This Guys Garage: Jim HastingsJim Hastings/ Riverside, CA “I’m 65, but I’m still in really good shape. I even went surfing in Hawaii last year,” Jim Hastings tells us while discussing his garage in preparation for writing this article. A Read more
Rough? Yes. Ready? No, but the seller of this 1965 Dodge D100 for sale on Hemmings.com started a resurrection of the old workhorse that could make for an interesting truck when finished. Collectors are starting to notice this generation of Read more
With today’s talk of this year’s Buick-related anniversaries, we thought it quite appropriate to point out the photo of the Buick display at the 1953 GM Motorama, uploaded recently to the Hemmings Nation Flickr pool by Centurion4554. Ah, pastels.
The Project 200 MPH ReunionTo quote Don Long upon acceptance of his Lifetime Achievement Award at the California Hot Rod Reunion in 2010, “We old timers are very fortunate—we were there before cost, craftsmanship, and art were forsaken. To quote Read more
On January 31, 1905, a car officially exceeded 100mph for the first time. Arthur MacDonald, a Brit driving a 90hp Napier, was the first to top 100 in the flying mile, reaching a top recorded speed of 104.65. Remarkably, there’s Read more
On January 31, 1905, a car officially exceeded 100mph for the first time. Arthur MacDonald, a Brit driving a 90hp Napier, was the first to top 100 in the flying mile, reaching a top recorded speed of 104.65. Remarkably, there’s Read more
In a year that pretty much defined the Fifties, Chevrolet brought out the car that has pretty much defined the collector car hobby for most people. While the 1957 Chevrolet Bel Air has suffered its slings and arrows since then Read more
Photos courtesy Renault. The beautiful, amazingly accomplished Alpine A110 Berlinette was Renault’s world-beating entry on the world rally stage in the late 1960s-early 1970s. Renault remains proud of this Alpine’s heritage, and this automaker’s Classic division is celebrating the 40th anniversary of Read more
Not a lot of vehicles to identify in today’s street scene, which we came across in the Duke University Libraries digital archives, but it’s still worth checking out for the cars that we do see. As for the location, we Read more
The problems of keeping a car in a large city are nothing new, as we see from this New York Public Library photo of West 125th Street in Harlem, taken in September of 1949 and labeled “parking congestion.” I don’t Read more