Eddy Eckart

Cleveland

Senior Editor at Hagerty Classic Cars Magazine

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The World of Classic Commercial Trucks Is Surprisingly Big, Active, and Affordable

2 weeks ago | hagerty.com | Eddy Eckart

I dream of old trucks. Or rather, I dream around old trucks. You know the scene: a 1960s Ford stakebed or Freightliner cab-over sitting stagnant in a repurposed industrial backlot or straw field, its iron tonnage sinking slowly into the earth. The paint is dull and sun-scorched, with rust streaking the weed-choked Dayton wheels. From the looks of things—and those busted windows—it hasn’t moved in decades, now more landscape than machine. Personally, I find these scenes to be preternaturally quiet.
What’s Your Perfect Summer Car? Here Are 7 of Ours

2 weeks ago | hagerty.com | Eddy Eckart

I buttoned up a few projects on my Buick last weekend and declared the big boat ready for summer cruising. Excited as much for the weather as I was for having completed the work, the moment I set my tools down I pulled the car out of the barn, dropped the top, and my wife and I went for a ride through the little wine region we live in before heading up to the shores of Lake Erie. The Buick’s the perfect ice-cream getter and lazy-evening-cruise-till-sunset machine.
Meet Roger Penske’s Porsche 963 RSP One-Off

3 weeks ago | hagerty.com | Eddy Eckart

The 2024 IMSA season came to a close on October 12 with the 12-hour Petit Le Mans at Michelin Raceway Road Atlanta. The date also marked the beginning of a scheme to create what might well be the most insane road-going Porsche in existence.
6 of the Most Exciting Engines We've Experienced

3 weeks ago | hagerty.com | Eddy Eckart

In a humdrum world filled with turbo-two-liter-powered everything, we think it’s important to celebrate those engines that still give us chills when they come to mind long after we’ve interacted with them. Owning a very good indeed 2.0-turbo-powered Acura Integra Type S and a much more laid-back 455 Buick, I can attest that while the little four-pot is lively, the burbly V-8 beats it on character every time.
Blank Check Time Machine: 6 Cars We'd Pick from 1993

1 month ago | hagerty.com | Eddy Eckart

When bantering back and forth about the topic of this week’s staff list, Kyle Smith chimed in with a solid variation on a best-of theme. (Kyle’s always coming up with good ideas.) Given a blank check and the ability to head back to a given year, what car would we drive off the lot? For the first round of this exercise, we went for a year that bustled with options. In 1993, automakers across the globe offered everything from the fantastic to the affordable, the obscure to the instant classic.
Kendrick Lamar Has Boosted the GNX's Popularity—Will That Translate to Higher Values? - Hagerty Media

1 month ago | hagerty.com | Eddy Eckart

“All I ever wanted was a Black Grand National,” declares Kendrick Lamar in the opening line of his hit song, “tv off.” Me too, Kendrick, me too. And, based on the number of inquiries on the Hagerty Valuation Tool during and after Lamar’s Super Bowl halftime performance, which featured the ominous black muscle car at center stage, plenty more people took interest in the Buick as well.
Knocking on the Sky in a 1967 Mustang

1 month ago | hagerty.com | Eddy Eckart

I’ll tell you a secret: The Tail of the Dragon is not the best road in the South. It’s not even the best road in Tennessee or North Carolina. On those rare, bright Saturdays when I wake up with nothing to do, it’s true that I’ll point our 1967 Mustang’s long black hood towards Route 129, but only because there’s no other way to get to The Cherohala Skyway. Hagerty’s 2025 Road of the Year is a wonder.
Our Most Memorable Automotive Mistakes

1 month ago | hagerty.com | Eddy Eckart

Apologies to Freddie Mercury, but I couldn’t help but think of his “And bad mistakes, I’ve made a few” line from “We Are the Champions” when Kyle Smith suggested this week that we share our most glaring automotive mistakes. The emphasis in my mind fell squarely on the “I’ve made a few,” as there are probably more than I can count in the nearly 30 years I’ve been driving.
As the Market Cools, Values of Most Collector Vehicles Hold Steady

1 month ago | hagerty.com | Eddy Eckart

Each quarter, we share the most notable winners and losers from the Hagerty Price Guide, and we also take stock of the performance of several different market segments with our Hagerty indexes. These serve as highlights of valuation changes over the prior three months and help people hone in on whether the values of cars they’re interested in are trending up or down. But what about the big picture—just how many vehicle values are going up, down, or remaining stable?
Have People Finally Stopped Flipping Collector Cars?

2 months ago | hagerty.com | Eddy Eckart

The practice of flipping collector vehicles—selling them in a short period of time in hopes of making a profit—riles up a lot of people in this hobby. Rightfully so: Monetizing something that people are passionate about can take the hobby out of reach for some. To be clear, flipping cars isn’t always a bad thing—there are plenty of scenarios where diligent, handy enthusiasts turn a wrench on a car that’s been parked for ages, get it back on the road, and move on to the next project.