaming show winners.  That, to me,
is a real slice of Americana."

SOURCE  Hemmings Motor News