To me, this is the great part of this job. Look around enough, and it’s astonishing what kind of historical connections can shake loose. Here’s a prime case of what I mean. Joe Macfarlan operates the New Jersey-based historical Web Read more…
Long before viral marketing, YouTube and ad people that spoke of “paradigms,” AMC went Trans-Am racing with its new Javelin, and to publicize that racing effort (and, not incidentally, to move more Javelins off the showroom floor), the company’s Literature Read more…
There’s a contingency of Saabisti here at Hemmings, yours truly included, who wear their blue and yellow hearts on their sleeves. Like many of you, we’ve been watching the safety dance between General Motors and Saab’s intended suitors with bated breath. Read more…
Model A and Model T snowmobiles are a perennial favorite around these parts, so we naturally investigated this particular 1929 Model A Snowbird that recently appeared on Hemmings.com, being offered out of St. Louis for $69,500. From the seller’s description: Read more…
We figured while the weather is keeping the Speedster in the garage, it would be a good time to do a little freshening up of the engine and drivetrain. Although April seems a long way off, we want to get Read more…
I’m still digging through the stack of material that simply didn’t make print, and this week I bring you some more scenes from the 2009 All-Chrysler Nationals at Carlisle. Held back on July 10-12, Hemmings Muscle Machines editor Terry McGean Read more…
The month of July 1977 was a good one for Hemmings Motor News. Within the span of just a few pages, we had display ads for three different one-of-a-kind vehicles, two of which we know are still around today. The Read more…
Of all the years I’ve been scanning Hemmings Motor News, I can’t recall having ever seen a trolley advertised within. At least until I came across this trolley on a Ford chassis, offered for $80,000 out of Medford, Oregon. So Read more…
We’ve got a whole mess of great family album car photos for you this week. Starting with our friend Hugo90, frequent commenter here and contributor to the Hemmings Nation Flickr pool, where he shared the above photo. My brother Jim, Read more…
I shot a lot of stuff when the Saratoga Automobile Museum held its Lost Speedways seminars over Thanksgiving weekend, but here’s an idea that I especially wanted to pass on. The museum is home to the New York State Stock Read more…