Car Spotter
Our Car Spotter section accepts nonreturnable prints, slides, and digital photos of vintage vehicles found in public settings. (Please no car shows or museums.) Submissions can be mailed to:
Collectible Automobile®
5250 Old Orchard Rd.
Suite 500
Skokie, IL 60077
or E-mailed to: editorial@collectibleautomobile.com
Up to three digital photos can be accepted as JPG files attached to an E-mail. For larger digital submissions, contributors are asked to save photos
to a disc and mail it to the magazine. For best image reproduction, digital photos should be saved at the highest resolution available to the contributor.
Contributors receive a complimentary copy of the issue in which their pictures appear. (For this purpose, E-mailers are asked to supply a mailing address whenever contributing photos.)
Selection of pictures for publication will be at the discretion of the editors.


The August 2026 issue includes a look at the 1977-81 Pontiac Firebird, Ford during the AMA “racing” ban, and two more topics from automotive history. Photo features highlight a 1932 Auburn 12-160A Speedster, a 1952 Nash-Healey roadster, and a 1962 Lotus Elite Type 14 coupe. The Collectible Commercial Vehicles are a 1947 Studebaker M5 pickup and a 1946 Studebaker M16.