No, it's not a Triumph, but that is New York City in the background For most of us, the logistics of owning and driving a classic car are fairly simple: Stick it in the garage, drive it when we want, Read more…
I enjoyed another visit to charming Virginia City, Montana, this past fall, and my sister made good on her promise to show me the Charlie Bovey collection of vintage auto parts in the Village Pump building. This collection is not Read more…
By far, the most popular former Duesenberg showroom is the one that currently houses the Auburn-Cord-Duesenberg Museum in Auburn, Indiana. But in SIA #61, February 1981, Richard Kelley introduces us to another – not the largest, nor the busiest, but Read more…
* What’s cooler than a Forward Control Land Rover? How about taking one on various expeditions around the world, as this South African couple did? (via, kinda) * John Tjaarda, working for Briggs Manufacturing, toyed quite a bit with the Read more…
One last sub-$10k two-door for this week. How about a truck? Specifically a 1972 Chevrolet Blazer, offered for $8,500. It’s one of the lesser-seen two-wheel-drive versions, perfect for summer cruising sans top. In fact, if I were walking up to Read more…
restored Scenicruiser #771 in front of the Greyhound bus depot in Blytheville, Arkansas Ever since we ran an article in the January Hemmings Motor News about the GM PD-4501 Scenicruisers, we’ve received a lot of mail from people who still Read more…
It’s not unusual for auction houses to pull cars from the docket prior to the actual auction, but two rather high-profile cars were pulled from Barrett-Jackson’s lineup this week, and the company has been none too shy about saying why. Read more…
Props go to John Robins for inspiring this week’s Hemmings Six Degrees of Automotive Separation Challenge. Last week, he suggested Peterbilt as one of the foxes in our Lancia challenge, so I thought I’d hop over to the truck world Read more…
1911 Flanders Electric Electric sedans of 1912: Baker, Woods, Waverly, Detroit, Rauch and Lang, Firestone-Columbus, Ohio, Argo, Borland, Century, Ohio, Babcock, Broc, Flanders, Fritchle, Kimball Regular, Standard, Hupp-Yeates and Studebaker Electric sedans of 2010: I’ll get back to you.
In continuing my goal of finding two-doors for less than $10k this week, I’ve done one better and found a convertible – a 1992 BMW for $4,650. Actually, let’s make that two convertibles with this 1950 Plymouth Deluxe for $6,950. Read more…