Ah, we meet again. We last spotted this 1940 Mercury custom by Rick Dore at RM’s Amelia Island auction earlier this year, where it appeared to have been painted a much lighter pearlescent blue-green; perhaps it’s just the lighting that Read more
Lee Iacocca, left, with Don Frey and the 1965 Ford Mustang Though Henry Ford II – the Deuce – remained head honcho at Ford Motor Company throughout the 1960s and 1970s, serving as CEO and chairman from 1960 through 1979, Read more
* Over on Autoholics, the latest evolution of the CarDomain blog, FuryPaul recently posted photos of his trip to the Owls Head Transportation Museum, where he spotted this Model T modified for railroad track inspection. It’s the cowcatcher that we Read more
What exactly led Russell Lee to Cascade, Idaho’s Main Street, camera and color film in hand, in July of 1941? We know that, at the time, he was employed by the Farm Security Administration – the same program that employed Read more
Photo Courtesy of Harley-Davidson Museum The initial report from KVUE in Austin, Texas and Jalopnik earlier this week was that Gordon Granger, who owns one of the two Captain America bikes from the Easy Rider movie, had a fire at Read more
As CorvetteBlogger.com reminded us this morning, it was 57 years ago today that Zora Arkus-Duntov wrote his famous letter to Ed Cole entitled “Thoughts Pertaining to Youth, Hot Rodders, and Chevrolet” and on display at the National Corvette Museum in Read more
Recovered 1971 Chevy Chevelle – photo courtesy of LoJack Corp. About two months ago, we brought you news of the then-new LoJack For Classics stolen vehicle recovery system (currently available in select counties in 28 states; the complete list can Read more
Every car guy knows LeMans, its history and its traditions, but how many of them actually know the Circuit de la Sarthe? And how many of them know the many configurations of the track over the years? Fortunately, we recently Read more
Hey, a piece of auto-related pop culture ephemera that didn’t come from diskojoe! From back in the early days of Saturday Night Live (Season 1, Episode 10, 1975) comes “Mechanics Bedtime Story,” a skit featuring Dan Akroyd as a somewhat Read more
Longtime readers who receive the next issue of Hemmings Sports & Exotics (Feb 2011, on sale shortly!) may get a sense of de ja vu when viewing the next cover: the lovely Alfa and BMW pictured there have, indeed, been Read more