While I didn’t come across a Cadillac station wagon for today’s Vintage Hemmings Find of the Day, such Cad wagons were indeed the rage back then, and still appear today, as seen with this 1970 Cadillac Fleetwood nine-passenger station wagon Read more…
What I love about the late 1970s issues of Hemmings Motor News is exemplified right here, in these four selections of classifieds from the July 1978 issue. First, a 1974 Cadillac Caribou, offered out of Albany, New York, for $11,900. Read more…
Maybe you didn’t get the TWENTY SIX INCHES we did over the weekend, but if you live in any of the “real” parts of America, sooner or later, it’s gonna snow. When it does, Knox has the answer: Put your Read more…
In the span of two days this year, more than 16 inches of snow dropped on us here in Vermont, certainly the most snow I’ve seen at once since I moved up here. Also in the span of a couple Read more…
Back when I was a single guy, I had just two cars: a 1992 Nissan Stanza (which replaced my ‘83 straight-six diesel, five-speed stick Datsun – by Nissan – Maxima) and my ‘52 Buick Roadmaster. Pretty easy to figure out Read more…
I’m assuming somebody had a plan here. They didn’t just have a four-door ‘87 Lincoln Continental and decided to have at it with a Sawzall. No, they wanted to build a two-door version from the start and christen it a Read more…
If, after breathing in the mold accumulated on the pages of these musty magazines, there’s something to take away from collecting old issues of Mechanix Illustrated, it’s the insight into half-formed and unformed ideas that we take for granted today. Read more…
So there wasn’t much activity on my last stumper – obviously, it was far too easy. So get your brain hats on for the new year, people, ’cause this’ll take some trying. Now, this is not an unknownmobile – obviously, Read more…
The subhead to Ken Gross’s story about the Hudson Jet in SIA #60, December 1980, succinctly sums up his well-argued position: “There was nothing wrong with this early compact… except that it killed the company.” Gross laid blame squarely on Read more…
* As we’ve mentioned before, Geoff Hacker could keep us in clover for a long time with all the weird and wonderful oddball cars he researches, and he’s doing just that with his website, ForgottenFiberglass.com, where he recently presented the Read more…