After this morning’s post by Donnelly on the Fitch-Whitmore Special appearing at RM’s Amelia Island auction this weekend, I thought it’d be appropriate to include this photo of the same car while under construction, one of several snapped by J.Frederick Read more
Owning a fire truck would be awesome – who among us as a kid wasn’t awestruck at seeing a fire truck in a parade or in action? – but there are a couple hidden expenses with owning and operating one, Read more
Piggybacking on McCourt’s recent post on racing the Volvo 745T, let’s take a look at this comparison test from SIA #90, December 1985, in which Arch Brown drove a 1965 Volvo 122S and a 1985 Volvo DL back to back Read more
While our main focus here at Hemmings Motor News has always been collector cars, we’ve long had a section for boats toward the back of the big brown book that’s mostly populated with beautiful wooden boats such as this 1929 Read more
Looking for a poster for your garage wall? Check out Hemmings Nation Flickr pool member 1968 Dodge Charger R/T’s homage to the B.F.Goodrich Radial T/A tire ads from a few years back, incorporating a quote from (we believe) Anthony Young’s Read more
Photo courtesy Los Angeles Public Library After the success of last year’s inaugural National Collector Car Appreciation Day, the day set aside to recognize and raise awareness of the role automotive restoration and collecting plays in American society, it has Read more
As a neat companion to our post on the Ford GPA launching into the Detroit River from Ford’s River Rouge plant, here’s a couple photos of the plant from the landward side of things, both courtesy The Old Motor. Above, Read more
Those following the new car scene at Switzerland’s Geneva Motor Show have surely seen the bold and controversial new Saab PhoeniX concept, created by Jason Castriota’s design team (see: “Looking Back, Moving Forward,” HS&EC #63, November 2010) to signal the new design Read more
I admit that I could count on one hand how many camping trips I endured in my youth – in fact, I would not need the use of all five digits. That aside, I can’t ever recall seeing – or Read more
Of the very short-lived vansploitation trend of late 1970s film, “Supervan” is perhaps the best known. And as we see from the world’s greatest chase scene above, the van in question – Vandora – was equipped with lasers. Looks like Read more