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Brochure images from the Hemmings archives Before the Volkswagen Sedan became an American best-seller, the title of the best-selling imported car was held by an attractive little rear-engined French car- the Renault Dauphine. This product of Renault Régie Nationale France was designed Read more

Wait, Las Vegas isn’t all casinos and glitzy gimmicky hotels, neon, and a grillion light bulbs, nor has it always been so? Based on most photos of Sin City, including those we’ve shown in our carspotting series, it’s probably hard Read more

How exactly it made its way up from Brazil to the States, we don’t know, but this 1983 Puma GT for sale on Hemmings.com at least appears to be a good-looking, well-kept, and apparently high-performing example of the breed—a suitable Read more

1962 Western Pacific Airstream. Photos courtesy Mecum Auctions, unless otherwise noted. Airstream has earned a reputation for building travel trailers long on luxury and style, but few know that the company occasionally constructed utilitarian variants for industrial customers. In 1962, Read more

Image courtesy of Graffiti Publications. On June 11, legendary hot rodder and journalist LeRoi “Tex” Smith passed away in his adopted country of Australia after a “lingering illness.” He was 81. Not from Texas, but Oklahoma, Smith was born in Read more

If you need to have just one book in your library on American-built station wagons and woodies, Great American Woodies & Wagons by Donald Narus is it. Without question, it’s the best and most in-depth book ever published on the Read more

Cars on the cruise circuit at the 2015 Street Machine Nationals. From 1986 through 1998, the Street Machine Nationals was one of the most popular events held annually at the Du Quoin State Fairgrounds in Du Quoin, Illinois. Like many Read more