I never really thought about Bruce Springsteen as a car guy, but looking back over his catalog, it should have been obvious - "Born to Run," "Thunder Road," "Backstreets," "Racing in the Street" - those are more than just casual nods to car culture, they're the work of someone who's had his hands under a hood.

Literally, as it turns out, because according to his autobiography Songs, "In '70s New Jersey, the car was still a powerful image. That summer I bought my first set of wheels for two thousand dollars. It was a '57 Chevy with dual, four-barrel carbs, a Hurst on the floor and orange flames spread across the hood." He says all the songs I mentioned were either actually written while driving it, or inspired by it.

Gotta Have Rock and Roll's "Rock & Roll Pop Culture" auction will have the car and other memorabilia, with bidding opening at $390,000. Yes, it is the first known Springsteen car ever offered at auction, but it's been 35 years since he did his thing in it, and does his name really carry that much of a premium on a car?

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