Welcome to Colin’s Classic Auto

The Foundation

I am a car collector, but I also sell a very small number of extremely special cars to discerning buyers- many coming from my personal collection (most of which can be seen at The Comer Collection Website) when I decide to change up the roster a bit.

My background is somewhat unique. I’m a Jesuit educated guy with an automotive engineering degree who was studying architecture. But despite those great and lofty intentions, I decided at a young age that I’d rather be turning wrenches or doing bodywork. That led to a variety of jobs in the car world, most with a lot of GoJo and lacquer thinner usually involved to clean my hands at the end of the day. In 1991 I founded the simply named “Colin Comer Automotive Services” from my two-car garage in 1991 and began restoring cars as a side hustle from my day job at car dealerships. By 1993 I made the plunge and made this my full-time gig by renting a $900/mo. 1,500 sq. ft. shop and changed the name to Colin’s Classic Auto. Eventually I added in a dealer’s license and specialized in selling late-model high performance and specialty cars, while still restoring everything from pre-war cars to 1960s Ferraris for customers, and muscle cars for myself! Needless to say it has been quite a ride. Cars are the great equalizer and I’ve met so many amazing people from tow truck drivers to movie stars to rock legends to presidents of car companies and, well, even royalty. All because of our shared love of cars.

When not wrenching or searching for the next great barn find I also love writing about collector cars. I’ve authored eight best-selling and critically acclaimed books to date, and my writing is regularly featured in publications such as the New York Times, Business Week, USA Today, and others. I am a Contributing Editor to Road & Track Magazine, as well as having served as Editor-at-Large for Sports Car Market and American Car Collector Magazines for well over a decade. For 18 years I did seminars, events, writing, and was a part of the valuation team for Hagerty. I also spent a number of years sourcing, driving, and presenting some incredible cars for the “Muscle Car Flashback” segments on the TV show “MuscleCar” for Spike TV. In 2012 AutoWeek named me as an automotive industry “Mover and Shaker” for my contributions to the collector car world and my writing, including those books I authored. Oh, and my “Shelby Cobra Fifty Years” was named “The greatest car book of all time” by Esquire magazine. Much to the amazement of some of those Jesuits, I might add.

Colin Comer is “The Appraiser”

If you like knowing what certain cars are worth, and why, you should check out “The Appraiser“. Each episode features real owners, real cars and no BS appraisals from yours truly. It’s an Antiques Roadshow for us car people.

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Shopping Advice

Chances are, because of the small number of cars I sell you won’t end up buying a car from me. But no matter where you buy my advice is to educate yourself on the make and model you seek. Research any car you find. Align yourself with a trusted expert. Auction descriptions and advertisements can often be deceptive, fantasy or contain serious sins of omission. As my good friend Bruce Meyer says “buy the best and only cry once!”

The Goods

Browse my current listings on my inventory page. I’m likely the lowest volume collector car “dealer” on the planet, so there usually isn’t much there. But if you like quality over quantity I promise you’ll appreciate the level of cars I do offer! If you don’t see what you want listed please email me, as I know of and can find great cars that are available privately for the benefit of all involved.

Consulting

I can help with authentication, inspection, consulting and auction or private party acquisition services. Or, if you have a great car or collection that you’ve decided to sell I can help with that, too.

Have Something to Sell?

I’m always a top-dollar cash buyer for exceptional, rare cars of any stripe. If you have something that is the best of the best please email me some photos, a short description and a price and let’s talk! Click Here to Email Colin

The Last Word(s)

To start any of these conversations just shoot me an email: Click Here to Email Colin Again, since I’m a one-man enterprise, email is far better than calling as I’m almost always in the shop, on the road, or locked in a room writing far away from the shop phone.