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…
Here’s what remains of what should be at least a moderately recognizable car, at least, it might be if there were more left. The new owner says the chassis (long gone) began its life in a car that ran at Read more…
Our recent posts on used car dealerships that specialize in custom and special interest cars jarred loose a few photos and memories from the collection of Bob Gurr. Faithful blog readers might remember Bob as the designer of the Australian Read more…
The whole automotive blogosphere seems to be holding its breath today, not sure whether to continue mourning for the death of Saab or to believe that Spyker’s 11th-hour offer is genuine. So we’re gonna exploit the situation by digging through Read more…
A few months back, the inimitable Terry Larson helped me put together a story on his Jaguar C-type, XKC 017, but there was far more material, current and historical than we could ever use. One of the really great things Read more…
Apropos to the massive amounts of snowfall over the weekend along the East Coast, we bring you a few links today. First, to the circa 1926 photo of a Model T snowmobile above, which TA spotted among the National Postal Read more…
What’s amazing about automotive history is that in the first half of the 20th Century, when gazillions of backyard tinkerers thought they could be the next Henry Ford, there were automotive factories scattered all over the country, in just about Read more…