Excerpts taken from world famous ‘Hemmings Auto Blog’
[Editor’s note: This “Reminiscing” story, edited by Richard Lentinello, comes to us from Hemmings Classic Car reader Mark Astolfi.] In the summer of 1957, right around my 6th birthday, I first got wind of the Edsel. I liked looking at my Dad’s magazines: Popular Science and Business Week. The Read more
Date: circa 1955 Location: Las Vegas Boulevard, Las Vegas, Nevada Source: Vintage Las Vegas What do you see here?
Recently serviced one-owner 1963 Studebaker Avanti R1 for sale on Hemmings.com. From the seller’s description: just purchased from the estate of the original owner, totally 100 percent rust free southern car, gorgeous Turquoise paint, gleaming chrome, immaculate Turquoise interior, strong 289 cu in 240 HP V8, automatic transmission, factory A/C, Read more
Photo by Snapshot_Factory. In a stark contrast to its slow-growth approach to ethanol-blended fuels over the last several years, the Environmental Protection Agency on Monday proposed to reclassify ethanol blends above E15, effectively wiping out existing regulations that have kept the fuels from widespread use. “In order to continue the Read more
A Ford GT40 Mk I road car, though not the car to be shown in Atlanta. Photos courtesy of Atlanta Concours d’Elegance. Ford’s GT40 may have been dominant on the racetrack, but in the new-car showroom, it enjoyed little success. A total of 31 “Road Car Specification” GT40 coupes were Read more
This film could rightly have been subtitled “An Ode to the Development of the Automobile and its Positive Impact on American Life.” Yes, another one of those: But hear us out. Funded by Ford Motor Company, you already know who gets credit for nearly everything, almost single-handedly – yet this Read more
Images are from the brochure collection of the author Saab Automobile, the pride of Trollhättan, Sweden, is no longer the company we long new and loved, but with many former engineers and staffers still working for the new Chinese-financed firm of NEVS [New Electric Vehicle Sweden], itself created from the holdings of Read more
Date: circa 1950s Location: Norris Dam, Norris, Tennessee Source: The Old Motor What do you see here?
Photo by Axel Drainville. Recently proposed regulations out of both the European Union and Great Britain aim to eliminate the annual or periodic roadworthiness testing that EU member states currently require for some older cars, though exactly how old the cars need to be has become a point of contention Read more
1930 Duesenberg Model J disappearing top roadster, Best of Show at the 2016 Ironstone Concours d’Elegance. Photos copyright Kimball Studios, used with permission. While all Duesenberg Model Js were special automobiles, those fitted with the sleek disappearing top roadster body built by coachbuilder Walter M. Murphy Company were, perhaps, among Read more