Photo courtesy Bonhams The Austin-Healey 100S at the center of the crash that sent Pierre Levegh and his Mercedes-Benz 300SLR flying into the crowd in the 1955 24 Hours of Le Mans sold for $1,327,051, including buyer’s premium, at the Read more
With the theme of bridges for this week’s street scenes posts, we simply can’t overlook what is possibly the most famous bridge of all, San Francisco’s Golden Gate Bridge. Finding some good vintage photos of traffic on the Golden Gate Read more
After the Clark Avenue Bridge and the George Washington Bridge street scenes, I figured old shots of bridges would make for perfect street scenes. They are designed to carry traffic, right? Well, it appears most people who photograph bridges like Read more
Carspotters, you’ll have to forgive the impish impulse that caused me to believe this shot of the Clark Avenue Bridge in Cleveland would make for a good street scene. Like the recent parking lot scenes from Washington, D.C., and Cincinnati, Read more
From the cars we used to drive past in Tujunga department of our previous southern California outpost comes this 1972 Datsun 240Z. The seller apparently procured this four-speed car from a Los Angeles driveway, and it is now for sale Read more
If it seems like plenty of mid-1960s GM Camper Special pickups have come up for sale recently, that’s because we’ve posted every one we’ve seen, including this 1965 Chevrolet C10 Custom Camper for sale on Hemmings.com. After all, how can Read more
Every car has a story, it’s just that some of those stories are forgotten as the cars pass through new owners. Fortunately, the story of this 1949 Ford Custom for sale on Hemmings.com remains with the car, adding another dimension Read more
Safe travels as you head over the river and through the woods this Thanksgiving. We’re going to take the day off to spend with our families, so no posts today. In the meantime, though, check out our new video section Read more
For our carspotting venture today, we head back to the UCLA Library’s archives for this shot of the Volts-Wagon tooling around downtown during a feasibility study in May 1967. As you may recall, we’ve seen this truck once before – Read more
If you want provenance, the 1953 Chuck Tatum Special for sale on Hemmings.com comes with bucketloads of it. Not only did it race successfully against Allards and other top-level sports cars using all-American parts and engineering, thus fulfilling the builder’s Read more