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Hudson Commodore models have an undeniable presence about them, especially the third-generation cars built from 1948-1952. Even in stock form, they look custom, as if a builder spent countless hours trying to get every detail right without making the car Read more

Photos courtesy Worldwide Auctioneers. Until the 1930s, the international racing community hardly considered the Bonneville Salt Flats a suitable location for high-speed record setting. Montlhery in France, the Pendine Sands in Wales, and Daytona Beach in the United States tended Read more

George Poteet’s award-winning GPT Special Torino. Images courtesy of Goodguys. It’s been a good year for George Poteet and his Troy Trepanier-built 1969 Ford Torino Talladega, the “GPT Special.” In July, the impeccably prepared pro-tourer took top honors as the Read more

John Fitch at the Carrera Panamericana Mexico, 2002. Photo courtesy Daimler Media Archives. Generally speaking, professional race car drivers tend to be interesting people. Well traveled, (often) well educated and usually well read, racers at the highest level can tell Read more

Formula 1 racing at the Montjuic circuit, 1971. Still image taken from video below. The 1971 Spanish Grand Prix, held at the Montjuic Circuit in Barcelona, Spain, isn’t memorable for its wheel-to-wheel racing action, or (thankfully) for the tragic death Read more

Given that this photo reportedly shows the traffic jam that resulted on the grand opening weekend of the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge, we can fairly accurately date it to November 1964. As to where exactly the photo was taken, we’re going to Read more

Okay, so not much of this 1964 Chevrolet Chevy II for sale on Hemmings.com actually left the factory as a Bowtie compact, but it’s not like whoever buys this will have to wrangle with their local DMV over how to Read more