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If you’d like to get a look at our 1980 MGB roadster, a.k.a. the Project Car with a Heart, here’s a golden opportunity. The Owls Head Transportation Museum in Owls Head, Maine, has put our little red sports car on display, Read more

One could probably trace the entire length of the now-demolished Third Avenue El as it ran through the Bronx thanks to the photos in the Historic American Engineering Record – which, if you think about it, was sorta the purpose Read more

In 1979, driving a one-year-old Mercedes-Benz 450 SEL 6.9 in the Cannonball Baker Sea-to-Shining-Sea Memorial Trophy Dash was like hiding and cheating in plain sight. While entries more cleverly disguised to throw off the police fell by the wayside – Read more

Peter Revson’s 1972 McLaren M20 Can-Am car. Photo by David Newhardt, courtesy Mecum Auctions. In 1966, the SCCA’s U.S. Road Racing Championship spun off a new series, created in cooperation with the Canadian Automobile Sports Club (CASC). Officially called the Read more

1966 Oldsmobile Toronado (left) and 1967 Cadillac Eldorado; image by Jeff Koch. The Hemmings Motor News Concours d’Elegance, presented by Gullwing Motor Cars, has announced the featured marques for its 10th annual extravaganza, to be held on September 23-25, 2016, Read more

Photos courtesy Scott Sheehan. When we profiled this year’s AMBR winner, we promised further coverage of the West Coast’s premier indoor car show. Friend of Hemmings Scott Sheehan was nice enough to send us a selection of photos from his Read more

Photo of GM ad by author. Though the Oldsmobile ad/brochure that I blogged about a few weeks ago (Spooky 1969 Olds Literature: Dr. Oldsmobile Creates a W-Machine. Or Two.) featured an elaborate vintage horror movie mad scientist concept, this 1967 Read more